ZJ Farm is an 80 acre, diversified family owned farm located on rolling hills between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. We are the principal vegetable growers for Local Harvest CSA, a multi producer CSA, established in 1996.

Local Harvest CSA supplies over 300 families with a wide variety of vegetables and herbs from May through December, using organic and sustainable practices. All of the vegetables we grow at ZJ Farm are for distribution to our CSA members.

From the beginning, Susan Jutz and Simone Delaty, Local Harvest’s founding mothers have been committed to living the vision of community supported agriculture.

Central to our collaborative CSA model is our continuing efforts to facilitate the ability of young and beginning farmers to join our farming community. We have two aspiring young farmers joining us in 2010.

We are equally committed to our larger community and extra produce from our CSA harvest and any vegetables that remain at drop sites after the designated pick-up time are distributed into local neighbourhoods and communities where they are needed the most.