Enjoy our farm’s freshest certified organic vegetables, picked up weekly from June through November. Sign up for the full season, or for a partial season share (June–August or September–November). You can also add our pasture-raised eggs and/or a fruit share from local Hudson Valley growers to your share. Learn more at https://www.heartyroots.com/rutgerscsa.
MEMBERSHIP FEE: An annual Membership Fee is required for the Upper West Side CSA. Your membership fee will automatically be added when you add your vegetable share to your cart.
Members of this CSA are required to volunteer to help with Wednesday pick-ups for one shift each season that you are receiving shares. Volunteer shifts take place on Wednesdays during regular pick-up hours, in the lobby of the church at 236 West 73rd St.
PAY WITH SNAP/EBT: Members paying with SNAP/EBT can sign up for vegetable and fruit shares at a 50% discount, supported by the CSA is a SNAP program and the generous donations of your fellow CSA members. Egg shares are not discounted. Please email us at csa@heartyroots.com to sign up for a SNAP CSA Share, and we will help you out. If you do not receive SNAP benefits but you would like to inquire about subsidized shares, please email us at csa@heartyroots.com
MUTUAL AID FUND: We invite you to contribute to our Mutual Aid Fund, to help us share our produce with members of our community who can’t otherwise afford it. Contributions will support CSA share subsidies as well as donations of produce to local food pantries and other food access programs.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR 2026 EGG SHARES: Due to concerns about avian flu, we are implementing the following egg share policy this year:
RISK OF AVIAN FLU: Community Supported Agriculture is a model built on mutual support and the idea of shared risk and shared reward. This year, one of those risks is the chance that we could lose our entire flock of laying hens to avian flu. We hope that doesn't happen, but if it does, the money paid upfront for your egg shares will be critical in helping us rebuild our flock for next season! So here’s the deal:
Shared reward: CSA members will get eggs at a much lower price than what you're probably seeing at your local grocery store.
Shared risk: If we do lose our flock to avian flu, and we have to stop providing egg shares, members will have two options: 1) consider the payment made for your egg share to be a contribution to the farm to help us rebuild our flock (no refund at all) or 2) receive "farm credit" for the value of your egg share, which is an account credit that can be applied to any future CSA share you sign up for with us in the future.
We will not be providing refunds to your original payment method for egg shares. If you are not comfortable with this policy, we suggest that you forgo an egg share this season. Thank you for understanding!
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