CSA – Eagle Creek Farms

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is an agricultural system that views us all as either producers or co-producers of healthy food. Farmers need eaters and eaters need farmers. A CSA arrangement is a way for eaters to co-produce by providing support for the farmer early in the season when money is needed for seeds and other infrastructure expenses. We use the phrase “shared risks, shared rewards” to describe this program. When harvest is hot, you get loads of food! But members also recognize and appreciate that challenges such as unfavorable weather, disease and pests are part of the risks of agriculture and can affect the harvest. In exchange for signing up, the producer does his/her best to provide as much excellent and fresh food as possible during the weeks of delivery.

Summer CSA Veggies

We have made the decision not to offer a Summer CSA in 2019. Thank you for your interest in the CSA program, but don’t worry, there are still many ways you can enjoy our veggies either straight from the farm during the summer, through our winter CSA or from one of our partners. If you really like the CSA model, check out www.albertacsa.com for a full list of CSA’s in Alberta

Winter Season Veggies

Our Winter CSA program is a bi-weekly delivery of mostly pre-harvested veggies that we are able to store through the winter. It’s not all roots, there will be some cold hardy greens such as spinach, arugula & kale in the first couple deliveries & a collection of dried herbs and other products from some of our great partners.

BC Fruit Share add-ons

The fruit in this share will come from organic farms in British Columbia. We team up with the Organic Box based out of Edmonton to source and bring in all the fruit from their contacts in BC.

BC Fruit Share

More details!

You may have heard that we once offered meat & egg shares. We have chosen for the next few years to focus all of our attention back on growing veggies & raising children (the children aren’t for sale, Farmer John is just raising the next generation of farmers)

We take care of all the Dirty details of growing veggies

Here are a few answers to queastions you may have of our CSA Program. Please send us an email, give us a call or stop by one of our deliveries if we haven’t covered everything

What’s in a delivery?

Our winter CSA is comprised mostly of vegetables that we are able to store through the winter. We divide the veggies which are harvested in the fall between the 8 deliveries. The price will vary from year to year depending on how large the harvest is and typically ranges between $135 – $165

Winter Share Specifics!

What if you go on Vacation?

Although the veggies don’t stop growing, we understand weekly deliveries through the summer can get in the way of family vacations. Don’t fret, our new online member management system will allow you to put your box on hold for a week and double up a following delivery. Another option is you are welcome to get a friend to pick up your veggies when your away.
To manage your vacations, log in to your member account where you can specify deliveries that you are away.

Is there Choice in what you receive each delivery?

We understand that it supporting local farms through the CSA model is not for everyone. In a standard CSA model there is little choice from your part in what you receive. We try our best to offer 2-3 option bins and a trade bin at each delivery so you can tailor your weekly vegetables to what your family likes to eat.