Cornell Cooperative Extension

Dutchess County
kohlrabi
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You can find a local CSA that offers vegetables...

strawberries
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Fruits...

bunches of dried lavender for sale at an NYC farmers' market
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Herbs...

coneflowers and black eyed susans (echinacea & rudbeckia)
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Flowers...

bulk meat wrapped and labelled in a home freezer
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Even local meat!

Community Supported Agriculture

What is Community Supported Agriculture?

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a mutually supportive and cooperative relationship between the producer and the consumer. The consumer pays for a crop "share" in advance, guaranteeing producers a market for their goods. In return, growers commit themselves to supplying fresh, quality produce to shareholders on a weekly basis throughout the growing season.


Amenia

Still Point Community Farm
Location: 103 Amenia Union Road, Amenia, NY
Contact: Susan Tompson (845) 373‐8010
Produce: Vegetables, Herbs, Fruit

Ancramdale

Sol Flower Farm
Location: 90 Wiltsie Bridge Road; Ancramdale, NY
Contact: Andy Szymanowicz (518) 567‐1951
Produce: Flowers, Herbs, Vegetables
www.solflower.com

Barrytown

Shoving Leopard Farm?
Location: 845 River Road, Barrytown, NY
Contact: Marina Michahelles (845) 758‐9961
Produce: Mixed Vegetables, Herbs,Flowers

Germantown
Fog & Thistle Farm
Location: 4872 Route 9G, Germantown, NY
Contact: (518) 751‐0579
Produce: Vegetables, Herbs
www.fogandthistlefarm.wordpress.com

Hillsdale

Hawk Dance Farm
Location: 362 Rodman Road, Hillsdale, NY
Contact: Damon Clift & Diane Creed (518) 325‐1430
Produce: Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers

Hopewell Junction 

Fishkill Farms
Location: 9 Fishkill Farm Road, Hopewell Junction, NY
Contact: Josh Morgenthau & Hannah Geller (845) 897‐4377
Produce: Mixed Vegetables
www.fishkillfarms.com

Healthy Harvest
Location: Johnson Farm 180 Carpenter Road, Hopewell Junction, NY
Contact: (845) 226‐8064
Produce: Mixed Vegetables, Herbs
www.healthyharvestcsa.org

Hughsonville

Obercreek Farm
Location: 59 Marlorville Road, Hughsonville, NY
Contact: Same Wildfong or Tim Heuer (845) 337‐1906
Produce: Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers
Pick up Stonykill Barn, Wappingers

Patterson

Cascade Farm
Location: 124 Harmony Road, Patterson, NY 12563
Contact: David Frost (845) 878‐3258
Produce: Mixed Produce
www.cascadefarmschool.org

POUGHKEEPSIE

Bounty of the Valley
Location: Jewish Community Center, Grand Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY
Contact: bountyoŌhevalley@gmail.com
Produce: Vegetables, Herbs
www.bountyoŌhevalley.org

Poughkeepsie Farm Project
Location: Vassar College Farm, Raymond & Hooker Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY
Contact: Wendy Burkhart‐Spiegel (845) 240‐3734
Produce: Vegetables, Herb
www.farmproject.org

Red Hook

Great Song Farm
Location: 475‐479 Milan Hill Road, Red Hook, NY
Contact: Jennifer Carson & Anthony Mecca (518) 945‐8851
Produce: Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers
www. greatsongfarm.com

Greig Farm CSA
Location: 223 Pitcher Lane, Red Hook, NY
Contact: Norman Greig
(845) 758‐1234
Produce: Fruit
www.greigfarm.com

Standfordville

Sisters Hill Farm
Location: 127 Sisters Hill Rd., Stanfordville, NY
Contact: David Hambleton (845) 868‐7048
Produce: Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers, fruit
www.sistershillfarm.org

Tivoli

Hearty Roots Community Farm
Location: 227 Pitcher Lane,Tivoli, NY
Contact: Ben & Lindsey Shute (845) 943‐8609
Produce: Mixed Vegetables
www.heartyroots.com

Northwind Farms
Location: 185 West Kerley Corners Road, Tivoli, NY
Contact: Richard Biezynski (845) 757‐5591
Produce: Beef, Pigs, Goats, Fowl, Fruit, Vegetables
www.northwindfarmsallnatural.com

Upstate Farms of Highland ‐ Year Around
Location: Rt. 9, Tivoli, NY
Contact: (845)756‐3803
Produce: Vegetables, Herbs, Honey, Eggs, Locally Made Cheese
www.upstatefarmsny.com

Wassaic

Wassaic Community Farm
Location: 17 Furnace Bank Road, Wassaic, NY
Contact: Ben Schwartz (866) 823‐2584
Produce: Vegetables, Herbs

Last updated July 26, 2019

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2014 CSA Directory

Find information and contacts for CSA Farms serving Dutchess and surrounding counties, in our  Community Supported Agriculture Brochure. 

Benefits

How does CSA benefit producers?
Share payment in advance eases a grower's financial burden in the early growing season and provides them both a market and an income. Because they know their market, they are less likely to over- or under-produce. CSA farmers are also less likely to be devastated by unexpected weather conditions because they grow a wide range of crops. While certain conditions may not be ideal for one crop, they are likely to produce an abundance of another.

How does CSA benefit consumers?
Shareholders are guaranteed a supply of fresh, quality produce during the growing season, and possibly longer. They also have the unique opportunity to connect with the land on which their food is grown by assisting in production or just visiting the farm on a regular basis for pick-ups and shareholder events. Community is fostered as a result of cooperative work, shared responsibility, and keeping food dollars within the local economy.

How Do I Join A CSA?

Review this information to find CSA farms that best suit your needs. Visit the farms to meet the owners and see the land. Review share prices, (call farms for current prices), pick-up times and locations, length of season, products available, and special features of the CSA. Then contact the farm to join. Please note that most CSA's require you to purchase your share in the spring, before the season begins.

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