How does it work?
The Winter CSA is a twice a month share that you will receive 6x, on Wednesday December 2, December 16, January 6, January 20, February 3, and February 17.
For the winter share, pick up hours on the farm will be 12pm-6pm ( Please do ask if you need a different pick up time, we can likely accommodate!)
Home Delivery: If you live in Oregon City, Milwaukie, Oak Grove, Jennings Lodge, Gladstone, Happy Valley, Clackamas, West Linn, Tualatin east of I-5, or anywhere in Southeast Portland, you are likely in our CSA delivery region. ** We are unable to deliver to some rural areas of Oregon City. Please check in with us before signing up if you are uncertain if you are in our delivery region.
Veggies that you will receive in your share will include winter squash, carrots, beets, winter radishes, cabbage, potatoes, onion, garlic, kale, rainbow chard, radicchio, parsley, mustard greens, pac choi, mizuna, salad turnips, celeriac, leeks, arugula, and more.
Winter CSA pick up/delivery dates may change if we receive inclement weather ( such as ice or snow!) and it is unsafe for us to harvest and deliver shares.
What do you get?
Here is an example of what each share might include:
Sample Share:
- 3 lbs Carrots (Bolero)
- 2 lbs Amarosa Potatoes(Red Fingerlings)
- 3 ct Shallots ( Conservor)
- 2 ct Delicata Squash ( Candystick)
- 1 bunch Lacinato Kale
- 1 ct Pink Radicchio
- 1 ct Green Cabbage
- 1 bu Parsley
What does it cost?
$300 for Farm Pick Up ($50/week)
$360 for Home Delivery ($60/week)
$105 for Fruit Share Add On ($17.50/week)
$540 for a Meat Share Add On ($90/week)
You have the option of paying for the CSA (and all the add ons) with recurring payments. Basically you choose the recurring payment option in the shop and you will be charged on the weeks you receive your share. This is a great option for those who do not want to pay the whole cost of the CSA in one chunk.
Paying for CSA with SNAP
We are happy to be able to accept SNAP benefits for paying for our CSA shares! On top of that, Double Up Food Bucks gives SNAP recipients additional funds to reduce the cost of CSA by HALF! That means that half of the cost of the share is covered by your SNAP funds, and the other half is covered by Double Up Food Bucks. This includes delivery costs! Please make sure to choose a SNAP sign up option in the online store.
Portland Area CSA Coalition does the SNAP processing for us, and SNAP members will need to fill out additional paperwork.
Additionally, scholarships are available for those who need it. See below.
Need more Flexibility?
Does this model not offer enough flexibility for you in terms of what kind and how much produce you get? Check out our Market Share program as a more flexible option.
Add Ons
We are partnering again with Kiyokawa Orchards for a fruit share add on. The share will be primarily apples, pears, asian pears, as well as the occasional bottle of cider or can of pears.
Find out more about Kiyokawa Orchards here:
We are partnering with Campfire Farms for a meat share add-on. Campfire Farms raises Animal Welfare Approved pork and chicken entirely outdoors on their 30-acre farm in Mulino, Oregon. Their mission is to create a replicable model for regional, carbon-neutral livestock production that regenerates soil and honors the natural instincts of their animals.
In a CSA meat add-on, you can expect a mix of staple pork products (plain ground pork, pork chops, roasts, ribs) and whole chickens. The mix of products will vary slightly in each share, but all items are intended to be versatile and useful in a wide range of recipes and diets. Most shares will include a whole chicken.
Common Questions
We try to fill up our shares as much as possible with tasty produce that is familiar to most folks (carrots, potatoes, lettuce, onions, garlic, etc). We offer a subscription to “Cook With What You Have” alongside your membership that has great advice and recipes for using unfamiliar (or new ideas for familiar ones !) vegetables in your share. At our on farm pick up location, we offer a “Swap and Extras Box” for you to switch out produce that you will not use with produce that you will use. It is also a place where we put extra produce for members when we have it, so it can sometimes be a great opportunity for families to get extra produce at no additional cost. Unfortunately, we are unable to have a swap option for home delivery customers.
YES. The best way to make the share accessible and affordable is to sign up for a subscription. You will only be charged the cost of the first share upon signing up and then will be charged a few days before receiving each of your boxes. If you are a SNAP recipient, SNAP and DUFB (Double Up Food Bucks) will cover half of the cost of the share! We also offer scholarships for those who need it, whether or not they are SNAP recipients. Just reach out to melissa@sunlovefarm.com if a scholarship could support you in getting a CSA share.
YES. Just reach out to melissa@sunlovefarm.com and we can figure out a discounted delivery price.
YES. We are willing to do partial or full trades. Please reach out to melissa@sunlovefarm.com if you have a trade in mind. Possible trades include coffee, bodywork, acupuncture, childcare, carpentry skills, tree work etc.
Scholarship Fund
We are committed to continuing to work to make our food as accessible as possible. If you are unable to pay for the full cost of a CSA share, we have a Scholarship Fund to subsidize the cost of your share. This is available for both SNAP recipients and anyone else who qualifies. Please fill out this form if the scholarship fund could support you in getting a CSA share.
If you have the resources, please donate to the Scholarship Fund here. Your donations mean a lot and can help provide fresh, healthy, local food to families that otherwise couldn’t afford it.
CSA Cancellation and Share Change Policy
Please only sign up if you are able to commit to receiving all 4 shares. We are not able to accommodate cancellations/refunds for the Winter Share.
Make note that if you receive delivery and will be out of town for the share, we can deliver the share to someone else, as long as they are in our delivery region and we are given notice by the Sunday before the share.
Also make note that we can accommodate alternative pick up times if the Wednesday 12pm-6pm pick up window does not work for you.
