Our Vegetable CSA
Early summer boxes.
Most weeks, from February to December, Giant Journey Farm offers boxes filled with fresh, local vegetables that you pick up at the farm.
Our farm works mainly on a CSA (community supported agriculture) model where people can buy CSA farm shares in advance and be stakeholders in our farm. A discount to your subscription is applied if you agree to contribute to a functional aspect of the farm (for instance: weeding, newsletter writing, or offering a special service you are skilled in) otherwise, you contribute by paying the full fee. You can read more about our shareholder benefits and expectations at the link above.
If you’re not interested in becoming a shareholder, you can also order one box at a time, (or visit our farmstand) but we can’t guarantee availability each week since priority needs to go to our shareholders and we may not have week-to-week boxes available.
order A Single box
Try our delicious vegetables!
Please order by 5 PM on Wednesdays to pick up on Saturday.
Note: Shareholders take priority. If we sell out of shares we may not have week-to-week boxes available at any given time.
Our five-Week Shares
SOLD OUT
Winter
Winter I: Feb. 5 - March 10
SOLD OUT
Spring
Spring I: March 25 - April 28
Spring II: May 6 - June 9
Summer
Summer I: June 24 - July 28
Summer II: Aug. 5 - Sept. 8
Fall
Fall I: Sept 23 - Oct. 27
Fall II: Nov. 4 - Dec. 8
SOLD OUT
Full Year
Our Full Year Share will give you fresh food from Feb. 5 - Dec. 8 (a total of 35 weeks!)
what’s in a box?
Our boxes come in two sizes: Half ($18, available year-round), Regular ($27, available May-Oct.).
Check out what’s in season on our farm!
Half Boxes
Our half box is a reliable workhorse! It’s suitable for a single person who doesn’t need too much hanging around or folks looking to supplement their garden’s bounty. It’s also the box size available to take advantage of our extremely early fresh produce!
The boxes typically include: one-two bunches of greens, a root vegetable (carrot, radish, parsnip, etc), and a seasonal vegetable.
Regular Boxes
Our regular box is good for a small family with basic produce needs (omnivores).
The boxes typically include: one-two bunches of greens, a root vegetable, three seasonal vegetables (tomato, cucumber, squash, broccoli, etc), and a pint of fruit as available (typically berries).
Our Options
Half Boxes
Available: all year
One share = 5 weeks
A Single Box - $18
One Share - $90
Two Shares - $180
Three Shares - $270
Four Shares - $360 full fee/$342 for participating members
Five Shares - $450 full fee/$428 for participating members
Six Shares - $540 full fee/$513 for participating members
Full year - $630 full fee/$567 for participating members
Regular Boxes
Available: Summer I, Summer II, Fall I
One share = 5 weeks
A Single Box - $27
One Share - $135
Two Shares - $270
Three Shares - $405
Four Shares (3 regular + 1 half) - $490 full fee/$471 for participating members
Five Shares (3 regular + 2 half) - $585 full fee/$556 for participating members
Six Shares (3 regular + 3 half) - $675 full fee/$642 for participating members
Full year (3 regular, 4 half) - $765 full fee/$689 for participating members
additional cSA Share options
We now offer the convenience of automatically adding meat, eggs, herbs, and/or flowers to your weekly box of produce. Not only is it easier to get your shopping done, you can benefit from a reduced rate by bundling these items to you CSA share!*
Want to make it a half-share? We understand for smaller households a whole dozen eggs or a whole broiler chicken every week could be hard to manage. Let us know if you need a half share option.
*You do NOT need to order veggie shares to sign up for one (or several!) of these other options.
Chicken
Comes as a whole roaster. $90 per share period ($18 per week). Depending on seasonal availability, we may only offer meat bi-weekly (your total will be adjusted).
Rabbit
Comes as a whole rabbit. $75 per share period ($15 week). Depending on seasonal availability, we may only offer meat bi-weekly (your total will be adjusted).
Eggs
A dozen chicken, duck, guinea, turkey or half-dozen goose eggs each week. $20 per share period ($4 per week). If you don’t want non-traditional eggs, please specify in the comments section of your order. Available year-round.
herbs
Two-three bunches of fresh herbs each week. $25 per share period ($5 per week). Available May-Sept.
flowers
A large bouquet of seasonal flowers each week with information about the edible, medicinal, and native varieties for $35 ($7 per week). Available May-Sept.
foragers
This option will include one-three edible/medicinal items foraged on Giant Journey Farms 2-acres. Some examples of items available include chickweed, lamb’s quarters, purslane, reishi and black trumpet mushrooms, clover and violet flowers, ramps, fiddleheads, autumn olives, plantain. $35 per share period ($7 per week). Available May-Sept.
Payments
We are now participants in NOFA-VT’s Farm Share subsidy program! (Please indicate in your order that you intend to apply to NOFA-VT.)
We are now authorized to accept EBT! (Please note EBT shareholders may only pay in two-week increments. Please indicate in your order that you intend to use EBT.)
We also accept cash, check, and Venmo (@Kendra-Dias-2) or PayPal (giantjourneyfarm@gmail.com).
We ask that you determine the amount you need to pay when ordering. But we’re happy to figure out the amount if you run into trouble. Just shoot us an email or call. We do offer a sliding scale option as well as a limited number of solidarity shares. If you think you would benefit from a solidarity share please reach out to us.
If not paid in full, a 50% deposit is due one week before shares begin, remaining payments will be split evenly over the course of each week unless otherwise arranged.
We also take barter, trade, and work hours toward payment so folks should reach out to us if money is a barrier to getting shares.
Pickup & Delivery
When ordering you’ll need to choose one of our convenient pick up windows: Tuesdays 3:00-6:00 at an off-farm location (Brattleboro, Athens, Marlboro) or Saturdays 9:00-12:00 on the farm.
These pick up times are NOT interchangeable, when you choose one, that is your designated pick up for your shares. You may contact us to change your pick up day and time between share periods if you find your choice isn’t working for you.
If you’re not able to pick up your box, please be in touch with us with 24hrs notice so that we can edit our weekly harvest. Any box left an hour after the pick up window without prior arrangement is subject to resale without refund!
Typically, box pickups happen at the farm but we can deliver for housebound or high-risk folks for a fee. If three or more families in the same area get together and agree on an alternate pick up location, we can deliver to that spot for a reduced rate.