How to reserve a share
Before signing up for a share we strongly suggest that you read over our Questions answered page. While a Community Supported Agriculture farm program is one of the best ways, outside of raising your own food, of being a ‘locavore’ a CSA is not for everyone.
Eating food that is available locally is not the way many people have become accustomed to living.
We like to say that the biggest difference between CSA and corporate eating is that with a large transnational food system you decide what you want to eat and then you go to the store and buy the food that has been shipped from all over the world necessary for your meal. With a CSA the process is reversed. As a CSA member you get your freshly picked, locally grown vegetables and then decide how you will cook them.
This might seem like stating the obvious but over the past 15 years of CSA farming we have had a number of people who signed up and then became very upset when tomatoes weren’t available in June, or when salad greens were unavailable in the heat of August. Look on our share history for an idea of what we have produced when. You will find eleven years of our growing history recorded.
Once you have gone over the questions answered page, look at the different size and types of shares and choose a pick up spot (this is tentative and you can change it later) on the delivery schedule page.
Once you have decided you want to be a shareholder for our 2010 season e-mail us with this information.
1. What size vegetable share do you want?
'A Peck' is a vegetable share designed for one person cooking alone. |
$420 |
'The Bunch' is a two person cooking together vegetable share. |
$560 |
'The Bushel' is for a four person household |
$1120 |
2. Where do you want to pick up your vegetables?
Go to the delivery schedule page.
We have four major pick up locations.
Monday, 5:30-7 pm near the East Falls Church metro
Tuesday, , 5:30-7 pm near 16th and P St. NW
Wednesday 5:30-6:30 at Saint Clements Church on Quaker Lane in Alexandria
Thursday (this is new) , 5:45-6:30 pm in Cleveland Park behind the Uptown Theatre.
We also have a number of smaller pick up spots (Capitol Hill, Manassas, Centreville, and at the farm) that go first to renewing shareholders. We will briefly announce these in a few weeks once we know how many openings we will have.
3. Do you want any extras?
We have fruit and egg shares.
Egg share. Half dozen eggs each week. |
$50 Sold Out |
Fruit share. Fifteen weeks, 8-12 pieces of fruit each week, primarily peaches and apples |
$90 |
4. What is the shareholders name
5. E-mail address
6. A daytime phone number
When we receive your information we will write confirming you are a member for the 2010 season.
Mail your check to Leigh Hauter.
Our address is:
Bull Run Mountain Vegetable Farm
4362 Highpoint Ln.
The Plains, VA 20198