Community Supported Agriculture
Are you looking to support a local farmer and get the freshest produce possible? You might be interested in CSA.
What is CSA?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. When you become a CSA member, you are purchasing a "share" of produce from our farm. Every week during the farming season you receive a box of what's in season at the farm. When we have a surplus you receive extra produce. When we have a crop failure you don't receive that crop. You share the bounty AND the risk. This allows you to develop a closer relationship with our farm and learn more about how your food is grown.
Logistics
Main Season/Summer CSA:
Duration: June through October (21 shares)
Pick Up: Thursdays, 9-4pm, at the North Coast Food Web building
or at our booth at the Astoria Sunday Market
Size: Our share feeds 2-3 moderate vegetable eaters
Price: $500 paid in full at the beginning of the season
(or 1/2 payment ($250) at sign up and 1/2 ($250) on August 1st,
or 5 payments ($100) due at the beginning of each month, set up with
automatic recurring credit card payment, or 5 post-dated checks)
Winter CSA:
Duration: November through March, every other week (10 shares)
Pick Up: Thursdays, 9-4pm, at the North Coast Food Web building
Size: Our share feeds 2-3 moderate vegetable eaters
Price: $450 paid in full at the beginning of the season
(or 1/2 payment ($225) at sign up and 1/2 ($225) on January 15th,
or 5 payments ($90) due at the beginning of each month, set up with
automatic recurring credit card payment, or 5 post-dated checks)
Benefits
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A personal connection to a local, small, family farm
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Financially supporting your farmer at a time of year when we are having to do the bulk of our purchasing (seeds, supplies, etc) without much income
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Box notes emailed to you weekly, with a list of what's in your share, recipes and stories from the farm
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Farm Day(s), when you are invited to come out and see the farm
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10% off discount on vegetables at the farmers market
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A tote bag with our logo to use to pick up your share
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Learn about new vegetables and how to cook them