Is a cSA share right for you?

Do you want to taste and use new vegetables?

Successful CSA membership requires openness to new vegetables and cooking methods.   We grow over 50 crops by maintaining a rigorous, successive-crop schedule and implementing season-extending techniques, resulting in VARIETY. Some of our crops stick around for most of the season, and you can expect to find these staples week in and week out. Others, however, put on a short and sweet show for only a handful of weeks. If you are joining our CSA with a sense of curiosity and adventure, we can help expand your veggie palate.  You will encounter some vegetables that you LOVE, some that amuse you, and some that inspire you. You will also encounter some vegetables that you don't really like, no matter which way you look at it. But not a season goes by, that someone is not pleasantly surprised by a new flavor we’ve introduced them to.

how much control do you need in your weekly menu plan?

The vegetable choices on any given week will always be determined by what’s available in the field. While grocery stores offer near constant availability of vegetables, a CSA does not. Grocery stores source their veggies from far and wide, sometimes offering food that was not even grown in the same country, let alone the same state or town as you. Our CSA is proud to offer every item fresh from our farm. Over 22 weeks, we guide you through a seasonal eating experience. CSA-sourced meals create a series of moments that highlight the flavors of the season. For example, savoring a short burst of cherry tomatoes is an exercise in gratitude and a moment to reminisce when the dark and cold of winter are around us. Savoring these moments gives us pause, and can carry us through the more challenging moments of life. This is seasonal living. We are here to help you experience that through our weekly produce and recipe offerings adn reflections.

are you willing to learn to eat the cSA way?

Eating the CSA way will teach you two things that might be new to you: eating a vegetable-rich diet and eating with seasonal ingredients. Transitioning to veggie-dense, seasonal cooking has a learning curve. Most of us were not taught to cook or eat this way, and, as with any new skill, it takes time to adjust. Most of our members say it’s not until their 2nd season with us that they feel like they really get the hang of using all of the vegetables. But we're here to help, and so are all of the other CSA members who have participated for many years! We offer weekly recipes to inspire you, and we’ve got all the tips for storing, preserving, and freezing anything you want to savor in those cold winter moments.

Do you value high-quality, nutrient-dense vegetables with rEAL flavor?

Since food is often an emotional and habitual experience, we are frequently asked about the specific crop varieties we grow. Variety does have some influence on flavor, and certainly affects the growth habit, nutritional value, and harvest time. Yet the true depth of nutrition comes from the relationship with the land on which a crop is grown. When food is grown in collaboration with the land, its quality and taste improve.  At Woven Roots Farm, we recognize the interconnectedness of all life: soil, plants, fungi, microbes, insects, and animals.  Our crops are cultivated using the permanent bed, no-till farming system, which seeks to enhance these connections rather than disturb them.  At no point has there ever been any use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or fungicides here. Taste buds are still taste buds, and we never discount personal preference, but we believe that, regardless of variety, you will taste the health of our veggies in every bite.

does having a relationship with the farmers that grow your food matter to you?

As a member of our CSA, you can walk the fields nestled in the hillside where your food is grown. You can meet us. You can take a workshop with us. You can join us for a meal. You can connect with the individuals and the landscape that make your meals possible. The same individuals who pick your food on Friday will hand it to you on Saturday morning. If you crave intimacy with your food and the hands that grow it, our CSA can offer that to you.

Does a CSA share have to be a deal?

No season goes by without at least one of our members remarking on the financial benefits of joining the CSA. Often, if you compare the value of what you receive in your weekly share to what those same items would cost in a grocery store, the savings are significant. We grow quality produce, herbs, and flowers using the highest ecological and regenerative practices, and we like to reward you with great value in exchange for your support of our farm and our farming practices. That being said, joining us just for the deal may not be the best idea. There is an inherent risk in farming, and it’s been said before that farmers may be the biggest gamblers among us. We are at the mercy of the Earth and her ever-changing moods. There is always the risk of crop failure or significantloss. This is the case across the board for farmers, but the community at large doesn’t usually feel the effects of such risk, with a grocery store as a buffer. As we mentioned before, grocery stores source their produce from far and wide, but here at the CSA, you’re putting your eggs (dollars) in Woven Roots Farm’s basket. We couldn’t have said it better than Cassie herself when she said, "To be a member of our CSA means to join us for the bounty AND the risk.” At Woven Roots Farm, becoming a member of our CSA is a relationship with us and the land on which we farm. When you support us with your membership, you support the health of the land, the community, and ultimately you!

Thank you for reading, and thank you to cassie, the original creator of these questions.

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