CSAs - Community Supported Agriculture

Members prepay farmers (in spring for fresh produce provided late spring into fall) to provide a living year round wage for our small, regional farmers and fresh produce on members' tables. 

Points to consider prior to purchasing a share

• Visit the farm to get an idea how the farm is managed.
• What crops does the farmer intend to grow?  When are these crops generally available?
• When and where will you pick up your share, i.e. time frame, day of the wk?
• Be prepared for some weeks of few crops secondary to weather conditions, other weeks you may receive an abundance of crops.
• Produce is preselected for you and placed in a box for your pick-up. This means sometimes you may receive very large sized produce or very small or just the size you desire.
• Consider your flexibility in preparing food.
• Share your recipes. Ask for recipe guidance from the farmer as well as read LAN recipes. Sometimes your box may include recipes.
• Possibility of splitting a share with another person/family. If you decide to split a share, how will you arrange splitting produce when odd numbers in box and who will pick up produce which weeks? When it is not your turn to pick up produce, will you go to other person's house to get the produce and box or will that person deliver produce to you? Shaffer Family Farm presorts half shares.
• Possibility of working on farm in exchange for a lower cost or free share.
• Along with the advantage of eating fresh food from local farms, members may learn to eat a broader selection of foods and interact with a variety of people.

CSA's in Central Susquehanna area:

• Dreamcatcher Farm - Lewisburg Rte. 192, just east of Hoffa Mill Rd. Pick up at farm.   Website link.  Email: dreamcatcherfarm@dejazzd.com

Vegetables and fruit in season.  Eggs year-round. Pot luck picnics/events held at farm.

• Groundwork Farms - 8 farms in Penns Creek watershed, weekly delivery to Lewisburg (when enough people participate) and New Berlin; 814.349.8915.
  Website link. Email: nell@groundworkfarms.com

Vegetables, herbs, flowers, berries in season. Raw milk dairy products (milk, yogurt, cheese, butter, etc.), eggs, pastured meats, and baked goods year-round.

• Mystic Farms - Selinsgrove 10 Farmhouse Lane. 570.372.1975 Pick up locations in Lewisburg and Selinsgrove.

Vegetables, fruits and herbs.

• Shaffer Family Farm - outside Sunbury, Mile Run Rd., Lower Augusta, 570.286.1029. Weekly delivery to Ard's Farm Market in Lewisburg for an extra fee or you may pick up produce at farm.
  Website link. Email: rshaffer1@localnet.com 

 Vegetables and fruit in season.  Over 20 different varieties of certified organic vegetables.  Free range, humanely treated, organically fed cattle, pigs, turkeys, and chickens may be available for separate purchase.  Eggs  from free range/organically fed hens are also available. Fourth generation family farm. Pot luck harvest celebration in September. 

• Sweet Meriam's Farm - Beaver Springs, 570.658.8512, Pick up at farm. Carla Hine, Heather Donald, Hannah Bingam.

Website link. Email: sweetmfarm@aol.com, carla@sweetmeriams.com.

Vegetables in season including heirloom tomatoes, asparagus, sweet peas, cucumbers, onions, potatoes, garlic. Local fruits available from other farms.

• Tewksbury Grace Farm - Muncy 168 Yeagle Rd., 570.437.2620.

Email: Tewks1@aol.com

Vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, dried goods. 18 wk. season, June through mid October. Late season produce deliveries October through December, available a la carte online. Opportunities for preordering eggs, pork, chicken, and ground beef from neighboring farms.