Community Supported Agriculture
CSA shares are now sold out for the 2010 season
You can also buy our produce May through November at our Winchester Street farm stand and July through October at the Newton Farmers’ Market.
Our CSA participants receive fresh, delicious vegetables from the farm for 20 weeks starting in early June and ending in October. We purchase certain items such as potatoes and winter squash, which require more space than our modest site allows, from partner farms. CSA participants share in the bounty of the farm, and also the risk. While we have confidence that we will meet our production goals, growing vegetables always involves a certain amount of uncertainty, and quantities may vary week to week.
2010 CSA Information
Weekly Share: $570. Sized to provide produce for a family of four. Shareholders come to the farm once a week to pick up vegetables. Shares include some pick-your-own (PYO) items such as peas, beans, cherry tomatoes, and herbs.
Alternate Week Share: $300. For people who find our weekly shares too large. Participants pick up a full share of produce every other week during the season. When you enroll please select a starting week. You will then pick up every other week, based on your starting date. We strive to give everyone their choice of starting dates, but need to balance the harvest week to week, so your assigned starting date will be on a first-come-first-served basis. Like the weekly share, this share includes some pick-your-own (PYO) items.
Work Commitment: All CSA participants have a work commitment, as a way to support the farm, foster education, and develop a sense of community and identification with the farm. For Weekly Shareholders the work commitment is at least 12 hours for the season. For Alternate Week Shareholders it is at least 6 hours for the season. Please consider working your hours early. If you know that you will not be able to complete your work requirement, you can “buy out” your hours when you enroll at a rate of $9/hour.
Pick Up Days and Times: CSA pick-ups take place at the farm on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2-7 pm. You do not need to sign up for a day. You can chose each week which day you come. If you can’t come, help bring new people to the farm by having a friend or neighbor pick up your share. If you don’t have time for the PYO options during the week you are welcome to come back on Saturdays before 3 pm for those items.
Sharing Your Share: If you would like to share a CSA share with friends or neighbors that is fine with us. Please be aware, however, that this is something you are doing on your own. The farm will have one person on record as the shareholder. That person will be financially responsible for payment and for completion of work hours (however you decide to divide this up). When picking up your share either have only one party come each week, or if both parties come please be sure to come together to avoid taking more than your share’s worth of vegetables.
In addition to our CSA program, we also offer a separate Fruit Share and Flower Share. Information on these programs, including enrollment forms and deadlines, will be available on our website by late Spring.
To receive notification of CSA enrollment in 2011, contact us to join our mailing list.