CSA

Community Supported Agriculture



WHY JOIN A CSA?

1. To eat healthy fresh seasonal produce straight from the farm at a discounted price. 

Being a CSA member means getting a weekly box of veggies that was literally just picked the morning of the pick-up or the evening before in case of a morning drop. We hope to have U-pick opportunities for our CSA members in the near future. By committing as a CSA member you will receive a discount off of our market prices on all products.

2. To support a local farm and buy directly from the farmer.

Buying a CSA share means supporting our farm. It gives us security that our products will be sold and gives us funds when we truly need them. Instead of buying produce that comes from unknown places, has traveled many miles and gone through many different hands, buying directly from us gives you the satisfaction of knowing exactly where your food comes from. Unlike relying on labels or hoping that no chemicals where sprayed on you food, you can trust that we will never spray any chemicals on your food and if you have any questions on what we feed our chickens or how we do things we can answer you right away. 

3. To spice up your food experience by trying new vegetables and tastes.

Many times, people who join a CSA will receive vegetables that they would never purchase at the store. This is truly an opportunity to experience new vegetables and recipes. We understand that certain vegetables may not be peoples favorite and we allow people to request substitutions for unwanted vegetables. At the same time we also highly welcome suggestions of certain vegetables that you love before the season starts so we can get them started in time. For example, if acorn squash or romanesco broccoli are you favorite, let us know in March and we will make sure we purchase the seeds to plant them in time to provide those items in your box.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT IN YOUR BOX?

Our goal is to provide you with a minimum diversity of 5 different products in your box each week. We prioritize our CSA members as our most important customers and give them our best and our most limited products. Thus, some products that our CSA members get will never make it to market. Every year we listen to our customers comments so that we can provide a diversity of produce that is appealing and exciting. We cannot guarantee what will be in your weekly box as the weather and other growth factors challenge the success of each crop differently each season, however this is what we have had in our boxes in the last 5 years:

Spring (May through end of June): lots of salad greens and brazing greens (including kale, lettuce, mizuna, arugula, spinach, spicy mustard, pac choy leaves), radishes (french breakfast), hakurei turnips (sweet japanese turnips), fresh cut herbs (parsley, chives, cilantro, dill, and others by choice oregano, thyme), beets and beet greens, leeks, fennel, peas, bunching onions, rhubarb

Summer (July through September):  salad greens and brazing greens (including chard, kale, lettuce, mizuna, arugula, spinach, spicy mustard, pac choy leaves), broccolini, cauliflower, cabbage (green, red, savoy, napa), green beans, fava beans, bulb onions, cucumbers, zucchini, garlic, fennel, kohlrabi, basil, radishes (french breakfast, icycle), hakurei turnips (sweet japanese turnips), fresh cut herbs (parsley, celery greens chives, cilantro, dill, and others by choice oregano, thyme),  beets and beet greens, carrot bunches, fennel, peas, bunching onions, rhubarb, eggplant, green bell peppers, shishito frying peppers, parsnip, tomatoes, potatoes

Fall (September through November): lettuce, chard, spinach, beets, carrots, parsnips, garlic, potatoes, green beans, purple and red bell peppers, sweet frying peppers, jalopeno peppers, tomatoes (opportunity for canning tomatoes), eggplant, cuccumbers, onions, leeks, winter squash (kabocha, delicata, hubbard, butternut), jerusalem artichokes

WHERE DO YOU PICK UP YOUR WEEKLY BOX? WHEN DOES IT START?  HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

For 2020 our CSA will be organized by location, please look for details here below.

So far we have 3 locations where we will organize share pick-ups. 

Check out our bi-weekly pick up option at the Farm if you feel like every week would be too much.

Locations:

  • At our farm: Pre-season Fridays 430 to 630pm, main season Tuesday or Friday 430 to 630pm (*!*you have to pick up on the weekday you sign up for, however if arrangements are made ahead of time we can often be flexible between Tuesday and Friday choices, note: produce share will not be saved and produce availability may be less if not picked up on assigned day*!*)
  • Camas farmer's market: Wednesdays, First week of June through First week of October (the entire market season), from 3:00PM to 7:00PM. In the case of market cancellation special arrangements will be made.

Farm Pick up CSA

    Preseason: number of pick-up days = 7

    Main Season: 22 weeks

CSA type  Dates  weekly share value  total value CSA discount    CSA price
 preseason one size

  3 bi-weekly pick ups starting on March 25th or April 1st, followed by 4 weekly pick ups May 6th, May 13th, May 20th and May 27th.  avg. $15.7  $110  10%  $100
 main season LARGE share  Sign up for Tuesday June 7th to November 1st
                 or Friday June 3th to October 28th		  avg. $25.6  $563  20%  $450
 main season SMALL share  Sign up for Tuesday June 7th to November 1st
                 or Friday June 3th to October 28th		  avg. $17.6  $388  15%  $330
 Bi-weekly Main season Large share  you will be assigned to pick up on ODD or EVEN weeks
Option days for pick up are
       Tuesday June 7th to November 1st
                 or Friday June 3th to October 28th		   avg. $25.6  $282  11% $ 250

Camas Pick up CSA

    Preseason: no preseason

    Main Season: duration 18 weeks, falls exactly in line with the number of Camas Farmer's Markets. The last pick up during the last market will include a bonus package of winter storage crops. In the case of market cancellation special arrangements will be made.

CSA type  Dates  weekly share value  total value CSA discount    CSA price
 main season LARGE share  The Camas farmer's market has not posted their dates yet but we are assuming it will be Wednesdays June 1st through September 28th  avg. $25.2  $529  15%  $450
 main season SMALL share  The Camas farmer's market has not posted their dates yet but we are assuming it will be Wednesdays June 1st through September 28th  avg. $17.5  $366.6  10%  $330


WHEN DO YOU SIGN UP?

You should sign up at least 2 weeks before the CSA season starts, however, we do expect our CSA to fill up as we only have a limited number of shares available, so we suggest signing up early to reserve a share.

You can choose the market value of your weekly box by choosing between a small or a large share. The size of the share does not change the diversity in the box, but does change the quantity of produce in the box.

You can send a check to 

Yacolt Mountain Farm and Nursery, LLC

20217 NE Yacolt Mountain Road

Yacolt Wa 98675


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