The Farm
Farm at Hopshire’s CSA is Back!
Pick up Time and Location
- On premise at Hopshire, Thursdays from 4-6:30pm
Pick up Style
This year we will be doing customizable boxes, chosen via a form emailed each week.
Sizes & Pricing
As someone who has been low income for a long time, offering a sliding scale is something that I really enjoy being able to offer. Also, this year I want to lean into the concept that it is a “share” of the produce. Please base your size off of how much you anticipate you will need for the year.
Small Share
$410-$620 per 20 week season ($20.50-$31 per week)
For one individual veggie eater, or for two less hungry veggie eaters.
Standard Share
$570-$770 per 20 week season ($28.50-$38.50 per week)
For two to three hungry veggies eaters.
Add-Ons
Beer CSA
$180 per 20-week season ($8.75 per half-growler)
Did you really think we’d partner with Hopshire and not offer a beer CSA? With this add-on, you’ll receive a half-growler of your choice each week. Just bring back your clean* growler for refill. (If you forget, no worries — you can get a Crowler for a $1 materials fee.)
Meat
$250 per 20 week season ($12.50 per week)
Each week you will receive the finest locally raised meat available. Most of the cuts will be Hopshire Angus raised on pasture and spent brewing grains without growth hormones or antibiotics.
Payment
A $200 deposit will be requested upon sign-up, and the rest of payment will be due by May 1. If you are in need of a payment plan, please let us know and we would be happy to help you out. Early payment helps us to purchase seeds and potting soil as well as to have some financial security as we start the year. Payment can be dropped off to Hopshire brewery, or mailed to Megan’s home address which can be given when confirmation is sent out.
Solidarity Share
Upon sign-up, you’ll have the option of adding a $25 Solidarity Share. We’ll tally up all donated shares and pledge to donate an equivalent number of vegetable boxes to local organizations and households in need throughout the growing season. This has been a really special gift to be able to give in past years, and we thank you all so much for contributing!
Contact Us
We want to hear from you: what you’d like to see us grow and what would help increase accessibility. The door is officially open. Share your stories with us, your hopes, your concerns, your questions. Help hold us accountable in this work that we are grateful and privileged to be doing. We can be reached by email at thefarm@hopshire.com, or connect with us on Instagram and Facebook.
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Megan began her farming experience shortly after graduating from Eastern Connecticut State with a degree in Biology. She has since worked as a full-time farm hand and livestock volunteer, with experience ranging from fiber works, high intensive vegetable production, milking cows, and operating farmers markets. Megan enjoys working with her hands sewing, crafting, and processing food– cooking, preserving, brewing, and more. She loves farming for the balance of learning something new almost everyday combined with the meditative flow of weeding carrots for hours on end.
Our Practices
Though we are not organic certified by the USDA, we practice an entirely organic method of farming focused on minimizing soil disturbance while maximizing resiliency in communities both above and below the ground. We believe that relationship-centered agriculture is key not only to restoring land, but also to restoring our role as humans in the landscape. You can come and experience firsthand what we are all so passionate about by attending one of our garden tours offered throughout the growing season.