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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:

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.

 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.

  • White Frost Farm - Washingtonville   Kit and Cathy Kelley P O Box 100 Ph: 570-437-2860

Email: whitefrostfarm@gmail.com

Certified organic. Wide variety of produce (herbs, greens, potatoes, onions, corn, cucumbers, etc). Wheat berries, farro, spelt , farm-milled flours. Homemade jams. Pre-order opportunities for pastured chickens and turkeys. Eggs. Three options: visit the farm directly , sign up now (March) for the List (see link) and make weekly orders all summer by email (optional delivery to Lewisburg with minimum order) or visit the Susquehanna Valley Growers Cooperative at their 2010 location: Ard's Farm Market on Rte 45.

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