Over the last 20 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs have become a popular way for customers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. It’s also a great way for the farmer to have a dedicated customer base.
We offer CSA Shares at each of our four farms:
North Avenue Youth Farm - Whole summer shares, half shares, and winter shares offered. WINTER SHARES STILL AVAILABLE. HALF AND FULL SHARES SOLD OUT!
SOLD OUT! Orchard Gardens Neighborhood Farm - Whole summer shares offered, prices determined by a sliding scale, SNAP benefits usable
SOLD OUT! PEAS Farm - Whole summer shares and flower shares offered
iver Road Neighborhood Farm - Whole, half and winter shares offered - WINTER SHARES STILL AVAILABLE. HALF SHARES AND FULL SHARES SOLD OUT!
How it works
Garden City Harvest offers CSA shares at each of our four farms. The customer pays upfront for a share of the vegetables the farm will produce throughout the growing season (around 18 weeks of vegetables in Missoula). The early bulk payment enables each farmer to cover early season costs required to raise healthy vegetables, including purchasing new seed and making equipment repairs. As a CSA member, you buy into the abundance, and sometimes the shortfalls, of the year’s harvest.
Each week, the customer picks up his or her share of produce at the farm. The GCH weekly share is sufficient for a household of four, usually with extra to share or store for the colder months.
It's a simple enough idea, but its impact has been profound. Tens of thousands of families have joined CSAs nationally, and in some areas of the country there is more demand than there are CSA farms to fill it.
What we grow
Our harvests vary a bit year to year and farm to farm. Our staples include: basil, broccoli, beets, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, chard, Chinese cabbage, collards, sweet corn, cucumbers, eggplant, kale, leeks, lettuce, onions (sweet and storage), parsnips, peas (snap and snow), peppers (sweet and hot), potatoes, pumpkins (jack-o-lanterns and pie), scallions, spinach, squash (winter and summer), tomatoes (varieties for canning), & turnips.
