About our CSA
A weekly selection of the harvest that changes with the season.
What is a CSA?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. As a CSA member, you are essentially becoming a shareholder of our farm for the season. In exchange, you will be provided with vegetables from our harvest and get to up close and personal with the people who are growing your food. There are no middle people. Farmers grow food, decide what’s in season and what mix is a fair share that week, wash it, pack, it and bring it to you. Customers pay up front to support farms in the spring, when the bulk of our infrastructure costs occur.
How Does it work?
In 2023 we will offer both a Summer CSA (18 weeks, June-beginning of October) and a shorter Fall CSA (7 weeks, October-Thanksgiving). Members pick up their share each week either on Saturdays or Mondays. You can choose to sign up for only the Summer or Fall CSA, or decide later to add on the Fall.
What will i get?
Each week you’ll get a portion of the harvest. In addition to produce from our farm in Canaan, NY, we are also partnering with other farms in Columbia County to include veggies we love but are not able to grow ourselves due to constraints on our land. We take our sourcing seriously and partner with other farms that share our commitment to ecological stewardship: members will always know which items come from what farms, Hellgate or otherwise.
Overall our intention is to balance our shares so that they provide a variety of produce to cook and eat. Shares have 6-8 items and we aim to provide a mix of fresh eating greens (like lettuce), cooking greens (like kale), root vegetables (like carrots or radishes), alliums (like onions or garlic), and seasonal fruiting vegetables (like peas, tomatoes, cucumbers), in all our shares, depending on availability. We also add on as many exciting crops as we can, like hot peppers, a variety of herbs, other interesting/odd vegetables (looking at you kohlrabi) to keep it interesting and truly share the varied bounty of our farm.
Do you have other stuff besides vegetables?
Yes! We also offer "add-ons," which are weekly options to add eggs, seasonal fruit, beans, flour, meat, and (hopefully) bread to your vegetable pick-up. Most of the items are a-la-carte, except eggs which can be purchased for a whole season at a discount. Similarly to any vegetables from other farms that we include in our shares, we are very conscientious in sourcing these add-ons and committed to transparency in which farms we choose to partner with.
Members also get a 25% discount off of produce and products purchased at our farmstand and other markets.
How much does it cost?
Summer shares are $540, Fall shares are $210, which works out to $30/week. This covers the cost of growing the vegetables, washing, packing, and transporting them, as well as paying our staff a living wage.
We are committed to the value that high quality, local produce should be available to everyone, not only those who are financially secure. We are able to provide sliding scale pricing for those who are experiencing financial hardship. We also offer subsidized shares to members of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). Please email contact@hellgatefarm.com if you are interested in these options.
This all sounds great, how do I sign up?!
This year we are using GrownBy for our CSA share purchases. Click the button below