Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a program that gives the community access to fresh in season and local produce. Members of a CSA receive a box of food representing what is most bountiful and in season that week. Members either pay for the whole season before it starts or pay a monthly fee that covers your box price. By doing this we have money at the beginning of the year to pay for running the garden, and/or a monthly paycheck to cover feed, bills, and upkeep maintenance.
Our boxes are $25 dollars a week (20 weeks) or $500 for the whole season. The season starts May 31 this year and ends on October 11. Members get a better value each week than if they were just shopping at the market, another benefit of paying ahead. We also give a small bouquet out each week as a thank you for supporting us. We could not do this without you!
Examples of some of the contents of our boxes are shown to the left.
You can display and print the 2017 membership form for CSA here. The form includes mailing instructions. Please inclose your check with the form. This year our CSA pickup will be at Incahoots back lot at 905 SE Baker St., McMinnville.
This year we are really excited to offer a way for our CSA customers to try our value-added products we have available. For the last 4 weeks of the CSA we are offering an optional bonus value-added product. For each of the last 4 weeks of the season you would receive a Quart jar of whatever products we have complete and ready to eat. I can guarantee that you would get one jar of pasta sauce, and one jar of Dill pickles. The other 2 selections will be determined at that time but would probably be a salsa and TBD. The bonus for the CSA customers is the jars will cost a $1 less then you can buy them from the market. And the bonus for us is we sell our inventory. Please mark on your CSA application if you would like to include a bonus quart jar a week!
If you have any other questions please email us and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
We look forward to growing for you!
A Market share is a great way for people to get fresh in season produce without the full time commitment to a CSA. If you like to have more of a choice in the vegetables that you buy, travel a lot in the summer, or don't want a full CSA box then the market share is a great option for you.
The market share basically works like a gift card to our farmers market stand. You purchase a share amount your choice ranging from $50 up to $500. and then have the freedom of coming to one of the markets we visit and picking out whatever we have fresh and in season that week. We sell at both the downtown McMinnville Farmers Market on Thursday and the Saturday farmers market at the Grange and your share amount will work at both locations. We will keep a record updated of what you spend. By paying for your fruits and vegetables ahead of time, everyone benefits. The farmer has access to guaranteed funds to run the farm buying tools and seeds. The customer does not have to worry about bringing money or a check each week and can get a bonus of free money for paying ahead of time!
For every $100 dollars you get a free $10 added for free.
Email us for more information on Market Shares.