- Vegetable and Fruit Share June 2007: photo by R. Levine
Local, Fresh, Organic
Lancaster Farm Fresh CSA is full for the 2008 season!
LFF CSA members will receive 22 weeks of freshly harvested, certified organic produce from May to October. The cost of a full share, delivered one time per week is $575. The cost of a half share (a full share delivered every other week), is $300.
Save $50 if you register, with first payment, by Thanksgiving and pay in full by January 1, 2008. Save $25 if you register, with first payment, by January 15, 2008, and pay-in-full by March 1, 2008. Discount available on full shares only.
CSA shares include 6-10 different vegetable varieties each week. Vegetable shares are typically lighter 6 or 7 varieties of veggies 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 $100 (full) 19 weeks (half share $50, 9 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 Amy Crystle, CSA manager, at CSA@lancasterfarmfresh.com for more information.
Member benefits:
22 weeks of freshly harvested, organic produce (May through October, exact dates depend on spring weather)
Wholesale prices on certified organic produce, harvested within 24 hours of delivery.
A weekly electronic 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)