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We just received details about the Deep Winter 2026 Vegetable Share from Golden Earthworm Organic Farm. 
This winter share will have three distributions, all Thursdays, 5:30 – 8:00pm at St. Mark’s Church: January 8th, February 5th, and February 26th.

We apologize for the short notice, especially during the holiday season, but there is a quick turnaround.

Please sign up by December 31st!

Optional add-on Apple Share: Large, 5lb tote of Apples from Champlain Orchards.  Ecologically-grown, non-organic. Price: $38

Volunteer: As a volunteer-run organization, we ask that each share volunteers for one distribution shift during the winter share. (Note: if two households split a share, just one distribution shift is required.) We will be sending out a link to members to sign up for volunteer shifts soon.

Mushroom Share from Big Apple Fungi

Local Queens mushroom farm. The variety of mushrooms will vary based on availability, but mostly will include: oyster, king trumpet, lion’s mane, shimeji, maitake and chestnut.

Prices are for three deliveries: 1/2 pound is $30; 1 pound is $60.

Sign up HERE

Questions about mushrooms: info@myshrooms.one

Wishing everyone very Happy Holidays!

Pick up at St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82nd St., Jackson Heights, NY, 11372, Thursdays, 5:30 – 8:00pm.

Fruit Share: This is a 16-week fruit share from Champlain Orchards of Shoreham, Vermont. Pickup will be at the same time as the vegetable CSA (Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:00pm at St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82nd St.), but PLEASE NOTE: distribution will begin in August, with exact start date to be determined later in the summer as the fruit ripens. We will announce the date via email and website.

Prices:

Full Vegetable Share, April 23rd – June 7th: $909.04

Biweekly Vegetable Share, April 23rd – June 7th: $454.52

Subsidized Vegetable Share, April 23rd – June 7th: $454.52

Full Fruit Share: $176.32

Biweekly Fruit Share: $88.16

Early Bird Pricing! For the first time, we’re offering a special early bird price for members who sign up by April 22nd, 2025.

Refer a Friend! Receive a gift of a canvas Farm Spot tote bag if you refer a friend who signs up for a vegetable share. Be sure to drop us a line to let us know!

Biweekly Share! This year we are offering a vegetable share every other week (instead of every week). There will be Week A and Week B distributions. You will be assigned a week. If you have a preference, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate you if we can. (The farm needs to split the alternate week shares 50/50 in terms of delivering, so we’ll need to keep a balance between Weeks A and B.)

Subsidized Vegetable Share In an effort to keep CSA shares accessible regardless of income level, Farm Spot offers a limited number of Subsidized Vegetable Shares. Sign up is on the honor system, available on a first come first serve basis. As more funds become available, we will increase the number of subsidized shares. 

2025 Pricing – Please read the message from Golden Earthworm Farm about their price increase this year: “You’ll notice an increase in the vegetable share price, reflective of our increasing costs of labor and transport.  This year the government’s mandatory wage rate increase jumped to $18.80/hour.  We had also underestimated the transport costs last season, so those had to be adjusted so we don’t lose money.  Under normal circumstances, we don’t expect significant share price increases from year to year.”  If you have any questions about the details of this increase, please let us know.  

A Farm Spot Administrative Fee has been added to the price of our shares to cover our expenses, most notably the rent we are required to pay to St. Mark’s Church for weekly use of the space. Since we cannot know how many shares will be sold every year, we do our best to calculate the administrative fee based on past years. If we have excess funds, they are rolled over into the subsidized share fund. 

Two volunteer shifts required per share* (not per household, so if two households split a share, it’s still a total of two shifts) *unless someone is unable to physically fulfill the volunteer responsibilities.

Questions: farmspot@gmail.com

The time has come to SIGN UP for a 2024 CSA share! 

Farm Spot will be partnering with Golden Earthworm Organic Farm again this year. Our CSA partner from 2006 – 2021, Golden Earthworm is now based in southern Vermont and continues to provide certified organic produce. The 2024 CSA season is 22 weeks, and they are able to provide an optional fruit share from a nearby farm. We’re looking forward to enjoying their delicious produce again, along with the helpful recipes and farm updates in their weekly newsletters. 

SIGN UP HERE – and please forward to anyone that might be interested. Deadline to sign up is 5/15/24!

