Why CSA?

Some things our CSA members love:

  • the freshness, quality, and variety of the produce

  • supporting a farm that is actively working to address the climate crisis

  • saving between 12%-25% based on retail prices

  • having a relationship with the farm

  • free choice model and flexibility with offerings

  • we accept EBT payments and participate in NOFA’s cost-shared Farm Share Program

Benefits of a Delivered Drop-Off

  • Place a custom order each week for delivery to Rutland or Ludlow

  • Flexible! Access your account online to change the day or location of your delivery

  • Use your account to skip a week and schedule a make up delivery

  • Order extra online if you need it any given week

  • Weekly newsletter with farm news and recipes

Benefits of the On-Farm Pickup

  • Choose items in person from seasonal veggies in the barn cooler

  • Free access to pick-your-own flower and herb garden

  • Flexible: Miss a week? Make up those items at your convenience

  • Additional local products available to purchase at the barn when available

  • Weekly newsletter with farm news and recipes

 

What’s Available Each Season?

Veggie availability reflects seasonality; it’s possible not everything will be available for every week of the season it is listed in.

Spring

Each week there are usually between 12 and 18 items to choose from.

  • Mesclun mix, baby lettuce, pea shoots, chard, spinach, and kale,

  • Arugula, baby bok choi, broccoli raab, parsley, and cilantro

  • Red onions, yellow onions, scallions, and green garlic

  • Radishes and salad turnips

  • Carrots

  • Red and yellow beets

  • Red and yellow potatoes

Summer

Each week there are usually between 20 and 35 items to choose from.

  • Baby lettuce, lettuce heads, spinach, mesclun mix, pea shoots, arugula, kale, chard, baby bok choi, broccoli raab, broccolini, cilantro, parsley, basil,

  • Salad turnips and radishes

  • Scallions, garlic scapes, garlic, leeks, shallots, red and yellow onions

  • Carrots

  • Red and yellow beets

  • Red and yellow potatoes

  • Broccoli

  • Red, green, and napa cabbage

  • slicing and pickling cucumbers

  • Zucchini and summer squash

  • French filet green beans

  • Sweet and hot peppers

  • Husk cherries and tomatillos

  • Tomatoes, including cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, slicing tomatoes, paste tomatoes

  • Asian and Italian eggplant

  • melons, rhubarb, fennel, strawberries, and elderberries

Fall

Each week there are usually between 12 and 20 items to choose from.

  • Kale, chard, spinach, mesclun mix, baby lettuce mix, head lettuce, parsley, cilantro, and pea shoots

  • Carrots

  • Red and yellow onions, leeks, garlic, scallions, and shallots

  • Red and yellow potatoes

  • Red and yellow beets

  • Watermelon radishes, rutabaga, and Gilfeather turnips

  • Kohlrabi

  • Red, green, and napa cabbage

  • Winter squash, including butternut, delicata, and spaghetti squash

  • Fennel

Winter

Now during January and February, we wholesale our greens and storage crops to various retail outlets instead of offering a weekly CSA share.

  • Kale, spinach, and mesclun mix

  • Chard, parsley, and pea shoots

  • Carrots

  • Red and yellow onions

  • Red and yellow potatoes

  • Red and yellow beets

  • Watermelon radishes

  • Leeks and garlic

  • Red, green, and Napa cabbage

What’s an “Item”?

New CSA members often wonder what volume to expect when they sign up for a CSA share with 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12 “items.”
We bag, bunch, or weigh veggies to be around a similar retail value, so that if you select a bag of baby lettuce or a bunch of carrots, they are about the same cost. Below are a few examples of the volumes to expect for an “item.”

1 pound heirloom tomatoes

1 1/2 pounds potatoes

1 large head of lettuce

1/4 pound bag of pea shoots

1/3 pound bag mesclun mix

1 large bunch of carrots

1 1/2 pounds onions

1 pint of husk cherries

And we make certain things “half items” for items that people often want a smaller amount of.
Some items that are common as half items are:

1 bunch of cilantro

1 mini head of lettuce

1 mini head of cabbage

1 leek

1 bunch of parsley