Community Supported Agriculture
Mar 24th, 2010 by SFU Local Food Project
C.S.A. stands for Community Supported Agriculture. CSA’s are a commitment between a farm and a community of supporters. Supports pay up for their share of the harvest at the beginning of the season, so farmers have a source of income at their time of highest expenses. The farm provides the supporters with fresh high quality produce throughout the season, usually in a weekly box.
Vegetables
Nathan Creek Organic Farm
Location: 9 distribution stops throughout Abbotsford and Metro Vancouver
Contact: 604-628-9544 or email
Nathan Creek CSA has been operating for 12 years, offering 20 weeks of vegetables each year. Now located in Langley, the farm invites all members to visit the farm and participate in farm celebrations as well as farm work. The last 2 years we have provided 120 shares. We make distributions on two different days each week and are always ready to add new distribution sites when groups of 5 or more people join and identify a suitable host location. Website
Richmond Urban Farmers
Location: Richmond
Contact: website
Running from July-October with produce grown in gardens around Richmond.
Glorious Organics at Fraser Common Farm
Location: Aldergrove
Contact: David @ 604 857 9057 or davidcatzel@gmail.com
Now accepting subscribers for 2010 season. Drop off locations in East Vancouver and Kitsilano. Certified Organic.
Klippers Organics – New in 2009!
Location: Farm in Similkameen Valley. Pick-up in Vancouver
20 weeks of freshness when you buy a Summer Share! Egg Shares also available.
Glen Valley CSA shares – delivered via NOWBC
4 left – Contact: glenvalley@nowbc.ca.
http://www.nowbc.ca/partnerships/glen-valley-harvest-box/
Southlands Farm / Yummy Yards CSA
(Emi and Kate are amazing gals! taking over for Jordan this season in Southlands – we signed up for Jordan’s CSA last season and it was a great way to supplement our garden veggies)
http://southlandsfarms.farming.officelive.com/CSA.aspx
http://yummyyards.wordpress.com/
City Farm Girls – Farm Fresh Eggs – weekly, pick up at 43rd Blenheim (Ann, Julia and Susan are also amazing and have started their chicken farm 8km from Dunbar, just over the bridge in Richmond – Julia is also actively building her urban farm lot at 43rd Blenheim and will be selling at Farmers Markets // Julia and Ann are active members of our Dunbar Transition Village: http://www.villagevancouver.ca/group/dunbarneighbourhoodtransition)
Kitsilano Farms – CSA (Craig Heighway)
http://www.kitsilanofarms.com/index.html
City Farm Boy – CSA (Ward Teulon)
UBC Farm – CSA/Market
http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm/csa.php
Farmers On 57th CSA
http://farmerson57th.wikispaces.com/
Farmers on 57th is a new agricultural project in central Vancouver at George Pearson Centre. Pearson is located just west of Cambie on 57th Avenue, is part of Vancouver Coastal Health, and is home to 120 residents living with physical disabilities. In 2009, the Farmers on 57th transformed about one acre of Pearson’s 45 acres into community integrated gardens.
Fresh Roots Urban Farm
Fresh Roots is an urbanized Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project in East Vancouver. We are committed to creating access to local, healthy, organically grown food in East Vancouver. By utilizing community backyards, we nurture future farmers to sow the seeds of a sustainable urban food system.
www.freshroots.ca | 778-862-FARM (3276)
NOWBC – Neighbours Organic Weekly Co-op – delivery depots all over the city, weekly online orders (like SPUD but neighbourhood depots, no minimum order, and of course, it’s a co-op largely run by volunteers!)
Fish
Skipper Otto’s Community Supported Fishery
Location: Vancouver
Contact: wildbcsalmon@gmail.com
2009 was our 40th year of commercial salmon fishing and the 1st year of our Community Supported Fishery. The first of its kind in British Columbia, we are proud to provide the freshest and highest quality fisherman-direct salmon availlable, and a fair price for all. We are now accepting memberships for the 2010 season!
Fruit
Welcome to Vancouver’s first orchard-fruit CSA!
Tinka Orchard CSA supports the farm of Al Tinka in the Okanagan and ensures that he receives a fair price for his delicious orchard fruit, allowing him to continue to farm his heirloom fruit trees in the natural, sustainable way he always has.
There are a total of 20 shares available, each consisting of 120lbs of a variety of plums, pears, and apples. The fruit is available at 3 pick-up dates in late summer and early fall. All the fruit is grown by Al Tinka, in Summerland, BC. The CSA is coordinated by Sonia Strobel and Allison Bennett in Vancouver.
Grains
Urban Grains – A Vancouver Grain CSA
http://www.urbangrains.ca/
Urban Grains is a community supported agriculture program based in Vancouver, B.C. Our first year of operation (2009) is a pilot project aimed at demonstrating new possibilities for local eating by providing Vancouver residents with access to grain grown locally in Agassiz, B.C.
Honey
Honey CSA with the Blessed Bee Farm
Blessed Bee Farm is a new local Honey CSA (Community Supported Apiculture) located in the Lower Mainland. It is a partnership of mutual commitment in the future of honeybees among the beekeeper, the apiary’s community of supporters, and the bees. A share supports the apiary and our local bee populations in their pollination work throughout the growing season, and in return, shareholders receive a healthy supply of honey and hive products. To participate, contact Brian at 778-554-6421 or blessedbeefarm.1(at)gmail(dot)com
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Know of more CSAs we should list here? Email us at info@sfulocalfood.ca!
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