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New CSA

Partially related to my column in this week’s Gazette is the topic of CSA – Community Supported Agriculture. Basically you buy a “share” of a farmer’s crop. X dollars entitles you to X amount of produce. Unlike a community garden – where you have to water and otherwise tend to the crops, a CSA is the lazyman’s lobster of fresh produce. You pay the bucks, farmer does the work, and you get the food.

A new CSA is mentioned in theEnterprise this weekend:


A new organic farm in Middleboro and a farmers market in Bridgewater are set to debut this year, two signs that locally grown food is a growing commodity in the region.

The Dahlia Farm on Plymouth Street in Middleboro will offer organic vegetables and herbs, eggs from free-range chickens and cut flowers, said farmer Jim Reynolds.

People will be able to buy “shares” of the vegetable crop this summer, entitling them to an assortment of veggies each week starting in June.


I’m planning to buy a shared in this CSA and will post my thoughts on it.

A quick search for other CSA’s in Middleboro turned up Plato’s Harvest and I believe the Soule Homestead offers one as well.

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  1. Anonymous
    March 30th, 2009 at 17:19 | #1

    We raised chickens many years ago. Trust me, there is no comparison between fresh and store bought eggs. Although I will be growing my own garden, I will still buy CSA shares for the eggs and cut flowers. What a great idea!

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