- Vegetable and Fruit Share June 2007: photo by R. Levine
Local, Fresh, Organic
Lancaster Farm Fresh still has shares available for the 2009 growing season! Applications for August deliveries will be accepted through Juy 15th.
There are very few shares available so don't wait!
Please contact us for rates, csa@lancasterfarmfresh.com.
If you are interested in CSA shares delivered to Maryland, Washington DC or Virginia please contact us directly at csa (at) lancasterfarmfresh (dot) com
LFF CSA members who purchase a full share will receive 25 weeks of freshly harvested, certified organic produce from May to October. The cost of a full share, delivered one time per week is $700. The cost of a half share (a full share delivered every other week), is $375.
CSA shares include 6-10 different vegetable varieties each week. (Check the Produce section of the website for sample shares.) Vegetable shares are typically lighter 6 or 7 varieties of veggies, including lots of greens, in May and June. July and August brings a bountiful harvest of many different kinds of produce, herbs and melons.
In addition to a vegetable share LFF will offer a fruit share for $120 (full) 20 weeks (half share $60, 10 weeks delivery). A special order pricelist will be available for all CSA members. This list provides CSA members the opportunity to purchase, bison and beef, poultry, eggs, raw milk and yogurt. Special orders are delivered each week with your vegetable share.
Pick-up sites are forming in Philadelphia and Lancaster. (Please click on Pickup Locations in the left margin to find the closest site to your neighborhood or office.)
Please contact us at CSA@lancasterfarmfresh.com for more information.
Member benefits:
25 weeks of freshly harvested, organic produce (May through October, exact dates depend on spring weather) - Full Share
Wholesale prices on certified organic produce, harvested within 72 hours of delivery.
A weekly email description of produce, some cooking hints for unusual items and news from LFF farms.
The satisfaction of knowing you are contributing to your local economy, sustaining local farmers, preserving local farmland and eating healthful food.
Farmer Benefits:
Farmers receive much-needed cash for planting and planning in Winter and early Spring
Receive a fair price for farm products
Share the risk and bounty of farming
The satisfaction of working within the local economy, providing fresh, healthful food to many local families, contributing to the overall well-being of the local metropolitan population
Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative
Certified-organic produce, locally grown and freshly harvested.
Pastured animal products full of grass-fed goodness.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)