COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE

Fast Facts:

• 30 weeks
• $900
• Pick-up locations:
  • Tuesdays in Tuscaloosa
  • Thursdays in Birmingham

Deliveries will run for 30 weeks, beginning in mid-April, when the strawberries decide to ripen. We hope to take two weeks off in August, to allow our H2A workers to return home for well-earned vacation and to give ourselves a breath as well. It is a challenging time to fill those boxes, too! I haven’t set firm dates on this, though, to allow for some flexibility as the time approaches. I will be sure to let you know in plenty of time to plan for the pause in deliveries. Deliveries will resume after the two-week break and likely go through November. We will ensure 30 weeks total.
The cost this year works out to $30 per week. This price was calculated to also include the cost of the boxes, the bags, other packaging materials, upkeep with our refrigerated van, gas for deliveries, etc.

Members are asked to find the box with their name, retrieve the plastic bag with their share, and then break down the produce box so that it can be returned to the farm and reused. Click here for instructions on breaking down your CSA box.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How much produce is in each week’s share?
A full weekly share contains 6 to 8 items. In the spring and fall you will receive a bag of salad, a cooking green, and at least one root vegetable each week. Other vegetables include broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and fresh herbs. In the spring, you will receive strawberries every week that they are available, sometimes multiple pints. In the fall, you will receive sweet potatoes or winter squash in alternating weeks. We try to distribute reasonable portion amounts (a bunch, pint, pound, etc.) The summer shares also contain 6 to 8 items and will vary from month to month. It will be a mix of tomatoes, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, melons, potatoes, eggplant, okra, peppers, basil, and more.

What kinds of produce will be in my box?
According to our planting plan, this is some of what we anticipate the harvest schedule to be:

Spring: strawberries, spring onions, salad mix, head lettuce, arugula, kale, rainbow chard, bok choy, collards, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, beets, radishes, turnips, fennel, kohlrabi, dill, cilantro, parsley, fava beans, potatoes, early tomatoes, snap peas.

Summer: heirloom tomatoes, red tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, snap beans, potatoes, watermelons, cantaloupe, squash, zucchini, cucumber, garlic, peppers, eggplant, okra, bsil

Fall: carry over from summer, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, butternut squash, other winter squash, leeks, salad mix, head lettuce, arugula, kale, rainbow chard, collards, bok choy, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, beets, radishes, turnips, fennel, kohlrabi, dill cilantro