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Learn about our cooperative CSA Program
SHARE OPTIONS!
This year our CSA harvest will run 30 weeks: beginning the week of May 5th finishing the week of November 24th. We are grateful to be able to work together and provide produce nearly year round through partnership. We do realize that the final week coincides with the Thanksgiving holiday and will discuss flexible pick up days for that week when it arrives.
Once again we are offering a choice of three types of share options:
* Full Share - 30 weeks @ $33.60/week for a total of $1008 (a payment plan of three equal payments is available upon request)
* Biweekly Half Share (an alternating, every other week pickup) - 15 weeks @ $36.75/week for a total of $551.25
* Spring Season (5/5-7/7) - 10 weeks @ $36.75/week for a total of $367.50
* Summer Season (7/14-9/15) - 10 weeks @ $36.75/week for a total of $367.50
* Fall Season (9/22-11/24) - 10 weeks @ $36.75/week for a total of $367.50
PICK UP SELECTIONS
Our FIVE options for pickup include:
1. Wednesdays from 3-6pm at East Rivendell Farm (Damascus)
2. Wednesdays from 3-6pm at Love and Grit Farm (Germantown)
3. Wednesdays from 3-6pm at Giovanni Organic Farm (Dickerson)
4. Saturdays from 8am-Noon at East Rivendell Farm (Damascus) SELF SERVICE ONLY
5. Saturdays from 8am-Noon at Giovanni Organic Farm (Dickerson) SELF SERVICE ONLY
We are delighted to embark on our sixth CSA season in 2025! This year we once again grow in partnership as we work to add depth and consistency to our offerings. Our CSA season will run for 30 weeks from the. beginning of may through the end of November. each week we harvest from three farms’ abundance and divide amongst our members in the form of a share for pickup at your choice of location and day of the week. Your membership in our CSA program helps to support our local food economy and community. Last season we were thrilled by the enjoyment of working in farm-fellowship as three farms and look forward to another year of beautiful bounty.
SHARE SIZES & VARIETY
Each share will include 8 items per week. In peak season, our harvest may yield and extra item here and there, and in the early spring weeks, shares may be slightly smaller. All items will be grown by Love & Grit Farm, East Rivendell Farm, or Giovanni Farm working together in partnership and careful coordination to provide as much plant variety and culinary complement as possible.
Register for Our 2025 CSA Here!
Love & Grit, East Rivendell, & Giovanni Organic Farms
additional cost throughout the full season. This is a fun experience for all family/share members (children too!) to ensure availability and freshness weekly.
Occasionally other items will be available for purchase upon pickup, including eggs, fresh baked sourdough breads, meat products produced by each farm (chicken, pork, Thanksgiving turkeys), and flowers.
WHAT’S NEXT?
In efforts to streamline both our order and registration process this year, we ask that you complete this quick order form to confirm your member preferences, and to collect contact information. We will follow-up confirming your share and communicating payment details shortly after registration.
OTHER FARM HIGHLIGHTS
We are firm believers in the pleasure and health benefits of fresh herbs! Therefore, both farms will have herb cutting gardens available to members to harvest fresh seasonal herbs at no
2025 Three Farmers Cooperative CSA
OTHER FARM HIGHLIGHTS
We are firm believers in the pleasure and health benefits of fresh herbs! Therefore, both farms will have herb cutting gardens available to members to harvest fresh seasonal herbs at no additional cost throughout the full season. This is a fun experience for all family/share members (children too!) to ensure availability and freshness weekly.
additional cost throughout the full season. This is a fun experience for all family/share members (children too!) to ensure availability and freshness weekly.
Occasionally other items will be available for purchase upon pickup, including eggs, fresh baked sourdough breads, meat products produced by each farm (chicken, pork, Thanksgiving turkeys), and flowers.
WHAT’S NEXT?
In efforts to streamline both our order and registration process this year, we ask that you complete this quick order form to confirm your member preferences, and to collect contact information. We will follow-up confirming your share and communicating payment details shortly after registration.
This year our CSA harvest will run 30 weeks: beginning the week of May 5th finishing the week of November 24th. We are grateful to be able to work together and provide produce nearly year round through partnership. We do realize that the final week coincides with the Thanksgiving holiday and will discuss flexible pick up days for that week when it arrives.
