Our CSA program is sold out for 2010. Please check back next season.

Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA, is an adventure in seasonal eating. CSA represents an opportunity to reconnect people to the land and to their food. Our CSA program provides our friends and neighbors with access to high-quality, organic vegetables and sustainably grown fruits. Community supported agriculture provides us, the farmers, with a dependable income and a meaningful connection to our customers.

CSA members pay a fee at the beginning of the season when the farm needs it most. Between May and September, members receive a “share” of the harvest in the form of a weekly box of fresh produce. Produce is picked up at the farm or from host sites around the Chicago area. If you are unable to pick up your share on a particular week, please ask a friend or neighbor to pick it up for you. We regret that we are unable to give credit for weeks that you are on vacation, out of town, etc.

One way that we build community at our farm is through our weekly newsletter The newsletter is a forum for sharing stories, poetry, news from the farm, and articles relating to agriculture and the environment. To help you make the most of each week’s assortment of produce, the newsletter also includes vegetable storage tips and mouthwatering recipes.

Part of the fun of being a member of a CSA farm is the opportunity to take part in farm work days and festivals. A few of the events that we are planning for the coming season include our annual Tomato Jubilee and a fall harvest workday and bonfire. Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering at the farm either occasionally or on a regular basis.

On average, produce from our farm makes up approximately eighty percent of the produce in the weekly box. We collaborate with several other local organic farmers to create a box that is as varied as possible from week to week. We encourage you to join us for the entire CSA season, from May through the end of September, in order to truly appreciate the bounty and variety of each of the seasons. The average amount of produce each member receives on a weekly basis is slightly more than a half bushel (one standard paper grocery bag). Here is a photo of a typical vegetable share from early June.