Happy CSA Week , Portland. Standing for Community Supported Agriculture, local farms offer up shares of their crops (think: subscriptions or memberships) to the community each season.
Here are four local farms that are enrolling (or soon enrolling) for seasonal offerings:
47th Avenue Farm
| $485+ for 6 months
Fill a bag with vegetables grown in Portland’s Woodstock neighborhood every week during the summer (every two weeks during the winter) at locations in Southeast Portland or Lake Oswego.
Cloud Cap Mushrooms
| $24+ for 4 weeks
Get culinary-grade mushrooms from this family-run business (there are four pick-up locations in Portland) or add their mushrooms to one of several local CSA programs.
Cully Neighborhood Farm
| $125+ for 6-13 weeks
Pick up a bag of fresh vegetables every week or every other week, summer through winter; add-on options include U-pick herbs, cut flowers, and more.
Home Orchard Education Center
| Weekly prices TBD
This educational nonprofit grows a unique mix of heirloom, modern, and rare fruits at the Clackamas Community College campus and offers a portion of the harvest through a 15-week “fruit only” CSA program with various box sizes.