Community
Supported Agriculture
What is a CSA?
It is sometimes described as a vegetable co-op, a weekly box delivery, a vegetable of the week club, or a produce subscription program, but we refer to it as Community Supported Agriculture, CSA. Families or individuals join our farm to receive weekly or bi-weekly deliveries of the fantastic organic produce we grow here at Harmony Valley Farm. Whatever is ripe and delicious for the week, goes into the box: washed, chilled and carefully packed. Then we deliver it to a neighborhood near you, if you live in or near Madison, Cross Plains, Richland Center, Viroqua, Onalaska or La Crosse, Wisconsin or the Twin Cities. The variety and quality - ask our members - is unmatched! We support the community with great, organic food and the community supports us!
What Makes Our CSA Unique?
• Offerings of Certified Organic Vegetable & Meat Shares
• Fresh, nutritious, clean produce with convenient delivery to your neighborhood
• Long delivery season from May through December
• Confident, skillful growers with over 40 years of organic farming experience
• A farmer who is also a professionally trained Chef
• Simple & tasty recipes and storage & use tips with every delivery
• Fun On-Farm Events--Come see for yourself!
• Flexible share & payment options to best fit your needs
• A vigorous farm food safety program with third party certification
• A hard-working & respected professional farm crew that is paid a fair & living wage
• Stewards of the environment providing pollinator-friendly, beneficial habitat to foster bio-diversity
Vegetable Shares
Our vegetable shares are designed to meet the needs of a family of four. Take time to thoughtfully consider which shares will best meet the needs and eating habits of your household.
We are happy to partner with FairShare CSA Coalition. If you would like to use SNAP to pay for your CSA shares or see if you qualify for financial assistance paying for your CSA shares, take a look at their website: https://www.csacoalition.org/partner-shares. They are happy to help you out if you have any questions about financial assistance.
Pick Up locations
Click on a marker to view delivery information about that pickup site.
- Twin Cities Area Thursday deliveries
- Local Area Friday deliveries
- Madison Area Thursday deliveries
- Madison Area Saturday deliveries
CSA BOX Delivery Calendars
CSA Sign up Paper Form
Would you prefer to use our paper sign up form? No problem! Just download one of the PDFs below, fill it out and follow the instructions on how to send it in.
Frequently Asked CSA Questions
What if...
It is your responsibility to know when and where to pick up your shares. The farm does not issue credits for forgotten and/or unclaimed shares. If you forget to pick up your share(s), contact both your site coordinator and the farm as soon as possible. There is no guarantee there will be a box available for you as we ask our site hosts to find a home for them after site hours so they are not wasted. Nonetheless, with timely notification we may be able to connect you with a share.
First, consider asking another person to pick up your share(s) for you. Remember, if someone else picks up your share on your behalf, it is your responsibility to make sure they know where to go and what to do. You may also choose to contact your site coordinator before delivery day to make special arrangements. Our coordinators are volunteers. They are not required to accommodate these requests, but may agree to do so if they are willing and able. Please do not ask them to make special arrangements more than once or twice in a season.
- Arrange to have another person pick up your share(s) and hold it for you until you return, or gift your share to them. If someone else picks up your share on your behalf, it is your responsibility to make sure they know where to go and what to do.
- If necessary, we can deliver your box to a different site for a week. However, we are unable to change delivery dates unless you are signed up for the Flex Vegetable share. You must notify us of any requested changes to your week’s delivery by Noon on Tuesday.
- Contact the farm by Noon on Tuesday of delivery week and ask us not to make a box for you. The farm does not give credit or replace canceled deliveries.
- Verify your name is on the Customer Checklist. If your name is not listed, we have not prepared a box for you. Please do not take a box. If you are an Every-Other-Week or Flex Vegetable share member, confirm this is a week you are scheduled to receive a delivery. If you believe your name should be on the list and it is not, contact the farm. If we have made an error, we would like to correct it.
- If your name is on the list but there is not a box available for you, contact both your site coordinator and the farm either by phone or email. Please notify us of any shortage as soon as possible on the day of delivery. The more time that elapses, the more difficult it is for us to connect you with a share. If necessary, leave a message with your name, phone number, delivery site and the share(s) you are missing. If you share a box with another household, make sure you know which name the share is listed under and confirm your share partner has not already picked up that week.
Where Can I Find...
The site guide in your Welcome Packet includes your site coordinator’s information and site details. The wall calendars available at your delivery site also have this information in the back. Additionally, this information is included at the end of every “What’s In the Box” email that accompanies each of your share box deliveries.
In the event that you did not receive your mailed Welcome Packet, you can reference our delivery calendars with the above links. We also provide you with a wall calendar full of useful information and resources. These calendars are available at your delivery site early in the beginning of the season.
Your share(s) are listed on your receipt/invoice included in your Welcome Packet. You also receive a copy of your receipt/invoice via email from our bookkeeper. Lastly, the share(s) you are signed up for are listed next to your name on the checklist at the delivery site.
We encourage you to read the “What’s In the Box” email each week as it contains all of this information and more! Or – click HERE to see the latest CSA box newsletter online. You can also refer to the storage guide in the back of your wall calendar available at your delivery site at the beginning of the season.
The recipe page on our website has a searchable recipe database to connect you to recipes we have featured in previous newsletters. We also recommend purchasing a CSA focused cookbook such as FairShare’s From Asparagus to Zucchini and/or Farm-Fresh and Fast.
Meat Shares
We raise certified organic, 100% grass-fed beef & pastured pork. We offer a variety of beef & pork packages for delivery to our CSA sites located in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota; Madison, Wisconsin, and our local area (La Crosse, Onalaska, and Viroqua, Wisconsin).
