Marke style CSA

**2025 CSA Information coming mid-January**

WHAT IS A CSA?

CSA stands for “Community Supported Agriculture.” In this farm business model the customer commits at the beginning of the season to a share of the harvest. The CSA forms a partnership between grower and eater, both essential parts of our local food system! We have been growing for a CSA since 2019 and it is the heart of Small Farm.

Our CSA provides the customer:

  • certified organic produce grown with no-till practices, mostly from our 3 acre farm and occasionally from nearby organic farms to increase variety.
  • a weekly newsletter with recipe suggestions and news about the farm.
  • a basis for your weekly meal plan, ensuring that you are eating with the seasons and encouraging you to try new dishes and eat at home.
  • knowledge that your food dollars support a mission-driven business with a goal to farm sustainably and create a positive impact on our environment and community.
  • (Summer CSA only) a chance to step into our fields and harvest pick-your-own vegetables for yourself. We make sure the pick-your-own vegetables are fun ones, like sugarsnap peas and cherry tomatoes. This is many member’s favorite part of the share!

Our CSA provides the farmers:

  • income at the beginning of the season to pay for supplies and early season labor.
  • the ability to market produce during the winter and focus on growing during the spring, summer and fall.
  • a predictable customer base to guide crop planning.

Market Style CSA:

We run a “market style” CSA. At each CSA distribution, members choose which items to take home.
Our CSA board and weekly CSA newsletter inform members which produce is available in the week’s share. Each week select a certain number of items to take home, choosing from the available list. In the Summer and Fall CSA, you can double up on veggies you love, and skip veggies you don’t need. Our Spring CSA offers a wide variety of greens, and usually no ability to double up on an item, due to the fact that all produce is coming from our high tunnels, where space is limited.

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Read on for all the 2025 CSA offerings! Sign up for our CSA at our GrownBY site.

See our extensive Frequently Asked Questions tab above for more information!

example of  a Summer CSA share
Weekly CSA Board, Week 10 of Summer Share

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*Now 6 weeks!*
Organic Spring CSA – $155.00

Saturdays April 19-May 24, 10:00-4:00

Welcome the new season with our Spring CSA! Our unheated high tunnels produce a wide variety of greens before the outdoor garden begins.

This 6 week share includes fresh greens, herbs, and salad roots (radishes, salad turnips). Each week choose 6 vegetables to take home.

Example of one week’s share: 1 head of lettuce, half pound of spinach, 1 bunch of cilantro, 1 bunch of radishes, 4 baby bok choy, 1 bunch of scallions

All items in the share are certified organic. Some vegetables may be sourced from other local farms to improve variety!

Organic Summer CSA – $670.00

18 weeks during a 20 week season
Wednesdays 12:00-6:00 or Saturdays 10:00-5:00, June 4-October 15

A pick-your-own vegetable is offered most weeks! We open our fields to CSA members to pick family favorites like sugar snap peas, cherry tomatoes, and sweet lunch box peppers.

Example of one week’s share in June (choose 8 of the following items, double up if you like):
1 head of lettuce, 2 salad cucumbers, 3 zucchini/summer squash, 1 bunch of scallions, 1 bunch of beets, 10 garlic scapes, 1 bag of arugula, 1 pint of pick-your-own sugar snap peas, 1 bunch of pick-your-own herbs (Italian and Thai basil, cilantro, mint, parsley available)

Please Note!
The season begins with fewer items in the share. As the weather and ground warms up, a wider variety of vegetables become available.

Example of one week’s share in August (choose 9 of the following items, double up on any if you want to skip more!):
4 tomatoes, 3 zucchini, 1 head of lettuce, 1 bunch of kale, 2 salad cucumbers, 1 pound of carrots, 4 green bell peppers, 1 bunch of scallions, 1 pint pick-your-own cherry tomatoes, 1 pint pick-your-own lunchbox sweet peppers OR jalapeno peppers, 1 bunch of pick-your-own herbs (Thai basil, parsley, thyme, savory available)

All items in the share are certified organic. Some vegetables may be sourced from other local farms to improve variety!

Sign up for the Summer CSA at our Grownby site

Organic Fall CSA – $205.00
4 biweekly pick ups

Enjoy fresh greens from the high tunnels, sweet roots dug from our fields, and cozy kitchen staples like sweet potatoes and winter squash as you head into the glory days of fall cooking. Impress your friends and family at the holiday table with entirely local fare! Each week choose 12 items, on average, to take home. Stock up on veggies you love, and skip the ones you don’t! We want you to eat your vegetables!

