Invest in 9 weeks of produce bliss!
*PLEASE NOTE: The deadline to sign-up is AUGUST 28th*
Weekly Pickups will be at Archestratus from 1p to 7p on WEDNESDAYS. The season will begin the week of September 7 and run for 9 weeks, ending the week of November 2.
NB: If you are already signed up for the Summer CSA, you do not need to sign up again!
CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture is a direct partnership between the farm and its consumers. Typically, the consumer (or shareholder) pays the farm ahead of time in exchange for a ‘share’ or weekly box containing products from the farm. Prepayment to the farm ensures that there is much needed incoming cashflow for seeds, equipment, and labor throughout the offseason. In exchange, the farm provides shareholders with a weekly box of freshly harvested fruits and vegetables.
Our Spring/Summer CSA is 22 weeks long and begins in mid June. Each weekly share contains 7-10 items harvested at the peak of freshness. One share contains roughly the amount to last about a week for a non-vegetarian family of 2. Larger families and vegetarians usually purchase extra shares, large shares, or the Chef Share! (see images for sample boxes of each kind.)
Read about their upstate NY farm that uses 'high tunnels' and other Egyptian farming techniques here in the NY Times.