CSA Details

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CSA Details:

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. Our CSAs are SNAP/HIP eligible. 

Traditional Farm Share Box

This option gives you the best value! Each week we take the hassle out of shopping and pick out the best local vegetables that are in season. We also send along the best recipes to help you cook 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! You can opt in at any time – we will pro-rate the price of the box to reflect the number of boxes you actually receive.

*Our CSAs are SNAP/HIP eligible. Please email foodhub@nesfp.org to be set up as a SNAP customer and write “SNAP” in the notes when you place your order. 

CSA Your Way

If your household has allergies, picky eaters, or limited time to experiment, we recommend that you check out our CSA Your Way share options! Pre-pay for credits in $100 increments or pay as you go.
 
We will assemble your order and deliver to the pick-up location of your choosing. Pre-load greater amounts for larger credits. 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:

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!

2025 Pickup Locations!

If you would like to recommend a pickup site, please email us at foodhub@tufts.edu. Please ensure that your site can host a minimum of 20 customers. Available for areas in and around Beverly, Salem, Medford, Somerville, Cambridge, Boston, and surrounding communities.

(Email foodhub@nesfp.org to see if home delivery works for your address.)

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.

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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Need meal inspiration? Check out our Produce and Recipes Guide

Questions? Email FoodHub@nesfp.org or visit our FAQ