Once again we are offering a choice of three types of share options:
SHARE SIZES & VARIETY
Each share will include 8 items per week. In peak season, our harvest may yield and extra item here and there, and in the early spring weeks, shares may be slightly smaller. All items will be grown by Love & Grit Farm, East Rivendell Farm, or Giovanni Organic Farm working together in partnership and careful coordination to provide as much plant variety and culinary complement as possible.
- Full Share - 30 weeks @ $33.60/week for a total of $1008 (a payment plan of three equal payments is available upon request)
- Biweekly Half Share (an alternating, every other week pickup) - 15 weeks @ $36.75/week for a total of $551.25
- Spring Season (5/5-7/7) - 10 weeks @ $36.75/week for a total of $367.50
- Summer Season (7/14-9/15) - 10 weeks @ $36.75/week for a total of $367.50
- Fall Season (9/22-11/24) - 10 weeks @ $36.75/week for a total of $367.50
PICK UP SELECTIONS
Our FIVE options for pickup include:
1. Wednesdays from 3-6pm at East Rivendell Farm (Damascus)
2. Wednesdays from 3-6pm at Love and Grit Farm (Germantown)
3. Wednesdays from 3-6pm at Giovanni Organic Farm (Dickerson)
4. Saturdays from 8am-Noon at East Rivendell Farm (Damascus) SELF SERVICE ONLY
5. Saturdays from 8am-Noon at Giovanni Organic Farm (Dickerson) SELF SERVICE ONLY
We provide a healthful, affordable, local option for food through our Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA).
below you'll find info on what a csa is, how it works, and how to sign up so you can start your personal farm-to-table experience.
Here’s some key elements of Love & Grit farm’s CSA to consider when making your choice:
- When you join our CSA, you are supporting THREE farms. Yes, THREE!
- Love & Grit has partnered with East Rivendell Farm located in Damascus as well as Giovanni's Organic Farm in Dickerson, to provide a unique cooperative CSA program in our county for the multiple years in a row. Each week the produce you receive will include items grown in the fields' and tunnels of the different farms based on their individual specialities, creativity, and soil.
- Why Co-Op? This partnership allows us to build community within our business - growing together expands our knowledge & expertise by collaboration, allows us to mutually benefit from shared resources and logistics, and sends DEEP ROOTS into our local farming networks.
- Community. If you’re looking for a place to meet new people, have a chance to talk and get to know your farmers, and linger a while, this might be the farm for you. It’s no secret our pickup days are a chance to walk the herb garden, pet some kittens, and meet your neighbors.
- Fresh Cut Herbs. Each member has direct access to a self cutting herb garden which we’ll orient members to in the first weeks of the program. We strongly encourage everyone to make good use of it!
- Access to More Foods. Between pork shares, broiler chickens, chicken eggs, and often additional add-on produce items - you get a lot more than just vegetables in our CSA.
healthy living, made easy
the benefits of csa are longstanding.
Over 80 families collectively trust our farm food to provide them with healthy nutrition to maintain a sustainable lifestyle.
our street cred
"Love & Grit Farm is a slice of heaven! We absolutely LOVE visiting the farm and being CSA Members! We are excited to participate in the upcoming events and opportunities on the farm and couldn't speak more highly of what owner, Kristin is doing on and with her land!"
"This will be my third year in joining Love & Grit Farm LLC produce and herb shares. The weekly shares have been fresh and bountiful. At times extra produce is up for grabs free of charge. Talking with the farmers is a treat. Pick up is organized, orderly, and accommodating. An end of the season potluck is a joyous event."
"Their produce and products are delicious and grown with love and care. Their eggs are absolutely the best, most flavorful that we've ever had. And their hospitality and warmth is genuine and abundant. I can tell that Love & Grit loves nourishing and serving our community and I love being able to support them in return while also gaining delicious food."
"We've been supporting Love & Grit Farm since they started their CSA in 2020. I don't know how they do it, but it gets better every year! The vegetables and herbs are the best! The add on options from other local farmers and makers are always fun and delicious (beautiful flower bouquets, honey). If you are local, this is one business you'll want to support!"
