Freshman CSA
Get weekly, fresh, local produce, and support local farmers!
Click to get Veggies!
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Our “Freshman CSA” is a cooperative model between two second-year, Woodinville-based farms, allowing us to support each other and you!
When you subscribe to a CSA, you're buying a "share" of the harvest — allowing your sustainable, regenerative farmers to invest in the new growing season, and deliver you fresh, seasonal vegetables all the way into autumn.
Why should you choose the Freshman CSA this year?
Access to fresh, highest quality and most delicious produce from June to the end of September. (Plus recipes from your farmers!)
The shortest possible supply chain - your produce is harvested and delivered directly to your pick up site within a matter of days. This reduces your “food miles” AND ensures your food dollars go directly to our farm & farmers (instead of a typical 20-30% to intermediaries).
Sliding scale pricing and payment plans - so more people can access local, organically grown produce. You can choose your price point that best fits your needs and resources.
Supporting two local, regenerative, queer-owned farms in their second year!
Artemis Farm: A diversity-oriented farm growing international produce, heirloom and experimental varieties, regionally-adapted, and native foods because the food in our region should reflect our local communities. Artemis is run by Rae Wells and their partner, Ari Anderson. This year, they are most excited to share heirloom Chilean sweet corn.
Goblin Farm: a regenerative farm on an eighth of an acre in Woodinville, WA. We grow food that wants to grow in this soil — native edibles (come try our miner’s lettuce and purslane) and crops that have been bred to thrive in the unique and changing climate of the Pacific Northwest. Goblin is run by Billie Winter and her wife, Hannah Murphy Winter.
And welcoming our partner in fungal cuisine, MarrowStone Mushrooms! MarrowStone was established in 2022 as a small-scale, Seattle-based fungus farm with the intention of providing hyper-locally grown fungus to the greater Seattle area. They grow about a dozen different species of mushrooms throughout the year, and hope to share them with all of you!
Click to get veggies!
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Click to get veggies! •
The Goods
The CSA
Our CSA will run for 15 weeks total, from the first week of June through the last week in September. We take the weeks of June 24th (Pride and Independence Day) and September 2nd (Labor Day) off.
We offer our CSA farm share on a sliding scale from $310-440 (read more about the sliding scale in our FAQ’s below). It includes 5-7 seasonal vegetables, plus a recipe guide for ingredients that might be unfamiliar.
Add-Ons
Along with your vegetable share, you can get a weekly bouquet of flowers straight from the fields.
$60 for 4 weeks of fresh-cut flowers
$120 for 9 weeks
Flowers
Mushrooms
This year, we’ve partnered with MarrowStone Mushrooms to provide a weekly mushroom share! Each share should last 7-10 days in your fridge, and will come with fun suggestions for how to prepare them.
$150 for a ½ lb week (best of a family of 1-2)
$180 for 1lb per week (best for a family of 3-4)
CSA FAQ’s
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CSA boxes include 5-7 in-season vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Some examples of the seasonal produce included:
Spring: cool season greens, radishes, carrots, herbs, peas, fennel, garlic scapes
Summer: Japanese cucumbers, tomatoes, ground cherries, summer squashes, melons, colorful green beans, corn
Autumn: Pumpkins for pie, winter squash, dry beans, shallots, fennel, greens, onions
CSA members will also receive:
a weekly newsletter from either Goblin or Artemis Farm with farm updates, recipes, and reminders
An optional farm tour once during the season. Email us, we’d love to show you around.
occasional bounty available at pickup
This CSA offers 15 nonconsecutive weeks of vegetables starting the first week in June (June 3rd) and runs through the end of September. We take the weeks of June 24th (Pride and Independence Day) and September 2nd (Labor Day) off. We offer a make up week the first week in October for those who miss a pickup but let us know at least 2 days in advance.
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When you subscribe to a CSA, you're buying a "share" of what the farm grows that year — allowing your sustainable, regenerative farmers to invest in the new growing season and deliver you fresh, seasonal vegetables all the way into autumn. But you’re also investing in the farm at the top of the season before any food is harvested, when we need the most support (seeds, soil, and growing supplies are expensive!).
In exchange for that support, you get access to the freshest, highest quality, and most delicious produce from June to September, and you participate in the shortest possible supply chain. Your produce is harvested and delivered directly to your pick up site within a day. This reduces your “food miles” AND ensures your food dollars go directly to our farm & farmers.
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We have 3 different locations for picking up your veggies on either Mondays or Tuesday depending on the location.
Mondays: from 5-7 at Chuck's Hop Shop in the Central District
Tuesdays: 5-7 near Queen Anne Coffee Co
Tuesdays: 5-7 near the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station (near Post Pike Bar and Cafe)
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Both farms in the Freshman CSA farm on organic-certified land and are required to adhere to organic practices. However, organic certification takes three years, and both farms are just starting their second year. We’re getting there!
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Yes! We are able to offer a payment plan to spread the cost over four weeks through Afterpay. Afterpay is a third-party company that offers short-term, interest-free financing for online purchases. They do not run credit checks and are free to use (minus late fees).
IMPORTANT: You must select “Shipping for Afterpay” at checkout in order to be able to use that service.
We also offer a limited number of Solidarity Shares to queer, trans, and gender nonconforming members of our community who are food insecure due to the costs associated with transition and discrimination. If that’s you, please email us!
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Below is a short set of guidelines to help you navigate the question of how much you can afford. We recognize that many of our members have circumstances in both of these categories. While we invite you to reflect on your resources and look toward local economic justice, please don’t stress and pay what feels right to you.
Consider paying more on the scale if you: Own the home you live in, have investments or retirement accounts, inherited money or property, travel recreationally, work part-time by choice, have access to family money and resources in times of need, have a relatively high degree of earning power due to level of education (or gender and racial privilege, class background, etc.).
Consider paying less on the scale if you: Are supporting children, family members, or other dependents, have significant debt, have medical expenses not covered by insurance, have tuition/educational expenses, receive public assistance, have immigration related expenses, are a senior citizen, have disability(ies), etc.
If our low income option is inaccessible for you or your family, please inquire about our free Solidarity Shares
*Thank you to Underground Alchemy, Soul Fire Farm, Radherb, Third Root, Rock Steady Farm, and the Kula Center for their inspiration, dedication, and work with developing sliding scale and solidarity models.*
