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What is the CSA?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. As community members, you support our farm by paying an up front membership fee in late winter/ early spring and then reap the rewards of the harvest bounty throughout the Spring, Summer and Fall. The membership fees are used by us in the spring, after a long winter of little income, to buy things like seeds, fertilizer, baby chicks and feed, pay employees to help with planting and infrastructure improvement projects, and cover the many other costs of starting up each Spring. In return for your investment in us, we work hard all season to provide you and your family with a share of the freshest, tastiest vegetables we're harvesting each week.

What is a share? How do I get it?
Each week we'll go out in the field and harvest as many vegetables as are ready at the time and then divide them equally among the members. The weekly share value will average $20, with some weeks being closer to $15 (at the change of seasons, i.e. Spring to Summer, Summer to Fall) and some weeks closer to $25 (at the peak of each season, i.e. mid-spring, mid-summer, mid-fall.) Once a week, during the CSA season, members will pick-up their shares from the farm on the designated pick-up days.

Can I split my share?
Yes. The medium and large shares are perfect for splitting with family and friends. If you split a medium share between two families each family would get a small share at a discounted price. When registering for split shares please include a name, email address and phone number for each family on one registraion form. The form must be submitted with the full payment.

What vegetables can I expect?
We grow over 100 varieties of vegetables each year so you can expect to see many of your favorites along with many you've never seen or heard of before. The spring and fall offer a variety greens and roots, while the summer is full of fruits, generally. To get specific, in the spring you will see swiss chard, cabbage, lettuce, radish, salad turnips, beets, potatoes, strawberries, etc. In the summer you'll get your fill of squash, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, beans, melons, etc. In the fall, it will be a return to a lot of the spring veggies plus broccoli, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, etc. We will also try to provide more fresh herbs this year, especially basil. There are, however, a lot of variables that are out of our control (such as weather) and crop failures do occur; so as we can't guarantee you any specific veggies, we can guarantee you a good share value each week.

What else should I know?
CSA's take commitment. You not only need to be committed to picking up your share each week, but committed to using it, too. You'll need a willingness to cook and a sense of adventure in the kitchen for experimenting with new vegetables. There will be weeks, during the peak of each season, when you'll get a surplus of vegetables. You need to be prepared to make the most of this surplus by canning, freezing or drying it for use during the winter when fresh vegetables are hard to come by. Think of this surplus as profit on your investment; by preserving and using it outside the CSA season you'll be getting more food than will feed your family for the 7 months for which you paid.

You should also know CSA members get a 10% discount on Greenbranch Farm products purchased at our farm store. These include our grass-finished beef, pastured pork, pastured poultry and our free-range eggs, as well as produce. Foods produced on other farms are not covered by this discount.