GREENPOINT-WILLIAMSBURG CSA at McCarren Park

Brooklyn, New York
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

This location is now SOLD OUT for 2008.

Email williamsburgcsa@gmail.com to be put on a list for early notice about 2008-9 Winter CSA, and the 2009 CSA season.

Greenpoint-Williamsburg CSA offers a choice of 2 distribution sites:

• Saturday mornings from 9:30am- Noon @ McCarren Park in the Community Garden, across the street from the Dog Run
• Wednesday evenings from 530pm-8pm @ Lutheran Church of the Messiah (129 Russell St; southside of McGolrick Park)

Due to the large nature of our CSA, members must join in person at a sign up event. See the Greenpoint-Williamsburg CSA website for event information:
http://www.greenpoint-williamsburgcsa.org/

Come on down to an event for more information or email williamsburgcsa@gmail.com

If you have already signed up, you may mail installment payments to:

CSA Coordinator, 190 Bedford Ave #227 , Brooklyn NY, 11211

A WINTER SHARE is offered from Dec-March. Click here for more information

 

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2008 SEASON: 24 weeks, for all shares except flowers, which will be 22 weeks (end at Halloween).  

First pickup: Sat June 14

Last pickup: Sat Nov 22   (weekend before Thanksgiving)

Half-shares will get assigned A or B week and come for a "full" pickup, every other week (instead of getting half the amount, every week).

If you are not able to make your share pick-up, you are welcome to have a friend pick up your share. No prior notice is required, just tell them to check in under your name.

RETURNING MEMBER DISCOUNT! If you are a RETURNING CSA member, you can pay 2007 prices if you pay in full by March 31, 2008.  If you have forgotten what those prices were, email your CSA coordinator for an Earlibird Signup Sheet.

Full Harvest Vegetable Share

June-Thanksgiving, 24 weeks – 7-8 items per week, includes enough vegetables for two large vegetarian meals per week, for a family - or sides for the whole week. See harvest chart for approximate schedule of vegetables including heirloom tomatoes, mesclun salad mix, zucchini, baby corn, summer squash, cucumbers, lettuces, beets, carrots, plus pumpkins, gourds, winter squash. 

Full Share Price: $495   ($20.60/week)               Half share: $255

Fruit Share

June - Thanksgiving, 24 weeks – Starts out in June with strawberries, then cherries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, peaches, apricots, plums and pears in July and August, and mainly pears and apples September through November. Fruits are very fresh and flavorful, not organic but  grown on our next-door neighbor’s farm using lots of compost and low-spray techniques.

Full Share Price: $255   ($10.60/week)                    Half fruit share: $135

Egg Share

June - Thanksgiving, 24 weeks – Receive a dozen farm-fresh eggs from our own pastured, free-range hens, fed no hormones or antibiotics.

Full Share Price: $130  ($2.70/week)                    Half egg share: $70

Flower Share

June - Halloween, 22 weeks – A gorgeous weekly bouquet of fresh-picked flowers, grown organically, different every week. Includes zinnias, snapdragons, sunflowers, gladiolas, black-eyed susans, and much more.

Full Share Price: $155   ($7/week)                         Half Flower Share: $80

"Mega Combo Share" is one of all shares every week: Added together the prices total $970, but you pay only $930 ($40 discount)           (totals $38.75/week)

"Variety Pak Share" is responds for POPULAR DEMAND for a little bit of everything at a reasonable price. It includes a HALF share of everything (which means one full share, picked up every OTHER week)  which totals $510, but you pay $495   ($15 discount)                                                                        (totals $20.63/week)