How the CSA works
CSA Stands For Community Supported Agriculture
Essentially you all are the community and we are the farmers. Community members pay for a season worth of vegetables up front, and then we the farmers supply a weekly bounty of fresh produce from our farm. This popular way of eating local is one of the most powerful ways for community members to support their farmers and vice versa. The farmers benefit because CSA shares are like micro loans, that help them foot the overhead of getting started each season. At Growing Lots we feel at ease knowing that our neighborhood is ready to eat the food we work so hard to produce. Our motivation to grow good food thrives off the support we get from members, it’s an honor to be your farmer. Our members benefit with a weekly abundance of extremely fresh produce. We coach each member through a season of local eating with kitchen tips and recipes from our newsletter. We do our farmerly best to make sure each CSA share is a great investment!
So, what’s in a share?
Our CSA shares offer seasonal selections of the produce we've listed below. Each week your share will include roughly eight to ten items of seasonal produce and a selection of herbs! We strive to make sure that members have some room to make choices when they pick up their shares from week to week. For example if you don't dig arugula, just stick to salad mix or if eggplant isn't your jam, maybe you can try a new kind of pepper instead!
Spring (June-Mid July)
Salad Mix, Wild Greens, Arugula, Pea Shoots, Micro greens, Spinach, Kale, Collards, Chard, French sorrel, mustard greens , Hakurie Turnips, Radishes, Kohlrabi, Bunching onions, Sugar Snap Peas, Rhubarb, Napa Cabbage, Carrots, Beets, Fennel, Kohlrabi, Scallions, English peas, Cabbage, Broccoli, Garlic Scapes, Herbs
Summer (Mid July- Mid September)
Salad Mix, Arugula, Kale, Chard, Collards, Mustard greens, Carrots, Beets, Radishes, Hakurie Turnips, Scallions/ Bunching onions, Fresh garlic, Fresh onions, Peppers, Chiles, Slicer Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Zucchini, Summer squash, Cabbage, Broccoli, Tomatillos, Eggplant, Green Beans, leeks, herbs
Fall (Mid September-Mid November)
Salad Mix, Arugula, Kale, Chard, Collards, Carrots, Beets, Turnips, Potatoes, Winter Squash, Scallions, Onions, Leeks, Winter Radishes, Cabbage, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Romenesco, Celeriac, Winter Radishes, Parsnips, Potatoes, herbs
