Registration is now open for our fall CSA! See info below.
Our response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
We are forging ahead with food production for you. This is more important than ever. We take health and safety very seriously. Our CSA model is already designed in a way that is conducive to limited contact if necessary; shares are already pre-paid and pre-packed when you pick them up. We have implemented additional changes to our CSA to serve you better and protect our employees and members.
Here's what's new:
Here's what's new:
- Adopted new biodegradable bag packaging CSA pickup procedures to be more "grab and go" and curbside pickup style to limit person-to-person contact and eliminate the need to touch anything other than your CSA share.
- We have added an additional pickup option: Friday from 4pm-7pm at the Farm on Goshen Rd. These shares will be harvested fresh and packed Friday morning. An additional pickup day helps us serve demand and space out members to serve you best!
- Updated our farm food and employee safety protocols to implement additional USDA and CDC recommendations such as enhanced sanitation procedures and mask wearing.
What exactly is a CSA?
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a mutually-beneficial relationship between producer and customer or "shareholder" in which both share in the bounty and risk of sustainable agriculture. In exchange for a pre-season fee paid by the shareholder, the producer commits to providing the shareholder with a box of fresh vegetables on a weekly basis. The shareholder accepts the risk that crop variety may change with the risks inherent in agriculture. The producer accepts the responsibility of providing shareholders with consistency and quality each week.
By joining a farmshare or CSA program, you are becoming a part of the farm and investing in us so that we can grow your food. Your upfront investment helps us take good care of the crops and purchase materials in the spring when the farm is not generating income. Then we turn that investment into healthful food and return it to you throughout the season!
By joining a farmshare or CSA program, you are becoming a part of the farm and investing in us so that we can grow your food. Your upfront investment helps us take good care of the crops and purchase materials in the spring when the farm is not generating income. Then we turn that investment into healthful food and return it to you throughout the season!
2021 Summer CSA Information
Our CSA is about good food and fellowship. Our products are Certified Naturally Grown, so you can be sure your family is eating top quality healthful produce.
Because everyone's needs are different, we offer a full (weekly pickups) and half share (every-other-week pickup) option. The contents and customization options of the box are the same for the full and half share; the only difference is the frequency of pickups.
You may pay in full or in two installments. Payment can be made online via your secure online member account by Paypal or by check. We require an initial payment to reserve your share, $50 of which is a non-refundable deposit. If you choose to pay in installments the second installment is due May 15. If you choose to pay in full, thank you! The farm appreciates your investment in us as we get our seeds started and crops growing to delivery your summer bounty!
Our pricing is based on a $25/week box value. Returning members receive discounts, as outlined below.
Please see our Member Agreement for details on payment terms, logistics, share customization. When you register for our CSA, you agree to the Member Agreement terms.
CSA Pickup Location Options 2021:
University Ave Pickup Location
Parking Lot across from Zen Clay/Ta-Khrai Thai (2885 University Ave Morgantown WV 26505)
Farm Pickup Location
710 Goshen Rd Morgantown WV 26508
Because everyone's needs are different, we offer a full (weekly pickups) and half share (every-other-week pickup) option. The contents and customization options of the box are the same for the full and half share; the only difference is the frequency of pickups.
You may pay in full or in two installments. Payment can be made online via your secure online member account by Paypal or by check. We require an initial payment to reserve your share, $50 of which is a non-refundable deposit. If you choose to pay in installments the second installment is due May 15. If you choose to pay in full, thank you! The farm appreciates your investment in us as we get our seeds started and crops growing to delivery your summer bounty!
Our pricing is based on a $25/week box value. Returning members receive discounts, as outlined below.
Please see our Member Agreement for details on payment terms, logistics, share customization. When you register for our CSA, you agree to the Member Agreement terms.
CSA Pickup Location Options 2021:
University Ave Pickup Location
Parking Lot across from Zen Clay/Ta-Khrai Thai (2885 University Ave Morgantown WV 26505)
- Wednesday pickup only: 4:00pm to 6:00pm; boxes picked fresh and packed on Weds.
