CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. While every CSA program is a little different, they all create a direct, mutually beneficial relationship between farmers and their customers.

In our CSA, members pre-purchase several months worth of mushrooms at a time. This removes much of the guess-work when we are planning and purchasing materials, stabilizes the cost of growing and helps us produce far less waste. Our CSA members are the reason we are able to grow year-round!

In return, members receive a weekly share of our freshest mushrooms, selected before we pack for restaurants, stores or farmers markets.

Joining a CSA is a great way to support a local farm, know exactly where your food is coming from and get to know the people growing it!

Traditionally, CSAs are a system in which there are no guarantees and farmers and their CSA members share in the risks of farming, aka: crop failure due to weather, pests, etc.

Mushroom farming certainly has it's risks, however, we do everything we can to make sure our CSA members receive their shares each week. In the event of a crop failure, our CSA members will always receive priority over restaurants, stores or farmers markets, and we'll do our best to communicate any schedule changes needed.

Most people forget to pickup at least once, however, it's difficult to rearrange individual pickups. Unclaimed mushrooms are either dried or donated. If you miss a pickup, feel free to reach out, however, we can't guarantee we will have them for you or be able to arrange an alternative pickup.

Since the growing process starts months in advance and we plan our growing around the number of people who are signed up for the CSA, there usually not extra mushrooms available on any given week to make up for missed pickups.

If you let us know in advance, we're happy to arrange an alternative pickup the same week at our farm in Ester. You can also always have a friend or family member pickup for you!

While you can't pre-order specific varieties, there are typically several combinations to choose from each week. When you pickup, let us know if there is something you don't like - we can't guarantee we'll be able to but we'll try to accommodate as best we can.

That being said, one of the great parts of a CSA is getting to try things that are new to you and experiment with different ways of cooking, so we encourage you to step out of your mushroom comfort zone!

We have cooking tips & meal ideas for most of the varieties we grow.

Two mushroom cookbooks we have and use are Cooking with Mushrooms by Andrea Gentl and the Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook. There are also a lot of great resources online for cooking with different varieties of mushrooms.

If you ever have questions about a specific variety, just email us!

If you need to cancel your CSA, we can provide a refund only up until two weeks prior to the CSA session start date, minus a $20 admin fee.

If you need to cancel after that time, we're happy to transfer your CSA to someone else if you have a friend or family member who would like to take it over.