We bought a half -share into a farm that exists only for its share holders. It is $200 a year and we’ll bring home boxes of fruit and veggies every week. I’m going to volunteer there too, and they’ve promised to load me up even more. They offer more than 50 kinds of produce.
These kinds of farms exist only for their shareholders. We have a miserable backyard for a garden, though we’re doing some raised beds and container growing. I’ve been growing my own produce from seed and they’re sprouting nicely. But this farm will certainly add to our ability to dehydrate and can produce this growing season. And $200 is a small price to pay.
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Only $200 a year?! That is a heck of a price! Especially with getting both fruit and veggies.
For half shares around here with one CSA, it is $450 (8-10 veggies/wk), $740 (11-16 veggies/wk) for 16wks, and only includes veggies so still need to purchase fruits elsewhere. Another local veggie only CSA is $375 for 10wks, and then the only other one close to me that I have been able to find has a $700 option, but it runs spring (May) through fall (Oct) again, veggies only.
I was really surprised to find how VERY limited the amount of CSAs and even farmstands/produce stands there are here in South Dakota, especially compared to have many we had available in our area when we lived in the South Shore, MA region. They were ALL over, so many fabulous local farmer's markets to go to. I miss that kind of experience.