Fifteen weekly boxes of a large diveristy of vegetables, grown in Two Harbors with out chemicals. Over the course of the season your weekly box would include a variety of vegetables including spinach, carrots, tomatoes, carrots, fennel, scallions, bok choy, kale, beets, herbs, potatoes, summer and winter squash, onions, garlic, peas, lettuce, beans, peppers, cucumbers, pumpkins and more. (Also, as a secret surprise, CSA shares will also get the occasional surprise flower bouquets!)
Pick up on Wednesdays (12pm - 8pm) at the farm (5.5 miles from Two Harbors, 25 miles from downtown Duluth) or at our Duluth Drop Site on 42nd Ave E.
Our Vegetable CSA delivery season is from June 19 - Sept 25. On farm pick up only. You are responsible for picking up your box and bringing back the empty, CLEAN box in before the next week. Most folks just bring a reusable grocery bag or cooler to tranfer their share into at pick up and a clean rag to wipe down their box. Please read through our entire Terms & Conditions for other details.
2024 Vegetable CSA Share
Agate Acres Farm CSA Member Terms & Conditions
*Applies to vegetable and syrup members*
CSA Definition
“Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a production and marketing model whereby consumers buy shares of a farm’s harvest in advance. Consumers become CSA members by paying an agreed amount at the beginning of the growing season. This upfront payment helps buy the seed and other inputs needed for the season and provides the farmer an immediate income to begin the season. By paying at the beginning of the season, CSA members share in the risk of production and relieve the farmer of much of the time needed for marketing. This allows the farmer to concentrate on good land stewardship and growing high quality food.” -NC State Extension.
Shared Commitments
Agate Acres Farm agrees to provide vegetables (vegetable CSA members), flowers (flower CSA members), and other products (ie, maple syrup, etc) during our set season. For 2024, this season runs from Jun 19, 2023 until Sep 25, 2023, with weekly box availble for pick up on Wednesdays. These dates are subject to change due to weather events that affect the farm or sickness that affects the farmers.
Risk
We grow a very large variety of vegetables and flowers, as to reduce the risk posed by unpredictable weather, pests, and drought. Both Agate Acres Farm and CSA members share the risk of partial or complete crop shortages and/or failures.
Surplus
It is also likely that because of the diversity of vegetables and flowers grown there is a chance of a surplus for some products. Both Agate Acres Farm and CSA members share in the surplus of high yields and extra product.
Variety in Box
Due to the nature of seasonality and growing at such a northern latitude, the size and number of items in members boxes will fluctuate throughout the growing season.
Picking Up Your Weekly Share
Shares will be at their designated drop sites on Wednesday afternoons. All shares must be picked up by 8pm on Wednesdays. After that are not picked up by 8pm on Wednesdays will be donated. If you are NOT able to pick up the share (ie, vacation, sickness, work, etc), it is your responsibility to find someone else to pick it up.
Weekly Box Return
Your vegetable CSA will arrive in a plastic tote box. Please return this tote box to the drop site prior to the next Wednesday. All boxes must be returned clean!! Clean means that the box has been rinsed and dried. Dirty boxes mean that your farmers have to spend lots of very precious time cleaning boxes. We spray boxes each week with a food safe, vinegar based disinfectant.
Communications
We will communicate with you via email primarily. Please designate one person to be the point of contact for your membership (particularly if you share membership with two or more households). The person will also be responsible for reading the weekly newsletter. Reading the newsletter is very important as this is where we will communicate updates.
Payment
Payment for CSA membership is due at the time of purchase from our website. Memberships are non-refundable, any full or partial refund is at the sole discretion of Agate Acres Farm. If you wish to transfer your membership to a 3rd party, please email farm@agateacres.com. Transfer of your share to a 3rd party requires written permission via email from Agate Acres Farm.
Privacy Policy
Agate Acres Farm will not sell your private information.
