CSA Details
What is a CSA?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Through our CSA, members receive fresh, healthy vegetables on a weekly basis. By signing up, our members share in the risks and the rewards of our farm. Since Nature doesn’t provide any guarantee, we can‘t either, but so far (even with severe flooding and extreme temperatures) we have been able to meet our demand with our own produce and occasionally supplementing with produce from other local organic farms.
USDA Organic Certification
We have worked hard to achieve the USDA Organic Certification, which means the vegetables we provide for your families are 100% sustainably and organically grown, with absolutely no chemicals or pesticides.
Share Sizes
Share sizes range from full shares, which feed a family of four, to half shares, which feed a family of two. Half shares pick-up every other week.
Pick-Up Locations
For your convenience, there are 3 pick-up locations to choose from:
- Mondays - at the farm after 3:00 p.m.
- Wednesdays - Lake Ella Growers’ Market from 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
- Saturdays - Tallahassee Market Square from 8:00 a.m. - Noon
In case of a missed pickup, we are unable to swap your pickup location or re-make your bag, but we will always keep your bag in the farm refrigerators for 24 hours.
Join Us
To join, go to "Member Sign-up" under the "CSA" tab, and we will contact you a soon as possible with confirmation of your request. We will continue accepting members until our available shares are spoken for.
Cost
Our CSA year runs year round, and is broken down into four payment periods. Please see schedule below for payment options. Members have the option of paying for the full year, but are only required to pay for one session at a time.
Payment
After receiving confirmation of your membership, checks should be made out to Orchard Pond Organics and mailed to 500 Orchard Pond Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312. Checks for the current period must be received 2 weeks before the first pickup date to secure your spot.
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2010 Payment Schedule |
Session |
Duration (weeks) |
Dates | Vegetables |
(optional) Bread |
(optional) Eggs |
Total |
| Full Shares | Spring | 16 | Dec 20-Apr 10 |
$400 |
$88 | $96 | |
| Summer | 14 | Apr 11-Jul 17 |
$350 |
$77 | $84 | ||
| Fall | 14 | July 18-Oct 23 |
$350 |
$77 | $84 | ||
| Winter | 14 | Oct 24-Jan 29 |
$350 |
$77 | $84 | ||
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Half Shares (pick up every other week) |
Spring | 16 | Dec 20-Apr 10 | $224 | $44 | $48 |
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| Summer | 14 | Apr 11-Jul 17 | $196 | $39 | $42 |
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| Fall | 14 | July 18-Oct 23 | $196 | $39 | $42 |
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| Winter | 14 | Oct 24-Jan 29 | $196 | $39 | $42 |