Many Hands Organic Farm: Community Supported Agriculture: Shares

Shares in the Many Hands CSA

2012 CSA Share Options

Spring Vegetable CSA: This share costs $165.00 and runs for 6 weeks, from Friday, May 4 to Friday, June 8. The deposit is $100 and the full balance (the remaining $65) is due on March 31, 2012.
Summer CSA: These shares run for 20 weeks, from June 11 to October 26.
- Large Summer Vegetable Share: The large share costs $575. The deposit is $100, with additional payments of $150.00 on March 15th, $150.00 on April 15th and $175.00 on May 15. If this causes a financial hardship, contact us for a payment plan.
- Medium Summer Vegetable Share: The medium share costs $325. This share is approximately 60% of the size of the large share and will include roughly the same vegetables. The deposit is $150 with the remaining $175 due on April 15.
- New This Year! Juicing Share: See explanation. This share costs $400.00 and runs 20 weeks. The deposit is $150.00 with additional payments of $125.00 on April 15th and $125.00 on May 15th.
- Summer Fruit CSA: This share costs $80.00 and runs during the 20 weeks from June 11 to October 26. This share option is only available to Summer Vegetable CSA members. Fruit shares are received intermittently throughout the season depending on when fruit is available. In 2011 we had strawberries, red and black raspberries, grapes, blueberries, peaches, pears, melons, and plums over 16 weeks.
- Summer Flower CSA: This share costs $75.00 and runs during the 20 weeks from June 11 to October 26. This share option is only available to Summer Vegetable CSA members. You can expect to receive at least 10 bunches of 10-15 flowers in your share intermittently throughout the season (14 bunches received from June into September in 2011).
Fall Vegetable CSA: This share costs $180.00 and runs for 6 weeks, from November 2 to December 7. We've added an extra week to this share. The deposit is $100.00 and the full balance (the remaining $80.00) is due on September 1, 2012.

Pick-up Days and Times

Pick-up days in 2012 are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for the Summer Vegetable, Juicing, Fruit, and Flower CSA shares; Fridays for the Spring CSA shares; and Wednesdays and Fridays for Fall CSA shares.

Pick up Locations

Besides offering pick up in Barre, we deliver shares to several locations in Massachusetts: Holden, Worcester, Fitchburg, Framingham, Paxton, and Dorchester. Learn more about these deliveries and pick up locations here.

Joining Late or Leaving Early Policy

We understand that some folks join the Summer CSA after it has started and others sometimes need to leave early. Read about our partial term policy here.

New This Year - Juicing Share

Cancer, obesity, heart disease and diabetes are rampant in our culture, not to mention auto-immune diseases of common and rare nomenclature. Juicing is embraced by many disciplines as a way to reinvigorate health. Re-inspired by the movie "Fat, Sick and Almost Dead", Jack and Julie started serious vegetable juicing this past fall. We will offer this year a juicing share that will weekly include 7 pounds of vegetables suitable for juicing - lots of greens, roots like carrots and beets, some herbs, and some fruiting vegetables like tomato, summer squash, and cucumbers. (Jack and Julie find this is adequate for about four 12 ounce servings per day when processed with water in their Vita-Mix.) You won't get the onion family, potatoes, strong flavored roots, peas, shell beans, corn and winter squash. The share will be mixed in one big bag. It will include some produce that is small or blemished.

Recycling Department

We cam always use your donations of

grocery-sized paper and plastic bags
quart-sized yogurt containers and lids
dozen-sized egg cartons

Directions to the Farm

Please click here for directions to Many Hands Organic Farm.

Ordering Shares

You can find the Many Hands 2012 CSA Order Form here.