What is a CSA?

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. This program gives members (you) direct access to high-quality, fresh seasonal produce grown by your local farmers (us).

Before the growing season begins, we invite our community to purchase a share of our harvest upfront. Once our growing season begins, those who have bought in begin receiving a share of our harvest, in the form of a box of produce.

CSA programs are mutually beneficial to the farmers + their community. By purchasing a share + investing in our farm’s success, you help us to gain the financial security and capital needed for soil amendments, infrastructure, seeds + more! In return, you gain regular + convenient access to local, high-quality produce, from people in your community who care about you, your family + our environment.

When does the CSA usually start?

Our summer shares typically start in late June + ends in early October.

How does the CSA Program work?

When you sign up for our Summer CSA Program, you’ll select how often + quanitity you’d like to receive fresh veggies:

Frequency

• Full Share: One box every week for the duration of our CSA program

• Half Share: 8 boxes; your choice of weeks, from within our full week CSA program

Size

• Large Share: The share will contain 10-12 items with an aproximate value of $35

• Small Share: The share will contain between 6-8 items with an aproximate value of $25

The full shares + half shares get the same veggies - it’s just how often you get them. We expect our summer CSA programs to run from approximately the last week of June, to the first week in October.

What can I expect in my weekly share?

In each week’s share we include what is in peak season + ready to harvest. We try to give our members a nice variety of snacking, salad + meal veggies, as well as herbs! Click here to view sample weekly shares.

Summer CSA Full Share (16 weeks)

The Full Share is a weekly share of fresh vegetables (about a paper grocery bag full). This share is easily consumed by a household that eats and cooks fresh vegetables, although each family’s vegetable consumption varies.

Summer CSA Half Share (8 weeks)

The Half Share is also a share of fresh vegetables (about a paper grocery bag full), for 8 weeks of your choosing. This option is for the single person, or vegetable-lite household. Half shares get the same vegetables as the full shares.

Do you offer other payment options?

We accept all major credit cards & PayPal through our website. Check & Venmo are also gladly accepted - in fact, it saves us almost 3% in transaction fees.

If you would like to mail a check or pay via Venmo, enter the discount code PAYBYCHECK during check out, which will allow you to submit your membership info without payment. Then, mail your check, made out to Tyler Keay, to 111 Hanscom Road Eliot, ME 03903. Or, send your Venmo payment to Tyler-Keay (click here to scan our Venmo QR code).

When utilizing our payment plan option use code 3PAYPLAN at checkout. The first payment is due at checkout, and the final payment is due by June 15th.

If paying via check AND on a payment plan, please only use the code PAYBYCHECK at check out. Then just send us a message, explaining your intention to make 3 payments, with your check.

You may reach out to us, either through our contact form, or via email (walkerkeay@gmail.com), with any questions.