Local CSAs (Most CSA’s run May/June through November.)
CSAs
CSA
stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Members who sign up purchase shares
of a local farm’s seasonal produce. The produce is delivered to specific
locations, usually on a weekly basis. Most CSAs require about four hours of
volunteer time per season.
The
harvest seasons typically lasts 20-24 weeks, from June through November.
Members typically sign up in late February or early March. Demand is growing,
so be sure to sign up early! Most CSAs sell out their shares by May.
Neighborhood |
Shares |
Pickup
Location |
Farm(s) |
Contact
Info. |
Bay
Ridge CSA |
|
Presbyterian
Church
6753
(between
Senator & 68th Streets) |
Hearty
Roots Farm | |
Bed-Stuy
CSA http://bedstuycsa.wetpaint.com,
a project of Bed-Stuy Farm Share |
Vegetables,
fruit and eggs. Membership payment is on sliding scale based on income. |
|
Conucopia
Farms
Wilklow
Orchard
Tello’s
Green Farm |
718 783 8443 |
Brooklyn
Beet (Borem Hill) http://brooklynbeetcsa.ning.com/ |
Vegetables,
fruit, eggs, pasta |
YWCA,
|
Angel
Family Farm, Knoll Crest Farm. Meat from Lewis Waite Farm* | |
Bushwick
CSA
http://www.bushwickcsa.com/ |
Vegetables |
Make
the Road NY
|
Nolasco
Farms |
718-418-7690
x232 |
Carroll
Gardens CSA http://www.gardenofevefarm.com/csa_carroll.htm |
Vegetables,
fruit, eggs, and flowers |
Saturdays
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
|
| |
Clinton
Hill CSA http://www.clintonhillcsa.org/
|
Vegetables,
fruit, flowers, eggs, meat, cheese, honey, jam, coffee. Membership payment is
on sliding scale based on income. |
|
Windflower
Farms,
Meat
from Lewis Waite Farm* |
718.907.0616 |
Cobble
Hill CSA http://www.cobblehillcsa.org/
|
Vegetables,
fruit, flowers, meat, and canned/tomato shares. (Meat and eggs for sale at
same location/time.) |
Tuesdays
4-8 p.m. at Christ |
Green
Thumb Farm
Wilklow
Orchards |
Justin
Knapp
(773)
412-2643
|
http://crownheightscsa.wordpress.com/ |
Vegetables |
|
Sang
Lee Farms | |
Ditmas
Park CSA http://www.ditmasparkcsa.org |
Vegetables,
fruit, eggs, honey |
|
Amantai
Farm | |
DUMBO/Vinegar
Hill http://www.dumbocsa.org/ |
Vegetables |
|
Sang
Lee Farms | |
East
New York CSA http://www.eastnewyorkfarms.org/csa.html,
a project of East New York Farms! |
Vegetable
and fruit shares. Fees on a sliding scale based on income. |
Saturdays
at the ENY Farmer’s Market, New Lots and Schenk Aves. |
W.
Rogowski Farm
United
Community Centers Youth Farm |
718-646-7979
x16
|
Flatbush
Farm Share
http://flatbushfarmshare.wordpress.com |
Vegetables,
fruit, meat, eggs, coffee. Fees on a sliding scale based on income; food
stamps accepted. Also, cooking workshops, potlucks, trips to farm, food
policy resources |
Wednesdays
5-8 p.m. at CAMBA Flatbush Reformed Church site, 890 Flatbush on |
Farm
at Miller’s Crossing, Breezy Hill Orchards, Crop to Cup Coffee | |
Fort
Greene http://www.fortgreenecsa.org/ |
Vegetables.
Fees on a sliding scale based on income. |
(corner
of |
Nolasco
Farm |
718-852-2960
x312 |
Greene
Harvest (
http://www.greeneharvestcsa.com/ |
Fruit,
eggs, pasta |
Habana
Outpost
|
The
Farm at Miller’s Crossing, Knoll Krest, Breezy Hill Orchards, Stone Ridge
Orchard | |
Greenwood
Heights CSA http://www.greenwoodheightscsa.com
|
Vegetables |
Pick
up Saturday mornings at |
Hearty
Roots Community Farm |
|
Greenpoint-Williamsburg
http://www.greenpoint-williamsburgcsa.org/news.php |
Vegetables,
fruit, flower, eggs |
N.