All items in the share are certified organic. Some vegetables may be sourced from other local farms to improve variety!

Sign up for the Fall CSA at our Grownby site

Organic Flower CSAs

We’re offering FOUR seasons of organic flower bouquets in 2025!

CSA members will pick up bouquets weekly at our farm stand during each season. The Tulip CSA is 3 weeks long. The Spring, Summer, and Fall Flower CSAs are 4 weeks long.

Tulip Flower Share

Spring Flower Share

Pick up Saturdays beginning in mid-May
Spring into the season with tulips, stock, snapdragons, ranunculus, peonies, poppies, larkspur, and more!

Summer Flower Share

Pick up Fridays and Saturdays in July
Celebrate Summer with zinnias, cosmos, euphorbia, hibiscus, snapdragons, solidago, sunflowers, and more!

Fall Flower Share

Pick up Saturdays in September
Enjoy dahlias, amaranth, eucalyptus, hibiscus, marigolds, rudbeckia, solidago, strawflower, sunflowers, zinnias and more!

Sign up for a Flower CSA at our Grownby site

Store

Organic Mushroom CSA

This year we are offering 4 sessions of an organic mushroom CSA, in partnership with Fat Moon Farm. Check out our GROWNBY site for all our offerings!

example of a mushroom share

Small Farm Seed Money
aka: store credit at the farm!

Want to support the farm, but don’t want to commit to a full CSA season? Consider purchasing store credit at the farm stand, so you can shop and say “put it on my tab!”
Learn more, and sign up, by following this link:
Click HERE to learn more about Seed Money and sign up

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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What happens if I’m unable to pick up my share?
    Send a friend or neighbor to pick up your share for you! Each week we donate extra CSA produce to Boston Area Gleaners, a fantastic food rescue organization. Visit our Grownby site for share-specific information on missed shares.
  2. Can I split a share?
    Sure! When checking out on Grownby, write the name and email of the person who you will be splitting a share with. They will also need to make an account on Grownby, so we can send them email newsletters and reminders. We will add the share to their account. Please keep in mind: We design the share with a single 2-4 person household in mind. Sometimes the items are not easily split (ie: 1 head of cabbage). Several of our customers do split shares and find it works best to simply alternate pick up weeks. When stored properly, our produce can last two weeks so you won’t be without veggies! You will handle the splitting of payment and share yourself.
  3. Can I pay in installments? Yes! You will see this option available at checkout on Grownby. The Spring and Fall shares offer three installments; the Summer share offers five. A deposit for each season must be paid at sign up to reserve your spot. You will be billed for subsequent installments on the first of the month when your share begins (ie: June 1 for the Summer CSA).
  4. I can’t afford to pay in full. Are there other options?
    Yes! You may pay for the CSA with SNAP benefits. Check “Pay offline” at checkout when you sign up on the Grownby site. Then email us at farmer@small-farm.com so we can send you a form to release funds monthly from your EBT card to pay for the share. No SNAP benefits? We have some funds available from our community to help pay for shares! Please email us at farmer@small-farm.com to let us know which seasons you would like to sign up for and how much you are able to pay, and we’ll do our best to work something out! It’s very important to us to make our CSA affordable to all.
  5. Do you offer work-for-shares? Yes, for the Summer Share! Please email farmer@small-farm.com if you are interested in exchanging 4 hours of harvest work/week for the duration of the Summer season. We can only accommodate work-for-shares on Tuesday and Friday mornings. Work-for-shares will be interviewed by the farmers to make sure it’s a good fit. Work-for-shares must be able to commit to at least 16 weeks of the 20 week season.
  6. Do you offer volunteer hours? We hope to host a couple community volunteer days this season! In the meantime, we highly recommend volunteering with the Boston Area Gleaners, who we have hosted several times on the farm! We love the work they do, and they are just 5 minutes away in Acton! https://www.bostonareagleaners.org/volunteer.html
  7. I don’t think the CSA is right for me. Is there another way to support the farm?
    Yes! And we appreciate your support! Consider helping a neighbor afford the CSA by selecting the “Community Fund” product on our GrownBY site. Alternatively, find out about purchasing store credit HERE. Want a free way to support the farm? Simply share our social media posts with your neighborhood groups, or tell a friend about Small Farm! That really does help us!
  8. More questions? Please email farmer@small-farm.com. We’re happy to help!

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