What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)?
CSA is the shortform for Community Supported Agriculture.
Small scale local farmers grow high-quality produce. In turn, they sell shares to community members who pay for their shares (produce) in advance.
This creates a mutually beneficial “partnership” between the grower and the community members. The farmer can focus on growing the seasonal produce while the members cover the farmer’s seasonal start-up costs.
Members then reap the season-long fresh bounty of vegetables, herbs, fruit, and flowers – which varies from CSA to CSA.
Why buy a CSA food box share?
Support local farmers
Eat fresh, hand-picked flavours
Enjoy nutritious produce
“Know the story behind your food”
Feed yourself well
Discover new vegetables and recipes
Interact with friendly farm vendors
(sure beats the dead stares at the check-out counters at Big Box stores, eh?)
CSA Food Boxes
Fertile Ground Farm, Neustadt, Ontario/St. Agatha, Ontario
“No pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers”
Vegetables, Eggs, and Garden Seedlings
https://www.fertilegroundcsa.com
Granskou Greens, Kitchener, Ontario
“Fresh produce, seedlings, tours”
https://www.granskougreens.com
Green Hart Farms, New Hamburg, Ontario
“40 kinds of vegetables”
Veggie Box Program and Flower Share
Little Fields Farm, Bright, Ontario
“Vegetables, cut flowers, and eggs”
Diverse small-scale ecological farm
Milky Way, Woodstock, Ontario
“Fresh Local Vegetables and Fruit”
Farm Share Program and Online Store
New Leaf Market Garden, Waterloo, Ontario
“Fresh, Nutritious, Hand-picked Vegetables Every Week”
Farm Boxes from mid-June to mid-October
https://newleafmarketgarden.ca/csa-food-boxes/
The Caring Mushroom, Kitchener, Ontario
“Specialty Mushrooms, Functional Mushrooms, Microgreens”
Locally Grown and Organic
Online Markets in Waterloo Region
Bailey’s Local Foods, Waterloo, Ontario
“Online Farmer’s Market”
Year-round Service with Easy Online Ordering
https://www.baileyslocalfoods.com
Nith Valley Organics, Plattsville, Ontario
“Online Market”
Certified Organic Vegetables and Eggs
https://nith-valley-organics.localline.ca/retail-catalog
The Sustainable Market, New Dundee, Ontario
“Home Delivery Options to K-W, Cambridge, and Guelph”
Wild Leek Farm, Puslinch, Ontario
“Online Store and Farmstand”
One-acre market garden
Further Afield
Coyote Song Farm & Forest, Erin, Ontario
“Home Delivery from Guelph to Erin”
Healthy Fresh Produce and Beautiful Blooms
Hoppy Fields Farm, Fergus, Ontario
“Delivery to Fergus, Elora and Guelph available or pick up at farm or at the Elora Farmers' Market.”
Fresh Vegetables and Eggs
https://www.hoppyfieldsfarm.com
Red Rabbit, Erin, Ontario
“Various pick-up locations”
Fully Customizable Vegetable Share
https://www.redrabbitgardens.com/csa
Reroot Farm, Harriston, Ontario
“Seasonal local organic vegetables plus herbs, flowers, and berries”
CSA Program and Online Store
River Run Farm, Elora, Ontario
“Pick-up Options: The Farm and Guelph Farmer’s Market”
Abundance of Fresh and Seasonal Produce
https://www.riverrunfarm.ca/csa
Wicked Welly Farm & Apiary, Belwood, Ontario
“Vegetables, herbs, microgreens, flowers”
Veggie Box Program and Farmstand
http://www.wickedwelly.ca/csa/
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