If you have not been a CSA member before you may wonder what exactly is a CSA?! The acronym “CSA” traditionally stands for Community Supported Agriculture; at Greensgrow we call it City Supported Agriculture since we are in the heart of Philadelphia. CSA members pay for a seasonal share of top quality produce from our local farm partners. In turn this helps the farms assure their crops are sold. You become a part of our community, reduce your carbon footprint and receive the benefits having more nutritious and delicious products on hand!
The season runs from May-November. We offer a full share (pick up every week) or half share (pick up every other week). Members can pay up front or in installments. In the share each week, members will receive a seasonal assortment of locally grown, fresh vegetables and fruit. In about 1/3 of the shares you will receive a locally made cheese and vegans will get a veggie based treat. Rounding out the share is your choice of local yogurt, butter, eggs, tofu, or seitan. Occasionally, we like to include a fun, locally made item into the share, like honey, preserves, cider or beer.
We put a lot of thought into what goes into the share, and over the past 13 years, we have fine-tuned our offerings according to members’ input and, of course, the unique abundance that each season brings. The CSA is a cooperative effort, working directly with small farms in PA, NJ, and Delaware within 150 miles of our fair city. Our farmers range from generations-old farms in southern New Jersey, to orchards in Delaware, to a Lancaster County co-op of single-family farms. Your membership helps make initiatives of the nonprofit, Greensgrow possible; educational programs, our community kitchen, SNAP Box program/low income farm share and mobile markets that increase food access in underserved neighborhoods.
Check out photos of last year’s share online here.
We hope you will join us this year as we navigate the ever changing landscape of our regional food shed! Click here to become a member today.
Where & When
The CSA season begins the week of May 21 and ends the week of November 5.
Bufad, 1260 Spring Garden Street on Saturdays • 1:30pm–3:30pm
Greensgrow offers several other pickup locations, find the full list
here.
Full Share (weekly)
24 pickups • $800 ($33.33/week)
Pickup every week, 24 shares. You will choose one vacation week when you will skip a share.
Half Share (every other week)
13 pickups • $475 ($36.54/week)
Half Shares pick up every other week. Shares are the same size as the full share, but picked up every other week. Half shares do not choose a vacation week.
Add-On Options & Online Groceries
We offer optional add-on shares that can be picked up alongside your CSA. See members can shop for additional local products online and pick them up with your CSA. We offer artisan cheeses, breads, humanely raised meats and more.
Artisan Cheese Share
Once a month (7 pickups), we’ll feature a local cheesemaker, including local artisans such as The Farm at Doe Run and Yellow Springs Farm. Each pickup will feature 3–4 varieties (totaling a pound) from the same cheese maker, so you can experience the “terroir” and subtle differences across from each artisan.
NOTE: Full share members only
Locally Roasted Coffee Share
Once a month (7 pickups), Coffee Share members will receive 2-3 bags of locally roasted (never decaf) coffee from our favorite producers such as Peddler, Reanimator, & Philly Fair Trade. On occasion there will be fun additions such as cold brew coffee & various coffee confections.
NOTE: Full share members only
Photo Gallery: Check out last year’s share online here.
• Use Code SCSA16BUFAD at online check out. Offer expires April 24, 2016. Code must be used when you sign up online. Cannot be combined with other offers. Cannot be applied to active accounts. Restrictions apply.
Questions?
Email [email protected] or call the CSA Hotline: 215-380-4355
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