Information about the 2024 share:

Distribution location: St Mark’s Church on the corner of 34th avenue and 82nd street

Dates: Thursdays, June 20th to November 21st, 2024, 5:30-8pm (no distribution on July 4th)

Cost for the vegetable share: $875.30

Cost of the Subsidized vegetable share: $437.80 (limited number of shares available – if sold out, please email us to be put on wait list)

Cost for the fruit share: $145.35

VOLUNTEERING

All members are expected to volunteer two shifts per share; Members who have both a vegetable and fruit share are required to serve two shifts, the requirement does not double. Any members for whom the ongoing COVID-19 crisis makes volunteering unsafe or impossible should email Farm Spot. Farm Spot CSA is only possible with the help of volunteers – we do not have other means to operate distribution. Feel free to contact us with any questions: volunteerfarmspot@gmail.com

Sign up for volunteer shifts here

SHARE PICK-UP

The above dates, between 5:30 pm & 8:00 pm, at St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82nd st. If you do not pick up your share during those hours, it will be donated appropriately. We are unable to save shares. If you are unable to pick up your share yourself, you may ask a friend or neighbor (even if they are not a Farm Spot member) to pick up your share on your behalf. Please remember to give them the principal share member’s name (the name that your share is listed under in the sign-up book).

Splitting shares:

In past years, Farm Spot has encouraged members to look for share partners on social media and community message boards. People have been known to find share partners on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/farmspotcsa/). If you cannot find a share on your own, please email farmspot@gmail.com and we will do our best to match you with a share partner.

We are offering a Winter Share for the first time in several years! Four monthly deliveries of a 20+ pound box of organic vegetables from Golden Earthworm Organic Farm. For those unfamiliar, Farm Spot was partnered with Golden Earthworm for about 16 years, until they lost much of their leased farmland in Long Island and were no longer able to provide enough vegetables for CSA groups. They have since relocated to land they now own in Vermont, and we are happy to partner with them for a winter share (Note: our current farm, Angel Family Farm does not offer a winter share).

Sign up HERE

Winter Vegetable Share: each month a 20+ lb box of organic vegetables, including winter squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, potatoes, rutabaga, beets, watermelon radish, cabbage (and possibly broccoli and cauliflower). $221

Optional Add-on Shares from Briermere Farm, in Riverhead, Long Island, a non-organic farm that uses compost in their farming practice.

Apple Share: each month a 4-pound bag of a variety of apples. $37

Apple Cider Share: each month a 1/2 gallon of apple cider. $35

Dates: Thursdays, 5:30 – 8:00pm. November 16th, December 14th, January 11th, and February 8th.

Location: pick up for the Winter Share will be at The Queensboro Restaurant, 80-02 Northern Blvd at 80th St.

Sign up HERE – deadline to sign up is October 20th!

Please email us at farmspot@gmail.com if you’d like more info or to be added to the waiting list.

For our current members, see you later this week, on Thursday, June 15th from 5:30 – 8:00pm for our first distribution.

— Please remember to bring BAGS to haul your vegetables home.

— If you can’t make it to pick up, please ask a friend or neighbor to pick up for you as WE CANNOT SAVE SHARES. All unclaimed shares will be donated.

See you there! 🌟 🥬 🌟

We still have vegetable shares available.

Deadline is extended to June 8th, sign up here!

The first distribution is Thursday, June 15th and runs through October 26th.

We are announcing sign ups for our 2023 season! Also, a reminder that the Meet the Farmers event hosted by the Sunnyside CSA at Sunnyside Community Services (43-31 39th St. at Queens Blvd. 40th St. stop on the 7 train) is on Monday, April 3rd at 7pm. Come meet our farmers from Angel Family Farm and ask them any questions. All are welcome! 

This is the link to sign up for the 2023 share, deadline for signup is by May 31st. This year the price of the vegetable share remains the same at $700 for the 20 week share. If you don’t want to buy a full share, please consider splitting a share with a friend/neighbor. We have a very limited amount of subsidized shares available on a honor system/first come basis. As you may know, we run on extremely slim margins in order to keep the price for the share affordable and to be able to offer a very limited amount of subsidized shares to community members in need. Please consider making a donation to Farm Spot so that we can fundraise for subsidized shares. 

Sign up for a 2023 vegetable share here!

Distribution will run from June 15th to October 26th on Thursdays from 5:30-8pm at St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82nd St., Jackson Heights, NY 11372. 

