2024 CSA SIGN-UPS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASON!
Peaceful Belly CSA
CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) programs are a relatively new movement in the United States and they strive to create a closer relationship between local farmers and consumers. Our CSA program creates a community between our farm and people, like you, who supplement the farm’s budget by purchasing “shares” of the upcoming harvest. This is a commitment between both the farmer and the share member for the entire growing season. The cost of a share is based upon the true cost of production in order to keep small, local, family farms and farmland within the Treasure Valley economically and environmentally viable. Sign up now! A CSA share is not for everyone. We (the farmers) choose what you get every week. It depends on weather and production. If you are not an adventurous cook or eater a CSA is not for you. Please do not sign up but come shop with us at the farmers market.
CSA or Community Supported Agriculture
Thank you for the support!
Purchasing a CSA share is vote with your food dollar. This ensures that family farms in your community will continue to thrive and healthy, flavorful, plentiful food will be available for future generations .
How much food
The Summer CSA is 17 weeks with a final 18th week pick up at our “Harvest Festival”. A year end celebration here on the farm the first week in October. By stretching your pick-ups over these months, you will receive cool weather crops such as turnips, radishes, and mustard greens as well as the hot crops that everybody loves during the heat of summer, such as watermelon, peppers, and the beloved tomato. The last pick-up of the season is on the farm at the Fall Harvest Festival. This pick up is all your winter squash, potatoes, and storage onions for the fall.
Each week, you will receive between six to eight different items. The quantity is a nice amount of produce. Since every family eats differently it is hard to say exactly how many people a typical share will feed. For example, one Full Share is a good amount for a family of 2 who love veggies or a family of 4 who have one veggie with every meal. A Half share is good for a single person who eats a lot of veggies or a family of two who eats a moderate amount of veggies each week. We grow about 80 types of veggies so the pick-up is always changing throughout the season and whatever is ripe that week is what we will bring. The harvest calendar will give you an idea about when different items will show up in your weekly pick-ups.
A few examples of what you might find at your pick-up: A May share may include turnips, lettuce, spinach, spring onions, boc choy, and mustard greens. A June share may have carrots, peas, onions, lettuce, arugula, fava beans, and beets. A July share will have potatoes, basil, summer squash, cucumbers, kale, and chard. A August share will have green beans, peppers, potatoes, cucumbers, tomatillos, kale and garlic, A September share may have tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, corn, cabbage, melons, and lettuce.
Joining our CSA reduces your carbon footprint. By purchasing our organic produce, you are ensuring that your food choices are not damaging the earth.
CSA Options
Spring Share(4 weeks pick up in May)
Summer Full share(18 weeks pick up from June until October)
Summer Half share(18 weeks pick up from June until October)
Fall share(5 weeks pick up from the first week of October until Thanksgiving)
3. Pay in full online or with a check- To send in a payment, make checks payable to Vine and Branch Ranch. Please include the following info:
Name, Address, Phone, email, pickup location choice.
Getting to know who grows your food builds relationships based on understanding and trust, the foundation of strong communities.
Nuts and Bolts
All CSA members are responsible for picking up their CSA share each week from the location of their choosing. As farmers, it is our responsibility to plan, plant, seed, prune, water, weed, pick, clean, sort, and distribute your food to the drop-off points. After that, it is your responsibility to pick it up. Please bring bags for your bounty. If you have any questions or concerns about your share, please give us a call or send us an email at peacefulbellyinfo@gmail.com
Late, forgot, or out of town: If you forget to pick up your food, there is nothing we can do. So, don’t forget! If you are going to be late, let your pick-up point know so they can bag up your food and have it waiting for you. If you are going out of town please arrange for a friend or family member to pick up your share for you.
Changing pick-up points: CSA members can choose one pick-up spot and this will be their pick-up spot for the entire season. If you need to change, we need to know at least 3 days before your pick-up day.
A CSA share is a huge savings. You get to relish in the bounty of our farm and eat organic and local.
We believe in the goodness of the earth and create a community of reciprocity with all the beings we share the farm with.
Pick up Locations
Ada County
Hill Road area – Thursday nights from 4:00–6:00 pm.3630 N Woody Dr near the old 36th St Garden Center. (707)342-9878
East End – This is Grandma Margaret’s house (Clay’s Mom). Thursday nights from 4:30–7:00 pm 635 E. Jefferson near St. Luke’s downtown. Phone: (208) 342-5544
North End – Defoggi’s house. This is a hoot of a time. Laughter, sharing, and true community are found here! Thursday nights from 4:00–6:00 pm. 1210 N. 16th St.
Boise Bench – Pick up is from 5:00–7:00 pm Thursday nights. Megan Brandel will be hosting the Bench pick-up at 3703 Kootenai St. near the intersection of Kootenai and Latah. Phone: (208) 401-8563
Eagle – Marcia Way-Brady Thursday 909 Arlington from 3:00–6:00 pm. Phone: (208) 870-1035
Meridian – Chiropractic office of Dr. Jen Anacker at 1560 N. Crestmont, Suite E. Wednesday from 4:00–6:00 pm.
Canyon County
The Farm- Vine and Branch Ranch- Come pick up right where the food is grown. Also, you could shop at the farm stand, try cider and wine and grab a bite to eat. 20023 Hoskins Road, Caldwell, Idaho 34607. Thursdays 3:00- 6:00 pm. Phone: (208) 345-8003
Flying M Nampa- Pick up your share, grab a coffee and a cookie. WE LOVE FLYING M!! 1314 2nd Street Nampa. Thursdays 4:00-6:00 pm.
Flying M Caldwell- Downtown Caldwell will shine with the Flying M as their sun. Pick up your veggies here and enjoy a stroll down Indian Creek. 724 Arthur Street, Caldwell. Thursdays 3:00 to 6:00 pm.