Some families have planted vegetable gardens this year; we have. But let’s be honest, we don’t really know what we are doing and guaranteed this year’s crop will be sub-par merely due to our learning curve. So in an effort to shore up our produce “pipeline” for this year we’ve started investigating CSA boxes.
CSA = Community Support Agriculture
A CSA Box gives you a weekly (or bi-weekly) infusion of locally grown veggies. You are supporting local agriculture, ensuring job-security for famers, reducing your carbon footprint (buying local) and ensuring a wonderful supply of seasonal fresh fruit, veggies, eggs (and sometimes meat and seafood). There are even CSA boxes that include honey, herbs, flowers, and grains.
Abbotsford | Agassiz | Aldergrove | Delta | Langley | Richmond | Surrey | Vancouver
CSA Boxes in Metro Vancouver:
Abbotsford:
Abundant Acre Family Farm
Items: mixed vegetables
Website: abundantacre.com
Black Table Farm
Items: mixed vegetables and herbs
Website: blacktablefarm.com
Crisp Organics Ltd
Items: mixed root vegetables, seasonal produce, greens
Website: crisporganics.com
Crooked Goat Garden
Items: field vegetables and herbs
Website: crookedgoat.harvesthand.com
Earth Apple Organic Farm
Items: mixed vegetables and fruit
Website: www.earthapplefarm.com
Glen Valley Organic Farms
Items: organic vegetables, berries, and fruit
Website: glenvalleycsa.com
Saar Bank Farms
Items: mixed produce
Website: saarbankfarms.com
Aldergrove:
Glorious Organics Co-Op
Items: mixed vegetables and salad greens
Website: www.gloriousorganics.com
Agassiz:
Cedar Isle Farm
Items: grains
Website: www.cedarislefarm.ca
Delta:
Cropthorne Farm
Items: mixed vegetables and eggs
Website: www.cropthornefarm.com
First Generation Organics
Items: organic vegetables, herbs, and flowers
Website: firstgenerationorganics.com
Salt & Harrow
Items: organic vegetables, fruit, and legumes
Website: saltandharrow.com
Langley:
Black Table Farm
Items: mixed vegetables and herbs
Website: blacktablefarm.com
Good Roots Farm CSA
Items: mixed vegetables, herbs, and flowers
Website: goodrootsfarm.com
Soil & Shovel Farm
Items: mixed vegetables
Website: www.soilandshovel.com
Richmond:
Sharing Farm Society
Items: mixed vegetables
Website: www.sharingfarm.ca/csa
TFN Farm School
Items: mixed organic vegetables
Website: www.kpu.ca/farmschools
Surrey:
A Rocha Canada Farm
Items: vegetables
Website: arocha.ca
Brave Child Farm
Items: vegetables
Website: www.bravechildfarm.ca
Heart & Soil Farms
Items: organic vegetables
Email: manpreethora08@gmail.com
On the Farm Vegetables
Items: mixed vegetables
Website: onthefarmvegetables.com
Rondriso Farms
Items: mixed vegetables & fruit
Website: rondrisofarms.ca
Vancouver:
Crooked Goat Garden
Items: field vegetables and herbs
Website: crookedgoat.harvesthand.com
Farmers on 57th
Items: mixed vegetables and flowers
Website: www.farmerson57th.ca
Fresh Roots Urban Farm
Items: mixed vegetables and greens
Website: www.freshroots.ca/veggie
Sole Food Street Farms
Items: mixed vegetables and greens
Website: www.solefoodfarms.com
TFN Farm School
Items: mixed organic vegetables
Website: www.kpu.ca/farmschools
Three Feet Below
Items: mixed vegetables and canned vegetables, jams, salsa, etc
Website: wixsite.com/threefeetbelow
UBC Farm
Items: mixed vegetables and fruit
Website: ubcfarm.ubc.ca
