Weber Farms CSA Information

Our 2010 CSA is SOLD OUT
Eat Local. Eat Fresh. Eat Healthy

The 2011 CSA registration will begin the first week in January and will close the last week in February (this may be extended to March, if openings are available)
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As a Shareholding Member of Weber Farm's Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) family, you are a integral part of our farm operations. Our goals together are to provide all of us with a varied selection of nutritious, healthful produce, delicious honey, eggs and sundries all free of chemical additives, herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers, and free of antibiotics and hormones.

Is a CSA farm share right for me and my family?

If you rarely eat at home, then you probably would not be interested in a CSA share.
If you like very few vegetables or fresh fruits, then a CSA share may not be for you
If you do not like to try new vegetables or fruits, or are just a "corn, bean and potato" type of person, then a CSA share may not be for you.

In our CSA, members pay their fees prior to the growing season, in exchange for containers that are picked up from May through October.
*** See note at bottom for exceptions ***.

Click here to sign up for the CSA

Click here for samples of weekly share bags/boxes

With the member dues, we purchase our seeds and supplies, and make necessary farm improvements in the off-season. During the growing season, our members receive weekly shares of the harvest. We plan to have more produce available than is required to fill our members' containers. Please note that, should weather or pests destroy some of the crops, under CSA principles, both the farmer and the consumer agree to share in both the bounty and/or risk associated with growing crops using natural and organic practices.

We will do our very best to keep our containers full of various kinds of delicious produce from the gardens. We'll also supply you with storage tips and recipes so you can make the most of those delicious crops!

We may have a designated drop-off location (or two), depending on demand for the area. Your commitment to us, is that you will arrive at the potential scheduled delivery point on time. This is vital both for the freshness of the vegetables, which are often harvested the day of delivery, and also for their nutritional content. Should you miss a pick-up, your share will be given to a local charity. However, if you give us at least a week's notice before a missed delivery (for instance, due to scheduled vacation, etc.,), we can make alternate arrangements, such as having a friend or family member pick up your container at your designated drop-off location, or at the farm.
Please call 859.485.2833 or email us to leave a message.

2011 Season Specifics:

Our 2011 CSA season will begin in June and end in October (dates will be added later).
We will provide containers of produce every week to each shareholder.
Please note that some produce may not be ripe during the 20 week period - when that happens, we will notify you that they are ripe and ask you to come and pick them. For instance, strawberries may come as early as April or early May, before the CSA season officially starts - or - pumpkins may not ripen until after the last week of the CSA season. In these cases, we may contact you and say "come and pick these items".
We will designate delivery locations based on interest.
- There may be 3 member families in the Covington area, so we will make a delivery to a location in downtown Covington, to be distributed by one of the families in that area.
- We will designate other locations, as needed and there will be an additional charge for those families in the drop-off location.
Cost per shares: Full Share: $600 (roughly $30 per week); Half Share: $400 (roughly $20 per week)
Delivery to drop-off location: $70 (just over $3 per week)
Payment is due no later than February 28, unless we extend it due to outstanding shares.
Farm pick-up will be available on Saturday morning - times to be determined.
To sign up for the CSA, please fill out the registration form HERE

Add-On Items:
There will be add-on items for shares, such as "salad bar" eggs (eggs from Pastured Poultry), raw, unfiltered honey from hives free of chemical treatments, sundries made from the milk, honey, bees wax and herbs grown on the farm (along with specialty oils and butters), and other items as they are in season.

We will have 20 shares available for the 2011 growing season, and they will be sold on a first come, first served basis. Once they are gone, they are gone. This does NOT apply to the labor-shares - these shares are above and beyond the "paid" shares.

As a Shareholding Member at Weber Farms, the farm is yours to enjoy - feel free to call us and schedule visits. We have an open house to gather CSA Members and like-minded community folks for activities and a pot-luck meal, held in October of each year. We'll send you event schedules via email, post it online and include it in the email newsletter. You can keep up on what is happening here every day via the Farm Fodder Blog at weber-farms.com/blog or by subscribing to our nwsletter. The Farm website is also the best source of information about our growing practices, delivery schedules and recipes from past containers.

*** NOTE: Some monthly payment plans, or labor-only shares will also be available. - We want to help those that may not have the financial means to pay for a share, but see the value in eating local, fresh foods, by allowing them to earn their shares and still get the same, wholesome foods available to those that have the financial capacity to purchase shares outright.
We will determine who will qualify for labor-only shares on an individual basis. Labor-shares will require 40 hours of labor for their share (spread out over the course of the growing season) and will start before the CSA startup time of May.
We will provide training for those that are earning their shares through labor.
Those that receive labor-shares will have the same privileges as any other shareholder, and all shareholder information will be kept strictly confidential.