9 FARM-SHARE CSAs WITH PICKUPS AROUND THE UPPER WEST SIDE
Just like last year, we’ve compiled an updated list of CSAs on the Upper West Side where local farmers drop off fresh fruits and vegetables. West Side Rag contributor Tessa Abrahams has compiled the list, with prices and pickup locations. Let us know in the comments if we’re missing anything.
Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs support local farms and bring fresh vegetables to cities. Members pay farmers for a share of their harvest and then pick the food up every week or two at a spot close to their home.
CSA at MSC
Pickup location: Manhattan School for Children – 154 West 93rd Street (between Amsterdam and Columbus)
Pickup time: Every Monday for full shares from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; every other week for half shares
Farm: Angel Family Farm in Goshen, NY
Season begins: June 9
Season length: 26 weeks
Cost: $550 for full shares, $225 for half shares
B’Nai Jeshurun Hazorim CSA
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Pickup location: Pi B’nai Jeshurun, on 88th Street between Broadway & West End. In the event of rain, pick-up is inside the foyer.
Pickup time: Every Tuesday from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; butter shares will be every other Tuesday throughout the season
Farm: Freebird Farm, Kriemhild Dairy (butter share only)
Season begins: June 10
Season length: 22 weeks vegetable share; 20-21 weeks fruit share; 11 weeks butter share
Cost: $510 for full vegetable share, $375 for partial vegetable share, $255 for half vegetable share; $95 for full egg share (one dozen eggs), $50 for half egg share; $160 for fruit share, $360 for double fruit share; $55 for full butter share, season is for 11 weeks
Roxbury CSA
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Pickup location: Church of St. Paul and Andrew – 540 West End Avenue (at 86th Street)
Pickup time: Thursdays from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Farm: Roxbury Farm in Kinderhook, NY
Season begins: June 12
Season length: 23 weeks
Cost: $642 for 23 weeks of vegetables; $80 for 20 weeks of fruit (starting July 3); $125 for a winter vegetable share (three deliveries of 30 pounds each); $145 for beef share; $140 for lamb share; $140 for pork share; $130 for chicken share
Cream of the Crop CSA (Formerly Chubby Bunny CSA)
Pickup location: Church of St. Paul and Andrew – 540 West End Avenue (at 86th Street)
Pickup time: Tuesdays from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Farm: Hepworth Farms in Milton, NY
Season begins: Early June, TBA
Season length: 24 weeks
Cost: $662.40 for large vegetable share; $438 for a small share
Central Park West CSA
Pickup location: St. Matthew/St. Timothy’s Church – 26 West 84th Street (between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue)
Pickup time: Wednesdays from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Farm: Vegetables from Angel Family Farm in Goshen, NY; fruits from Breezy Hill Orchard in Hudson Valley, NY
Season begins: June 11
Season length: 22 weeks
Cost: $558 for full vegetable share with optional $274 full fruit add-on, $294 for half vegetable share with optional $142 half fruit add-on
Morningside Heights CSA
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Pickup location: 3009 Broadway (between 117th and 118th Streets), outside of Barnard Library on Barnard College’s campus
Pickup time: Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Farm: La Baraja Farm in Goshen, NY
Season begins: September 8
Season length: 10 weeks
Cost: $235
West Harlem CSA
Pickup location: Broadway Community Inc. at the Broadway Presbyterian Church – 601 West 114th St. (corner of Broadway)
Pickup time: Every Tuesday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for full shares; every other week for half shares
Farm: Windflower Farm in Taconic Hill, NY
Season begins: June 10
Season length: 22 weeks
Cost: Sliding scale based on income; ranges from $533 to $140 for full vegetable share, $267 to $70 for half vegetable share; $691 to $181 for full vegetable and full fruit share, $347 to $181 for half vegetable and half fruit share
CSA at Ansche Chesed
Pickup location: UWS Manhattan Ansche Chesed – 251 West 100th Street (between Broadway and West End Avenue)
Pickup time: Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., every other Wednesday from 5:30p.m. – 7:30 p.m. for Biweekly (half) shares
Farm: The Garden of Eve in Riverhead, NY
Season begins: June 11
Season length: 24 weeks
Cost: $615, 12 for full vegetable share, $325.08 for half vegetable share; $275.04 for full fruit share, $150 for half fruit share; $155 for full flower share, $72 for half flower share; $36 for half egg share; $570 for Variety Pak (half shares of everything); $1,075.20 for Mega-Combo (full shares of everything), $580.08 for Biweekly combo.
Corbin Hill Farm Food Project
www.corbinhillfoodproject.org/#home
Pickup location: Escalera Head Start – 169 West 87th St. (btw Columbus and Amsterdam Avenue)
Pickup time: Wednesdays from 2:30p.m. – 6:30p.m.
Farm: Corbin Hill Road Farm, Schoharie County NY
Season begins: June 17
Season length: 23 Weeks
Cost: $414 for medium produce share; $621 for large produce share; $92 for dozen-egg share; $57.50 for half-dozen egg share; $1,354.70 for payment in full for everything (5% discount) or $62 for weekly payments.
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Nothing below 86th Street?
There used to be one at the West Side YMCA, on 63rd, between Broadway and CPW.
Clicking on the link to the West Harlem CSA doesn’t connect to the West Harlem CSA website.
Not sure how a single ‘senior’ is going to be able to eat so much food weekly to justify the cost?