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CSA shares for the 2024 season will be available for sale to the public in late January!
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Want to eat well and support local farms?
Try a CSA organic vegetable basket!
What is CSA?
Community Supported Agriculture is a model that directly connects local farmers and eaters, allowing to share in the joys and realities of small-scale agriculture.
How does it work? At the beginning of the season, you sign up and pay for your share of the season’s vegetables. Your support helps us buy the seed, compost, and equipment we need for the year ahead. Then, we provide you with weekly baskets of fresh, organic, local produce all season long.
2024 CSA details
Summer Share
- The summer share runs from the week of May 27th to the week of October 23rd
- Our main season summer share offers 22 weeks of organic, seasonal eating
- Deliveries in Old Ottawa East, Little Italy/Chinatown, Riverside Park and at the farm in Petite Nation
- A diversified selection of local seasonal vegetables, directly from your farmers
- 38$/week – 836$ for the 22 week summer share
- Installment plans for payment are available
- Baskets will reflect the seasons – for more details on what’s in a share, click here.
Spring Share
- The spring share runs for 2 weeks – weeks of May 13th to May 20th
- Must love greens! This early spring basket will be filled with the first harvests of the season – all of the leafy, crunchy vegetables that we long for after a long winter.
- There will be lots of salad and cooking greens, asparagus, crunchy roots like radishes and turnips, herbs and more.
- 38$/week – 76$ for the 2 week spring extension
- Deliveries in Old Ottawa East, Little Italy/Chinatown, Riverside Park and at the farm in Petite Nation
Fall Share
- The fall share runs biweekly from the week of November 4th to the week of December 9th
- Our fall basket will offer a mix of autumn storage crops: root vegetables, squash and garlic, fresh greens and more, so you can keep eating local for longer
- The biweekly baskets are larger than the main season share, with more storage crops and bigger formats on some items
- 76$/basket – 228$ for the fall extension
- Deliveries in Old Ottawa East, Little Italy/Chinatown, Riverside Park and at the farm in Petite Nation
Flower Share
Add flowers to your summer baskets!
- For 10 weeks of the summer, get a locally-grown and arranged bouquet alongside your organic vegetable basket.
- Weekly seasonal bouquets will vary throughout the growing season – all flowers are grown, harvested and arranged at Agricola
- Flower share runs from July to September
- 27$/week – 270$ for the flower share, taxes included
- Deliveries in Old Ottawa East, Little Italy/Chinatown, Riverside Park and at the farm in Petite Nation
Organic Bread Share
Add a loaf of bread to your summer baskets!
- During the summer share, add a loaf of locally-grown, milled and baked organic bread to your vegetable basket.
- The bread is “La Campagne”, a light sourdough of freshly milled wheat. The perfect everyday bread! 8.50$ / loaf
- Bread is baked by our neighbours Mélissa and Julien at La Fille du Boulanger, in Ripon QC
- Deliveries in Old Ottawa East, Little Italy/Chinatown, and at the farm in Petite Nation
Organic Egg Share
Add a dozen eggs to your summer baskets!
- During the summer share, add a dozen organic, local eggs to your vegetable basket
- 8.50$ / dozen
- The organic eggs are produced by our neighbours at Ferme Pascal et Marco in Plaisance, QC.
- Eggs will not be available the weeks of August 21 and 28.
- Deliveries in Old Ottawa East, Little Italy/Chinatown, Riverside Park and at the farm in Petite Nation
Where do I pick up my farm share?
We offer five pick-up locations:
Old Ottawa East: Wednesdays from 4-6 pm on Main Street – Greystone Presentation Centre
and Saturdays from 9am to 12pm at the Main Street Market
Little Italy/Chinatown: Thursdays from 4-6 pm at the Dalhousie Community Garden on the corner of Preston Street and Somerset Street
Riverside Park : Saturdays from 10 am-12pm at the Ottawa Organic Farmers’ Market on Riverside Drive
For Petite Nation residents, pick-ups will be Wednesdays from 12-5 pm at the farm in Papineauville, QC.
Why do our members sign up for Agricola's CSA year after year?
Here’s what they told us:
“Love you guys! So proud to get my veg from you – it’s always delicious. Love that it reduces my regular grocery shopping, love that I am supporting a cooperative… I love that I am doing one tiny thing to make the world a better and more sustainable place. ”
“I love how good the veggies taste (there is no doubt, they really are better than what I usually eat!) and how pretty the flowers are. I love bumping into friends and acquaintances at your stall—each week is different. I enjoy having a weekly ritual. “
“Such high quality! (This is my 3rd year with you). Perfect, convenient pick up location and schedule. I love the presentation of the pick up – the beauty fills me up.”
“The anticipation of seeing what is in the basket for the week. A perfect mix of variety of vegetables that inspired my cooking creativity. The swap box is brilliant, as are the recipes for that week’s veggies in the emails you send….I love my farm share and recommend you to everyone.”
“We’ve been accustomed to not having to go grocery shopping frequently and to having better quality produce that lasts!”
“Being part of your CSA is an integral part of my summer! I can’t imagine going without it now. I love getting the freshest produce every week and getting to cook seasonally.”
“We return for the wonderful incredible delicious produce, friendly staff and efficient service.”
Join our flower share!
What our members are saying:
“These bouquets were generous and spectacular – the best I’ve ever had – and each succeeding week delivered the same high quality”
“I’m so pleased we signed up for the flower share as well. I loved the way your organic, wild arrangements brighten up our home.”
“Flowers were gorgeous and otherworldly”
Solidarity Shares
We offer a Solidarity Share program in order to increase access to local and organic food across income brackets. The goal of this program is to offer a percentage of our CSA shares at a reduced rate to lower-income members of our community.
In order to support this program, we are humbly requesting donations from CSA members and all supporters who are able to contribute financially to making local food more accessible for their neighbours. The cost of Solidarity Shares will divided between the participant, the farm, and community donations.
Notes from Solidarity Share participants:
“The vegetables were fresh and delicious. Thank you for your kindness and generosity.”
“Your love toward us was much felt through the weekly supply of fresh vegetables.”
“We would like to thank you so much for the vegetables that we received over the months. Firstly, it gave us the opportunity to discover new vegetables … Secondly, it has increased the variety of our diet and this has also improved our health.
We have had some days where the vegetables were all that we had to eat and they have particularly been lifesavers on those days. Sometimes we have the privilege of sharing these vegetables with others. This experience always gladdens our hearts.”
Interested in Contributing?
CSA members will have the option to donate to our Solidarity Share program at the time of their subscription. Anyone can also donate at any time by following the link below.
