How do customized shares works?

Prior to each delivery, you’ll receive the "It’s Time to Customize Your Share" email. You’ll have a window of time to make swaps, place a hold or reschedule your share, or purchase extras. If your share looks good, then you don’t have to do anything. Then, pick up your fully customized share. Our GrownBy software will build your share based on past purchases, customer preferences, and real-time inventory availability.

How does it work?

Find out more in this short video.

payment

You can pay via cheque, e-transfer or credit card.

Various installment plans available.

Why does it help if we sign up early?

We plan our garden and purchase supplies in winter. The earlier we have commitment from CSA members, the better we can plan the garden and the more we can focus on growing good food. Local vegetables are also very popular — sign up early to secure your share!

CSA

Community Supported Agriculture — Farmers and eaters make a commitment to each other at the beginning of the growing season. Throughout the summer and fall, members receive a weekly share of the farm’s produce.

Benefits for Members

• easy access to fresh, local, delicious vegetables at a reasonable price
• fully customized shares accompanied by a newsletter with cooking tips, recipes and pictures of the vegetables (no more guessing!)
• opportunity to learn about agriculture, visit the farm and know your farmers

Benefits for Farmers

• a steady market for farm products throughout the season
• income at the start of the season when many production expenses occur
• a close relationship with customers

Is CSA for me?

CSA is not for everyone. Yes, really. While we love the CSA model, it doesn’t work for everyone and that’s okay. So here are some questions to help you think about whether you really want to participate in a CSA:

• Do you value having really good vegetables that taste great?
• Do you love to cook and do you cook from scratch several times each week?
• Are you willing to try new foods?
• Are you able to give up some control over menu planning and embrace truly seasonal eating?
• Can you improvise in the kitchen and adapt recipes? If a recipe calls for spinach, can you make use of chard?

If you answered no to several of these questions, then perhaps now is not the time to join our CSA. Instead, you can sign up for our shop and try that first. You’ll be able to purchase the items through our online store and have them delivered just like the CSA shares, without committing to a full season. And who knows on what journey that first step might take you!