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Sign up for 2012!

Abbe Hills Farm CSA near Mt. Vernon, Iowa, hopes to open the 2012 season on Monday, June 4, and Thursday, June 7.  You can register any time. Print a registration form and mail to Laura. 
CSA Registration Form

Read the Newsletter

To find out what's happening at Abbe Hills Farm CSA, or what it was like at this time last year, read the Newsletters. Here are newsletters from previous years.

Summer Jobs for Students

Abbe Hills Farm CSA, near Mt. Vernon, Iowa, has already hired our student summer workers for this season.  However, you may still apply and I'll keep your file on hand in case I need more workers later in the season.  See the 2012 job announcement here.

Laura Krouse
Laura Krouse is the owner of Abbe Hills Farm. She bought the 72-acre farm in 1988 from the Neal family of Mount Vernon. Laura grew up near Toddville and has undergraduate degrees in agronomy and agricultural business from Iowa State University, a graduate degree in agronomy from the University of Florida, and a teaching certificate from Cornell College. She worked for many years with migrant and seasonal farm workers in Immokalee, Florida, and taught in the biology department at Cornell College for 20 years. She is a Sunday school teacher at First Mennonite Church in Iowa City, and is a long-time commissioner of the Linn Soil and Water Conservation District. She also serves as a conservationist spokesperson for the Iowa Learning Farm, and on the board of the Southeast Linn Community Center, which is the home of our local food pantry. Laura speaks frequently on natural resource use, water quality, and the food system. She likes children, parties, beneficial insects, and really good food.