Community supported agriculture (CSA) is a partnership of mutual commitment between a farm and a community of supporters. As a member of the Greenpoint-Williamsburg CSA, you are buying into a direct link to the food you eat. The food you are receiving was picked the day before by Chris, our farmer, and his crew (with possibly a volunteer or two) at the Garden of Eve Farm.

Members of the CSA help stabilize the farm's yearly operating budget by purchasing in advance a share of the season's harvest. Members help pay for seeds, fertilizer, water, equipment maintenance, and labor when its needed most; at the beginning of the season. In return, the farm provides, to the best of its ability, a healthy supply of seasonal fresh produce throughout the growing season.

In practical terms, by having membership in our CSA, you are helping our farmers, Chris & Eve, maintain and sustain a local organic farm, of which there are currently four on Long Island.

As a member of the Greenpoint-Williamsburg CSA, you and your "farm share family" are creating a responsible relationship between yourself and the food you eat, the land on which it is grown and those who grow it. CSA members make a commitment to support our farm throughout the season, and assume the costs, risks and bounty of growing food along with Chris & Eve.

This means that the weather conditions that surround you in Brooklyn (like rain, heat, cold, and wind) have a direct relationship with the amount, quality, and variety of food you will receive. In 2006 we had a beautiful warm spring and members received bonus spinach throughout the month of May. In 2004, the weather was so warm the farm threw in an extra share by starting distribution a week early. However, in August of 2005 it rained and rained and rained and the tomato crop got soaked. Unfortunately, it was not a banner tomato season and that was reflected in the amount of tomatoes in the share. (Of course, invariably, some crops liked the rain and there was more than enough of those to go around. Just not many tomatoes…)

The main point of our CSA is to provide real community support to a local organic farm and create a sustainable community through food choices.

For more information about CSA’s:
http://www.justfood.org/csa/
http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

For more information on our farmers: www.gardenofevefarm.com