Memberships

Our CSA Program

Community Supported Agriculture partners consumers with local growers to create a stable and appreciative market for their produce. Members purchase, in advance, shares of next season’s harvest and the produce is divided among the shareholders.

There are many benefits of membership that go beyond the weekly distribution of freshly picked vegetables:

· Produce tastes better because it is picked straight off the farm, only hours old, and free of any synthetic herbicides and pesticides.
· Sustainable farming – Eating food grown responsibly with minimal impact on the environment
· Supporting local farming keeps money in the local community
· Becoming more aware of seasonality by eating produce at its peak flavor potential
· A mutual trust and friendship is developed with the farmer

A share will consist of 21 weekly distributions of vegetables, beginning May 30th and ending in October. The share price is $650.00 for an overflowing half bushel of freshly harvested produce. Register here for our 2010 growing season.

The vegetables and herbs you can expect to find in your box throughout the growing season include: Arugula, Basil, Beans, Beets, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celeriac Root, Carrots, Five-Color Silver Beet Chard, Sweet Corn, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Fennel, Garlic, Lettuce, Kale, Melons, Okra , Onions, English Peas, Bell Peppers, Sweet Peppers, Potatoes, Radicchio, Summer Squash, Winter Squashes, Pumpkins, Radicchio, Radishes, Rutabagas, Spinach, Turnips, Tomatoes and Zucchini. Visit our Seasonal Vegetable Guide to see when specific varieties are traditionally available.

For distribution, we offer three pick-up sites:

· Wednesday afternoon from 4:30pm to 6:30pm in the parking lot of Newark Natural Foods (DE)
· Thursday at the farm in Townsend, DE from 3pm to 6pm
· Sunday from 10am to 2pm at the Headhouse Farmers Market in Philadelphia.

Our lovely intern Lily

For more about our membership program please read our 2010 CSA Handbook.

CSA members will also be the guests of honor at our annual fall harvest party held the first week in October. Bring your friends and family, pick pumpkins, enjoy a bonfire, and eat!

Everything sold through our farm either through the CSA, farmers markets, restaurants, or schools is grown by our farm. We do not outsource or buy any of our produce from other growers, vendors or whole-sale auctions.