18 Philly-Area CSAs Where You Can Get Farm-Fresh Produce

Signing up for a CSA is an effective way to show your support both for local farmers and for more sustainable food supply. CSA is short for community-supported agriculture, meaning a farmer offers consumers bundles of fruits and vegetables, called shares. Interested customers purchase a share, and in return, they receive assorted and seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season. CSAs aren’t limited to fruits and vegetables, either! Some farmers provide add-on packages which can consist of meat and dairy products, and even flowers.

Listed below are 18 local farms and farmers who are offering CSA share programs for this spring and summer season.

Blooming Glen Farm

What to Expect: Blooming Glen Farm offers weekly and bi-weekly shares, each containing between 10 to 15 items. Here, you’re also allowed to pick your own flowers, strawberries, and select produce straight from the farm. There are also share add-ons featuring artisanal cheeses, eggs, mushrooms, coffee, ice cream, bread, and fruit.

Length of Time: Starting late-May, the CSA program lasts for 24 weeks. Blooming Glen Farm also offers a bi-weekly option.

Pick-up Location: 98 Moyer Road, Perkasie

Cost: $984 for the full share or $528 for the half share (pick-up every other week). There is also a stand-alone, eight-week pick-your-own flower share for $200 (but this is included in both the full and half shares).

Charlestown Farm

What to Expect: Charlestown Farm uses sustainable farming methods to grow fresh and delicious produce all year long. The farm has a you-pick feature which allows CSA members to come by to pick flowers, herbs, small fruits, and more.

Length of Time: Shares start the first week of June through the week before Thanksgiving, and operate on a weekly or bi-weekly basis on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Pick-up Location: 2565 Charlestown Road, Phoenixville

Cost: $875 for a weekly share; $525 for a bi-weekly share.

Crawford Organics

What to Expect: At Crawford Organics, your weekly share will contain an assortment of seven to nine in-season, fresh vegetables. There’s also a mini-size option, which includes five or six vegetables. Everything is seasonal, meaning you’re likely to expect sweet corn and watermelon once summer rolls around.

Length of Time: Their spring/summer program is a 17-week subscription that runs from May through August.

Pick-up Location: Varying drop sites, all of which can be found here. In-home deliveries are optional and cost an additional $7 per delivery.

Cost: Varying costs, depending on type and length of share. See all prices here.

Down to Earth Harvest

What to Expect: Flexible and fully customizable, Down to Earth Harvest caters to your lifestyle and appetite. Members get to have the final say in what goes into their share each week, but rest assured, everything is locally sourced.

Length of Time: Their “High-Season Farm Share” begins May 15th and runs for 28 weeks, with weekly and bi-weekly availability.

Pick-up Location: The farm (1585 Winfield Drive, Downingtown), plus several locations throughout the region.

Cost: No flat cost. The shares are pay-as-you-go with full-choice ordering and the ability to place your share on hold as needed. $100 deposit required.

FarmerJawn Agriculture

What to expect: FarmerJawn works to support sustainable farming practices in Philly, and you can support the mission by signing up for their full-season subscription. The full home-based box is intended to feed up to four people, with each box containing eight to 10 items. Products included in the boxes include organic fruits and veggies, tea, honey, and a locally-made body care product.

Length of Time: The Summer 2024 CSA share will run from July 28th to October 30th.

Pick-up Location: See locations here.

Cost: $1,000 for the full share (26 pick-ups), $500 for the half (13 pick-ups), or the option of a $500 or $1,000 farm-share cards for use in-store

Henry Got Crops

What to Expect: In partnership with Weaver’s Way, Food Moxie, and W.B. Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences, Henry Got Crops offers city-grown, farm-fresh produce. Shares come in two sizes: small and large. The small share contains a bundle of five to six various vegetables, while the large share features 10 to 12. In addition to the CSA, Henry Got Crops also grows food for the community and provides educational opportunities for Saul High School students, teaching them the importance of sustainable vegetable production and distribution.

Length of Time: Henry Got Crops’ CSA program lasts for 24 weeks, starting May 20th.

Pick-up Location: 7095 Henry Avenue, Roxborough

Cost: $580 for the small share; $1,100 for the large share. $100 nonrefundable deposit required for new members. They also offer two You-Pick Only shares, and a working discount that can count toward your share.

Highland Orchards

What to Expect: Highland Orchards is a family-run fruit and vegetable farm that’s pesticide-free and the perfect solution to your food rut. Through their CSA program, you can sign up for an all-fruit share, a veggies and fruit share, a meat share, a flower share, and a build-your-own share. The veggies and fruit share is available in small and large, the fruit share includes up to four items, the meat share can be either chicken only or the “trio” that provides 10 to 12 pounds of three types of meat, and the build-you-own is filled with add-on options that you pick from their list of offerings, like freshly baked pies, doughnuts, dairy products, and preserves.

Length of Time: Subscriptions come in a variety of options. Customers can opt for weekly, biweekly, or monthly deliveries.

Pick-up Location: Varying sites. See the full list here.

Cost: Prices vary depending on share.

Lancaster Farm Fresh

What to Expect: CSAs from Lancaster Farm Fresh come in an array of options, including organic veggies, fruits, flower, herbs, bread, eggs, yogurt, meat, chicken, and cheese. You can see all the details here.

Length of Time: Most shares begin April 29th and end the week of October 28th. The fruit, flower, and herb shares begin June 10th.

Pick-up Location: There are a multitude of sites, use this location finder to find a pickup location near you.

Cost: Prices vary depending on share.

