What IS a CSA, anyway?
CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture, is a chance for you to support open space and farmland in your community and bring home a box of super-fresh, sustainably-grown seasonal fruits and vegetables every week! It’s a great way to eat local, eat healthy, keep your community green, keep farmers farming, and support our mission.
Here’s how it works at PFP:
You choose a Full Season Share (23 weeks from June - November) or a Fall-only Share (10 weeks September - November).
You choose the size share you want: either a whole share (10 units) or half share (5 units). A “unit” could be 3 lbs tomatoes, 2 lbs carrots or cucumbers, 1 head of lettuce, 1 lb kale, 1 bunch beets or radishes, 1/3 lb arugula.
You choose a “working” or “non-working” share. Working on the farm (either 12, 6, or 3 hours over the course of the season, depending on your share size) allows you to pay for part of your share in farm work, resulting in a lower-priced share. It’s a great opportunity to get your hands dirty with your farmers and learn more about where your food comes from.
You may also choose to add on a…
● Fruit Share (15 weeks July - November): fruit from our friends at Glorie Farm
● Egg Share (23 weeks June - November): eggs from our friends at Old Ford Farm
You choose which day of the week you want to pick up your produce. Pick up your share weekly on either Tuesday 3-6:30pm or Saturday 9am-12pm.
Finally, when June (or September) arrives…
You choose your produce. We set out a farmers’ market-style distribution, with an average of 15+ different crops for you to choose from each week. Depending on the season, you could be stocking your kitchen with anything from arugula, butter lettuce, carrots and cucumbers to watermelons, yellow tomatoes and zucchini. Choose something new you’ve never tried, or choose double lettuce if you love salads -- it’s up to you!
You pick-your-own produce. In addition to everything that we harvest for you, you’re invited to pick your own strawberries, raspberries, cherry tomatoes, peppers, green beans, flowers, herbs and more -- all bonus, to encourage you to experience the beauty and magic of the farm and to dig in to this land and this community.
On National CSA Day, farms across the country will be signing up people who want to eat more fresh, local produce. By the time March rolls around, we’ll be gearing up to get out of the office and into the greenhouse to start our 2020 crops. That’s right: CSA sign-ups happen *early*, to allow farmers like us to plan based on the number of members we have, and to help pay for things like seeds and farm labor to start growing all that gorgeous produce.
Sign up for your share by CSA Day (Monday February 28) and enter to win a…
● Coffee Share, valued at $84! North River Roasters offers a careful selection of sustainably sourced, Poughkeepsie-roasted coffees. Pick up every two weeks for 3 months at PFP.
● May Share, valued at $62! May Share is two weeks of the first fresh greens of spring. Past May Shares have included arugula, butter lettuce, sweet salad turnips, radishes, pea shoots and rhubarb. Pick up the last two Tuesdays of May (May 19 & 26, 3:00 – 6:30pm)
That’s right! On CSA Day we will choose 2 winners, one for the Coffee Share and one for the May Share, from everyone who has signed up for any of our Full or Fall season vegetable shares.
Have questions?
● View our sign up page to filter your selections and see pricing
● Visit our FAQ page for more information
● Email us at info@farmproject.org
● Call us at (845) 516-1100