Farm Pickup Location
710 Goshen Rd Morgantown WV 26508
- Wednesday pickup: 4pm to 7:00pm; boxes picked fresh and packed on Weds.
- Friday EARLY option pickup: 12pm to 7pm (Please note for Friday pickup: all produce will be packed prior to Friday and stored in a walk-in cooler including any tomatoes or additional items you have ordered).
- Friday PM pickup: 4pm-7:00pm. All boxes picked fresh and packed on Friday.
22 Week Full Share: $560*
*Returning member rate: $550
Total 22 share boxes picked up weekly (May 19 to October 13)
With this share you will get a box of fresh seasonal vegetables each week. We recommend this share for families, vegetarians, and single folks that like to cook! Or you might choose to split it with a friend!
20 Week Full Share: $510*
*Returning member rate: $500
Total 20 share boxes picked up weekly (June 2 to October 13)
With this share you will get a box of fresh seasonal vegetables each week. We recommend this share for families, vegetarians, and single folks that like to cook! Or you might choose to split it with a friend!
Half Share: $270*
*Returning member rate: $260
Total 10 share boxes, picked up every-other-week
Your share box will look the same as the full share, but you will pick it up every other week. This share option is great for smaller families, singles, and those who grow some of their own things as well.
Members choose a pickup group schedule when you sign up. Wednesday dates: Group 1 dates: 6/2, 6/16, 6/30, 7/14, 7/28, 8/11, 8/25, 9/8, 9/22, 10/6; Group 2 dates: 6/9, 6/23, 7/7, 7/21, 8/4, 8/18, 9/1, 9/15, 9/29, 10/13. Friday shares are also available and would be on the respective Fridays of the above-listed dates.
*Returning member rate: $550
Total 22 share boxes picked up weekly (May 19 to October 13)
With this share you will get a box of fresh seasonal vegetables each week. We recommend this share for families, vegetarians, and single folks that like to cook! Or you might choose to split it with a friend!
20 Week Full Share: $510*
*Returning member rate: $500
Total 20 share boxes picked up weekly (June 2 to October 13)
With this share you will get a box of fresh seasonal vegetables each week. We recommend this share for families, vegetarians, and single folks that like to cook! Or you might choose to split it with a friend!
Half Share: $270*
*Returning member rate: $260
Total 10 share boxes, picked up every-other-week
Your share box will look the same as the full share, but you will pick it up every other week. This share option is great for smaller families, singles, and those who grow some of their own things as well.
Members choose a pickup group schedule when you sign up. Wednesday dates: Group 1 dates: 6/2, 6/16, 6/30, 7/14, 7/28, 8/11, 8/25, 9/8, 9/22, 10/6; Group 2 dates: 6/9, 6/23, 7/7, 7/21, 8/4, 8/18, 9/1, 9/15, 9/29, 10/13. Friday shares are also available and would be on the respective Fridays of the above-listed dates.
What does a typical share box include?Each week we carefully curate a "Farmers Pick" CSA box with 6-10 varieties of our premium quality fresh vegetables valued at $25/ week. Our selection is based on what's in season, and we strive to offer variety and items that complement each other for meal preparation.
The weight of your box will vary throughout the year since in June you will get a lot of salad items and September brings heavier items like winter squash and sweet potatoes. You will receive an email letting you know what is in our curated "Farmers Pick" box for the week. If you choose, you can customize your box for the week or add additional items (see below). We offer a variety of add-on items that can be purchased as a la carte additions to your weekly boxes. We are planning to offer eggs, coffee, herbs, flowers, honey, maple syrup, flours, beans, and other items a la carte this year (see below). |
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Can I choose what's in my box each week?
Yes! We have several ways of providing our members with choices each week, and ensuring that people go home only with items that they will use and love!
Members will have an online account. Each week you'll get an email letting you know what items we have curated in the Farmers Pick box that week. If it looks good to you, you don't have to do anything more, and we'll see you on your pick up day. You can also go into your account and trade out items in your box for other items that we have available at the farm that week. That way, if you aren't a kale fan, you can choose another item that week - maybe tomatoes, or onions! We'll pack your tailored box accordingly! You can preview our software system here.
