What is a Vegetable Farm Share?
Farmers invite their community to participate by purchasing a share of the harvest upfront.
Your support allows us to cover the big early season expenses and focus on producing ethical, regenerative, nutrient dense foods.
How It Works:
Each week you collect your investment in the form of produce. This model works well for small farms like us because it helps shoulder the extremely large upfront costs of growing season: seeds, soil, feed, infrastructure, and much more.
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When does the Farm Share start?
The spring season starts in April, and ends the last week of December.
What comes in my box each week?
Each week we harvest the freshest vegetables, at peak ripeness. Every week the contents of our shares change based on the time of year.
We try to give ample variety, to cover all your veggie needs: snacks, salads, everyday staples, and surprises sprinkled in!
Full Share Members can expect 7-9 different vegetables in your share each week, with the right portion for your household.
Personal Share Members can expect 5-7 different vegetables in your share each week, with the right portions for your household.
What’s growing season by season:
Spring - Arugula, beets, carrots, sugar snap peas, lettuce, spinach, kale, broccoli, cabbage, salad turnips, radishes, parsley, broccoli, salad greens, zucchini and much more.
Summer - Cherry tomatoes, zucchini, slicing tomatoes, garlic, new potatoes, cucumbers, onions, beets, Swiss chard, kale, melons, basil, cilantro, leeks, shallots, and many more summer treats.
Fall - Carrots, beets, watermelon radishes, diakon radishes, winter squash, onions, garlic, kale, broccoli, cabbage, and many more fall time favorites.
Example Full Shares:
Spring Share: Arugula, lettuce, sugar snap peas, kale, radishes, carrots, dill
Summer Share: Cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, patty pan, romaine lettuce, collards, garlic, cilantro
Fall Share: Beets, cabbage, onions, delicata winter squash, Swiss chard, salad turnips, parsley
Strong preferences on which vegetables you like and dislike?
We fully understand that each family has preferences and sensitivities.
To honor you, we’re offering a customizable share: Market Display Style!
Each week we’ll bring stunning bounty of ripe veggies and you choose.
Take home only items that you will enjoy, this equals small victories.
Which share size is right for me?
Do you cook 3 times a week, eat veggies a couple times a week, and are the only one in your household or have a spouse?
We’d recommend the Personal Share: 5-7 veggies per week, Click Here!
Do you cook regularly, eat veggies most days and have more than one person in your household?
We’d recommend the Full Share: 7-9 veggies per week, Click Here!
There’s a difference in quantity of items, as well as portion size (pint vs quart, pound vs half pound) between share sizes.
This way Personal shares don’t get swamped with excess, and Full shares don’t go hungry.
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When and where do I pick up my share?
~ On Farm: Fridays 3-5pm OR Saturdays 10am-2pm
~ Lexington: Tuesdays 5:00-5:45pm (7 Estil Street)
~Crozet: Mondays 5:00-5:45pm (Pro Re Nata Brewery)
~Staunton: Wednesdays 5:00-5:45 (TBD)
What if I am on vacation?
Please arrange to have a family member or friend pickup your share in your place. You can also pickup on farm that weekend if you communicate ahead of time.
What if I plan a long vacation, or am away for a month?
You can put your share on pause with the touch of a button.
Our share allows you to put your share on pause for a month at a time.
Giving you flexibility if something planned or unexpected comes up during the year.
What if I can’t pickup my share on time?
We strongly urge members to pickup on time, respecting the pickup window.
But if that is simply not possible one week you may pick up the following weekend on farm as long as you contact us ahead of time.
The share will be the same that was prepared for you on your pick up day due to labor and time involved in packing farm shares.
Is your farm organic?
“If You Are What You Eat, Eats.”
It’s crucial that your food is grown on a local, ethical, safe, humane farm. We NEVER use herbicides, fungicides, synthetic fertilizers, or chemicals of any kind. Keeping your veggies clean and our families safe.
We aren’t certified organic, but we do above and beyond the required standards for certification on our farm. This is crucially important to us, please ask us more about this the next time we see you!
Do you travel a lot and aren’t ready to commit to a farm share?
Come to our farm store to shop Ala carte, we would love to have you out.