About our CSA
Spice up your Cooking
Add a little pizazz to dinner. Our CSA features a bag of veggies every week throughout the growing season, May through October.
We love the weird stuff:
This isn't a full-diet CSA to meet all your sustenance needs, instead, we focus on growing the unusual varieties, and introducing our customers to the foods that make cooking fun. Striped heirloom tomatoes, purple peppers, zesty greens, and melons you'll never find at the supermarket. Our shares are sized for an individual or couple, and if you want extra, you can always add to your share with our online shop.
Find an option that works for you:
We offer a couple different formats for our CSA. Choose between:
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Full Season CSA. Select either a full share (weekly), or half share (every other week). This option is the full package and includes perks like additional member discounts, pick-your-own flower beds, the ability to customize portions of your share, and our newsletter full of tips and recipes). Features 4-7 items weekly. Sold out for 2021.
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Farmer's Choice CSA. New for June 2021! Instead of joining for the full season, you can purchase a smaller CSA bag either weekly or monthly. Features 3-5 items weekly.
What's a CSA?
CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture, is a direct marketing system in which customers become members of the farm. By paying up front at the beginning of the season, members help the farmer purchase needed supplies, such as seeds and soil amendments. In return, members receive a share of veggies and herbs regularly throughout the growing season.
The intent behind the CSA model is that the members share in the risks and rewards of farming. If, for example, our celery crop fails, we won't have celery in the share; but if there's an overabundance of tomatoes, members also share the reward. We'll make sure, however, that you receive at least a commensurate value of produce as the cost of the share. In fact, we aim to provide a bit extra.
If you're new to CSAs check out this great tip sheet from Local Harvest on what to expect.
Full Season CSA
The Logistics
Full share:
$400 for the season
(21 weeks)
Half share:
$200 for the season
(10 weeks)
21 share distributions:
May 23 - October 11
4-7 items weekly
Pick-up options:
On farm:
Sundays, noon - 4pm
Downtown Frederick: Mondays, 5pm - 9pm
Member Benefits
If we have abundance, we'll add a little extra to your share.
Access to our pick-your-own flower & herb bed during pick-up so you can harvest extra goodies.
15% discount on additional produce purchases through our online store.
Most of our crops we grow just for our CSA. You'll get a sneak peak of each share (and recipes) with our member newsletter.
Farmer's Choice CSA
The Logistics
$15 per bag
Purchase your bag week by week on our shop, or reserve a month or two in advance. Supplies are limited and may sell out.
Bags are available from June 27 to October 12
3-5 items weekly
Pick-up options:
Purchase by Friday at midnight for pick-up, either:
On farm:
Sundays, noon - 4pm
Downtown Frederick: Mondays, 5pm - 9pm
Member Benefits
Slightly smaller than the full-season CSA.
If we have abundance, we'll add a little extra to your share.
Access to our pick-your-own flower & herb beds are available during Sunday pick-ups at an additional cost-- you'll pay a discounted rate for what you pick.
What's in a Share?
We've planned our shares to provide diversity. Our crop plan includes:
Funky peppers · heirloom tomatoes · salad greens · melons · celery · flavorful cooking greens · carrots · beets · ginger · eggplant · beans & peas · radishes · cucumbers & summer squash · sweet potatoes · winter squash · sprouting broccoli · herbs.
The composition of your share will change with the season. The photo on the right is an example of a CSA share in early summer. Other examples:
One week in the spring, you may receive:
A pint of peas · kohlrabi · a head of bok choy · a half pound of salad mix · a bunch of broccoli raab
In the summer you might receive:
A pound of tomatoes · a melon · a pint of peppers · a bunch of carrots · greens