Add-on produce: If you are planning a special meal or need additional veggies beyond the value of your weekly box, you can purchase extra items via your online member account each week.
Members will have an online account. Each week you'll get an email letting you know what items we have curated in the Farmers Pick box that week. If it looks good to you, you don't have to do anything more, and we'll see you on your pick up day. You can also go into your account and trade out items in your box for other items that we have available at the farm that week. That way, if you aren't a kale fan, you can choose another item that week - maybe tomatoes, or onions! We'll pack your tailored box accordingly! You can preview our software system here.
Add-on produce: If you are planning a special meal or need additional veggies beyond the value of your weekly box, you can purchase extra items via your online member account each week.
What if I go on vacation and have to miss a week?
We have a “flex box” policy to help shareholders get the full value of your share within the constraints of carefully scheduled plantings and Mother Nature's schedules. Half shareholders may request one “flex box” and full shareholders may request up to two flex boxes in the summer CSA.
If you have a half share, you can request to skip a scheduled share pickup, and we will pass it to the end of the season to our scheduled “flex makeup” week (October 13 or 15). Or if you prefer, we can also schedule it for one of your “off weeks” if we have the capacity to add it to the requested week.
If you have a full share, you can request to skip a scheduled share pickup, and we will pass it to the end of the season to our scheduled “flex makeup” week (October 13 or 15). If you request to skip a second week, we can add those credits for you to spend on additional vegetable purchases during the remaining summer CSA weeks. Credits can not be rolled over to subsequent seasons.
If you have a half share, you can request to skip a scheduled share pickup, and we will pass it to the end of the season to our scheduled “flex makeup” week (October 13 or 15). Or if you prefer, we can also schedule it for one of your “off weeks” if we have the capacity to add it to the requested week.
If you have a full share, you can request to skip a scheduled share pickup, and we will pass it to the end of the season to our scheduled “flex makeup” week (October 13 or 15). If you request to skip a second week, we can add those credits for you to spend on additional vegetable purchases during the remaining summer CSA weeks. Credits can not be rolled over to subsequent seasons.
Other Local and Ethically-sourced items we offer
Coffee
We are partnering again this year with FIRSTHAND Coffee Cooperative to offer our CSA members the option to add coffee a la carte to their Mountain Harvest CSA.
FIRSTHAND coffee is fair-trade and top quality. FIRSTHAND Coffee Cooperative is a Morgantown-based cooperative that is committed to sustainable economic development. For this reason we are proud to partner with them and support our fellow farmers in Central America. FIRSTHAND sources coffee directly from small farmer cooperatives in Nicaragua, cutting out the middlemen in the coffee supply chain in order to ensure that those farmers are getting a fair price and can make a decent livelihood. And the coffee is delicious too!
We are partnering again this year with FIRSTHAND Coffee Cooperative to offer our CSA members the option to add coffee a la carte to their Mountain Harvest CSA.
FIRSTHAND coffee is fair-trade and top quality. FIRSTHAND Coffee Cooperative is a Morgantown-based cooperative that is committed to sustainable economic development. For this reason we are proud to partner with them and support our fellow farmers in Central America. FIRSTHAND sources coffee directly from small farmer cooperatives in Nicaragua, cutting out the middlemen in the coffee supply chain in order to ensure that those farmers are getting a fair price and can make a decent livelihood. And the coffee is delicious too!
Local eggs
Our members can sign up for an add-on egg share from our friends at Pike Mountain Farm in Preston County. $5/dozen
Half Shares: $50 for a total of 10 dozen, delivered with your biweekly vegetable shares
Full Shares (20 Weeks): $100 for a total of 20 dozen, delivered with your weekly vegetable shares
Extended Full Shares (22 Weeks): $110 for a total of 22 dozen, delivered with your weekly vegetable shares
Members can also purchase eggs on a weekly basis a la carte through your online member account, as Pike Mountain has extra available. The best way to ensure your weekly supply is to sign up for an egg share.
