GREAT NEWS FOR US! LESS GREAT FOR YOU…
WE’RE SOLD OUT OF CSA SHARES FOR THE 2025 SEASON!
Sales for the 2026 CSA will open in October. Check back then and sign up early :)
WHAT IS A CSA?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It is a system pioneered in the USA by black farmer and Tuskegee Institute horticulturalist Booker T. Whatley in the 1960s as a way for black owned farms to thrive despite discriminatory government loan practices. It enables farmers to plan production, anticipate demand, and have a guaranteed market for their products. Members commit to buying a “share” of the bounty of a farm for a season, and in return, the farmers commit to providing as much local, nutritious food as they can grow to their community members.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Our CSA is “buffet style”. We’ll offer 9 - 18 different kinds of vegetables (and occasionally fruit and flowers!) each week. You can take as much as you would like and we just ask that you only take home as much as you will actually use fresh that same week. Don’t like chard? Don’t take any. We want you to go home with vegetables you love. Making a big meal for guests? Please take home extra vegetables for it!
Do you want to do some juicing, canning, freezing or preserving? Please ask about making a bulk purchase. Your CSA share is only meant to provide enough fresh vegetables to eat, not to drink or put up extra for the winter.
At times, we might set a limit for certain items — for example, when popular crops are first starting to ripen. However, we’ve planned for there to be enough for all members to be taking as much as they like when each crop is in full swing.
WHAT KINDS OF VEGETABLES CAN I EXPECT?
Below are photos of the types of vegetables you can expect over the course of the season.
Late Spring
Mid Summer
Early Autumn
Early Summer
Late Summer
Mid Autumn
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
The payment model for this vegetable buffet is based on household size. It costs $25 weekly for a single person to participate, with $10 for each additional person in the household over 12 years old. The CSA will run 22 Weeks, June through October, with a final “Thanksgiving” share at the end of November. For example, a family made up of two adults and one teen would pay $45 per week for all the fresh vegetables they can eat. (SNAP users pay 50% of the cost of a share, and the other 50% is covered by Double Up Food Bucks — More info below!)
Fresh eggs will be available for purchase each week during CSA pickup for $8/dozen.
TLDR:
1 person households pay $550 for the entire season
2 person households pay $770 for the entire season
3 person households pay $990 for the entire season
4 person households pay $1210 for the entire season
HOW DO I PICK UP MY SHARE?
Pickup will be on the farm every Thursday from 3:00-6:00pm. That way, CSA members can get to know the place that their food comes from and the people that grow it! Everything that isn’t taken by the end of the day will be donated the next day to our partners at Centro Cultural for their Free Food Mercado program.
CAN I PAY WITH SNAP?
YES! We’re happy to partner with the Pacific Northwest CSA Coalition to be able to receive SNAP benefits. And SNAP users pay only 50% of the total cost for the CSA, and the other 50% is covered by Double Up Food Bucks. We ask for a $50 deposit upfront and SNAP accounts are debited on a monthly basis for the remainder of the balance.
1 Person Households pay $275 total for the full season: $50 deposit + the rest divided into 5 payments of $45 per month.
2 Person Households pay $385 total for the full season: $50 deposit + the rest divided into 5 payments of $67 per month.
3 Person Households pay $495 total for the full season: $50 deposit + the rest divided into 5 payments of $89 per month.
4 Person Households pay $605 total for the full season: $50 deposit + the rest divided into 5 payments of $111 per month.
There is no limit to household size - The total cost will just continue to follow the same formula.
MORE QUESTIONS?
Feel free to reach out to us with any questions at CSA@workingtheoryfarm.com