Support Your Local Farmer: Order Your CSA Box Today!
What if you could bring the freshest in-season produce from the farm directly to your dinner table? It’s that time of the year when farms are opening up their CSA sign-ups! Get connected to the farmers feeding your families.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is better known as a farm box or produce subscription that you pay upfront to receive weekly or bi-weekly goodies from the farm of your choice. This direct connection between consumer and farmer means you know exactly where your food comes from.
CSAs are a perfect way to enjoy Arizona’s fresh produce in season and at peak harvest. Produce is typically harvested just before pickup, which means your farm box leafy greens and spring/summer produce stay fresh longer. Take fewer trips to the grocery store and support our amazing local food farmers!
Here is a round-up of Arizona farms that currently have CSA options open:
An example of Blue Sky Organic Farms CSA box.
PHOENIX AREA
Blue Sky Organic Farms is a fully certified organic farm located in Litchfield Park, AZ, servicing throughout the valley and now in Wickenburg. Blue Sky offers two organic produce subscription options - the classic (six to seven items) or the petite (four to five items) - and you may customize your box as well. Receive your CSA boxes on a weekly or bi-weekly schedule. Plus, if you decide to pick up your CSA box at the farm, there’s an amazing farm store where you can shop curated organic and local artisan products.
CamelBackyard's The New Roots Phoenix CSA is a weekly produce box with assorted fruits and vegetables grown locally by New Roots Phoenix farmers. Boxes typically include herbs, greens, plus a variety of seasonal vegetables. CSA and Double Up Food Bucks (EBT) customers now have two options to support refugee and immigrant farmers and receive fresh produce: an 8 week full season share or a 4 week biweekly share. For more information check out the New Roots Phoenix.
Project Roots offers CSA farm boxes as a one-time seasonal box purchase or as a subscription which you can get on a bi-weekly or monthly basis. You can even get the boxes delivered for a nominal fee.
Maya's Farm CSA’s option has four pickup locations in Phoenix for your convenience: at the farm, Downtown Phoenix Market, Ollie Vaughn’s, and Tarbell’s. Maya’s CSA boxes include veggies, herbs, and flowers. Should you choose to pick up at Ollie Vaughn’s you can also add pastries, breads, coffee, and more.
TigerMountain Foundation now offers CSA boxes that include naturally-grown fruits and vegetables, nutrition education cards, and a simple plant-based recipe each week. Boxes are available for a donation of $30 - $40 and can be delivered or picked up on at Brooks People’s Garden. You can sign up here.
Agritopia Farm offers either individual or family farm boxes for a 12-week “winter” session or the “annual” 48-week membership. There is even a seasonal harvest calendar to see what is coming up! If you are unsure about a 12 or 48 week commitment, then try the weekly Organic Farm Bag.
SOUTHERN ARIZONA
Tucson CSA offers the choice of a 6- or 12-week seasonal subscription of seven to eight items for only $26 per week. While picking up at their central Tucson CSA shop, you can also purchase local eggs, meat, cheese and more. You can use your SNAP card to purchase items from the shop and SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks to pay for a 6-week produce subscription. Currently, there is a waitlist for the traditional CSA, but there is availability for customers using SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks.
Pivot Direct aggregates organic produce year-round from over 40 farms in Southern and Central Arizona. You can choose to have your order delivered or several pick-up times for its weekly or bi-weekly subscription options. They also offer the option to add on more veggies and locally made goods such as Barrio Bread, Exo Coffee, Urias Honey, Chiltepin and much more.
The Local Co-op is a grower-operated food hub located in Cochise County offering a CSA from partner growers. You can pick up at their co-op store in McNeal or have a box delivered full of fresh veggies, fruit, meat, eggs and other locally produced foods. They currently accept SNAP.
NORTHERN ARIZONA
Flagstaff CSA offers a year-round weekly or bi-weekly subscription on a rolling sign-up basis. The boxes are customizable and allow you to add additional products to your order each week; you may also add flower, milk, and egg subscriptions. You can choose to have your share delivered or pick it up at the Downtown Flagstaff store, which also stocks local meat, dairy, pantry staples, and more.
Rosebird Farm offers a year-round weekly or bi-weekly subscription on a rolling sign-up basis. The boxes are customizable and allow you to add additional products to your order each week. You could also get flower, milk, and egg subscriptions. Rosebird CSAs are available for pick up in Downtown Kingman or home delivery throughout Mohave County.
Forestdale Farm in Flagstaff offers a traditional veggie-centric CSA as well subscriptions for eggs and garden seed starts for vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers. The veggie Produce Share CSA and EggShare are available year-round, while the GardenShare CSA runs from May - June. You can pick up the Produce Share CSA at the Flagstaff Community Market or the farm; the GardenShare and EggShare can be picked up at the farm less than 5 miles from Downtown Flagstaff. Forestdale offers 50% off for members using SNAP through the Double Up Food Bucks program.
Whipstone Farm offers a CSA of fresh, seasonal produce from May through October, as well as flowers and various goods as add-ons. CSA members may choose large or small shares, which are picked up on the farm or at a central pickup location in Prescott.