Egg Share

LexFarm offers a weekly egg share to take care of all of your egg needs! Each week you will receive a dozen large eggs from Latremore Pine Ridge Farm in Chazy, NY. Latremore eggs are free-range, certified organic, and certified humane.

Pick up for the egg share is any day the stand is open (Wednesday-Saturday). Session 1 has already started; the pickup weeks for the remaining four sessions are as follows:

• Session 2: Mar 19 – May 24, 10 weeks
• Session 3: May 28 – Aug 2, 9 weeks, skip week of July 4th
• Session 4: Aug. 6 – Oct 11, 10 weeks
• Session 5: Oct 15 – Dec 20, 9 weeks, skip week of Thanksgiving

Mushroom Share

We will continue to partner with Fat Moon Farm to offer five weekly seasonal Mushroom Shares for pickup at LexFarm. The mushrooms are grown nearby in the Merrimack Valley. These certified-organic fungi are a delicious addition to any meal. Each week consists of one pound of mushrooms; the varieties change each week based on availability. They include Shiitake, Oyster (blue, brown, black pearly, yellow), Lion’s Mane, Chestnut, and more!

Pick up for the Mushroom Share is on Thursday or Friday. Session 1 has already started; the pickup weeks for the remaining four sessions are as follows:

• Session 2: Mar 20 – May 23, 10 weeks
• Session 3: May 29 – Aug 1, 9 weeks, skip week of July 4th
• Session 4: Aug. 7 – Oct 10, 10 weeks
• Session 5: Oct 16 – Dec 19, 9 weeks, skip week of Thanksgiving

Spring Vegetable Share

We’re thrilled to offer our own spring share again this year! You will pick up veggies on Wed/Thu over 4-5 weeks in the spring, starting in late April. This share will consist primarily of fresh greens, herbs and radishes or salad turnips. Welcome the spring by eating farm fresh, locally grown veggies.

Summer Vegetable Share

Our Summer Vegetable Share runs for 20 weeks from late May/early June to October. Exact dates are TBD and are based on early spring conditions.

We offer two size options:

• Full Share: 20-weeks: Pickup your share EVERY week of the season.
• Half Share: 10-weeks: Pickup your share EVERY OTHER week of the season. (You will be assigned to the ODD or EVEN week group when we announce the start date of the CSA.)

Summer Vegetable Shareholders have two options for pick up. There are a limited number of spots available for each option, so an early sign up is necessary to secure your preference.

• Option 1: Wednesday or Thursday
• Option 2: Friday or Saturday

All of the produce in the share is certified organic. The majority is grown at LexFarm and is supplemented with additional produce from other local farms to offer you more variety. Each week, we strive to include an allium (onion/garlic family), fresh eating greens, cooking greens, herbs and bulkier veggies to round out your meals.

Our share also includes an educational and fun Pick-Your-Own experience.

SNAP Summer Vegetable Share

Our Summer Vegetable Share runs for 20 weeks from late May/early June to October. Exact dates are TBD and are based on early spring conditions.

We offer two size options:

• Full Share: 20-weeks: Pickup your share EVERY week of the season.
• Half Share: 10-weeks: Pickup your share EVERY OTHER week of the season. (You will be assigned to the ODD or EVEN week group when we announce the start date of the CSA.)

Summer Vegetable Shareholders have two options for pick up. There are a limited number of spots available for each option, so an early sign up is necessary to secure your preference.

• Option 1: Wednesday or Thursday
• Option 2: Friday or Saturday

All of the produce in the share is certified organic. The majority is grown at LexFarm and is supplemented with additional produce from other local farms to offer you more variety. Each week, we strive to include an allium (onion/garlic family), fresh eating greens, cooking greens, herbs and bulkier veggies to round out your meals.

Our share also includes an educational and fun Pick-Your-Own experience.

Gleaners’ Share

This is a program geared towards the food waste warrior and canner/preserver. This Pick-Your-Own (PYO) Share will occur over the course of the entire growing season with 7-9 harvesting opportunities possible from mid-June through the beginning of October.

This share occurs on an “as-ready” basis, meaning the shares will not usually be in consecutive weeks. On share weeks, the share will be announced via email on Monday for Wednesday-Saturday harvesting. You will be able to PYO anytime the farmstand is open during the designated weeks AND on Thursday between 7:30am and 7pm. In 2024 shareholders received snap peas, green beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, greens, herbs and peppers with a total value far exceeding the purchase price of the share. Note: not all items are suitable for canning (like kale and herbs) but all can be preserved via freezing, drying, canning, pickling, fermentation and other forms of preservation.

Flower Share

LexFarm’s flower share is a pick-your-own experience where you will pick an average of 24 stems per week for 12 consecutive weeks, starting some time in July. You can pick your flowers any time the farmstand is open. We plant celosia, snapdragons, rudbeckia, sunflowers, cosmos, marigolds, zinnias, statice, ageratum, gomphrena, strawflower, and more! There’s a unique joy in picking your flowers, and the satisfaction of seeing a bouquet come together, knowing that you personally selected each stem. Note that the price will include a 6.25% sales tax.

