About our Fruit CSA’s
Sign up for our CSA from May 1st to June 1st every year.
Last year’s CSA members always get a few weeks head-start to sign up before we open it to the public. Those signed up for our email newsletter will be the first to be notified when new-member registration is live (sign-up for our newsletter below).
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and it means that you pay ahead for a share of the harvest that you will pick up throughout our season. Community Supported Agriculture also means that you participate in the risks as well as the rewards of the harvest season. There are no guarantees and no refunds if catastrophic weather events or other unforeseen circumstances occur and severely damage or wipe out our crop. So far we haven't had a year that our CSA customers have been hugely impacted by such an event. Your support that comes months before our harvest season helps us to employ great people and purchase the materials we need to care for our crop. In return for your support, during the season you get a continuous weekly supply of fresh, locally grown, fruit picked at the peak of flavor.
We offer two CSA options:
Option 1 is our Fruit Club (Mixed Fruit Share)
In past years we have called this our Mixed Fruit Share, but we are now calling it our Fruit Club! This means that each week, you pick up a curated bag of what is at peak ripeness. Keep in mind we are primarily an apple orchard, growing over 40 different varieties, so the majority of your share will be apples. We also grow pears, plums, peaches and nectarines and we include as many different types of fruit as we can early in the season when they are available. Each week we set aside the best of the best for our Fruit Club members and you will get a weekly email reminder with pick-up information and the specifics of what will be in your bag that week. We try to include some cooking ideas and interesting facts as well.
Plan on visiting the orchard weekly between Friday and Sunday from mid-August to late-October. You can pick up your weekly bag starting at 9:00 AM Friday morning through our open hours until 5:00 PM Sunday evening (including all day Saturday). If you can't make it to a pick-up just let us know and we can hold on to your share for you. Any bags that aren't collected by Monday morning are donated to the Sanford Food Pantry unless we hear from you.
Each Fruit Club member also receives a 10% discount card good on any extra fruit (either from our Farm Store or u-pick) and apple cider..
We have two bag sizes:
LARGE: 1/2 peck bag containing ~ 5 pounds of fruit weekly
SMALL: 1/4 peck bag containing ~ 2.5 pounds of fruit weekly
Option 2 is Orchard Credit
We also offer a pre-paid credit style CSA option that functions like a gift card and will allow you to purchase exactly what you’d like during the season (August thru October) with no weekly commitment. Orchard Credit can be used to purchase our tree fruit and raspberries (u-pick or pre-picked from our Farm Store) and apple cider. Your pre-season purchase of Orchard Credit comes with an extra 10% for you to spend as our way of saying thank you for your support!
You will also be signed up to receive our weekly orchard newsletter so you are updated on the new fruits and varieties that will be available for picking or purchasing throughout the season.
Thank you for considering being part of our CSA program!
