Registration

New member registration for the 2012 season will begin in March 2012. In the meantime please read this page to learn more about what it means to be a vegetable share member. At the bottom of the page, you will find a link to our contact form. Fill out the form if you wish to be sent a notification when we have shares available.

How it works

We sell all of our vegetables through the CSA model and our members receive a weekly share of the produce taken from our diverse one and a half acre organic garden and our two organic greenhouses.

The vegetables are distributed once per week over the 22 week season from early to mid June until late October to early November. The exact start date and length of season depends on the spring and fall weather.

One of our vegetable shares is sized to suit most veggie-loving households but households who like to eat a lot of vegetables and preserve some for winter may want to purchase two shares.

If you are concerned about one share being too much food for your household you could split your share with a friend. Some households team up and split two shares because that arrangement allows them to have more flexibility for arranging pick up and dividing up the vegetables.

If you would like to connect with potential CSA share-mate, we can help. Follow this link to find out more.

The quantity of vegetables in a given week varies with what the season provides, with the largest amounts distributed in August and September. For a better idea of what is in a share, please read "Share Examples" below.

The vegetables are picked up on either Tuesday or Friday evenings. Most of our members pick up their vegetables in Kingston. We also have farm pick up option for Howe Island residents and we have a pick up point off of Hwy 2 in the east end of Kingston.

Share cost

The cost of a share was $500. For two shares packaged together the cost is $970.

The cost of the share represents the cost of growing the vegetables organically and includes a modest income for the farmer. As a member of the CSA, you will receive a financial report at the end of the year.

The share price is sliding scale from $450 to 550 to allow greater participation from people with lower incomes, without requiring the farmer to unfairly subsidize the cost of food. When registering you will have access to our "Sliding Scale Guidelines" to help you with your decision of how much to pay for your share.

If the share price of $500 is unaffordable to your household, you can choose to reduce your share price by up to $50. Or you can select the monthly payment plan which allows you to pay a deposit when registering and then make 5 additional monthly payments over the course of the growing season when you are actually eating the vegetables. Or if you prefer, you can design another payment plan that suits your household.

Alternatively, if you would like to help make local organic food more affordable to people with lower incomes and/or contribute to a better income for your farmer, you can contribute up to $50 more for your share.

Share Examples

The following share examples from a selection of weeks from the 2011 season are provided to help give you an idea of what to expect. Keep in mind that, each season provides different growing conditions and the boxes can look quite different from year to year.

June 14, 2011 - Week 1

1 bok choy
1 head lettuce
1 small bunch of mint
400 g salad mix
40 g of spinach
1 radish

July 15, 2011 - Week 6

1 handful of green fillet beans or summer squash
235 g baby beet greens
1 greenhouse cucumber
1 big handful of dill or mint
1 kohlrabi
1 head lettuce
1 small bunch of green onions
240 g of shelling peas or 120 g of snow or sugar snap peas
1 tiny handful of cherry tomatoes
4 spring turnips with greens

August 16, 2011 - Week 10

1 basil plant
140 g yellow beans
1 bunch of beets
1 cabbage
6 carrots
1 eggplant or 3 small summer squash
1 fennel bulb
1 head lettuce
3 Spanish onions
2 sage sprigs
1 pint cherry tomatoes
4 tomatoes

September 16, 2011 - Week 15

290 g green beans
1 small bunch of beets
1 small bunch of broccoli or 70 g spinach
10 carrots
1 small eggplant or summer squash
3 red onions
1 small handful of parsley
7 assorted sweet peppers
215 g salad mix
1 scant pint of cherry tomatoes
15 tomatoes

October 14, 2011 - Week 19

3 beets
1 cabbage
4 carrots
a large bunch of kale
1 head lettuce
3 yellow onions
1 small bunch of oregano
2 sweet peppers
1 quart of potatoes
320 g salad mix
160 g spinach
2 acorn or delicata squash

Registration Information

New member registration for the 2012 season will begin in March. Please fill out this form if you wish to be notified when we have shares available.