CSA Details
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Why New Entry Food Hub's CSA?
New Entry focuses on helping small-scale beginning farmers establish and grow their businesses. We are unique as a multi-producer program: instead of the produce all coming from one single farm, our produce is grown by over 20 mixed vegetable farms, and a variety of local orchards and berry farmers. New Entry farmers grow crops on less than 2 acres of land, and many have limited English language skills, lack reliable transportation, and possess minimal computer literacy—all of which are needed to be able to develop an individual CSA. New Entry CSA provides a reliable market for these farmers by aggregating produce and distributing it through our CSA program. Your purchase of a CSA share from New Entry allows us to continue training beginning farmers to access new markets and allows us to bring fresh and nutritious produce to underserved communities through Food Access.
CSA Details:
Based on member feedback we offer two different CSA options to offer the most flexibility for you! Choose between a traditional farm share box for the best value or choose your own produce each week with our CSA Your Way program. We are also rolling out new specialty products like farm fresh hot sauce, pesto, and tomato sauce which will be available for purchase in the CSA Your Way.
Traditional Farm Share Box
This option gives you the best value but the least flexibility. Each week we take the hassle out of shopping and pick out the best local vegetbales that are in season. We also send along the best recipes to help you cook up what you get each week. This share is for those who enjoy cooking new and exciting vegetables and don't have the time to shop for produce!
If your household has allergies, picky eaters, or limited time to experiment, we recommend that you check out our new Choose Your Own CSA share options! We are offering an Early Bird Special for the 2023 CSA:
Full Season Farm Share: $700 for 20 weeks June 14 – October 25
Summer Season Farm Share: $375 for 10 weeks June 15 – August 16
Fall Season Farm Share: $375 for 10 weeks August 23 – October 25
CSA Your Way
Weekly custom CSA share delivery from June 14 – October 25. Pre-pay in $100 increments or pay as you go and each week you choose exactly what vegetables and fruits you’d like and in what quantity from our network of beginning and immigrant farmers. This season we will be launching a line of value added products including hot sauce, pesto, and tomato sauce. We will assemble your order and deliver to the pick up location of your choosing. Pre-load greater amounts for larger credits.
There is no limit to what combinations of products that you order but we do ask that you order a minimum of $20 per week to help cover the cost of packing and delivery. We reserve the right to cancel any orders less than $20. All leftover credits at the end of the season will be forfeited by the customer and used by the food hub to increase our food security programs.
Sample Farm Share
On a given week, you can expect to receive the following fresh & local produce in your share:
Early Summer - Baby Salad Greens, Green Onion, Bok Choy, Snap Peas, Red Radishes, Celery, Parsley, Honey
Peak Summer - Cherry Tomatoes, Slicing Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Summer Squash, Peaches, Cabbage, Oregano, Garlic, Green Beans, Cilantro, Spring Onions, Basil
Fall - Apples, Anaheim Pepper, Heirloom Tomato, Sweet Pepper, Chives, Husk Cherries, Kale, Eggplant, Winter Squash, Thyme
Farmers Choice Holiday CSA Share!
Get all of your favorite produce from New Entry right before the holidays!
This share will contain two distributions of a farmers choice of produce perfect for the holidays. Items might include local fruits like apples and cranberries. Hearty crops like carrots, squash, cabbage, and sweet potatoes. Tasty greens like spinach and kale. And fun treats like hot sauce and mushrooms!
2023 Pickup Locations!
Public:
Condon Shell- Medford
Tufts University- Chinatown
Flatbread Co.- Bedford
American Flatbread - Davis Square, Somerville
Waldorf School- Beverly
Private:
Salem Public Schools EMPLOYEES ONLY - Location TBD, Salem
Harvard Business Publishing EMPLOYEES ONLY - HPB, Boston
Home delivery is available in Medford, Somerville, Cambridge, Beverly, and surrounding communities. Please email us at foodhub@tufts.edu to confirm your delivery address.
What is a CSA?
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) connects producers and consumers in a unique, mutually beneficial relationship that supports local communities and the environment. A CSA membership is the easiest, most delicious way to know where and how your food is grown. When you join a CSA, you and your fellow community members support farmers by purchasing food shares before the agricultural season starts. With the money from your advance payment, farmers buy the seeds, supplies, and labor needed to grow and harvest the produce that will fill your box.
Throughout the 20-week growing season from June through October, you receive a weekly “share,” or box, of freshly harvested produce. The contents of a CSA share vary, and as a shareholder, you can expect to receive 70 different crops throughout the season. Participating in a CSA sometimes means sharing in the fluctuations of agricultural life, such as limited choices because of seasonal constraints or unexpected weather, but we work hard to make sure that you still get the full value of your share. Weekly shares are delivered directly to pick-up sites around Boston and Middlesex County. Each week, you will receive a newsletter, a list of share contents, recipes, and updates from our programs.
At the supermarket, only three to twenty cents of every dollar you spend on food makes it back to the farmer who grew it, and the food travels an average of 1,300 miles to reach the consumer, often involving very low pay for agricultural workers. The CSA model is a sustainable, fair trade alternative for consumers.
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Questions? Email FoodHub@nesfp.org or visit our FAQ