CSA stands for Community-Supported Agriculture. It works like this: our farm offers "shares" to the public. Members pre-buy these shares and pick-up their box of certified organic vegetables once a week for twenty weeks. A typical share consist of a box of 5-7 seasonal items. In addition to vegetable shares our farm offers a Meat CSA, Chicken and Pork shares.

Where do I pick up my share?

Our convenient pick-up locations and hours make the farm-to-table experience easier for busy folks to support local agriculture. Click here for a complete list of drop sites. Pick-up times are from 3 to 6 pm on Wednesdays from June through October. We do one last pick-up the week before Thanksgiving. Looking for the on-farm experience? Join us instead on Thursdays at the farm for your CSA pick-up. Visit the animals , pick some herbs and flowers, hang-out on the farm. We are always looking for neighborhood captains to help us expand our reach. This is a great way to connect with your community, save money and eat well. If we use your house as a drop spot and you're able to host at least 5 members you'll save 15% on your total membership, if you host 10 members you'll save 30% and if you host over 15 members you'll save 50%. If this is of interest to you contact us and we can go over the details.

Can I still purchase a share?

Yes! The easiest way is to use the on-line check out. You can also send a check to the farm. We accept members throughout the season, if you miss the first pick-ups we can do a pro-rated share. 

What do I get?

A lot depends on the season and the time of year. We generally say that a small share is sufficient for a couple and a large share is designed to feed a family of four to five. Another way of looking at it is a small share consist of smaller portions of five to seven items while a large share consist of larger portions of seven to nine items. Click here to reference our CSA product availability chart.

Sample shares (mid-July)

Small share

.5# mesclun

1 bunch of beets

1# tomatoes

1 bunch carrots

1 bunch basil

1 bunch sunflowers

Large share

1# mesclun

2 heads lettuce

1.5# tomatoes

2 pints cherry tomatoes

1 bunch carrots

1 bunch basil

1 garlic

1 bunch sunflowers

Why join our CSA?

Health: Eat local and organic

Food that travels fewer miles and days between harvest and consumption has a higher nutritional value. Our vegetables are fresh, certified organic and completely pesticide free!

Support local farms and economy

CSA's keep our dollars local and give community support to family farms. By sharing the risk and the harvest, members help keep farms in production and support farming as a viable family business.

Affordable foods for all income levels

By partnering with our friends at Common Roots we are able to raise funds to offer reduced-rate memberships in our community. The goal is to help make locally grown food accessible to families of all income levels. We also offer payment plans, contact us for details.

Stage 1; building and naming an egg mobile

This is the frame work of an old cauliflower harvesting wagon that we purchased in Quebec. We are retrofitting it to hold 500 laying hens that will arrive on the farm May 1st. These very lucky birds will move with this wagon throughout the farm, providing them with fresh pasture, adding fertility and giving us a steady crop of hen fruit. We have always named our tractors and farm vehicles. If you have a good idea for a name feel free to submit it here on the web site. If we choose your name you'll win a 20 week egg share. The contest ends May 1st when the birds arrive so don't hesitate.

Sign up 5 new members and get 15% of your total membership.

10 new members and get 30% off

15+ new members and get 50% off

This is a great way to connect with your community, save money and eat well. Contact us for more information if you're interested in this oppertunity.

We currently have Wednesday drop sites at:

Healthy Living Parking Lot

Imperial Drive, South Burlington (Orchard neighborhood)

Tabor Place, South Burlington (Vermont National)

Butler Farms

Pine Street, Bristol

Thursday on the farm:

Rockville Market Farm, Starksboro

Saturday:

Burlington Farmer's Market

Meat and eggs only:

Stony Loam Farm

Our peeled butternut has developed quite a following in the local area. We offer 25 lb. foodservice bags (halves or cubed) for area restaurants and institutions such as Fletcher Allen Hospital. We also produce a 20 oz. retail package that is sold in many local stores. In addition to the butternut, we grow many varieties of winter squash such as pie pumpkin, delicata, acorn, buttercup, red kuri and baby blue hubbard.

We also sell early starts, such as lettuce, broccoli, kale, chard, etc. at our greenhouse.

You can buy retail cuts at the Burlington Farmer's Market and/or Healthy Living.  However, for a cheaper alternative we offer "pork shares". In a nutshell, we offer 10,20, and 30 lb. shares of mixed cuts. A 20 lb. share would fill a milk crate, and a 30 lb. share would be a milk crate and a half. A 30 lb. share is 1/3 of a pig, we mix the cuts but try to represent a whole pig. For example a whole pig yields 12 lbs. of bacon so a 30 lb. share would receive four pounds of bacon, ditto ham steaks, chops, etc.

