CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture- a model of farming where customers are in direct relationship to a farm. Since farming is so seasonal, customers pay upfront for their share of the product, providing essential cashflow during the part of the year when farms have a lot of expenses but not a lot to harvest. In return, customers get to share in the abundance of the season and get the best of the farm’s produce, picked at peak ripeness.

Receiving a box of fresh produce might feel very similar to merely a vegetable subscription service, but it actually represents so much more! Farmers and their customers are in deep relationship in the CSA model. The farm relies on the upfront cash, when farmers need to order seeds and supplies, pay employees, prepare fields for planting, and fix infrastructure, all in the early season before any crop is even able to be harvested.

We aim to offer a shares each week that have a mix of leafy veggies (like kale or salad), chunky veggies (like carrots or broccoli), and flavorful veggies (like garlic or hot peppers). We find a balance between more common vegetables with more unusual varieties.

While the best option is to arrange for a friend or neighbor to get your share for you, we understand that isn’t always possible. We can offer a refund or pickup at a later time, two times per member, per season.

We live and farm within the complexities of capitalism- where wage stagnation over the last several decades have made it harder and harder for normal people to afford everyday needs like fresh vegetables. Paired with our beliefs that every worker in the food system should make a living wage, we try to balance these tensions via a tiered pricing model. Every share size has a listed standard price, in addition to the option to pay on a sliding scale. If you can afford to pay more than the standard price, we hope you consider doing so, in order to help support your lower-income neighbors in accessing the same high quality vegetables. In addition we accept SNAP/EBT, offer CSA scholarships in conjunction with NOFA-VT, and would love to discuss work-trade options. Please reach out to talk more abut pricing accessibility!

We might be new to running New Leaf, but we are definitely not new to farming. We have almost 30 years of combined experience in vegetable and flower farming, and we are still obsessed with it. We are committed to growing the best possible produce with extraordinary care for the land, while providing a living wage to employees.

By offering 3 pickup locations and days, we hope to provide a convenient and accessible way to nourish our community with good food.