About our CSA

Curious what vegetables we are growing for our 2023 CSA? Find our crop plan near the bottom of this page.

Commit to supporting a local farm and family while eating truly fresh, seasonal, organically grown vegetables. Sign up for our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Vegetable Boxes!

Signing up for our CSA gets you a freshly harvested weekly batch of some of the best vegetables from our farm. The vegetables in your CSA Box will vary by week according to season.

We offer CSA boxes for pick-up in Abbotsford and Chilliwack.

We only grow varieties of vegetables that we think taste great – with a few trials thrown in each year.

We think the CSA Vegetable Box is the next best thing to a backyard garden. It can also supplement your own growing efforts if you do grow some food for yourself.

Most of our vegetables are harvested, sorted and cleaned the day (or day before) you pick them up. We take care to harvest crops at the best time of day to maximize their freshness (i.e. greens are harvested in the morning before they wilt). We also make good use of our cooler room to store harvested crops before it is time to put together the boxes.

Is the CSA box a good fit for everyone?

For many it is. If you’re wanting to eat local and appreciate the convenience of having freshly harvested vegetables selected and ready for you each week, it’s a great arrangement. That said, if you’re not up for a ‘surprise box’ of organic vegetables each week and prefer to have your say of which vegetables make it into your kitchen, then we recommend visiting us at the farmers market.

Also, if you don’t have time to add the weekly commitment of coming to pick up your box, you may prefer the option of just coming to the market whenever it suits you.

Shared Risk

Our CSA members are integral to the sustainability of our farm. Having CSA members secures a market for a good percentage of our crops. By signing up with us you become a partner who shares in the risks of organic farming. Some seasons we experience crop failures or have crops effected by pests. While you’ll get your full box of vegetables each week, we appreciate your willingness to deal with the unexpected.

Do you make substitutions?

No, we don’t. The CSA Vegetable Box is a terrific opportunity to eat in-season and get to know some new vegetables. We’ve seen people come to love vegetables they weren’t so sure about when they first received them (like fennel for example).

That said, each week we do have a Trade Table with a variety of vegetables that you are welcome to trade for. If there’s something you don’t want in your box, simply put it on the trade table and take something you’d rather have (I.e. all of your cucumbers could be traded for the cherry tomatoes or all of your potatoes could be traded for a head of lettuce).

Wondering what size Box you should sign up for?

Families of 4 or more usually sign up for a large box, while smaller families and couples usually choose the regular size box. 

Large Early June Box: Tatsoi, green onions, beets, kale, Salanova lettuce, broccoli, cilantro (regular boxes didn’t get Tatsoi or broccoli).

Large late June box: Beets with greens, broccolini, Salanova lettuce, zucchini/summer squash, garlic scapes, marjoram, cabbage, kale (regulars didn’t get broccolini and zucchini/summer squash).

Large mid-July box: bulb fennel, Salanova mini-leaf lettuce, carrots, summer squash & zucchini, kale/chard bunch.

Large mid-August CSA box, Zucchini, Romaine lettuce, onions, beet roots, tomatoes, garlic, basil, peppers, cabbage, eggplant (regular boxes didn’t get peppers).

Large Early September box: carrots, zucchini, cucumbers, kale/chard bunch, sweet peppers, onions, tomatoes (regular boxes didn’t get cucumbers, and had less onions).

Mid-October regular box: Bunched beets, cilantro, Sweet Dumpling & Delicata squash, carrots, potatoes (large boxes also got fennel, baby zucchini & Acorn squash).

Large Late October Box: Green onions, Butternut & Delicata winter squash, Roma & beefsteak tomatoes, sage & thyme bunch, baby beets, potatoes, carrots (regular boxes didn’t get the tomatoes or Butternut squash).

What will be in my box?

Each week, we will pre-pack your box with a freshly harvested assortment of vegetables according to the season we’re in. We aim to include between 5 to 7 different types of vegetables in your box each week.

Wondering about how your vegetables will be packed?

Abbotsford CSA members: Your box will be packed at the farm, into a corrugated polypropylene BPA-free CropBox. At the pick up, you will unload your vegetables into your bag or box that you’ve brought from home. 

Clear produce bags and compostable carry bags are available at the pick up. *Do not put the  compostable bags into your green bin, as the green waste processing by Net Zero can be as little as 4 weeks, but it takes 8 weeks for the compostable bags to break down (I called to check).

Chilliwack CSA members: Your box will be packed at the farm, into a corrugated polypropylene BPA-free CropBox. Look for the box with your name on it and unload the vegetables into your bag or box from home. 

Clear produce bags and compostable carry bags are available at the pick up. *Do not put the  compostable bags into your green bin, as the green waste processing by Net Zero can be as little as 4 weeks, but it takes 8 weeks for the compostable bags to break down (I called to check).

Here is the list of the vegetables we plan on growing for our 2023 CSA Boxes.

Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Fennel, Garlic, Green Onions, Kale, Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Onions, Potatoes, Peppers, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, Winter Squash, Zucchini, Basil, Cilantro, Parsley.

Due to the unpredictable nature of farming, we cannot guarantee that all the listed vegetables & herbs will be included in your box.

I am not familiar with some of the vegetables on your list. Do you provide any resources for how to prepare vegetables that are new to me?

Yes, we do! On the evening of your box pick up, we send an email to you listing the vegetables that were in your box that day.  With so many recipes online these days, we trust that knowing the names of the vegetables in your box will get you on your way as you search for recipes and preparation ideas. We also like to include some of our favourite recipes in this email from time to time. Many of our favourite recipes can be found on our website’s ‘Eat!’ page as well.

We welcome your questions about vegetables that are new to you. That said, we may have limited time to give you super-in-depth answers on CSA pick up days, depending on how busy it is.

We invite you to join with us on our sustainable growing adventure!

We hope you will delight in discovering the culinary creations made possible with the finest vegetables from our farm, season to season.

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