Get your share of farm-fresh goodness at CSA Day
In recent years, Community Supported Agriculture share programs (CSAs) have become a popular way for locavores to get a steady supply of seasonal fruits and veggies from nearby farms and producers.
The premise of a CSA is simple: members pay in advance of the growing season for a share of a producer’s harvest, providing them with much needed start-up funds to buy seeds, supplies, and equipment. In return, the CSA member receives a weekly (or bi-weekly) portion of what’s grown or raised on the farm throughout the harvest season.
What started as simple fruit and veggie boxes in the early days of CSAs has grown into a wide variety of options, including share programs for grains, meat and eggs, sustainable seafood (called CSF for Community Support Fishery), honey, herbs, and flowers. Many box programs now give their members the opportunity to “add on” things sourced from other producers like bread, cheese, coffee – even beer – for a more convenient, full-service option.
2019 CSA Day
Our upcoming CSA Days at the Winter Markets provide a great opportunity to check out all the 2019 options, talk more with the producers about the ins and outs of their programs, and register for the CSA of your choice. Look out for the blue “Get Your Share” signs at stalls around the markets for more info!
CSA Day at Riley Park Winter Market takes place Saturday, February 2 from 10am-2pm.
CSA Day at Hastings Park Winter Market takes place Sunday, February 3 from 10am-2pm.
Can’t make it to the markets this weekend? View a full list of Vancouver Farmers Markets vendors who are running CSAs, CSFs, grain shares (and more!) below.
2019 CSA Programs
Blue Comet Seafoods, Vancouver
Salmon, tuna, halibut, lingcod, rockfish & sablefish
Sasha Berger
www.bluecometseafoods.ca
Listen here to Sasha Berger talk about his CSF Program
Cedar Isle Farm, Agassiz
Grains
Yoshi or Jim | hello@cedarislefarm.ca
www.cedarislefarm.ca
Crisp Organics, Abbotsford
Mixed vegetables & fruit
Andrew Arkesteyn-Vogler | crisporganics@hotmail.com
www.crisporganics.com
Cropthorne Farm, Westham Island
Mixed vegetables & eggs
Lydia Ryall | info@cropthornefarm.com
www.cropthornefarm.com
Downtown Fresh Box, Downtown Farmers Market
Local goods from the Downtown Market, packed and ready to go home with you
Signup for a month or the whole season
Roberta LaQuaglia | freshbox@direct.eatlocal.org
www.eatlocal.org/fresh-box
Earth Apple Organic Farm, Abbotsford
Mixed vegetables & fruit
Shirlene Coté | earthapplefarm@gmail.com
www.earthapplefarm.com
Farmers on 57th, Vancouver
Mixed vegetables & flowers
Karen Ageson and Jess Henry | hello@farmerson57th.ca
www.farmerson57th.ca
Fresh Roots Urban Farm, Vancouver
Schoolyard Grown box of mixed vegetables & greens
Christine | food@freshroots.ca
www.freshroots.ca/veggie
The Front Yard Flower Co., Vancouver
Specialty Cut Flowers
Rose Dykstra | rose@thefrontyardflowerco.com
www.thefrontyardflowerco.com
Glorious Organics Co-op, Aldergrove
Mixed vegetables & salad greens
David Catzel | info@gloriousorganics.com
www.gloriousorganics.com
Klippers Organic Acres, Cawston
Mixed vegetables, tree fruit & preserves
Kevin & Annamarie Klippenstein | klipperscsa@gmail.com
www.klippersorganics.com
Listen here to Kevin Klippenstein describe the Klippers Organics CSA Programs.
River and Sea Flowers, Westham Island
Certified Organic Specialty Cut Flowers
Rachel Ryall | riverandseaflowers@gmail.com
www.riverandseaflowers.com
Rondriso Farms, Cloverdale
Mixed vegetables & fruit
Ron or Pam Tamis | rondriso@shaw.ca
www.rondriso.com
Salt & Harrow, Parksville
Mixed vegetables
www.saltandharrow.com/csa-farm-box/
Sharing Farm Society, Richmond
Mixed vegetables
www.sharingfarm.ca/csa
Skipper Otto’s CSF, Vancouver
Salmon, tuna, halibut, prawns, lingcod, sablefish & crab
Sonia Strobel | info@skipperotto.ca
www.skipperotto.ca
Sole Food Street Farms, Vancouver
Mixed veggies & greens
Andrea | info@solefoodfarms.com
www.solefoodfarms.com
TFN Farm School, Tsawwassen
Mixed vegetables, eggs & meat
Pick up in Vancouver, Richmond & Delta
Caroline Chiu | tfs@kpu.ca
www.kpu.ca/tfnfarm/box-a-week
CSA Day takes place from 10am-2pm on February 2 at Riley Park Winter Market and February 3 at Hastings Park Winter Market. More info on market times and locations on our homepage.
Banner photo: Cropthorne Farm
