Farm Shares

[emp42ress.livejournal.com]

We are looking to purchase a farm share for the summer. We are looking for the sort of community-supported-agriculture arrangement where you pay a set amount to a local farm and they deliver to some pick-up point near your home with fresh organic (or at least sensibly farmed) vegetables every week during the summer and fall.
Does anyone have particular farms in the area to recommend that have this arrangement?

Comments

[yagagriswold.livejournal.com]

Red Fire Farm

[orbitalmechanic.livejournal.com]

Brookfield Farm (http://www.brookfieldfarm.org/) delivers to a pickup spot near Porter/Davis Square; they may have a waitlist but actually, looking at their website, it seems they may have spots right now. I've been with them for four or five years and I like them a lot.

[mrpet.livejournal.com]

Parker Farms (Lunenberg MA) is great and they deliver out of my place on Orchard St. Steve Parker is listed in the phone book.

[wellstar.livejournal.com]

Waltham Fields (http://www.communityfarms.org/) has such an arrangement with one of the local churches (http://www.firstchurchsomerville.org/) on College Ave. (You don't have to be a church member to take advantage of the deal.) Full disclosure: the pick-your-own herbs, flowers, etc. don't get delivered to Somerville with the rest of the share; you have to visit the farm in Waltham to take advantage of that.

[artemii.livejournal.com]

i've used them before. i was really happy wih it all. :)

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

I just paid for my third year with him.

[noire.livejournal.com]

Another happy Brookfield Farm person here. This will be my fourth year with them. Though I thought this year was sold out already...

[lidiya6.livejournal.com]

Not a farm share, but something similar that works well for me - Boston Organics. I love it - www.bostonorganics.com

[magid.livejournal.com]

Seconded!

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

This year they're also delivering out of our driveway in Porter Square! Yay! :)

[thespian.livejournal.com]

is this still true now? Its been 2 years since this person asked the question, so I wanted to ask, but since you're all of a block away from me, this would be perfect if its still happening.

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Actually, yes! Email parkerfarm at mac .com for more info. :)