CSA Programs

C.S.A. is a program of mutual commitment between a farm and a community of supporters. It links people directly with their source of food, providing them with the most fresh, sustainably produced food; it gives farmers a source of income at their time of highest expense (early spring). Shareholders purchase a share in the season's harvest and receive a weekly package of food. )

Blessed Bee A honey CSA located in Metro Vancouver. Website: http://www.blessedbee.ca/

Abundant Acre Family Farm
"Sustainable Farming, Authentic Food"
Weekly Garden Box
Pick up @ House of James, in Abbotsford
Contact: http://abundantacre.wordpress.com/

Alderlea Farm
Location: Cowichan Valley
Contact: email or 250-715-0799

200 member CSA

ALM Organics
Location: Pick up at the farm in Sooke (southern Vancouver Island).
Contact: 250-642-3671 Website

Arkesteyn-Voglar Family Farm
Location: Abbotsford
Website
Contact: cfvogler@hotmail.com

Common Ground Community Farm
Location: Burnaby.
A full sustainable farm that uses IPM (Integrated Pest Management)
http://cgorganicfarm.com/

Earth Apple Farm
Location: Abbotsford

Potato CSA – no spray, certified organic seed

http://www.earthapplefarm.wordpress.com

Earthwise Society
Location: South Delta
Contact: Website

The Earthwise Society has a relatively young, agricultural farm out in Boundary Bay, 6400 3rd Ave, South Delta. This year we are taking registrations for our new "Harvest Box" program. Thus, we are providing a CSA sevice to our local community. And the harvest boxes are sold for a fixed price for a 22 week period, beginning in June.

More information regarding our harvest boxes can be directed to Dieter at: farm[at]earthwisesociety[dot]bc[dot]ca

Earthy Organics
Location: Fruitvale
Contact: Email

Edible Acres
Location: Windermere, East Kootenays
Contact: Lin Steedman and Oliver Egan edibleacrescsa@gmail.com or 250-342-7472

Falcon Farm
Location: Salt Spring Island
Contact: Garnet and Kerry Lee - 250-653-9070 or email

A small (6 to 10 subscribers) "Pre-paid for the season" vegetable box program. Clients pick up a customized box at the farm each week.

Farmers on 57th

Located at 57th and Cambie in Vancouver Farmers on 57th is a group of 5 urban farmers offering CSA shares for the summer of 2010.

FarmFresh BC & Farm Gate Sales

You adopt/We grow... beef, pork & poultry (Thompson/Nicola Region of BC)

Farmhouse Farm
Location: South Vancouver
Contact: Website

Fresh Roots
details here: http://freshrootsurbancsa.wordpress.com/csa/

Glen Valley Organic Farm

Location: Abbotsford
Contact: Details on website

Glen Valley Organic Farm runs a small Community Supported Agriculture program in parternship with the NOWBC Co-op. Members of the CSA become partners with the farmers -- they purchase a share of the crop at the start of the season and receive a weekly Harvest Box over 16 weeks in the summer. Our first season of running our CSA was in 2009.

Glorious Organics at Fraser Common Farm
Location: Aldergrove
Contact: David @ 604 857 9057 or davidcatzel@gmail.com

Now accepting subscribers for 2010 season. Drop off locations in East Vancouver and Kitsilano. Certified Organic.

Good Roots Farm CSA

Location: Farm in Langley, pick up locations in Vancouver and Langley.
Contact: info@goodrootsfarm.com

Good Roots Farm in a small farm in the Glen Valley area of Langley. We use natural and sustainable farming methods to grow vegetables, herbs and cut flowers. In 2011 we have CSA shares available for a 16 week harvest season with pick up locations in both Langley and Vancouver. For more information visit our website

www.goodrootsfarm.yolasite.com.

Haliburton Farm
Location: Victoria
Contact: email

We (3 co-growers) have a Food Basket or Box program running out of Haliburton Farm. Subscribers have the opportunity to volunteer on the farm and help out every Wednesday of the month and every 2nd Saturday and find they are too busy and working themselves to commit. They pay $20 for a basket and pick it up at the farm every Wednesday. 2010 will be our 3rd year. We started with 10 folks and hope to have 30 next year.

Ice Cap Organics
Location: Pemberton. Serving Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton and Mount Currie.
Contact: Delaney Zayac 604 966 7825

We do a seasonal variety of vegetables, all certified organic.

Kitsilano Farms
Location: Vancouver
Contact: Website

We have created an urban farm in the heart of Vancouver by piecing together a collection of backyard gardens around the Kitsilano neighbourhood. The people who own these gardens have provided us with the space to grow produce that we can take to market, or share with the community through our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.

Klippers Organics - New in 2009!
Location: Farm in Similkameen Valley. Pick-up in Vancouver
20 weeks of freshness when you buy a Summer Share! Egg Shares also available.

Kootenay Grain CSA

Makaria Farm
Location: Cowichan Valley
Contact: Heather and Brock at 250-597-3276, email makariafarm@gmail.com or check out the website: www.makariafarm.com

Nanoose Edibles Farm
Location: Nanaimo Region
Contact: Email

Pick-up at the farm. Certified Organic. $35 per week paid in advance for 16 weeks.

Nanoose Edibles Farm has offered CSA programs for many years. They are for 16 weeks, beginning in June and ending somewhere about Thanksgiving. Members pay in advance for the entire season. Each person receives the same products each week. We do not do substitutes.
There are approximately 12 items in each box made up of berries, fruit, salad materials, root vegetables, specialty vegetables and herbs. We have a pick-up at the farm.

