Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Subscription Boxes Now Available from Local Farms

Veggie up, Sarasota! Honeyside Farms, Worden Farm, Blumenberry Farm and Gamble Creek Farms announced their seasonal CSA-subscription opportunities for residents of Florida’s Suncoast.

It’s that time of year—CSA season! Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular and intimate way for conscious consumers to support their local farmers, reaping delicious, seasonal produce in return.

The nature of how CSA programs work is you, the consumer (and locavore legend might we add), purchase a “crop share” from a local farm just as the harvest season begins. Throughout the growing season, share members (a.k.a veggie box subscription holders) receive your “shares” of just-harvested vegetables and other unique products on a weekly basis, celebrating the healthy harvest hand-in-hand with the farm itself.

Joining a CSA program is an easy step in making your food choices matter. Exercising your purchasing power to support our local resilience keeps the value of your dollar in our local economy. In choosing local and creating the food system that we want, we the consumers preserve the vibrance, heritage and production of our area’s agricultural businesses.

Explore the CSA Subscription Boxes now available from local farms below. If we missed one, please don’t hesitate to contact us today!

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Honeyside Farms

Available: Certified Organic Veggie Box Subscriptions
Details: 30-week subscriptions ($35/week)
*Option to be billed weekly, or pay one lump-sum at 10% discount)
*Cancellation possible for weekly plan with 2 weeks notice. Cancellation possible for 30-week plan, refunds available for unused weeks.
Duration: Starts second week of November until May 2021
Pick Up Locations: Bradenton’s Bayside Sod Store (15140 State Road 64 E) OR Sarasota’s Bayside Sod Store (7172 Clark Rd)

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Worden Farm

Available:  Organic Veggie Boxes of assorted seasonal harvests including salad greens, cooking greens, root crops, fruiting vegetables and culinary herbs
Details: 4-week Membership Cycles ($25/week)
*Option to purchase a donation box that will go directly to food banks and community social service partners to help promote health and fight hunger
Duration: Starting box distribution in the first week of November
Pick up Locations:  Downtown Sarasota Farmers’ Market OR Worden Farm on Bermont Road, Punta Gorda OR Downtown St Pete Saturday Morning Market

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Blumenberry Farms

Available: Weekly boxes of organic produce, eggs, and more
Details: 22-week ($25/week) OR 4-week($28.75/week)
Pick Up Locations (5): At the farm at multiple pickup locations via Grove Ladder Farms
Duration: First boxes available November 18 until Spring 2021

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Gamble Creek Farms

Available: Rotating themed Brunch Boxes that feed 4-6 people and are curated from reputable Florida producers/growers
Pick Up Locations: At the farm (14950 Golf Course Rd, Parrish, FL 34219) OR at a Chiles Group Restaurant (Mar Vista, The SandBar & The Beach House)
Cost: $42.50-$46

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Transition Sarasota is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and is part of Transition US. For almost a decade, Transition Sarasota has partnered with farms in Manatee and Sarasota Counties to glean excess produce and donate it to the area food banks. This provides local, nutritious produce to diverse populations, supports local farms with a tax deduction for donated produce, and builds community by uniting volunteers with interest in local, sustainable food.