Welcome to the Park Slope CSA

Although Thursday pick-up is full, we still have some openings for Tuesday pick-up. Click HERE to join.

Our 13th season bringing local, family-farmed produce to Brooklyn begins in June, 2012. We offer two options for membership on two different delivery days. You can sign up for a Full Share or an Every Other Week (EOW) Share in either the Tuesday or the Thursday program. If you decide to join us, we encourage you to pay as much as you can up front. If needed, you can pay in three installments -- but the share cost must be fully paid and received by the Park Slope CSA prior to the first distribution on June 12.

Our 2012 schedule is as follows:

Tuesdays

  • Pick-up time is 3 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
  • FULL June 12 – November 6, 2012
  • EOW-Odd June 12 – October 30, 2012
  • EOW-Even June 19 – November 6, 2012

Thursdays

  • Pick-up time is 4 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
  • FULL June 14 – November 8, 2012
  • EOW-Odd June 14 – November 1, 2012
  • EOW-Even June 21 – November 8, 2012

The distribution location is the Garden of Union, a community garden on Union Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues in Brooklyn.

Registration Deadlines

Register by April 20th (after taxes are due) to avoid paying a late fee. Registration closes May 5th, 2012. This gives Farmer Ted plenty of time to grow the right amount of food to deliver to our CSA. Adding stragglers is a drag. For directions on how to register for the 2012 season, visit our JOIN page.

Membership Requirements

To become a member of the Park Slope CSA, you must purchase at least one Full or EOW veggie share (including membership fee), and sign up for and complete your required workshift(s) at the distribution site. For a look at what the CSA share consists of, visit our FOOD page.

What is a CSA?

Community supported agriculture (CSA) is a partnership between a farmer and a community of supporters. At the beginning of the year, supporters purchase a “share” of the farm’s production. The farmer uses this money to cover the cost of seeds, fertilizer, equipment maintenance, and labor, and produces a healthy supply of fresh produce throughout the season.

When CSA members make this commitment, they are supporting the farm through the season and are sharing the costs, risks and bounty of growing food along with the farmer. This mutually supportive relationship between local farmers and community members helps to create economically stable farm operations in which members are assured the highest quality produce. In return, farmers are assured a reliable market for a variety of crops.