We also offer another version of the CSA. We service buying groups of twenty or more families where product is delivered by the carton to the receiver for the buying group. The receiver divides it out into the boxes of the members to pick up. This also can include home deliveries to people who are not able to get to the drop-off point during business hours. The receiver receives a fee for their services. This is a very practical system, as it is easy of staff time and they are able to spend more them farming and much less time filling and labeling boxes.

Nathan Creek Organic Farm
Location: 9 distribution stops throughout Abbotsford and Metro Vancouver
Contact: 604-628-9544 or email

Nathan Creek CSA has been operating for 12 years, offering 20 weeks of vegetables each year. Now located in Langley, the farm invites all members to visit the farm and participate in farm celebrations as well as farm work. The last 2 years we have provided 120 shares. We make distributions on two different days each week and are always ready to add new distribution sites when groups of 5 or more people join and identify a suitable host location. Website

Pitchfork Organic Farm
Location: Glen Valley Organic Farm, Abbotsford
contact: jeremy@pitchforkorganicfarm.com
website: www.pitchforkorganicfarm.com

Pitchfork Organic Farm will be offering a 20 week CSA subscription this year for $500. We grow a large variety of certified organic fruits and vegetables on 5 acres at Glen Valley Organic Farm. We have pick up locations at the markets in New Westminster and White Rock. We can also deliver directly to your home for a small fee. Head to the website for more information.

Pilgrim's Produce
Location: Vernon and Armstrong
Contact: email

CSA was established in 1995. The program runs 22 weeks each summer with two share sizes, for a couple or for a family. We grow not only a wide variety of vegetables but also, increasingly, more varieties of fruits and berries. We supply all the produce for the weekly box. We deliver Tuesdays
to a central location in Vernon; those in the Armstrong area pick up at our farm.

Richmond Urban Farmers
Location: Richmond
Contact: website

Running from July-October with produce grown in gardens around Richmond.

Roger's Organics
Location: Valemount
Contact: Roger Beck or 250-566-9794

Looking for new subscribers. Uses organic methods and specializes in sauerkraut and sauerkraut plus.

Rootdown Farm
Location: Pemberton
Contact: http://rootdownfarm.net/

Simple Life Farms
Location: Lake Country
Contact: http://www.simplelifefarms.ca/

Skeeter Farm
Location: Abbotsford
Contact: Hannah @ skeeterfarm@gmail.com

Skeeter Farm grows a wide variety of vegetables on a beautiful piece of land sandwiched between the mountains and rivers of the Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford. Skeeter veggies are grown without chemicals by Amy, Jamie, and Hannah, three new farmers excited to begin their second year of farming. Our 2010 CSA Program will run for 15 weeks with pick-up locations throughout the Lower Mainland. And they have a blog!

Skipper Otto's Community Supported Fishery
Location: Vancouver
Contact: wildbcsalmon@gmail.com

2009 was our 40th year of commercial salmon fishing and the 1st year of our Community Supported Fishery. The first of its kind in British Columbia, we are proud to provide the freshest and highest quality fisherman-direct salmon availlable, and a fair price for all. We are now accepting memberships for the 2010 season!

Southlands Farms
Location: Vancouver
Contact: Website

Volunteer opportunities also available.

Al Tinka's Orchard CSA

Welcome to Vancouver’s first orchard-fruit CSA!

Tinka Orchard CSA supports the farm of Al Tinka in the Okanagan and ensures that he receives a fair price for his delicious orchard fruit, allowing him to continue to farm his heirloom fruit trees in the natural, sustainable way he always has.

There are a total of 20 shares available, each consisting of 120lbs of a variety of plums, pears, and apples. The fruit is available at 3 pick-up dates in late summer and early fall. All the fruit is grown by Al Tinka, in Summerland, BC. The CSA is coordinated by Sonia Strobel and Allison Bennett in Vancouver.

UBC Farm
Location: Vancouver
Contact: Email or Website

2010 will mark the sixth season the UBC Farm has offered shares in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project. This is a chance for members of the community to receive a weekly box of fresh, organically produced food, while students have the opportunity to learn about this innovative production and marketing system. Full details available on
the UBC Farm website.

Urban Digs Farm
Location: Vancouver/Richmond
Sustainably grown year round community farm operation. We sell via our weekly harvest box, at local retailers, and at farmers markets.
http://www.urbandigsfarm.com/

Urban Grains
Location: Metro Vancouver
Contact: urbangrains@ffcf.bc.ca

Urban Grains is a community supported agriculture program based in Vancouver, B.C. Our first year of operation (2009) is a pilot project aimed at demonstrating new possibilities for local eating by providing Vancouver residents with access to grain grown locally in Agassiz, B.C. A FarmFolk/CityFolk Project!

VanValley – a farmer led buyers club
Location: Fraser Valley
http://vanvalley.wordpress.com

Wild Flight Farm
Location: Revelstoke, Sicamous, and Salmon Arm
Contact: Website

Offer a subscription over winter, preferring a market-style set-up during the summer.

Yarrow EcoVillage Farm
Location: Chilliwack
Contact: Website

Certified Organic

Your Local Food Pedalers. Your Local Food Pedalers offers East Vancouver's most diverse CSA by partnering with several rural and urban farms to provide you with unreasonably fresh produce - delivered to you by bicycle! http://www.foodpedalers.ca/

Yummy Yards is a multi-location urban farm located in Vancouver's Westside. We grow in an environmentally, socially and economically regenerative way, connecting our neighbours with the food they eat. www.yummyyards.ca