What is a CSA?
A Community Supported Agriculture program is one that creates a direct, personal relationship between families and farmers. In Spring or Winter, you purchase a share of the season’s harvest and then each week throughout the growing season you receive the highest-quality, locally grown food, including your favorite staples and unusual specialty items. The farmer can better plan the growing season and gets to know shareholders face-to-face.
What is a Care Farm?
“A care farm utilises the whole or part of a farm to provide health, social or educational care services for one or a range of vulnerable groups of people, providing a supervised, structured program of farming-related activities, rather than occasional one-off visits.” —U.S. National Library of Medicine
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General FAQs
We are grateful for your support of Homefields Care Farm. Your sustaining CSA member status allows us to serve you with organic health-giving produce and for you to build a personal connection with the Homefields farm team. If you are unable to pick up, you are welcome to Designate (make arrangements for someone else to pick up your share) or Donate (we donate to local food banks). This model provides for sustainability of the program and minimizes food waste but does not allow for refunds. To make arrangements, please mail farmer@homefields.org
Do I have to pay for the whole season up front?
If you sign up through our website you will need to pay now for the full season. If you would like to pay in installments, feel free to reach out to community@homefields.org and we will set you up!
Do you offer a virtual tour?
Yes, you can meet the farmers, tour the property and more here.
What if the share size I choose is too big/too small?
Changing sizes mid season is easy by contacting CSAware. They’ll cancel the original order and then create a new one with the desired size, applying the payments made towards the previous order to the new one.
Can I make adjustments when I arrive, rolling unwanted items into next week’s visit? Unfortunately, we can’t accommodate these types of modifications without increasing food waste. Our planning is based on information provided before pickup, to guarantee the freshest vegetables possible.
How about herbs and flowers?
A wide array of herbs and flowers and some vegetables will be available to you in
the pick your own field based on similar local CSAs. These carry a value of nearly
$500 and are included as part of your share.
Do I have to pick-my-own?
Virtually all of your share will be harvested, washed, and separated in a central pickup location. But we’re pretty sure you'll want to head into the PYO area to grab some extra goodies. NOTE: If you have physical limitations, we offer a “pick assist” service so you can take part in the bounty. Let us know!
Is there a work requirement to join?
No, though, we love and need volunteers for daily farm tasks and special events.
Can my dog accompany me in the fields?
Sorry, due to food safety concerns, only service animals in active duty are permitted at Homefields Care Farm.
Wait, I have another question!
No problem—email farmer@homefields.org