This summer will be fifth year doing Porter Farms and I love them.
1. Best price per pound of any CSA, by a long shot. $330 gets you five months of brown paper bags brimming with organic veggies.
2. Tons of pickup locations, so you can get it anywhere.
3. Just about everything is regular main stream veggies - lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, onions, spinach, zucchini, winter squash, etc. Except for the kohlrabi, I knew what everything was the first time I saw it.
4. Melons are included. Most CSA's have no fruit or it is a separate fee. They are working on some orchards, too.
5. The pick up locations are people's porches, so the veggies arrive and you can get them at your leisure. Depending on your pick-up site, you can get them as late as Sunday morning, which is great if you're gone for the weekend. Our host even puts it in the fridge if you let her know ahead of time and puts it back out at the pre-arranged time.
6. You get to visit the farm once to pick up all the vegetables for your group. The farm is great to see, you meet some Porters, can see their sheep AND you get to pick from whatever extra produce they have that week that didn't divide evenly among the shares.
7. To date, they have never run out of share. You can sign up last minute where as most other shares sell out months ahead of time.
8. There is an early bird discount if you sign up before April 15.
Pick up is Saturday after 11am, which is a pro for some and con for others. Sometimes they post the veggies ahead of time which is nice if you were planning a trip to the farmers market before you pick up. If I were to make one change, it would be to allow people to skip a week and make it up later which Native Offerings does.
I've got no complaints. I love this CSA. Your pick-up location might not have great parking, but you can't blame the farm.
You can get a free guest bag if you want to test it out. Info is on the website. read more