Each weekly share will have 5-6 items (generally 6 items, but if there’s a very large amount of one particular item, it may be 5 on some weeks). After discussing feedback from last season, our partner farm, Angel Family Farm has provided us with the following list for this coming season including:

Beets 

Carrots 

Lemon verbena 

Sweet peas 

Collard greens 

Kale 

Onions  – multi variety 

Cilantro 

Lemon balm 

Parsley 

Basil 

Lettuce — multi variety 

Asian greens 

Radishes 

Arugula 

Swiss chard 

Lemon grass 

Tomatillo 

Oregano 

Chamomile 

Kohlrabi – multi variety 

Garlic 

Zucchini – multi variety 

Potato – multi variety 

Tomatillos 

Tomato – multi variety 

Sweet peppers 

Hot pepper 

Eggplant 

Corn – bicolor 

Sweet potato – multi variety 

Winter squashes – multi variety 

Pumpkin – multi variety 

Volunteer shifts: The requirement for membership will still be two shifts per share. We are 100% volunteer run and really value the time that you spend helping to make this happen in our neighborhood. Please remember that volunteering is part of your responsibility as a Farm Spot member. Megan, our volunteer coordinator, will email with details about volunteer sign ups. As a note, two households splitting a share are required to do a combined two shifts in total.

We thank Megan for her hard work and service as Volunteer Coordinator for the past few years and are currently looking to pass the torch to another member who would like to step into this role. Please email farmspot@gmail.com if you are interested to volunteer as a core member. 

Splitting shares: In past years, Farm Spot has encouraged members to look for share partners on social media and community message boards. People have been known to find share partners on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/farmspotcsa/). If you cannot find a share on your own, please email farmspot@gmail.com and we will do our best to match you with a share partner.

Unclaimed Shares: Shares must be picked up each week between 5:30 – 8:00pm. If you can’t make it, feel free to ask a friend or neighbor to pick up your share. Farm Spot is not able to store unclaimed shares, all unclaimed shares will be donated.

Thank you for reading this all the way through, we look forward to our upcoming season!

If you know anyone that might be interested, please forward this link. 

Please keep your eyes here for an update and sign-ups for Farm Spot’s 2022 CSA season!

Updates are also posted to our Instagram @farmspotjh and Facebook @farmspotcsa

UPDATE: We are currently SOLD OUT of full price Vegetable Shares for the 2020 season. We have a limited number of Subsidized Vegetable Shares available. Please read info about income eligibility + sign up HERE. Email us with any questions or to be put on the waiting list: farmspot@gmail.com — posted 5/29/20

>>>  Sign up for a 2020 CSA share HERE. <<<

Dear Farm Spot Friends and Family,

We hope that you are staying safe and taking care of each other.

As we roll out the 2020 CSA season with Golden Earthworm Organic Farm, we realize that many of you have concerns regarding the upcoming season. We hope that we will be covering some of these concerns below. If you have other questions, please let us know. Contact us at farmspot@gmail.com

2020 DATES + PRICES
– Distribution will run from JUNE 4th through NOVEMBER 12th, 2020
– The price of the VEGETABLE share is $680.54* (25 weeks) *please scroll down for a note on pricing!
– The price of the FRUIT share is $101.77 (14 weeks)

A) NEWS FROM THE FARM…
Golden Earthworm Organic Farm , the producer of our beautiful organic produce year after year, is on track to start delivering to us the first week of June, as planned. They have seen an uptick in signups due to the concern about food safety and quality during this time. CSA organic produce is less handled in general, and not handled by the public. The farm is committed to food safety and is closely monitoring the situation and updating protocols. We are so happy to support this.
Here is their statement regarding food safety:
“Our produce is grown is nutrient-rich soil that we have been building for over two decades. Not only is it 100% Certified Organic and non-GMO, every member of our staff has been trained in food safety following certification training of our management staff through the Produce Safety Alliance. We follow USDA GAP standards and protocols and we were one of the first farms to adopt these standards more than a decade ago. CSA produce is perhaps the least handled food available. It is harvested in the field, washed and packaged, and then shipped in clean boxes directly to CSA member pick-up sites. No warehouses, middle men, extra handling or consumer touching. We will continue to monitor the situation and adjust our handling protocols as necessary to ensure that our produce is clean and safe for you”.
Please also consider supporting local food through Lewis Waite CSA Extras. You can order a la carte items from local farms such as meat, cheese, grain, bread, and more. They distribute/deliver to Farm Spot members during our CSA season. Lewis Waite Farmer Network (local marketplace) 

NOTE on 2020 PRICING:

As you may know, we run on extremely slim margins in order to keep the price for the share affordable and to be able to offer a limited amount of subsidized shares to community members in need. The price increase this year reflects a price increase from the farm which is due to the increased cost of production resulting from the new law in New York State mandating overtime pay for farm employees. Golden Earthworm Farm fully supports this expansion of labor rights to the farm sector – as does Farm Spot – but this will increase the farm’s payroll costs, and in turn increase the cost of the share. Read more about the Farmworkers Farm Labor Practices Act 

— We are offering a 3-MONTH INSTALLMENT PAYMENT PLAN for those who prefer to make multiple payments.