A typical 20 lb. share might be:

3 lbs. bacon

2 lbs. canadian bacon

6 lbs. sausage

2 lbs. fresh ham steak

2 lbs. smoked ham steak

2-3 lbs. ribs

2-3 lbs. chops

Use the currently available chart to see if shares are available.  Supply is somewhat limited so don't be afraid to pre-order a share. Like all of our products, the easiest way to place an order is by using the on-line checkout, or sending a check to the farm. You can also call Eric at 802-355-0059. Once we have received your payment, we will contact you to make arrangements.

Our certified organic vegetables are delivered on Tuesdays and Fridays to the following areas:

Burlington 

Shelburne

Middelbury

Bristol

Montpelier

Waterbury

If you are interested in becoming a wholesale account with regular deliveries click here. We look forward to working with you.

We are thrilled to add a multi-species Meat CSA to our offering. We started raising chickens, lambs and pigs for our family because we were concerned about what we were eating. We enjoyed the pigs so much that two pigs the first year led to twenty five the next and, before we knew it, we were in the pig business. Last year, we upped our number of meat birds to five hundred. This year, we will raise two thousand, so now we're also in the chicken business. What to do with all this meat? A meat CSA is the obvious answer. It's the best way we can think of to get our meat directly to you, the consumer. Remember we started raising meat as an alternative to the industrial system (inferior flavor, inhumane and laden with added hormones and antibiotics). We want to share what we have: farm-raised meat goodness. No middle man, no b.s., just great meat raised on grass, outside, without hormones or antibiotics--the way it should be.

In addition to pork and chickens we will start growing lambs for the CSA. Beef is not too far on the horizon. We realize it is an essential component to the CSA; so in the mean time we will be sourcing beef from our friends at Maple Wind Farm.

How it works;

Our meat CSA is designed to feed you and your family with a delivery of farm-raised meat each month. When your freezer starts running down, we'll be there to fill it back up. Each month we will deliver meat staples along with a few surprises. Some of the most flavorful cuts of meat are the ones you may not usually buy. In addition to buying a share you might want to consider purchasing Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's amazing book The River Cottage Meat Book. If there is a cut you don't know how to handle, he'll make sense of it.

Convinced?....

• Sign up
• Next, you'll be asked to choose a size. Here you will have two options. A whole share (20 lbs./month) or a half share (12 lbs./month)
• Click here to pick a drop-off location. We are currently researching regional pick-up spots (NYC, Boston, Hartford). Check back frequently as we will be adding locations. If you have an idea, feel free to contact us.
• Distribution will be during the months of July, August, September and October. 

Pricing:

Whole Share (20#/month)

• 4 months: First payment is $300 and the remaining four monthly payments will be $75 each
• Price per pound is $7.50

Half Share (12 lbs./month)

• 4 months: First payment is $192 and the remaining four monthly payments will be $48 each
• Price per pound is $8.00

These animals are quite expensive to raise. Your upfront payment contributes to the overall viability of the program by helping our cash flow.

Frequently asked questions:

What do I get?

Meat! 12lbs. or 20lbs. per month depending on the option you choose. You can expect half the weight to be staples, such as whole chicken, sausage, and hamburger; the other half will be higher end cuts such as bacon, roast, and chops etc. Depending on our butchering cycle, some boxes will be well balanced while other months will be heavy on one or two species.

Can I make requests?

No. Farming is complicated enough, we simply do not have the residual brain power to deal with special request. If you love lamb, chicken, pork and beef, this is the share for you. If you are interested in choosing specific cuts of meat, shopping at the Farmer's Market is a viable alternative.

What happens if I miss a pick-up?

Please don't. In addition to raising four kids, growing twenty five acres of certified organic vegetables, managing six greenhouses, moving animals, trucking to the slaughter facility, going back to pick up the product, taking additional product to the smokehouse, going back and picking it up, and the zillion other tasks necessary to make this business marginally profitable, we like to enjoy life. If you can't be there, please make arrangements for somebody to pick up your box.

How do I pay?

Use the online check out on this site or mail a check to the farm.

Is your meat organic?

No, it's not. Currently organic grain prices are prohibitive, and the resulting organic meat prices are prohibitive to our customers. Our animals are raised outdoors on pasture. They are fed a supplementary diet of conventional grain and free choice of leftover veggies. We never, ever use antibiotics or hormones. Basically our goal is to grow great meat at a reasonable price.

Do you offer larger shares?

Yes. Contact us if you'd like to purchase a 40 lb. share, the price is $7/lb.