Applications for the 2024 season are available!
To request a CSA application, email us at jafarmstand@gmail.com, let us know which CSA location you are interested in.
Please note, membership is confirmed by a welcome confirmation email within a week of our receiving your application.
2024 Manhattan CSA:
– Manhattan CSA – West 97th Street between Amsterdam & Columbus Avenues, NYC Friday mornings (8-12) from May – November (Thanksgiving)
We have 3 share sizes for our Manhattan CSA (declining Balance format):
Small Share — $400 / Medium Share — $500 / Large Share — $600
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It is a program where the customers (CSA members) pay the farmer at the beginning of the year for a season’s worth of farm fresh vegetables. The CSA is a special program for many reasons. For the farmer it provides income up front when it’s needed most (when we are buying our seed and other necessities for the year). This is especially important for a small family farm like ours! But it is so much more than that, the CSA provides a wonderful community where the ”customer” and farmer work together to make the farm “happen”. We plan to offer additional events for our CSA members, like farm tours, picnics and more (let us know what you want to do and we will try to accommodate!).
Why should you choose our CSA? In addition to a wonderful selection of the finest and freshest vegetables around, you get us. Your farmers, Jeff, Maya, & Claire, are what set this CSA (and farm) apart from others. You always pick up your share from the farmers themselves and you get their personal attention and caring. As the saying goes; “know your farmer, know your food”. We believe that idea should go both ways, and it is equally important for the farmer to know the people who eat their food. We work hard to design our CSA program with our members in mind, to provide a CSA that fits their busy lives and high standards for quality and value.
For our Manhattan (West 97th Street) CSA we offer a “declining balance” type of CSA program. The way that it works is as follows: Members sign up for the CSA between January and March for the coming year, then receive a CSA share account (sort of like a debit account) to use at our stand for any products that they want throughout the season (May through the end of November). CSA members may shop every week, or just some weeks, and may choose whatever items you like. Decide how much you plan to get with your share size (small, medium or large share). This CSA works best for people who attend our market regularly and spend an average of $15 – $25 per week on vegetables.
