GrownBy FAQs
Homefields is excited to roll out our new web store powered with GrownBy!
Click here to get started.
Or even better, download the Grownby App to your phone, available below in the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. The app will allow you to purchase items from Homefields right from your phone, customize your shares each week so you can get the vegetables you want, and edit your vegetable preferences.
The season starts the last week of May and each week of our CSA season, you'll be able to customize your share. Each week starting Monday at noon and closing Wednesday at noon you'll be able to login to Grownby and pick the items you'd like. Make sure to customize early for the greatest variety, but don't worry if you forget to customize, the farmers will put together your share for you.
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 email farmer@homefields.org
Do I have to pay for the whole season up front?
If you sign up through our store front, you will need to pay now for the full season.
Can I make adjustments when I arrive, rolling unwanted items into next week’s visit? With our new software, you will customize your share each week, selecting the items and quantities you’d prefer. If you don’t customize your share, one will automatically be prepared for you. If you happen to get an item you don’t want, please ask the staff at pick up if there’s a substitute. As much as possible we will strive to give you the items you’d prefer.
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
What is a CSA?
A Community Supported Agriculture program is one that creates a direct, personal relationship between families and farmers. 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 plan a better season up-front 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