*CSA Full for 2025*

What's a CSA?

A CSA is an agreement between the eater and the farmer.  When you purchase a CSA share, your farmer makes a commitment to you to do our very best to provide exquisitely flavourful, fresh, organic veggies during the CSA season (late June-Thanksgiving).  In return, you make a commitment to the farm to purchase your produce in advance of the season.  We share the risks of an adverse season, and also share the rewards of a bountiful one.

Why would I want a CSA?

• You love and appreciate super fresh, fantastically delicious veggies!

• To feel the satisfaction that comes from supporting a local business and your local food infrastructure. The financial commitment you make in advance of the season helps the farm pay for seeds, supplies and labour before there is a harvest coming out of the field.

• Know your farmer, know your food. There are opportunities to become part of the farm community.  Come to the farm for a tour and/or participate in volunteer days.  

• For those of you choosing a Harvest Share, an informative email newsletter comes in advance of your weekly Harvest Share bringing news of the farm and telling you what’s in the box, how to prepare the produce for the fridge so it lasts as long as possible, and a recipe featuring some of that week’s haul.   

Tell me more!

Our CSA comes in two flavours- Harvest Share and Veghead Farm Credit.

A Harvest Share is for you if:

• You want to order your veggies once then forget about it for the rest of the summer. (You can still add more veggies as needed from the online store)

• You are excited to explore new flavours as well as old favourites.

Veghead Farm credit is for you if:

• You prefer to choose what veggies you receive each week.

OR

• You prefer to pick up your veggies at the farmers’ market.

Harvest Share pricing:

$460 -For 16 weeks. 

If you are planning a vacation, you can choose a pro-rated option for  14 or 15 weeks.

$235 -Same as above for 8 weeks (every second week) with pro-rated option for 7 weeks.

There are also add-on options for sourdough bread made by Jocelyene's Kitchen, and microgreens.

Veghead Farm Credit pricing

$200 option (+10% credit, $220 value)

$500 option (+10% credit, $550 value)

What’s in the boxes?

Here's what went in the boxes in 2024.  Planning is just getting underway for 2025.  Contents should be similar to 2024, but with more cherry tomatoes and hopefully more storage veggies as we get into the fall!

Week 16 (Thanksgiving)

1x lettuce head

2lbs beets

2lbs carrots

1x quart of parsnips

1x 2 liter basket of sweet potatoes

3x garlic bulbs

1x delicata squash

What’s in the boxes?

All the details, aka the Fine Print aka Terms and Conditions

Harvest Share Fine Print

Deliveries, pickups and vacation

Harvest Share day is Thursday.  The first Harvest Share will be on Thursday, June 26.  The final Harvest Share will be on Thursday, October 9.  If you have chosen a biweekly Harvest Share, you will be randomly assigned either even weeks or odd weeks to help balance weekly workflow.  If you have a preference for even or odd weeks, let us know!

Delivery of your Harvest Share is possible in our delivery area only.  If you specify delivery, your Harvest Share will be delivered between 10 am and 6 pm on delivery day.

If you will not be at home to receive your produce, you are responsible for leaving a cooler in an accessible location.  We will deliver your produce to you in top quality condition.  You are responsible for your produce after we leave the veggies in your care.

Pick up locations are 18 Walgate Ave from 3:30pm-7pm and Bakker's General Store from 3-5:45.  If you forget to pick up your Harvest Share, it will be forfeited for  that week.

Vacation:  Let us know by email when you will be away at least 1 week in advance.  If you do not receive a confirmation from us, contact us again, your email may have been missed.  If you are away and forget to tell us, your harvest share that week is forfeited.

Add-ons 

If you’d like to add anything to your order à la carte, you can order from the online store.  After signing up you will be given a coupon code to use when adding to your order so that we know it’s a CSA add on, and so there are no delivery charges added to your order.

Veghead farm also offers the option to add a microgreens subscription and/or sourdough bread subscription to the Harvest Share.  Both of these add-ons are completely optional.  Regarding the bread add-on, the baker is still firming up her summer plans and final bread dates and thus pricing for the Harvest Share season is will be dictated by how many weeks they are away.

Communication

Please add vegheadfarm@hotmail.com to your address book so that your weekly newsletter doesn't get caught in your spam folder.

Payment

After you sign up we will contact you to confirm your Harvest Share selections and arrange payment.  Please note that payment by e-transfer is preferred, though credit card, cash, cheque and debit can also be accomdated.  Payment due within 14 days of us contacting you.  If you need an alternate payment schedule, please send an email to vegheadfarm@hotmail.com and let us know so we can accomodate you.

Regarding bread add-ons, payment for bread add-on due by May 1.

Refunds

We plan our crops around you! For this reason, no refunds will be given for a Harvest Share.  You may transfer your Harvest Share to another person. 

What about crop failures?

Your farmer will do their best to mitigate the sometimes unexpected difficulties of farming such as insects, disease, too much or not enough heat or rain etc.  By purchasing a Harvest Share, you are choosing to share this risk with your farmer.  Your farmer plans for these difficulites and uses a variety of techniques to moderate and minimize the effects of these difficulties on your veggies. 

By signing up for a Harvest Share you are accepting the risk that your farmer may not be able to fill a portion of your Harvest Share due to insects, disease, too much or not enough heat or rain etc.  In this instance we commit to being 100% transparent about the situation and working with you to come to a solution that is satisfactory to both parties.

Still have questions?  Email vegheadfarm@hotmail.com before signing up so we can answer your questions!

Veghead Farm Credit fine print

Credit can be used anywhere you find us; at time of purchase this is the online store or at the Kanata Farmers Market and Ottawa Farmers Market: Barrhaven. Credit does not expire.

After you sign up, we will contact you to confirm your Veghead Farm Credit selection and arrange payment. Please note that payment by e-transfer is preferred, though credit card, cash, cheque, and debit can also be accommodated.

No refunds will be given for farm credit, but you can transfer it to someone else if you like.

Still have questions?  Email vegheadfarm@hotmail.com and we are happy to answer your questions.