How Our CSA Works

Members of our CSA program receive vegetables from our farm and other family farms in sourthern Maryland.  The CSA runs from late May through late October. Members will receive at least 20 weeks of seasonal vegetables and herbs. 

Weekly pickups are on Monday evenings at the farm and Christ Church located at 6th and G Street SE. Pickup times at both sites are from 5:30 pm to 7pm. 

2009 Share Prices:  

Shares Delivered to Capitol Hill: $700

Shares picked-up on the farm: $600

We also offer a 14 week flower share for $150

See the how to subscribe section of the website for more information on how to join.  Please call or email us with any questions not answered below. Email is the best way to reach us, jugbay@verizon.net.

What Will Subscribers Receive? 

The size of the shares varies from week to week, being abundant some weeks and smaller others. On average, the weekly shares will include around $30 worth of vegetables. The spring shares include strawberries, lettuce, peas, greens, radishes, onions, kale and other early crops. Beginning in July, the shares will consist of summer produce such as squash, tomatoes, beans, peppers, corn and melons. Fall shares are similar to those in the spring but are usually larger.  Click here for full CSA crop list. 

Produce from other Local Farms

Many weeks, we supplement our CSA shares with produce from other family farms.  This allows us to offer more variety and to support other local, small family farms.  Additional produce you will receive from local farms is from other Prince George's County family farms or Mennonite family farmers in St. Mary's County Maryland just south of us.  

Most of the produce from other local farms is not certified organic, but we work with farmers that use limited chemicals and are committed to farming responsibly.  Each week we let you know exactly what is from our farm, what's from other farms, what's organic and what's not. 

What is Meant by Family Farms

All the produce is from family farms like our own where there are few if any workers who are not parents and children who will one day take over the operation themselves.  Much of American food organic included is produced by gigantic corporate farms where owners sit in offices and manage employees with no long term stake in the farm. Our CSA and others like it are an alternative to this model.