Fruit Share

LexFarm is delighted to partner again with local farms such as Autumn Hill Orchards and Warner Farm to provide a 13-15 week Fruit Share, starting in early to mid-July. All fruit is grown locally using IPM (Integrated Pest Management) or organic growing practices.

Shares will vary in size and value throughout the season. The share starts light with berries as fruit season begins but gets progressively heftier with peaches, plums, melons and more at the height of summer, and apples and pears to close out the season. Many apples store well and are great for making pies and applesauce to enjoy through the winter.

Note that pickups will be on Wednesday or Thursday only to ensure the quality of the produce. New England’s climate brings some unpredictability as to what may be available, but we strive to provide you with the best of the growing season’s fruits.

Fall Vegetable Share

LexFarm’s Fall Share consists of four bi-weekly shares distributed in November and December. A big portion of the share are storage crops, and as a result each distribution is larger and meant to last over two weeks. You will pick-up a share every other week during the season on Friday or Saturday.

Shareholders will be able to choose from two pick-up schedules. There will be limited quantities in each session.

• Session A – 10/24, 11/7, 11/21, 12/12
• Session B – 10/31, 11/14, 12/5, 12/19

2025 CSA Prices

You are making an investment in LexFarm when you pay for your share at the beginning of our growing season; that’s when we most need capital to purchase seeds and other supplies.

*If the cost of our summer CSA is prohibitive to you and you are not a SNAP customer, we offer a limited number of subsidized CSA shares on a sliding scale starting at $425. Please reach out to [email protected] for more information!

Payment

All CSA shares must be paid in full at signup, except for the SNAP-Subsidized Summer Vegetable Share.

Ordering & Pick-up

1. Sign up online. If you choose to pay by credit card, we ask that you consider a 3% “tip” to cover credit card fees.If you choose to pay by check, you will enter a coupon code (paywithcheck) at check out.  Detailed instructions for paying by check can be found here.Please mail your check to LexFarm, PO Box 554, Lexington, MA 02420. Checks must be received within one week in order to reserve your share.You are welcome to split a share with another household, but we will record only one name per share. That name will appear on the sign-in sheet at share pickup and receive any email correspondence we send out.
2. Exact season start date for each Share type is subject to the weather and field conditions. We will send you an email a week or two prior to the start of each share informing you of the season start date and other relevant pickup details. For 10-week Summer Vegetable Shareholders, this email will also tell you whether you have been assigned to the odd or even week group.
3. Pick up your share on the designated days when the farmstand is open. View our farmstand hours below.
4. If you can’t make your regular pickup for your share, you may:
   • • • Seek a swap (this applies only to Summer Vegetable share). We will set up a Google group to help you swap dates with someone else if needed. Finding a swapmate is not guaranteed but it has worked well in past years.
         • Each of you is emailed an invitation to join the Google group at the start of the CSA season. (Email [email protected] to have your invitation resent if you find your 2024 invitation has expired.)
         • Have the swapmate check in under your name. You do not need to let us know.
   • Send a friend. This is a wonderful opportunity to introduce a neighbor, friend, or co-worker to the farm. Have the friend check in under your name. You do not need to let us know.
   • Donate your share. If you don’t pick up your share, the food will not go to waste. We donate all extra vegetables to food rescue organizations twice every week, and we are happy to make your share available to those who will use it!!

We are not staffed to make other pickup arrangements other than the ones described above. We cannot hold shares beyond the specified pickup dates. Thank you for working with these options.

Financial hardship

We strive to make our CSA shares available to everyone in our community. In cases of financial hardship, contact [email protected] for alternate payment plan options.  We also offer subsidized shares for SNAP recipients.

Refunds/Cancellations

Any refund or cancellation is contingent upon our ability to sell your reserved share. A $35 administrative fee will be deducted.  Any refund or cancellation request must be submitted at least one month before the start of the distribution of your share. Refunds are given at the discretion of LexFarm. You can request a cancellation and refund by contacting [email protected].

Sharing our Season Disclaimer

As a CSA member, you are supporting the farm and sharing both the bounty and risks of farming. By signing up for a CSA, you understand that those risks include poor harvests of crops due to unexpected weather, pests and disease, and while unlikely, there is a chance of total crop loss due to flood, drought, or other natural disasters.

ALL PYO WILL be closed in the case of thunderstorms, and cherry tomato PYO will be closed in the case of rain. (Common tomato diseases are spread more easily when leaves are wet.) Please check our Facebook page for weather updates.

Schedule Overviews

CSA Distribution schedule

The chart below is a visual aid to help you with your planning, but not precise.  Refer to each specific share description for the exact details.

CSA Pickup schedule
If you are ordering multiple CSAs, this chart provides a visual summary of CSA pickup days/times

Farmstand Hours

The farm stand is open 4 days per week year-round.
Farmstand Hours as of October 23, 2024:

We are not staffed to make other pickup arrangements other than the ones described above. We cannot hold shares beyond the specified pickup dates. Thank you for working with these options.