12th & Driggs and
|
| |
Kensington/Windsor
Terrace CSA http://www.kwtcsa.blogspot.com/
|
Vegetables,
fruit, eggs, and flowers. Several share options available. |
Saturday
mornings at |
|
|
KWT Neighbors Pastured Meat and Poultry Co-op http://www.csalewiswaitefarm.com |
Grass-fed and organic meat, poultry, fish,
eggs, dairy products, breads, and jams |
Oak and Iris Cafe, East 4th St. and Ft. Hamilton Pkwy
Winters:
Saturday 12-4 p.m.
Summers:
Thursday 4-8 p.m. | Lewis Waite Farm and others |
|
Park
Slope CSA
|
Vegetables,
fruit, flowers, eggs, meat. |
Tuesdays
3-6:30, Thursdays
4-7:30 p.m. at Garden of |
Windflower
Farm, Elihu Farm, meat from Lewis Waite Farm* |
718-707-1023
|
|
Vegetables,
fruit, flowers, eggs; meat and honey once a month. Various share options,
prices on sliding scale based on income. Food stamps accepted. |
Thursdays
4:30-7:30p.m. at PS 9 cafeteria, located at |
Windflower
Farm, meat from Lewis Waite Farm* |
646-918-0701 |
|
Vegetables
and fruit, low-income discounts |
Pick up Tuesdays 4:15-7:15
p.m. at |
|
|
Red
Hook CSA
|
Vegetables |
305
Van Brunt Street
|
Value
Added Farm |
718-855-5531
|
Southside
CSA (
http://southsidecsa.wordpress.com/ |
Vegetables,
fruit, eggs |
20
Broadway
(btwn
Kent & Wythe) |
MimoMex
Farm |
|
Sunset
Park http://sunsetparkcsa.org/ |
Vegetables,
fruit, eggs |
St.
Michael's Church
|
MimoMex
Farm |
|
Sweet
Pea (
|
Vegetables,
fruit, flowers, and eggs. Various share options. |
Pick
up Wednesdays 4:30-7:30 p.m. at First
Unitarian Congregational Society in |
|
|
East
|
Vegetables |
|
Hearty
Roots Farm |
845-943-8699,
BR Shute
|
*Lewis
Waite Farm offers meat via CSA Pastured Meat and Poultry. See (http://www.csapasturedmeatandpoultry.com/csa-information.aspx)
for more information.
See also My Farm Share http://myfarmshare.com
Sustainable
Food Stores in Park Slope
Back to the Land http://backtothelandnaturalfoods.com
718-768-5654
Bierkraft http://www.bierkraft.com/
191
(718)
230-7600
Blue Apron
(718)
230-3180
22 Flatbush btwn
Get Fresh http://www.getfreshnyc.com/
370
Park Slope Food Coop http://foodcoop.com/
(718)
622-0560
Smith-Union Meat Market
(718)
624-0699
Union Market http://www.unionmarket.com/
718-230-5152
718-499-4026
Also
see Slow Food NYC Snail of Approval list http://slowfoodnyc.org/programs/soa/awards?loc=brooklyn
Sustainable
Food Organizations
Brooklyn
Food Coalition (formerly Brooklyn Food Conference) http://brooklynfoodconference.org
BK
Farmyards (you have the land; they do the farming)
http://bkfarmyards.blogspot.com/
Just Food http://www.justfood.org/jf/index.html
Sustainable Table http://www.sustainabletable.org/home.php
Local
Fork: a lovacore’s guide to
The
Cornucopia Institute http://cornucopia.org
Consumers
Monterey Bay Aquarium produces a guide for seafood: http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/SeafoodWatch.asp
Organic
delivery
Eat Wild http://eatwild.com/
Urban Organic http://urbanorganic.com/
Recommended Dairies/milk
brands
Organic Valley
Natural
by Nature
Ronnybrook
Farms
Milk
Thistle Farms
Recommended
The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
What to Eat by
Real Food by Nina Planck http://www.ninaplanck.com/