2024 Summer CSA Farm Share - SOLD OUT

The 2024 Summer CSA share, or Community Supported Agriculture share, runs from June through September right here at the farm. Rather than a standard vegetable subscription plan, the Dancing Harvest CSA is meant to cultivate stronger connections between you, your farm, and your fellow veggie eaters! Each week, in addition to your vegetables, you will receive a note from your farmers with what was harvested for the week, recipes and produce storage tips, and reflections from the field. You are also encouraged to pick your own flowers and herbs from the front garden during your weekly farm visits. When you purchase a CSA share, you are supporting the farm at the beginning of the year when all the seeds and equipment are bought, and in turn enjoy a share of the farm’s bounty throughout the harvest season. Registration for our Fall CSA will open in August, 2024!

Read what CSA members have said about the program here.

 CSA Details & FAQs

  • As we harvest and eat our way through the seasons, our vegetables will reflect subtle and obvious changes from June to September. We aim to include a variety of cooking and cut greens, root vegetables, alliums, and fruiting crops every week. For an extensive list of our seasonal crop variety, read our harvest calendar here.

  • Medium shares include 5 or 6 vegetable items a week whereas Full shares include 9 or 10 vegetable items. Both share sizes include pick-your-own flowers and herbs.

    When deciding which size is best for you, we recommend thinking about how many people the CSA share will feed, and how often they eat or cook with vegetables:

    Medium shares are designed for 1-2 people who prepare some of their meals at home. Medium shares receive less volume than Full shares, but will choose from the same produce options as Full shares.

    Full shares are ideal for 2+ people who prepare the majority of their meals at home and/or rely on a plant-based diet. Full shares are larger in volume and will have priority on vegetables limited in the case of a crop failure.

    We have designed these share sizes thanks to CSA Member input over the last two years. Let us know if we can help you think through your CSA size, we are happy to chat!

  • We are thrilled to host you at the farm in South Portland every week for on-farm pickups! CSA pickup times will be Mondays 2-6:30pm and Wednesdays 2-6:30pm. There is parking available at the farm.

    Every week, you will be sent a newsletter that includes the week’s harvest. On your chosen CSA pickup day (you choose at checkout, and can email me to make changes) you will select from a market-style display exactly what vegetables you want to take home. Medium shares can choose 5-6 "items" and Full shares choose 9-10. Some weeks there might be a limit like, "Please only take one head of lettuce" right when they are starting to size up, but otherwise if you want 3 of your 9 items to be 3 heads of lettuce that's fine! "Items" = one bunch of carrots, one bag of salad greens, one pint of cherry tomatoes, etc.

  • Medium shares = $475 for 5-6 items + pick-your-own flowers and herbs. This comes to $29.60/week.

    Full shares = $650 for 9-10 items + pick-your-own flowers and herbs. This comes to $40.60/week

    We are in the process of accepting SNAP/EBT payments for the CSA. Please reach out if you would like to use this payment method!

  • You can pay for your share in full or in installments, online or by check.

    Online installments have been divided into thirds. The default payment schedule is paying 1 installment for 3 months, beginning on the date of your first installment payment. We will email you to confirm your schedule and your monthly payments after you purchase your first installment and then again when your next installment is coming up. We are happy to customize schedules so that it works for you!

    Check Installments can also be paid in thirds or divided differently. Please send your check installments together and post-date them so that we can deposit them on schedule (example: checks dated Dec. 15, Jan., 15, Feb. 15). We will always email you 48 hours ahead of depositing your check.

    When mailing a check, please include a note with your name, CSA pick-up day, and your email. Please make checks out to Dancing Harvest Farm and mail to 77 Elm Street Apt 1 Saco, ME 04072.

    We are in the process of accepting SNAP/EBT payments for the CSA. Please reach out if you would like to use this payment method!

  • We grow following all organic practices and go beyond the base requirements to grow as ecologically and ethically as we can. We are not yet certified- but hopefully we will have big news come 2024!

  • If you cannot pick up your share, feel free to have a friend or neighbor or coworker pick up for you! If you will not have anyone pick up for you, please let us know so we can donate your share.

  • If you forget to pick up your share, please email us ASAP and we can coordinate a box pixkup for the next day. After 24 hours, your share will be donated.