CSA

We have 4 locations operating from 4-7 pm:

• Tuesdays in North Boulder—1925 Glenwood Dr at Nevei Kodesh
• Wednesdays at Red Wagon Farm—7694 N 63rd Street (2 miles north of IBM and Coot Lake)
• Wednesdays in South Boulder—Martin Park, Fordham Ct & S 36th St
• Thursday at the Red Wagon Farm store – 1640 W Baseline Rd, Lafayette at Thomas Open Space

What size share should you get? It depends… How often do you cook at home? How many vegetables do you eat? Sometimes a family of four only gets through a Biweekly Veggie Share before their next pickup. On the other hand, a couple may blow through a Large Veggie Share in 3 or 4 days if they are big veggie eaters who eat most of their meals at home. If you are not sure what size you’d like, we recommend going with the smaller option then upgrading during the season if you decide you’d like a larger share. See a list of what was in a past season’s Veggie Shares.

• Regular Veggie Share – $1,122
• Biweekly Veggie Share – $561; pick up every other week. Click here to see the Biweekly schedule.This share has the same items as the Regular Veggie Share, you just pick up every other week. Almost all of our veggies will stay fresh for the full two weeks.
• Large Veggie Share – $1,540; This share has the same items as the Regular Veggie Share plus 3-4 additional items. This will include some new or different items plus a double portion of some of the items in the Regular Veggie Share.
• Friends of Red Wagon Share – $2,530; This share has the same items as the Large Veggie Share plus lots of additional love from us!

**We do not recommend splitting a Regular Veggie Share or a Large Veggie Share between a group of individuals. If a share has too much food for you, we recommend getting a smaller share or a Biweekly Veggie Share. All prices include applicable sales tax.

Common questions about shares:

Can I get a half share or split a share? If you think a regular share will be too much food for you, we recommend getting the Biweekly Share. It is possible that you might miss out on one or two crops, but we will do our best to make sure you get to try everything. And almost all of our produce will last for at least 10 days (if not much longer), so a share from one week should stay fresh until it is time to pick your next share in two weeks. You can also split a share with a friend, but that will be up to you to decide how you want to split up your share. And we have gotten feedback that it really does not work to split a share 3-ways. The Large Veggie Share is meant for a family. We do not recommend splitting it between a group of individuals.

How many people will a share feed? Will a share provide all of my vegetables for the week? It is really difficult to say how many people a share will feed. Some people say it is too much food for their family and others say that it is not enough. It really depends upon how many vegetables you eat. The CSA share will likely not provide all your vegetables for the week. A regular share will get 5 to 7 different kinds of vegetables each week. You will probably need to supplement certain other vegetable ingredients to make your favorite recipes.

Will I get large quantities of vegetables to pickle or can? You will not get a large quantity of any one vegetable in a given week. Our CSA is meant to provide you with vegetables you will eat that week, not to give you large quantities of food to preserve.

Fruit

• Weekly Fruit Share – $263 for 14 weeks
• Biweekly Fruit Share – $131 for 7 weeks; pick up every other week

We will provide delicious, certified organic fruit grown by First Fruits Organic Farms and Topp Fruits organic farm from the Western Slope of Colorado. The fruit share runs for a total of 14 weeks, generally starting in July. The fruit share will mostly consist of peaches and apples. However, if we are lucky we might also have the following available: cherries, apricots, pears, or plums.

Coffee

• Weekly Coffee Share – $440; $20/1lb for 22 weeks
• Biweekly Coffee Share – $220; $20/1lb for 11 weeks, pick up every other week

Local Conscious Coffees is a craft micro-roastery dedicated to working with coffee farming communities in fair trade. They have direct relationships with the farmers and pay the farmers above fair trade standards. It is roasted right here in Boulder by passionate roasters. You will receive 1 pound of organic coffee per week.

Mushrooms

• Weekly Mushroom Share – $193; $8.75/bag (approximately half pound) for 22 weeks
• Biweekly Mushroom Share – $96; $8.75/bag (approximately half pound) for 11 weeks, pick up every other week

Fresh exotic, certified organic mushrooms such as shiitake, oyster, and crimini available from Hazel Dell Mushroom Farm. You will receive a half pound bag of mixed mushrooms per week.

All prices include applicable sales tax.

Friends of Red Wagon

Our Friends of Red Wagon share is for people who want to go above and beyond in supporting our farm. Do you truly value Red Wagon produce and the benefits Red Wagon brings to our community? Are you in a strong financial position? Then the Friends of Red Wagon Share is for you! You will not receive the full dollar amount in vegetables.

Farm Worker Support

At Red Wagon we recognize that our farm workers are one of our biggest assets. In 2024 we collected $3,856 in our Farm Worker Support Fund! We are asking our community to help us invest in our farm workers to give Red Wagon more long-term stability. As an example, a contribution of $10/week would increase the pay of one farm worker $220 total over the course of the CSA season. All the money you contribute will go directly into farm worker paychecks. These contributions are maintained separately and are not used for other farm needs.

Sharing the Harvest

Red Wagon will make reduced-rate CSA shares available to households in need in our community. You can contribute towards one of these shares in any amount. You can also contact us if you or someone you know might qualify for one of these reduced-rate shares.

Red Wagon Supporter

Pitch in an extra $1 per week for much needed farm equipment. We recently upgraded to a new tractor with wider wheel spacing, allowing us to have wider beds for our vegetables — growing more per acre while reducing weeding labor for our crew.

CSA payments must be made by electronic check or regular paper check. We do not take credit cards due to the additional fee to the farm.

How secure is my Electronic Check payment? We use Farmigo for our online CSA signup. Farmigo works with payment gateways that are PCI compliant. Farmigo does NOT store any of your bank information on their servers.

Do you offer a payment plan? It is very helpful for us to have payment in full at the time you submit your application. However, if you are not able to pay for your CSA share all at once you can use one of our payment plans. You can divide your total amount due into multiple payments. The first payment is due at sign up. The subsequent payment(s) are due monthly after the first payment. If none of these payment methods work for you, you may contact us to try to work out another plan.

What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)? The original CSAs started when members of a community partnered with a farmer. The members share in the risks of the farm by pre-paying for a share of what the farm produces. The farmer benefits by having money to pay for up-front expenses such as seeds, equipment, and labor. Red Wagon will sell about 40% of what we produce to our CSA members. It would take a catastrophic event to prevent us from meeting our obligation.

What should I expect? CSA members should have a desire to eat and prepare foods they may not be accustomed to and also to change what they eat with the changing seasons. We will provide you with some recipes and we also encourage you to share your favorite recipes with us and other CSA members.

What will I receive from the harvest? We have an incredible diversity of produce at Red Wagon. Each season we grow over 100 kinds of vegetables and herbs. The season starts with cool weather crops such as greens, turnips, onions, and peas. Diversity gradually increases throughout the summer, reaching its peak in August and September when we harvest around 25 different crops per week!

What are the benefits of joining the Red Wagon CSA? When you join our CSA you will know who is growing your food (us!) and where it is coming from. Each week you will receive the freshest produce straight from our fields. You will be strengthening our local food system. We will send you a weekly newsletter with an update of what is happening on the farm as well as some recipes. You will also be invited out to the farm for two tours.

Do I need to wash my vegetables? We rinse your vegetables at the farm, so they are generally free of soil and grit. But you should wash your vegetables at home before you prepare them.

What happens if I don’t pick up my share? If you are not able to make it to the pickup, you can have a friend pick up your share for you. They just need to give us your name at the pickup. Any shares that are not picked up will be donated.