What's a CSA?

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs connect farms directly with individual consumers through a produce subscription, cutting the middleman out of the farm-to-consumer supply chain. This mutually beneficial model allows CSA members to purchase fresh fruit while also directly supporting our family-run regenerative organic farm and fostering a strong, resilient, and localized food system. Join our CSA and enjoy organic fruit delivered directly from our orchard in Brentwood, CA (or one of our organic Partner Farms) to one of our bay area pick-up sites. We offer our CSA members three box sizes with weekly or bi-weekly pick-up. Pick-up sites are locally donated spaces, such as the front porch of a generous neighbor, a nearby school, or a local business. By joining, you also gain access to our CSA-only newsletter and fun family-friendly farm events. 


What’s in a Frog Hollow CSA box?

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Frog Hollow Farm CSA boxes contain a diversity of seasonal organic fruit. In the summer and fall, CSA members enjoy the breadth of Frog Hollow’s legendary fruit straight from the orchard. Depending on season and availability, boxes may include cherries, apricots, plums, pluots, peaches, nectarines, apples, European pears, Asian pears, and/or grapes. During the winter months, when our orchard is largely dormant, CSA boxes are packed with organic fruit sourced from our CA Organic Partner Farms. All partnering Farms share Frog Hollow’s community-centric values and high-quality standards. Winter boxes include a seasonal assortment of apples, citrus, kiwi, and avocado. Our Harvest Calendar displays what you can expect to receive in your box throughout the year.


What Are CSA Add-Ons?

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CSA members can ‘Add-On’ Farm Kitchen products to their existing box subscription. Add-on items include artisanal kitchen products and seasonal treats produced by Frog Hollow Farm including items like fruit conserves, olive oil, baked goods, and more. Our Add ons also include a wide variety of high quality grocery and bakery products from our partner farms, some of California’s best food producers including Acme Bread, Community Grains, Rancho Gordo, Riverdog Farm, and Burroughs Family Farm. Members can order add-ons to their weekly box subscription through their online member dashboard.

Please note that add-on orders are delivered in a separate box from your CSA share. Perishable items will arrive frozen in an insulated cardboard cooler. All add-on items are labeled with your name on the side and the product is listed on the label. If you order multiple items, you may have more than one add-on box. Please return boxes to your pick-up location so we may reuse them.

How Does CSA Membership Work?

We manage our CSA through the CSAWare platform and offer members the ability to customize their weekly subscriptions and add-on orders on their online account. CSA Members can place vacation holds on their subscription, switch their preferred pick-up location, and Add-On Farm Kitchen items like fruit conserves, olive oil, baked goods, and more through their online member dashboard.

Cost for a Frog Hollow CSA share depends on three things: size, frequency, season, and membership option. Generally, the longer the subscription term, the greater the discount you may receive. Please refer to our Policies Page for further detail.

 

CSA Member Testimonials

"Legendary fruit! When I bring fruit to an event it is always that few degrees riper, sweeter, more luscious than anyone else's. Also, it reduces the gamble of buying fruit at the store, what will be ripe and what won't. I know what I'm getting with your fruit and that I won't have waste factors of up to 50% from buying stuff that's never going to be in peak condition, due to either growing, picking or ripening factors."

Sarah C. - Oakland

"The fruit is so amazingly delicious! I also love that we can visit the farm occasionally to pick fruit or learn more. My kids think Farmer Al is their friend and love visiting "their" farm."

Sun L. - Santa Clara

"10 years ago, I realized my children never chose fruit as a snack.  Most of the supermarket fruit I brought home only revealed its bland, mealy taste in the first disappointing bite:  it looked good on the outside, but the inside was underwhelming.  After a while, the kids just stopped reaching for it.  By the end of our first CSA year, my kids were converts. I began to see them eating fruit routinely and monitoring ripening fruit on the counter so that they could "pounce" at just the peak of flavor. With this one simple adjustment,  my kids easily adopted the habit of eating more fresh produce.  Frog Hollow Farm has been a tremendous assist in moving us toward healthy eating, without requiring much effort on my part."

Jen W. -  Danville