Whether you were a member last year or two years ago, now is the time to consider joining our CSA for the 2015 season. We have the same great choose-your-own-share pick-ups with over 50 different crops to choose from throughout the season. While we still offer our regular 26-week-long season, we’ve added some new flexible membership options based on feedback we’ve received over the years. So, please take a look and we hope you will consider joining our CSA again in 2015.
To sign up, purchase online or complete and mail in our sign-up form.
Prices remain the same as 2014 for our regular 26-week season, but we have made some changes and added some new options for 2015.
– Farm pick-up will be Saturday mornings 8-10 am
– We’ve added a CSA share box drop-off at Crow Farm on Wednesdays 4-7 pm
– The Middletown share box drop-off will now be on Wednesdays at Real Food Period (5246 Summit Bridge Rd, Middletown, DE 19709). Boxes should be there by 10 am and can be picked up then until the store closes at 7pm.
And, in addition to our regular, 26-week season, we are now offering the following options:
Full Season Flex Share
Pick up vegetables your choice of 13 out of 26 weeks during our regular season starting mid- to late May. If a regular season small share offers too many vegetables for you or your schedule makes it difficult to pick up your share every week, this may be the option for you.
Half Season Share – Summer or Fall
Pick up once a week for 13 weeks and choose: Summer Season (starting mid- to late May) or Fall Season (starting late August).
Price of flex or half season shares:
small share (5 units/week) = $225
medium share (8 units/week) = $280
Installment Option:
You can pay for your share in one lump sum or in three installments.
The first payment is due by the end of February. However, once you make the first payment, you are committing to purchasing a share. Your second and third payments will be due by March 31 and April 30.
Pay with Credit Card through PayPal: This year we are again offering the ability to pay for your CSA share using your credit card through PayPal at our website.
Pay by check, print out the CSA Sign-up Form (pdf) and mail it to us with your payment or give it to us at the Chestertown Farmers’ Market on Saturday mornings (8am until noon).
For more information, visit the Colchester Farm CSA website.
Vic Pfeiffer says
My wife and I have been Colchester CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) members for about 8 years, and I urge anyone who is not a member to join. Colchester Farm does a wonderful job with this, and besides producing beautiful and diverse vegetables, they: periodically host cooking classes throughout the season; sponsor a fun season-starting farm party and Octoberfest in the autumn; periodically allow members and guests to join them in the fields to learn how to plant & grow various vegetables – my wife, son and I spent a beautiful fall day planting garlic bulbs; provide a learning environment for several seasonal young “future farmers” who are always wonderful engaging people; participate with/support a number of field-to-fork charitable events throughout Kent County; and are wonderful stewards of the farm land on which they work. Becoming a member also allows them to more accurately anticipate the vegetable volume they will need, allows them to concentrate on growing great vegetables and not time selling and delivering them, and also provides some start-of-season capital. And an added treat is that their farm manager, Theresa Mycek is a wonderful engaging farmer. Please join and keep this treasure of Kent County going.
Charlotte Hawes says
“Treasure of Kent County” warms my heart.