Haven’t Joined a CSA Yet? Here’s One That Still Has Space

If thought you missed your chance to join a Community Supported Agriculture Project this summer, then we have good news: There are still spaces available at Crown Heights Farm Share.

The 350-member organization supports Sang Lee Farms in Long Island and distributes the produce on Tuesdays, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Georgia’s Place, 691 Prospect Place at Bedford Ave., beginning June 5.

Besides supporting a local farm, CHFS gives its extra produce to Georgia’s Place, which provides housing for mentally ill, formerly homeless adults. The CSA also sends volunteers to help take care of Georgia’s Place’s rooftop garden and to work with students at the High School for Public Service’s farming project.

Community Supported Agriculture programs, or CSAs, allow community members to buy fruit and vegetables directly from a local farm by buying a weekly “share” of the produce. The food is delivered to a central location in the neighborhood, where members divide and distribute it. Besides paying a yearly sum for the produce, members usually work several hours each season for the CSA.

Although the primary mission of the farm share is to provide Crown Heights residents with fresh, organic produce while supporting family farms, the CSA also fosters a sense of community with clothing and food drives, social events with Georgia’s Place residents, a weekly newsletter and an online recipe board where members can share cooking ideas for the produce.

“Crown Heights has a long and hard history and there’s a lot of different stakeholders in the neighborhood,” said founding member Fran Miller. “There’s longtime residents, the Orthodox Jewish community and a flood of young hipsters.”

“We feel strongly about creating spaces where all different kinds of people of different colors and income levels can hang out and be safe and get to know each other. And what better place to do that than around food?” she added.

Fees range from $612 for a 23-week full veggie share to $392 for a half veggie share to $185 for an 18-week fruit share. Click here find out more about the CSA’s fees and to apply. Applications are due May 20, though there are only about 30 full-time shares left, so they may run out before the deadline.  

Low-income spaces are also still available at the .