What is a CSA?

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a way for farmers to smooth out the risks of farming by selling shares of the year’s harvest before the first seed is planted. In our style of CSA, shareholders agree to take what the farmer provides and the farmer agrees to supply them with the best of what the farm produces each week. The farmer’s advantage is in deciding what goes into a share and being paid up front. The shareholder’s advantage is in getting fresh produce significantly cheaper than our market prices while experiencing a wide variety of foods that they otherwise might not have tried.

What to Expect: A General Overview of the Season

Beginning the CSA mid-May means we will kick things off with salad mixes, dark greens and fast-growing root crops like radishes and salad turnips.

Shortly after that, the cucumbers and squash will be in full production and fresh herbs like basil and parsley will be in their prime. We will continue to harvest a wide range of greens, but tomatoes, squash, eggplant and peppers are summer’s big producers and we plant lots of tasty varieties.

Greens return in force toward late summer and tomatoes and squash continue. Fall root crops like turnips begin to mature, along with sweet potatoes and fall cabbage-family crops. The season will wrap up with cold-weather greens and roots.

We include the above section on what to expect during the growing season to give you an idea of the flow of the CSA. It is not a complete list of the foods you will receive, but it is a helpful outline.

Dates and More Information

The 2026 CSA season begins on May 21st and ends on October 29th. There is no CSA on August 27th. Members will pick up their vegetables on the farm in Rixeyville, VA every Thursday from 8:30-6:30.

For pricing and more details on the season, please visit our shop: Starstead Store