What it is: Community supported agriculture is a way for you to become more involved in your community by supporting your local farmers. In exchange for paying in advance, you receive fresh picked healthy vegetables for you and your family throughout the season. No matter what the farming season will be we commit to delivering fresh, local, healthy vegetables to you.
How it works: The produce will be harvested, cleaned, packed in a box, and delivered to the pick up location of your choice each week. Deliveries will be made on Wednesdays and the produce is picked on Tuesday. You will have the opportunity to view the items for harvest as of Friday evenings via our Blog. You will be able to select the items you would like for the week by emailing us by Monday evening. You may contact us if you will not be able to pick up your produce that week. If you are planning on going on vacation you may have a friend or neighbor pick up your produce. If you contact us ahead of time we will be able to make special arrangements for you to get your produce. We will not be held responsible for items that do not get picked up and these will be donated to the host of the pick up site. The produce will be delivered in our wax boxes. Please bring a bag to remove your items from the box. We will ask this year that the boxes not be taken home.
Our Farm: We are a small farm that specializes in growing greens (lettuces, salad mixes, kale, swiss chard etc). You can expect to have mostly greens in the beginning of the season. In mid season you may find the greens are a bit sparse due to the hot weather. We grow a lot of greens because they are nutritious, but also because they are a sustainable crop. A full share can expect to have at least 2 greens per box and 1 green for half shares. Please choose our CSA if you enjoy greens. In addition, we grow unique colors and varieties of the vegetables and provide an array of heirloom varieties. Therefore our CSA is targeted towards members whom are adventurous in the kitchen and with their pallet. We recommend that everyone utilizes our ordering system to get more of what they want and less of what they do not enjoy. Our CSA is designed to have a strong relationship with the farmer and the consumer through regular communication.
Vegetable Share: Please visit our website and blog to see what we grow www.bhorganicproduce.com. Note that the produce we provide is seasonal (fresh/local). For example, we will not be able to provide spinach in the middle of summer. A full share share receives 8 "items" per week and a half share receives 4 “items”. An “item” is a bunch or unit of produce which we package. We try to match this unit to what you would find in the grocery store. Some examples are:
* #2 potato
* 1 head leattuce
* 1 bag salad mix
* #2 tomato
* #1 peppers
* #1.5 carrots or beets
* #1 bunch greens such as kale or chard
* #2 cucumber or summer squash
* #1 beans
When: Our CSA season will run 22 weeks June through October.
Where: 4 Berks County locations, choose one site below for your pick-up
Shillington: 138 Washington St, Shillington, Pa
Wednesdays 3pm-8pm
Hartz Natural Foods: 211 Twin County Rd Morgantown, PA
Wednesdays 1pm till 6pm
West Reading: 330 Franklin St, West Reading, PA
Wednesdays 3:30pm –8pm
West Lawn: 216 Perkasie Ave, West Lawn, PA
Wednesdays 3pm-8pm
Costs:
Full Share: $600.00 (8 items per week) $550.00 if paid by March 1st, if picking up at Hartz Natural Foods or if you are a returning member.
Half Share: $375.00 (4 items per week) $350 for returning members.
Fruit Share: In addition to the original vegetable share we have teamed up with local orchards and will be offering a fruit share. The fruit share is an optional. You should know that it is not organic however, the orchards we buy from use Integrated Pest Management and only sprays when it is absolutely necessary. The fruit available depends on the weather and the seasonal conditions. You can expect to receive: cherries, peaches, nectarines, apples, raspberries, and pears. Cost: An extra payment of $60.00 (12 weeks. #3 of fruit each week.)
Meat Share: This year we will be adding meat to our CSA. The meat share is optional. We will be offering free range, non-hormonal beef and chicken from our farm. All of our meat is frozen. The meat will be delivered the first Wednesday of each month with your vegetable delivery.
Option 1: 1 #3 whole chicken and #1 ground beef. $100.00
Option 2: 1 #3 whole chicken, #1 ground beef and 1 8oz steaks. $125.00
Option 3: 2 #3 whole chicken. $125.00
Option 4: 2 #3 whole chicken, #2 ground beef and 2 8oz steaks. $250.00