— If you are able, please consider making a 💚donation to Farm Spot💚 so that we can fundraise for 🌟subsidized shares🌟.

FARM SPOT UPDATES:

VOLUNTEER SHIFTS:
The requirement for membership will still be two shifts per share. We are 100% volunteer run and really value the time that you spend helping to make this happen in our neighborhood. Please remember that volunteering is part of your responsibility as a Farm Spot member. Megan, our volunteer coordinator, will email with details about volunteer sign ups in May.

SPLITTING SHARES:
In past years, Farm Spot has encouraged members to look for share partners on social media and community message boards. People have been known to find share partners by posting on the Farm Spot Facebook page  or on Jackson Heights Life (a free list serve, but sign up is required in order to log in). If you cannot find a share on your own, please email farmspot@gmail.com and we will do our best to match you with a share partner.

SUBSIDIZED SHARE PROGRAM:
Farm Spot feels that it is imperative to continue to offer a subsidized share program so that members of the community who fall within specific income requirements can access fresh, organic produce. We have been operating on reduced shares since last year, which has made it difficult to fund this program. We continue to rely on donations for the subsidy. Please consider making a donation (or multiple donations) when you sign up for your share. We are very grateful for any type of donation received towards this. We will announce subsidized share sign ups later in the season when we are able to subsidize them. Please stay tuned.

WE ARE SEEKING A NEW CORE MEMBER:
We are looking for a core member – someone who will be responsible for overseeing signups and tech support. Core members are volunteers who are involved in decision making and implementation of actions needed in running a CSA. Requirements would also include attending occasional core group meetings, participating in group discussion, and voting on issues regarding the CSA (the last two duties are mainly done via email).
If you are interested in becoming a core member, or have questions about it, please email farmspot@gmail.com

Thank you for reading this all the way through, we look forward to our upcoming season!

Sign up now for a Farm Spot Winter Share HERE!

>>> Deadline to sign up is November 20th, 2019. <<<

All the details:

The GOLDEN EARTHWORM ORGANIC WINTER VEGETABLE SHARE consists of Certified Organic root vegetables and hearty winter greens
Cost: $128.80 for a share (4 distributions)
Each box will contain 15+ lbs of the following crops grown on the Golden Earthworm Organic Farm (and sourced from other local, organic family farms). Actual crops depend on availability: Potatoes, Watermelon Radish, Purple Top Turnips, Parsnips, Rutabaga, Carrots, Beets, Leeks, Winter Squash and Cabbage. If we have a warm December, the first box may include greens from the fields. Exact contents to be determined.

NON-ORGANIC BRIERMERE FARM APPLE SHARE – $33.35 for a share (4 deliveries, 4 lbs of apples per delivery)
NON-ORGANIC BRIERMERE FARM CIDER SHARE – $26.45 (4 deliveries)

PICK-UP DATES FOR ALL SHARES:
Delivery 1 – December 12, 2019
Delivery 2 – January 9, 2020
Delivery 3 – February 6, 2020
Delivery 4 – March 5, 2020

Pickup will be at St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82nd St, Jackson Heights, from 5:30-8:15pm

Note that we are *unable to save shares*. If you are unable to make it to pick up, please ask a neighbor, friend or family member to pick up for you. Unclaimed shares are donated to those in need.

Some additional announcements for this upcoming winter share season:
-You will notice a slight increase in price for the winter share. We strive to keep costs as low as possible but we needed to increase the price slightly to cover administrative fees (rent for distribution, etc).

-Please consider a donation to Farm Spot, even if you aren’t getting a winter share. Our margins have been extremely slim and we are working to fundraise for subsidized shares for the upcoming summer season – thank you!
To make a donation, please use the link for the winter sign up where there is an option to add a donation to your cart.

-Please remember to sign up for your volunteer shift for the winter share. This is a requirement of being a member (one volunteer shift per share for the winter season). Everyone’s efforts helps to make this happen. Please use this link to sign up:
https://signup.com/go/SOgZNyC

Lewis Waite Farm CSA Extras will deliver on Thursdays during our winter distribution this year! Please place your orders as usual. If you aren’t already aware of their great local selection, check out their website HERE and sign up to be able to place orders for local products

-Farmbridge frozen share is NOT available this year.

-We cannot save shares, please pick up during distribution hours. You can always send a neighbor or friend to pick up your share in your place.

Questions: farmspot@gmail.com