Myerov Family Farm is now accepting 2012 CSA Member Application

What is Community Supported Agriculture?

Pick up a week's worth of fresh local vegetables. Grab your box at the farm and within minutes you're home. Little effort spent to access healthy flavorful fresh produce.

Joining a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture Farm) is one of the most convenient and reasonably priced ways to eat locally. Not only do you enjoy just-harvested flavor, you get a direct connection to a specific farm, know your producer personally and can see how the food is grown.

CSA is a direct farm to consumer system eliminating the middleman. Most of your food dollar is spent to grow the crops instead of being divided between distribution, marketing and transportation. This reduces the carbon footprint of the food we eat. Produce does not travel thousands of miles needlessly burning fossil fuels and increasing pollution. There is no elaborate and unnecessary packaging. Joining a CSA supports the local economy and encourages the preservation of farmland and open space.

Members receive what's ripe and seasonal. A spectacular array of both common and rare fruits and vegetables. Heirloom tomatoes, Italian Roma tomatoes, fresh butter beans, cone head cabbage, rainbow carrots and Toscano black kale are just a few examples. Small farms have the advantage of growing the fruits and vegetables for exceptional qualities of aroma, flavor, color and texture. Varieties of produce grown for supermarkets are selected for their bouncibility, shipping well, and an extended shelf life.

Becoming a CSA member also means accepting some of the risk of farming and a willingness to lend a hand. Extra help is welcome during planting, weeding and harvesting, or members can be involved by planning and promoting a festival day or potluck at the farm. Many parents are interested in having their children visit the farm to see where their food comes from and enjoy the outdoors.

Science supports that eating whole foods has the greatest health benefits. Take this opportunity to make positive lifestyle changes, develop better eating habits and enjoy hands-on experience on a farm.

Myerov Farm CSA Options

Myerov Farm CSA offers several options to best accommodate individual needs.

The Whole Share is a good size to supplement the food needs of a family of three or four. Couples or singles sometimes choose the Whole Share if they are serious vegetarians or are planning to preserve food for the winter months. The "Whole Share" can be treated as a "Split Share". Members partner and alternate picking up the share on different weeks.

The Half Share is geared toward couples or singles wanting to pick up a smaller quantity of produce each week.

To work or not to work?

The farm work experience is a welcome and enjoyable change for most people. Families participate bringing their children to learn more about how food is produced. The Myerov Farm CSA is a type of cooperative relying on members financial contribution and sweat equity. The work commitment of 10 hours for a Whole Share, and 5 hours for a Half Share, are essential to the success of the CSA. Many members work beyond their commitment. The entire membership benefits both in quality and quantity from the contribution of the membership.

For those wishing to join the Myerov Farm CSA but cannot fulfill the work commitment, there is a no work option.

Pick Up Locations

Tuesday or Friday at the farm

Wednesday - Glenside, PA

Thursday - New Hope, PA

Saturday - Doylestown, PA

Wednesday - Montgomeryville, PA at Keystone Home Brew

Fees - see CSA Membership Agreement - attachment