2012 CSA Information

What's a CSA?

CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture, is a model of food production that connects farmers directly with the people who eat the food they grow. Members purchase a share in the harvest & are treated to the fresh, locally-grown vegetables in season each week.

Why Join?

Freshness: Produce picked within 2 days of delivery.

Choice: Take home produce you’ll actually eat! Our market-style set-up, swap box and Choice Table allow you significant control over what you bring home each week.

Community: Develop a farm-centric community through weekly pick-ups; participation in work bees; or attending member potlucks, cooking workshops and events at Little City Farm.

Get involved with growing your food: Visit the farm, volunteer... get your fingernails dirty with us - little people, pets and friends welcome!

Broaden your vegetable horizons: Be introduced to some new vegetables and discover tasty, new varieties of familiar ones. You’ll discover there’s a lot of exciting options beyond the produce you can find at the grocery store. Regular shareholders will generally take home 8-12 different herbs & vegetables each week.

Sizing & Pricing - some shares available on a sliding scale basis

**Sliding Scale Shares: Please call or email if you'd be interested in a member-supported community share, priced on a sliding-scale basis.**

CSAs incur most of their costs before the season even begins. Although an instalment option is provided, members are encouraged to consider paying the full amount as early as possible.

Join 1 of 2 Pick-Up Groups

Membership Agreement

When you sign your registration form, you agree to the following:

• All members will receive vegetables at the weekly pick-up location for 19 weeks from mid-June to late October, 2012.
• If you can’t make it to the pick-up, you are welcome to send someone else in your place. Otherwise, your share will be donated to a local food program.
• If you realize you need a different share size you can switch to a different size at any point in the season with 2 weeks notice.
• Although members are encouraged to commit for a full season, it is possible to cancel a membership at any point with 2 weeks notice and obtain a full refund for the remaining weeks.
• Members share in the ups and downs of the season. What you receive will depend on what grows well each week and over the course of the season. If there is a really difficult growing season some crops may not be plentiful or shares may be smaller than anticipated. By signing up you help us as growers by sharing the inherent risk of farming. THANK YOU!

Bulk Orders

We usually offer bulk amounts of tomatoes, herbs, beans, greens & fall storage crops for those who want to order extra to can, freeze or stock up for winter. U-Pick is often available too.

Other Organics

We will source other local, organic food supplies to have available at the pick-up some weeks. Supplies are dependent on member interest but may include meats, eggs, fruit, honey, maple syrup, and bread.