Landisdale Farm

What to Expect: Family-owned and -operated, Landisdale Farm’s CSA program operates a bit like a debit card: you choose the amount you want loaded on your pre-paid card, then show up to either the Clark Park Farmers Market or the Landisdale Farm store to choose from the organic produce and chicken, grass-fed beef, and free-range eggs what you want to take home. These “purchases” from the market or farm store will be deducted from your card.

Length of Time: Landisdale Farm is year-round.

Pick-Up Location: The farm store (838 Ono Road, Jonestown) and Clark Park Farmers Market (intersection of 43rd Street and Baltimore Avenue).

Cost: You pre-load your card with your desired amount, depending on how much you’d like to purchase throughout the year.

Living Hope Farm

What to Expect: Living Hope Farm offers a four-week spring share in May and a 22-week summer share June through October. The former is a one-size-only option, which includes six items, while the former comes in three sizes: large (10), small (six), and mini (three). All sizes of the summer share include u-pick flowers and herbs, and there are add-on shares for eggs, mushrooms, microgreens, fruit, and honey.

Length of Time: The spring share runs every Wednesday in May, while the summer share spans June through October.

Pick-up Location: The farm (461 Indian Creek Road, Harleysville), with options to pick up at Small Batch Kitchen in Lansdale or The Grand Fromage in Skippack

Cost: $150 for the spring share; summer prices are $915 for a large share, $600 for a small share, and $315 for a mini share

Love Grows

What to Expect: Vegetable CSAs from Love Grows come in large and medium, with the former packed with nine fresh and locally-grown produce and the latter with five items. There’s also the Market Share option, which means you can stop by any of their farmers’ market stands and get 20% off the veggies you want.

Length of Time: Weekly pickup runs June 8th/9th through November 9th/10th, while the Market Share program occurs June through December.

Pick-up Location: Doylestown Farmer’s Market, Yardley Farmer’s Market, and Playwicki Farm.

Cost: $750 for the large; $450 for the medium; $125 for the Market Share

Philly Foodworks

What to Expect: Instead of paying up front, Philly Foodworks offers a pay-as-you go option for weekly and bi-weekly shares. Philly Foodworks is carefully curated to fit your needs and provides customizable boxes.

Length of Time: Available all year round, with item availability depending on the season.

Pick-up Location: Philly Foodworks has a bunch of pick-up locations around the city. Use this tool to find a pick-up location near you. There’s also a home delivery option, with delivery fees depending on where you live and how much you buy.

Cost: $35 for the harvest box (seven to 10 items; non-customizable); $38 for the small customizable box (seven to 10 items); $48 for the large customizable box (10 to 14 items).

Red Hill Farm

What to Expect: Owned by The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, Red Hill Farm has a 120-person CSA program that runs for 24 weeks. There’s only a full-share option, but it includes full access to the farm’s u-pick garden, plus activities in the children’s garden, harvest fest, and farm-to-table dinners.

Length of Time: 24 weeks, from early June through mid-November

Pick-up Location: 609 Convent Road, Aston on Tuesday or Friday from 1 to 6:30 p.m.

Cost: $800, and you are able to split your share with a family member or friend.

Root Mass Farm

What to Expect: Root Mass Farm’s Garden Stake program is a bit different than other CSAs in that it doesn’t entail preset boxes or pick-up dates. Instead, you pay at the beginning of the season, then shop at one of their two market locations. Money will be deducted from your CSA debit account depending on what you buy throughout the season. Any money remaining by the end of the season will be rolled over to the next.

Length of Time: Root Mass Farm will begin selling their produce on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Headhouse Farmer’s Market starting May 5th and on Tuesdays from 2 to 6 p.m. at Frankford Transportation Center starting June 4th.

Pick-up Location: Headhouse Farmer’s Market (intersection of 2nd and Lombard streets) and Frankford Transportation Center (intersection of Frankford Avenue and Bridge Street)

Cost: Pay $150 to spend $160; $300 to spend $345; or $500 to spend $600

Sankanac CSA

What to Expect: Sankanac CSA offers a veggie share that feeds a family of four. Members also get access to u-pick sugar snap peas, strawberries, green beans, cherry tomatoes, and flowers.

Length of Time: 24 weeks from late May to November

Pick-up Location: 1731 French Creek Road, Kimberton

Cost: $674 total

Taproot Farm

What to Expect: Taproot’s summer CSA boasts three sizes: small (five to six items), medium (seven to eight items), and large (10 to 11 items). Taproot Farm also offers an add-on egg share.

Length of Time: The spring share is currently sold out, but the summer share starts April 30th/May 2nd/May 4th (depending on your pick-up location) and runs 23 weeks.

Pick-up Location: Various locations including West Philly, East Passyunk, Chestnut Hill, Fishtown, and Old City. The full list of pick-up sites can be found here.

Cost: $552 for the small share, $713 for the medium share, and $989 for a large share

Urban Roots Farm

What to Expect: Urban Roots offers a small share and a large share. The small share features four to six types of produce, while the large includes six to 12 types. Plus, there’s a bunch of add-ons: flowers, bread, cheese, eggs, mushrooms, apples and peaches.

Length of Time: 21 weeks starting the last week of June

Pick-up Location: 395 Bishop Hollow Road, Newtown Square

Cost: $695 for the small share, $890 for the large

Vollmecke Farm & CSA

What to Expect: This woman-owned farm in Chester County offers fruit and vegetable shares in medium and large sizes. The medium contains six to seven items, while the large features eight to 10 items. Add-ons include eggs, kombucha from Baba’s Brew, mushrooms, milk, yogurt, and butter.

Length of Time: 22 weeks starting early June

Pick-up Location: 155 Cedar Knoll Road, Coatesville

Cost: $683 for the medium share and $989 for the large share

This guide has been updated since originally posting, and includes additional reporting by Laura Brzyski, Olivia Pettyjohn, and Bailey King.

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