CSA's

Tygress_Luv111908

Does anyone know of any in the Baltimore County White Marsh Area that are still accepting participants?

lsgarver

I've found this website to be a good resource for CSAs: http://www.marylandagriculture.info/category_info.cfm?categoryid=46

You can sort by county but take into account that some farms may not be located in your county (and therefore won't show up when search) but have pick-up locations there. Most of the deadlines are long past but you never know if they didn't fill up their share spots.  Plus, some farms divide their CSAs into 2 or 3 seasons so you may still be on time for a summer or fall share.

Good luck!

Tygress_Luv111908

I seen that site! Checked it out and checked out the cromwell valley farm and their share agreement form had something about the price being between $300 and $500. Is that normal?

tunanuna

Yes, those are normal prices.

tunanuna

Oh, and the farm I was talking about below has some Baltimore pick-up locations. http://calvertfarm.com/csa_pickup_locations.html  I don't know if they still have spots there or are convenient to you but it might be worth a look.

lsgarver

Most CSAs will run between $20-$35 per week for a full share of mostly veggies, maybe some fruit.  If you start to add in bread, a full fruit share, eggs, honey, etc it will get more expensive.  There's one in My Airy I drool over because they include all that plus cut flowers, vinegars and more but it's crazy expensive.

$300-$500 is reasonable if you're talking about 10-20 weeks.

Tygress_Luv111908

Do you pay for it all up front or weekly?

lsgarver

All up front.  We usually write the check and let it come from the cushion we have in our checking account, then I deduct the amount from our monthly budget (ours is $25 a month so, for a month with 4 pick-up days, I'd account for $100 of our food budget as being from the CSA).  I only mention this because this is how we keep from totally overspending on food since the money is all out up-front--by the time the CSA is over, we're back to the regular cushion in the account.