Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a direct partnership between the consumer and the farmer. The CSA member buys a share of the farm at the beginning of a growing season. In exchange, the farmer grows exceptionally high quality vegetables, herbs, and fruits. Every week, the produce is picked and immediately delivered to local drop off sites, where members pick up their shares. This arrangement is ecologically sound because it reduces the long-distance trucking involved in much of today's produce delivery. In addition, all the produce is organically grown; this method of growing food is healthier and more environmentally sustainable for the consumer, agricultural worker, and the land itself.

At Two Small Farms, our CSA service includes:

• A weekly harvest share of vegetables, fruits, herbs and greens at competitive prices.
• An informative newsletter that includes recipes and details about how to store and handle your produce. It has topical articles about the ongoing work at the farm and updates on what will be coming up.
• Prompt phone or email response to your questions or comments.
• An open house at our home and farm so you can see where your food is grown and meet the people who produce it.

To find out what some of our satisfied CSA members have said, click here.

A bit of history about the CSA, from the Mother Jones March/April 1997 article “Buying the Farm”:

The CSA concept is a product of the turbulent '60s -- in Japan. As the country faced a loss of farmland due to development, a growing infiltration of imported foods, and the resulting exodus of farmers to cities, a group of Japanese homemakers approached a local farmer with the idea of making a financial commitment to the farm in exchange for fruits and vegetables. They entered into a contract, or teikei, which literally translates as “partnership," but philosophically means “food with the farmer's face on it.” The concept took root and eventually spread. Today, more than 600 CSA farms across the U.S. and Canada serve close to 150,000 participants.