Pike Mountain Farm is a pasture raised livestock farm located amidst the rolling hills of north central West Virginia, in Preston county. Providing premium pastured eggs, chicken, and pork. All eggs come directly from Pike Mountain's flock of laying hens rotated around the pasture. The hens spend their days roaming freely and happily eating grass, seeds and bugs. Their foraging and hunting is supplemented with feed to provide a balanced diet and help them produce high quality eggs. The hens also play an important role in regenerating the pasture by lightly scratching the ground as they hunt and leaving fertilizer.
Local meat
We are partnering with Pike Mountain Farm and Daystar Farm again in 2021. Members will be able to order meats from them for pickup with your vegetable shares on periodic dates of the month. Daystar pickup available only at farm location.
Other Local items
We currently source the other items for add-on purchase for CSA members: honey (R&A Honey, Parsons, WV); beans and flours (The Vegetable Garden, Masontown WV); maple syrup (Heasley Homestead, Bruceton Mills, WV).
Our members can sign up for an add-on egg share from our friends at Pike Mountain Farm in Preston County. $5/dozen
Half Shares: $50 for a total of 10 dozen, delivered with your biweekly vegetable shares
Full Shares (20 Weeks): $100 for a total of 20 dozen, delivered with your weekly vegetable shares
Extended Full Shares (22 Weeks): $110 for a total of 22 dozen, delivered with your weekly vegetable shares
Members can also purchase eggs on a weekly basis a la carte through your online member account, as Pike Mountain has extra available. The best way to ensure your weekly supply is to sign up for an egg share.
Pike Mountain Farm is a pasture raised livestock farm located amidst the rolling hills of north central West Virginia, in Preston county. Providing premium pastured eggs, chicken, and pork. All eggs come directly from Pike Mountain's flock of laying hens rotated around the pasture. The hens spend their days roaming freely and happily eating grass, seeds and bugs. Their foraging and hunting is supplemented with feed to provide a balanced diet and help them produce high quality eggs. The hens also play an important role in regenerating the pasture by lightly scratching the ground as they hunt and leaving fertilizer.
Local meat
We are partnering with Pike Mountain Farm and Daystar Farm again in 2021. Members will be able to order meats from them for pickup with your vegetable shares on periodic dates of the month. Daystar pickup available only at farm location.
Other Local items
We currently source the other items for add-on purchase for CSA members: honey (R&A Honey, Parsons, WV); beans and flours (The Vegetable Garden, Masontown WV); maple syrup (Heasley Homestead, Bruceton Mills, WV).
2021 Fall CSA Information
Posted 10/12/21: Our fall CSA is open for registration to new members now as well as current Summer CSA members.
We are offering full and half shares for the “Fall CSA” season which will run 8 weeks from October 27 to December 15 (Wednesday pickups) or October 29 to December 17 (Friday pickups). Pick up days and locations are the same as summer CSA: 4-6pm on Wednesdays at University Ave/Ta Khrai Thai Cafe; 4-7pm at the farm on Wednesdays; and 12-7pm and 4-7pm at the farm on Fridays.
Full vegetable share ($216): A weekly share of 27 credits of vegetables for a total of 8 weeks. Wednesday shares begin October 27 and end December 15, with the week of Thanksgiving being a TUESDAY NOV 23 pickup. Friday shares begin October 29 and end December 17, with the week of Thanksgiving being a TUESDAY NOV 23 pickup.
Half vegetable share ($116): An every-other-week share of 27 credits of vegetables for a total of 4 pickup weeks. Wednesday pickup options: Group 1 option dates: 10/27, 11/10, 11/23 (a TUESDAY due to Thanksgiving), 12/8. Group 2 option dates: 11/3, 11/17, 12/1, 12/15. Friday pickup options: Group 1 dates: 10/29, 11/12, 11/23 (a TUESDAY due to Thanksgiving), 12/10. Group2 dates: 11/5, 11/19, 12/3, 12/17.
