Pacem in Terris
"Peace on Earth"
John XXIII, Pacem in Terris
CSA
Pacem in Terris is a CSA at John XXIII helping students and families grow in connection to Reality. The acronym stands for "community supported agriculture," a farming business model where customers buy "shares" of the year's harvest at the start of the growing season and receive portions of it on a regular basis over the course of six months. The name for the project is inspired by a famous encyclical published by the Center's namesake.
Pricing
Full Share: $520 ($20/week x 26)
Half Share: $260 ($20/bi-weekly x 13)
Each share contains 4-5 items from the weekly harvest (1 item is equivalent to a $3-5 purchase at the local supermarket). The harvest schedule runs from the beginning of May through the end of October. Pick up is on Thursdays, 3:00-3:45PM, at the blue barn to the left of the Center's Anderson St. entrance.
Pacem in Terris strives to ensure that all of our gardening and farming practices are regenerative and steward the gift of God's good creation. Thus, while we are not officially a "certified organic" opertation, we try our best to imitate these principles in our work, meaning utilizing local and heirloom seed varieties whenever possible and never applying any synthetic sprays or fertilizers to our crops.
Pacem In Terris Blog
Spring is Here!
The weather is warming and plants are getting moved to the garden. Radishes, lettuce, onions, garlic, arugula, spinach, peas, kale, and turnips are sprouting under the night's sky. Much more is happening indoors. Hardening off the starts has proved slightly difficult, knowing how to arrange them in the greenhouse to balance direct sunlight and heat. Also, a near frost withered a few cucumbers and zucchini we put outdoors early. Nonetheless, things seem to be going mostly smooth. Last week some students and I had a meaningful discussion about the topics of creationism, evolution, and the Church's teaching on the matter while getting our hands dirty in the soil, which was a highlight. Now we wait for God to give these plants his abundance.
