At Fresh Earth Farms we strive to provide a flexible approach to CSA. As such, we provide two different CSA programs. Our On-farm pick-up program provides you the ability to choose your produce. With drop-site pick-up you have a convenient place to receive your produce. With either program you get the same delicious, locally-grown taste.
Drop-site Pick-up
Our drop-site program utilizes a 15”x14”x13” reusable plastic crate. We’ve found it holds approximately the equivalent of three on-farm pick-up shares, or enough for two to four people depending on your particular eating habits. To understand how much food this is please refer to the on-farm pick-up section below.
On-farm Pick-up
With on-farm pick-up we sell the produce by individual shares. A single person buys one share. A couple would purchase two shares. A family of four gets four shares. Each week you will have a variety of produce to choose from. Generally there will be between 6 and 20 different items. From these items each share will take home between 4 to 10 items. Some items will be matched with others – e.g. 1 head of broccoli or 2 kohlrabi – so for each share you will have to choose which one to take.
Here are a couple examples to illustrate how this works:
Example 1: July 7th, 2008
This week’s choices (per share) are:
| 1 head Lettuce |
| 1 Kohlrabi or 2 Summer Squash or 1 bunch Kale |
| 1 Broccoli |
| 1 bunch Radishes |
| 1 bunch Green Onions or 1 bunch Garlic Scapes |
| 0.5 lbs Sugar Snap Peas or 0.25 lbs Snow Peas |
With one share you could choose: 1 head lettuce, 2 summer squash, 1 head broccoli, 1 bunch Radishes, 1 bunch green onions and 0.5 lbs snap peas.
With two shares you could choose: 2 heads lettuce, 1 kohlrabi, 2 summer squash, 1 head broccoli, 2 bunches radishes, 1 bunch green onions, 1 bunch garlic scapes, and 1 lbs snap peas.
A drop-site box would receive: 3 heads of lettuce, 1 kohlrabi, 4 summer squash, 3 heads of broccoli, 3 bunches radishes, 2 bunches green onions, 1 bunch garlic scapes, 0.5 lbs snap peas and 0.5 lb snow peas.
Example 2: August 13, 2008
This week’s choices are:
| 1 lb Tomatoes or 0.5 lbs Cherry Tomatoes |
| 1 Cauliflower or 1 Cabbage or 2 Kohlrabi or 1 Broccoli |
| 1 bulb Fennel or 1 bunch Basil or 1 bunch Kale |
| 1 lb Potatoes or 0.5 lbs Beans or 1 Bell Pepper or 3 Ears Sweet Corn |
| 1 large Onion |
With one share you could choose: 1 lb tomatoes, 1 cabbage, 1 bulb fennel, 0.5 lbs beans and 1 onion.
With four shares you could choose: 3 lbs tomatoes, 0.5 lbs cherry tomatoes, 2 cauliflower, 1 cabbage, 2 kohlrabi, 1 bulb fennel, 2 bunches basil, 1 bunch kale, 1 lb potatoes, 6 ears corn, 1 bell pepper and 3 onions.
A drop-site box would receive: 2 lbs tomatoes, 0.5 lbs cherry tomatoes, 1 cauliflower, 1 cabbage, 1 broccoli, 1 bulb fennel, 1 bunch basil, 1 bunch kale, 6 ears corn, 1 bell pepper and 3 onions.
To understand how much of each item you will typically receive when in season please refer to the following table of vegetables:
| Vegetable | Amount/Share | Unit |
| Arugula | 1 | bunch |
| Beans – Green | 0.5 | lb |
| Beans – Wax | 0.5 | lb |
| Beets – baby | 6 | each |
| Beets – medium | 3 | each |
| Beets – large | 1 | each |
| Broccoli | 1 | head |
| Brussels Sprouts | 1 | stalk |
| Cabbage | 1 | head |
| Carrots | 1 | bunch |
| Cauliflower | 1 | head |
| Celery | 1 | stalk |
| Corn – Sweet | 3 | ears |
| Cucumbers | 1 | each |
| Diakon Radishes | 1 | each |
| Eggplant – small | 3 | each |
| Eggplant – large | 1 | each |
| Fennel | 1 | head |
| Garlic | 1 | bulb |
| Kohlrabi | 1-2 | head |
| Leeks | 1 | each |
| Lettuce | 1 | head |
| Melons | 1 | each |
| Onions – large | 1 | each |
| Onions – small/green | 3 | each |
| Onions – Scallions | 1 | bunch |
| Pac Choi – baby | 2 | head |
| Pac Choi – large | 1 | head |
| Peas – Snap | 0.5 | lb |
| Peas – Snow | 0.25 | lb |
| Peppers – large | 1 | each |
| Peppers – small | 2 | each |
| Potatoes | 1 | lb |
| Pumpkins – Baking | 1 | each |
| Radishes | 1 | bunch |
| Rutabagas | 1 | each |
| Shallots | 1-3 | each |
| Spinach | 1 | bunch |
| Squash – Summer | 2-3 | each |
| Squash – Winter | 1 | each |
| Swiss Chard | 1 | bunch |
| Tomatillos | 0.5 | lb |
| Tomatoes | 1-3 | lb |
| Tomatoes – Cherry | 0.5 | lb |
| Tomatoes – Grape | 0.5 | lb |
| Tomatoes – Italian | 1 | lb |
| Tomatoes – Pear | 0.5 | lb |
| Turnips – large | 1 | each |
| Turnips – baby | 3 | each |
| Watermelon | 1 | each |
