At Upswing Farm we LOVE our CSA members. We know that our farm would not be possible without the core group of dedicated customers who are willing to commit to the realities of a local harvest and we make sure they reap the benefits. We believe a CSA share provides your family with access to fresh, high quality produce while supporting the growth of a regional food system. All of our produce is certified organic.
If the current season’s shares have already started, you can still be added at a pro-rated rate by emailing Brittany at brittany@upswingfarm.com.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR CURRENT CSA SCHEDULE
Highlights of our CSA
CHOICE BASED!
Take home the produce you love. When you come to pick up you will be able to to take home what you prefer, based on availability. Our customers are very grateful not to have to take home veggies they aren’t able to use.
FRESH & ORGANIC
Our CSA is our priority, which means we schedule our harvest around our CSA pick up. And we are certified organic. Quality is very important to us.
SEASONAL & YEAR ROUND
Our shares are split into four seasons, which allows our dedicated customers, home gardeners, or those who are away in the summer to enjoy fresh, local organic produce even in the winter!
NOT TOO LARGE & LOTS OF RECIPES
We realize that getting a huge amount of produce all at once can be overwhelming, and no one likes to waste food. We offer one size share that is on the medium/small side. This makes it easier to eat it all each week. Plus we have a recipe page with ideas for how to prepare and use all of the crops we grow, and we share recipes each week that highlight the crops we are harvesting.
WE TRY TO KEEP THE SOIL ON THE FARM
We do our best to rinse and wash our produce to keep our soils on our farm and out of your kitchen. We aren’t perfect, but we do our best to make preparation easy by giving you fresh and clean produce.
Click here to learn about our growing practices and our CSA philosophy.
Click here to view a list of our weekly emails to see a glimpse into farm life, and what will be in your share each week.
If the current season’s shares have already started, you can still be added at a pro-rated rate by emailing Brittany at brittany@upswingfarm.com.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR CURRENT CSA SCHEDULE
Example Winter Share: Choose 8 items:
2 pounds carrots, 2 pounds rainbow carrots, 1 red cabbage, 1 green cabbage, 2 pounds onions (red, yellow or mixed), 1 pint mixed shallots and garlic, 2 pounds beets, 2 pounds watermelon radish, 1 large rutabaga, 1 large celeriac, 2 pounds sweet potatoes, 2 pounds potatoes, 1 quart fingerling potatoes, 1/4 pound pea tendrils, 1/2 pound spinach, 1/2 pound lettuce, 2oz micro greens, 1/2 pound kale, 1 pound leeks
Winter Share Schedule 2023/2024
8 week share with a pick up every other(ish) week beginning the last week of November. See schedule here. Order what you want in your share and pick up a packed box on your pick up day. We pack winter share boxes to prevent produce freezing in transportation and distribution. If the weather is nice we may have market-style pick-ups in March.
Example Spring Share: 1 bunch scallions, 1 bunch french breakfast radish, 1 bunch spinach, 1/3 lb arugula, 1/3 lb salad, mix, 1/3 lb pea tendrils, 1 bunch bok choy.
Spring Share Schedule 2024
The first share pickup will be the week of April 15th and it will continue for 8 weeks. Pickup will be every week.
Example Fall Share: 1 pound carrots, 2 pounds potatoes, 1 pound sweet potato, 2 pounds winter squash, 1 pound broccoli/cauliflower, 1 pint brussels sprouts, .5 pound onions, one bunch cooking greens, 1/2 pound lettuce mix, 1 bunch herbs.
Fall Share Schedule 2024
The first share pickup is the week of October 1st and it will go for 8 weeks.
(Photo is roughly double the size of a fall share . . . but shows a great fall variety!)
Flower Share
20+ stems of freshly harvested blooms each week.
*New* Spring share: 5 bouquets of specialty tulips and daffodils: April/May, Pepperell Only. $100
Summer share: 15 weeks, beginning the week of June 17th. $285 or $140 for 7 alternating weeks.
Fall share: 4 weeks, beginning the week of September 30th.
A flower share makes an amazing gift!
Valentines Day, Mother’s (or Father’s!) Day, Birthday . . .
Our Growing Practices
We are certified organic. We use crop production methods that build soil health, like composting, reduced tillage and cover cropping. We never use chemical pesticides, herbicides or fungicides and even avoid the use of organically approved sprays whenever possible. Instead, we rely on methods to prevent pest and disease infestation such as: crop rotation, pest exclusion, using regionally appropriate planting dates and varieties, growing healthy crops with resistance, appropriate plant spacing, multiple successions of crops, and, on occasion, hand picking of pests.
We live on this produce. We eat it, we feed our families and friends, and we only want the best for them, for ourselves, and for you. We are always happy to talk to you about our growing practices.
Our Crops
We strive to grow a wide variety of produce that is exciting to cook with, and plenty for fresh-eating in salads. We can’t guarantee the success of any single crop, but we plant many varieties and multiple successions to provide the greatest opportunity for success. We offer as much choice as possible during CSA pick up and each year adjust our crop plan to grow more of what our customers want.
Payment Plans
Although payment in full, when possible, is convenient for us, we also know what it’s like to live on a budget, so we offer a payment plan, which you can choose at check out. The plan is structured to provide adequate cash flow for the farm. Please don’t hesitate to use the payment plan if it is the right choice for you.
More About CSA
The CSA model allows customers to invest in their farm by committing to a season of fresh vegetables. CSA’s are a great way to access incredibly fresh produce while supporting local farms and maintaining an agricultural landscape in your community. Membership not only provides your family with fresh vegetables, it supports farmland preservation and community development.
At Upswing Farm you will pick up a variety of vegetables once a week during your share season (we have 4 seasons, Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter). By paying in advance you will provide the farm with essential funds for supplies like seeds, mulch, compost, tools and equipment. In exchange for your commitment it is our intention to provide you with the highest quality seasonal produce we can grow at a value of 20% more than what you are paying.
Low risk. Your farmers have a combined 20 years of experience farming, and have never failed to provide a bountiful share. Our farm plan includes over 60-80 crops, many of which are planted multiple times during the growing season, to ensure that small crop failures do not mean empty CSA shares. We grow multiple varieties of each crop, some that do well in heat, some that do well in wet soils, some that almost always do well, to ensure that regardless of the weather, we will have produce to harvest. Our CSA is our priority.
High Return. You are signing up for a share with farmers who have impeccable standards. We adore great flavor, stunning color, unique variety and take special care to harvest and wash our crops so they will be easy to process and inspiring to cook with. Customers who have bought shares from Upswing in the past are thrilled with the quality, and with the tasty influx of vegetables in their diet!
Social Value. Your commitment to our CSA is a commitment to the future of your community. By supporting our farm you are also supporting farm land preservation, resource conservation and community development and food access. More than 30,000 lbs of vegetables have been donated to hunger relief organizations throughout the lifetime of our farm. Your farmers don’t just care about growing vegetables, they are actively involved in their communities and are passionate about the environmental and social justice that is created by a local, fair, secure food system.
Questions?
Email your farmer: brittany@upswingfarm.com
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