Find your Fresh: Local CSAs

Categories: Well Nourished
What’s the most economical way to get the freshest produce in the Monadnock Region? Join a CSA!
What is a CSA?
CSA (community supported agriculture) farmers offer shares of their locally grown or raised food to community members. The members of the CSA pay the farmer an annual membership fee to cover the production costs. In return members get a weekly share of harvest from the growing season. Most CSAs start in the spring at the beginning of the growing season; some offer year-round produce grown in greenhouses.
Five tips to help you find the right CSA:
- Location: Will you need to have your share delivered or will you be able to pick up your share on a regular basis? Find a CSA that will be convenient for you.
- Schedule: Make sure that your delivery or pick-up day will work with your schedule. Often you’ll need to do a little processing of your produce when it arrives to ensure that it lasts throughout the week or longer.
- Size: Are you a family of one or seven? Find a CSA with a share size that is appropriate to the amount you’ll need. Most CSAs offer different sizes including single or half shares and family or full shares.
- Choice: Each CSA offers different types of vegetables; some also offer fruit, herbs, flowers, and other local products such as meat, cheese, eggs, jam, honey and baked goods and in some areas even yarn and seafood. Consider your options and what you’ll use.
- Price: Pound for pound, CSAs offer an excellent value. Plus, you are guaranteed to have a steady supply of fresh seasonal offerings. To make it easier for people to afford, some CSAs offer the opportunity for members to work on the farm in exchange for a discounted CSA membership.
A bit of historical trivia: One of the first two CSA farms in the U.S. was started in 1985 right here in our Monadnock Region, the Temple-Wilton Community Farm.
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CSAs in the Monadnock Region
There are many CSAs in our Region; there is probably one just a few minutes from where you live. Call or visit the farm’s website for additional information.
1780 Farm
Chesterfield • 603-363-4476
Abenaki Springs Farm
Walpole • 603-445-2157
Bee Fields Farm
Wilton • 603-654-1097
Farmer John’s Plot
Dublin • 603-289-5927
Fertile Fields Farm
Westmoreland • 603-399-7772
Foggy Hill Farm
Jaffrey • 603-593-5325
Hillside Springs Farm
Westmoreland • 603-399-7288
Holland Farm CSA
Milford • 603-673-0667
Hungry Bear Farm
Wilton • 603-654-6626
Mad Radish CSA
Chesterfield * 443-643-5684
Picadilly Farm
Winchester • 603-239-8718
Stonewall Farm
Keene • 603-357-7278
Sun-Moon Farm
Rindge • sun.moon.craig@gmail.com
Temple-Wilton Community Farm
Wilton • 603-654-6082
Tracie’s Community Farm
Fitzwilliam • 603-568-6102
Village Roots CSA
Acworth • 603-477-5533