full plate farm collective
SUMMER CSA
fresh, local, organic vegetable share
sign up opens in February
planned dates for the season (provided mother nature cooperates ;)
23 weeks | 2025 dates TBA
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csa pickup options
no matter where or how you pickup you’ll get the same variety throughout the season, and 8-12 unique veggies every week (sometimes more!)
one share offers plentiful veggies for a 2 adult household, with or without kids, envision a paper bag full to the top with fresh produce.
If you’d like to split your share beyond 1 household, please purchase a boxed share.
Free Choice Pack-Your Own
$620 or $140 deposit*
a $1,000+ value! Abundant produce for under $27/wk
Free choice farm pickups allow you to custom pack the veggies your household will use each week. We offer pickups 4 a week at....
Stick & Stone Farm - Wed 3-7pm - 1605 Rt 96
Pressbay Alley - Thur 3-7pm - 116 W Green St
Salt Point Brewing - Fri 4-6pm - 6 Louise Bement Ln
Youth Farm Project - Sat 10am-1pm - 23 Nelson Rd
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We will provide a weekly assortment of 8-12 in season veggies, we limit some (ex. 1 cauliflower) and offer others 'free choice' or 'take what you will eat'.
Bring your own bags. It’s good to have a few for leafy greens & heavier things. Each share should be about the size of a brimming full paper bag, but custom pack in whatever you have!
We ask you to choose one primary pickup, but you may attend another pickup if you can’t make it to your usual site.
Just $27/week! The best option for a home on a budget (50% subsidies & payment plans available. details below)
Splitting shares among multiple households is not permitted at Free Choice pickups (boxed shares my be shared)
Farmer’s Choice Boxed Share
Group Site: $675 or $195 deposit*
Home Delivery: $775 or $295 deposit*
a hand packed assortment in a 5/9 bushel box. all boxes delivered to your Home or Group Site on Thursdays
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Pick up your share at one of 15+ local businesses or neighborhood pick-up sites on Thursdays.
Group sites are un-staffed, grab-n-go
Start your own group delivery site with 5-10 member households (depending on distance from nearest site)
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We will deliver a boxed share to your home or office
City of Ithaca or Village of T-burg ONLY
*Subsidized pricing available for all CSA options!
Our Full Plate Subsidy program offers shares for $310 or a $62 deposit regardless of pickup location (a 50% subsidy off of our lowest price), details below.
no matter where you pickup,
all memberships include:
Prices + Payments
CSA Saves: Each Full Plate Veggie CSA is a $1,000+ value
Our base price is less than $27/week. The average share value is over $40 if bought at the store/market.
We strive to make fresh, local, organic food accessible to all. Subsidies and payment plans available!
Payment Timelines
pay in full at sign up
installment plan - deposit at sign up + 4* monthly payments due 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15. Prices include a $20 administrative fee (no fee for HFFA members). Please DO NOT send payments in custom amounts. We will not process them unless direct arrangements have been made.
Payment Method
check (preferred) - send to Full Plate Farms, PO 6898, Ithaca, NY 14851
paypal - Help us avoid fees of $22-28 per share, checks keep money in the community in true CSA spirit!
EBT / food stamps - email Molly to learn how
Subsidized CSA Shares
We believe healthy food should be accessible to everyone, regardless of income, that’s why our farmers started the Full Plate Subsidized CSA fund! The basic details…
Subsidized shares are available to SNAP & WIC eligible households.
Subsidies cover 50% of the cost of a Full Plate Farm Collective Vegetable CSA.
Subsidies also cover packing and delivery fees for members choosing boxed shares meaning members may select any pickup or delivery options for the same base price.
Subsidized members may select delivery and/or payment plans without fees.
EBT payment options also available, email us to learn how.
Please note: effective Summer 2025 Full Plate is no longer in partnership with Healthy Food For All—all aspects of subsidy eligibility, pricing, and options remain unchanged for member ease. Please just be sure to direct all communications and questions about your share right to us as we move through the season.
Full Year Community Supporter Shares
The Community Supporter share is a full embrace of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). If you are in a position to make one annual payment up front, this is your opportunity to share some meaningful support with farm community—farmers and members.
FOR YOU: $1300 in the spring gives you both a summer and winter share (choose any delivery option) and a bonus spring share—36 abundant weeks of fresh, local, produce!
FOR YOUR FARMERS: Your up front investment offers the farmers security for the season, funds for seeds and labor in the low season, a guaranteed market for our crops and so much more.
FOR YOUR COMMUNITY: We’ll donate $100 of each Community Supporter Share to subsidize CSA shares for low income neighbors, making the sustained access to fresh, nourishing food possible
Community Supporters help us sustain resilient farms, living wages for our farmers, and an equitable local foodshed, beginning right here in the CSA community. Thank you!
Worktrade
Work in exchange for a CSA share! Working members either focus on the U-Pick or help facilitate free choice pickups. A great way to connect to your local foods community and access fresh produce!
We rely on this support, so please only apply if you can commit to a weekly shift. Limited availability, Learn more here. Email Molly to apply. Assignments made early April.
Returning Member Early Bird Special
Available to to returning members paying in full in the month of February
Our annual ‘Discount or Donate’ special to support subsidized CSA shares
discount… take $20 off the full price of a vegetable share
donate… forego the discount and we will donate $20 to support low income households seeking CSA shares