Just LOOK at the amazing selection! This is "only" a small share! |
Farmer Dave's offers a few different types of vegetable shares as well as a fruit share. You can choose between a Pre-Boxed Share, which is packed for you the morning of pickup and a Choice Style Share, where you take your bags and fill them with a choice of vegetables listed. For more info on the Choice Style Share, please visit this YouTube link with a very informative tutorial: Choice Style Vegetable Share. You also have the option to add things like honey, meats, coffee, additional veggies/fruits and maple syrup. There are several pickup locations and you just pick the one that is most convenient for you.
Your CSA options are as follows:
- Regular Vegetable Share, which runs for 20 weeks from Mid-June through October, and can feed a household of 2-5 adults, depending on diets.
- Small Vegetable Share, which runs for the same amount of time as the Regular Share and feeds 1-2 adults depending on your diets. This is the one that we have and I am finding myself needing to come up with creative ways to use all of the veggies that we are getting, even when my husband is home!
- Spring Share, which has mostly springtime greens and veggies and runs for 12 weeks from Late March through Mid-June.
- Late Fall Share, which runs for 7 weeks from Early November through Mid-December.
- Fruit Share, which runs from Mid-July through the End of October. We also do this share and love, LOVE the amount of fruit we are getting!
Pricing varies depending on what time of year you sign up. We got into the game a bit late and only wound up paying about 250 for the Small Share and 250 for the Fruit Share. Whole season pricing starts at 430.00 for a Small Share and goes up for the Regular Share. It may sound expensive, but think about how much you spend on produce every time you go to the grocery store, then multiply it by 20 weeks. I think that the price is more than reasonable for what you are getting. Still seems too expensive? My favorite thing about the Farmer Daves CSA and what sets them apart from the others is that they allow you to make two payments instead of one if you choose to and they give a 3% discount for paying with a check. If you can't afford to do the CSA, even with the two payment option, but are still interested, you can give them a call and see if you are able to take part in their Share a Share program, which you can find out more about HERE.