Our Farms
& COVID
We are committed to growing good food for our community
“It seems as if the world is being pulled apart at the seams, by the virus, by jolting reminders of racial injustice, and by the threat of climate change. Like most folks, we have struggled to see how we fit in and where we can help.
As farmers, our natural inclination is to farm more.”
-Lucy Garrison & Chaw Chang, Stick and Stone Farm in Notes from the Farm: the Essential Work of Farming in Edible Finger Lakes
Our response…
You asked for food, we grew with you. We have been growing our CSA by 100-150 members/yr to meet demand each year since the start of the pandemic. And are deeply grateful for the outpouring of community investment in our farms.
Rooted in community care, we reformed our pickup procedures for minimal contact, maximum safety and space. We are guided Grocery/Farmers Market recommendations from the CDC & Department of Health both on farm and during pickups.
We’ve deepened old partnerships and formed new. Community Supported Farms, uplifting a Farm Supported Community. We have added new Side Dish CSAs and bulk ordering opportunities to make the CSA a safe, one stop shop for local, nourishing food to fill your fridge.
We began creating One-Time Shares, hearty produce assortments for individual sale outside of our regular CSA. Available as demand necessitates and harvests allow, subsidies available.
We will come to you! our share is available for delivery within the City of Ithaca and Village of Trumansburg limits.
why join a CSA right now?
+ CSAs keep your money in the local economy
+ Fresh produce boosts your immune system and overall nutritional health
+ Your food is handled only by and on our farms, passing through our hands and nothing more
+ When you buy a share you are guaranteed fresh vegetables for our entire 12 week winter season or 23 week summer-fall season
+ Home delivery available within the City of Ithaca and Village of Trumansburg only.
+ Subsidies available through Healthy Food For All - 50% off total share price eligibility self-determined based on your projected income over the next 6 months
+ We promise to keep growing food for you and will adapt as needed to get it to you safely - stay well!
+ No interaction or minimal interaction boxed share pickup sites
+ You support local farms facing losses in their wholesale markets
+ Access to "side dish CSAs" - to help you skip the grocery store all together