Here is an idea of what delicious bounty we are planting for the Fall CSA shares: sweet potatoes, butternut squash, salad mix, lettuces, spinach, arugula, cabbage, tat soi, kale, radish, turnips, beets, carrots, bok choy, limited broccoli and brussels sprouts, potatoes, onions. It is a season of hearty root vegetables and crisp greens.
You will be able to customize your boxes and add on extra items, just like with the summer CSA, in order to choose the items you most enjoy and use! Limited weekly egg shares are available from Pike Mountain Farm, and they also expect to have additional eggs available for a la carte purchasing each week. Due to limited availability, we are not offering half (biweekly) egg shares.
One difference from the summer CSA is that, due to the short fall season and holidays, we don’t have a “flex/makeup” week at the end. Members are able to skip one week and add those credits to other weeks to spend before the end of the fall season.
When you sign up you agree to the terms of our Fall CSA Member Agreement.
If you're interested in signing up, click the "sign up" button below to sign up via our CSA software.
If you have any questions, email us at mountainharvestfarm@gmail.com or call 304-692-1044.
We are offering full and half shares for the “Fall CSA” season which will run 8 weeks from October 27 to December 15 (Wednesday pickups) or October 29 to December 17 (Friday pickups). Pick up days and locations are the same as summer CSA: 4-6pm on Wednesdays at University Ave/Ta Khrai Thai Cafe; 4-7pm at the farm on Wednesdays; and 12-7pm and 4-7pm at the farm on Fridays.
Full vegetable share ($216): A weekly share of 27 credits of vegetables for a total of 8 weeks. Wednesday shares begin October 27 and end December 15, with the week of Thanksgiving being a TUESDAY NOV 23 pickup. Friday shares begin October 29 and end December 17, with the week of Thanksgiving being a TUESDAY NOV 23 pickup.
Half vegetable share ($116): An every-other-week share of 27 credits of vegetables for a total of 4 pickup weeks. Wednesday pickup options: Group 1 option dates: 10/27, 11/10, 11/23 (a TUESDAY due to Thanksgiving), 12/8. Group 2 option dates: 11/3, 11/17, 12/1, 12/15. Friday pickup options: Group 1 dates: 10/29, 11/12, 11/23 (a TUESDAY due to Thanksgiving), 12/10. Group2 dates: 11/5, 11/19, 12/3, 12/17.
Here is an idea of what delicious bounty we are planting for the Fall CSA shares: sweet potatoes, butternut squash, salad mix, lettuces, spinach, arugula, cabbage, tat soi, kale, radish, turnips, beets, carrots, bok choy, limited broccoli and brussels sprouts, potatoes, onions. It is a season of hearty root vegetables and crisp greens.
You will be able to customize your boxes and add on extra items, just like with the summer CSA, in order to choose the items you most enjoy and use! Limited weekly egg shares are available from Pike Mountain Farm, and they also expect to have additional eggs available for a la carte purchasing each week. Due to limited availability, we are not offering half (biweekly) egg shares.
One difference from the summer CSA is that, due to the short fall season and holidays, we don’t have a “flex/makeup” week at the end. Members are able to skip one week and add those credits to other weeks to spend before the end of the fall season.
When you sign up you agree to the terms of our Fall CSA Member Agreement.
If you're interested in signing up, click the "sign up" button below to sign up via our CSA software.
If you have any questions, email us at mountainharvestfarm@gmail.com or call 304-692-1044.
Can I give a CSA gift certificate to someone I love?A CSA share could be a great gift for your local food-loving friend or loved one!
We'll send you a gift certificate and customized letter of welcome to the farm to give to your special person. Then the recipient gets in touch with us to choose their pickup location based on their preference. |
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What do our members like about our CSA?
From our 2019 Member Survey:
"We love that the produce lasts so much longer than most grocery store produce options. We really enjoy supporting the humans behind community agriculture. We are also very appreciative of your farm's commitment to organic practices."
"I saved a lot of money on groceries this year (organic in the stores is expensive) and we ate much healthier."
"Nice clean veggies and easy pickups."
"I liked being able to customize my box! "
