Community Supported Agriculture
Join the CSA Membership:
What is a CSA?
Community Supported Agriculture is a connection with your local farmer and food system. By participating in a CSA arrangement, the member helps finance the up-front cost of production of a farm operation, such as seeds, equipment, labor costs, and amendments. The farmer then plans accordingly to produce food for these members for the season and distributes the food on a weekly basis. The member can expect to share the abundance and pitfalls of the season as they receive the reapings of the farm – some crops do well, others not so well and everything in between exists too.
How does the Belafonte Farm CSA work?
Each week, members will receive fresh, in-season vegetables according to their share size. Members will pick up at the Larimer County Farmers’ Market on Saturdays. At this time, we are only offering Saturday pickups until the CSA membership hits a critical mass and then we will offer a mid-week pickup again, thank you for understanding. In the sign up form, please let us know if you would prefer a weekday evening for pickup, we will take your input into consideration, thank you.
The Whole Share provides 10 items per week and is intended for 2-4 people who eat an average amount of vegetables or an individual who really enjoys vegetables!
The Small Share provides 6 items per week and is intended for 1-2 people.
The CSA shares will provide food for 20 weeks beginning Saturday May 25th and ending October 5th.
The pickup location:
- Saturdays 9 AM – 1 PM, from the Larimer County Farmers’ Market
- 200 W Oak St, Fort Collins, CO 80521
- Please bring a reusable bag or box to haul your delicious share items home!
What value do members receive?
A variety of nutritious, flavorful vegetables. We grow over 40 types and 100 varieties on our small market farm. Our aim with our food offerings is to provide the basis of your weekly fresh food needs and options to experiment if you desire!
The choice to select your own items.
The ability to support local agriculture and young farmers!
Brief, weekly newsletters about the happenings at the farm, crop notes, events, recipe ideas and some photos.
A relationship with the farmers who grow your food and are committed to producing community preferred foods – feel free to give constructive and respectful feedback about crops we grow or suggestions about crops you would like to see appear in the CSA shares.
Invitations to member events at the farm and within the local agriculture community.
A Guarantee. The farm values its CSA members and to ensure satisfaction we offer members the ability to receive a pro-rated refund if they need to cancel or are dissatisfied with the share.
CSA Share Price:
Whole Share: $725
Small Share: $500
Belafonte Farm is committed to offering an accessible CSA, therefore a sliding scale pricing option for those who cannot afford to pay for a full price share is available – please contact us for more information and to arrange a payment option.
Similarly, Belafonte Farm has partnered with The Vegetable Connection and their Feeding the Families program which assists financially challenged families afford a CSA share from local farms. If you are interested in financial assistance through The Vegetable Connection or would like to donate to help a family in need, visit their webpage.
Not ready to commit? Sign up for our CSA Share Information Updates – They will included information for the regular season 20-week CSA share as well as information and dates for our Trial Period, 4-week CSA share sessions.
Join the CSA Membership:
Sign up for CSA Share Information Updates
Questions?
Please email Dennis@BelafonteFarm.com