CSA Programs

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) provides not only a generous supply of organically grown produce each week to members, but it also creates educational opportunities for people to learn about their seasonal food, connect with their farm, and actively build connections in their community food system. Memberships are paid from winter to spring, providing the needed capital to start farming each season. Members then visit their farm each week throughout summer and fall to pick up a share of the harvest.

CSA programs are designed for folks who live in the surrounding neighborhoods of the farm: weekly pickup is on Wednesday evening, and many shareholders enjoy walking or biking to the farm.  The whole family is encouraged to attend each week to learn about seasonal availability of produce, participate in cooking demonstrations by local chefs, pick their own flowers and herbs, and share in the weekly changes that take place on the farm throughout the season.

Curious to know more? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions section at the bottom of this page.

1) Signup for 2024 CSA at Denver Green School and Jack’s Solar Farm!

2) Choose a farm location to join—this is where you’ll pick up your shares each week—and use the green button to the right to make your purchases. You can learn more about our farms on our farm site page.

3) We offer monthly payment plans: payments will start in the current month, and will be charged monthly on the day of your initial payment. Email us to set up a custom payment plan.

Vegetable Share

Regular veggie share

Organically grown veggies, herbs, and flowers fresh from our farms. We invite shareholders to pick your own herbs and flowers when you come to the farm each week for CSA pickup. A veggie share at DGS usually feeds 2–3 people per week (at Jack’s, 3-4 people), and the amount and variety of produce fluctuates with the season, increasing as the harvest becomes more bountiful in late summer/fall.  Friends and family are welcome to join! You will receive an email each week with information about the harvest, upcoming events, and other news from the farms.

We also offer biweekly veggie shares! For those of you who may be worried about the amount of vegetables being too much for your household, you can pick up a share every other week.

We offer a payment plan option with four monthly payments - email us to get yours set up.

CSA pickups at Denver Green School (SE Denver) happen on the farm each Wednesday between 4-6pm, from June 12 - October 16, 2024 (18 weeks). **We will be skipping CSA pickup on 6/19 in honor of the Juneteenth holiday

Location: SE corner of the Denver Green School schoolyard at 6700 E. Virginia Ave. Denver, CO 80224, under the big blue tent

CSA pickups at the farm at Jack’s Solar Garden (Longmont) happen on the farm each Thursday between 2-6pm, from June 6 - October 17, 2024 (20 weeks).

Location: Jack’s Solar Garden, 8102 N. 95th St. Longmont, CO 80504, under the big yellow tent

*JSG will be providing half-cost SNAP shares in collaboration with Double Up Food Bucks. Please contact csa@sproutcityfarms.org with interest.

Mountair Park Community Farm (Lakewood) will not be hosting a CSA program in 2024.

No-Cost and Low-Cost Shares

To ensure food access for all members of the community, Sprout City Farms makes 50% of our CSA vegetable shares available at no or low-cost. Applications for food access shares will open in March, and will be available in both English and Spanish. No-cost shares are only available at Denver Green School Community Farm. Jack’s Solar Garden has a 50% off program for SNAP/EBT. Please email liza@sproutcityfarms.org for more information or sign up here.

SNAP/EBT Shares

We are offering SNAP shares at no cost at DGS and half cost at Jack’s Solar Garden! Shares can be picked up in person at the farm during CSA pickup, or we offer home delivery within 5 miles for those who need it in Denver.

WIC shares

We work with Jefferson County Public Health and Denver Health to provide weekly shares free of charge to families enrolled in WIC (“Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women with Infants and Children”). WIC shares are only available at Denver Green School Community Farm.

Solidarity Shares

We know folx in our farm communities may not qualify for or be comfortable signing up for federal food assistance programs, but could still use extra help eliminating barriers to healthy food access. Solidarity shares are only available at Denver Green School Community Farm.

sponsor a share

Share from your abundance: give the gift of food to a family in our community!  Make a donation towards a share, or sponsor a full share ($675 at DGS, $750 at Jack’s) using this form. We work with our local high-need schools, health clinics, and communities to identify interested/eligible households.

Fruit Share

Ela Family Farms

Fruit shareholders receive nearly 70 pounds of tree-ripened organic fruit over 12 weeks from July 31 to October 16, 2024 (see details here) for $325.  Fruit shares are provided by Ela Family Farms, a 4th generation 100-acre orchard in Hotchkiss, Colorado.  The Ela family have been growing organic fruit for over 100 years! They let their fruit ripen on the tree to ensure the sweetest flavor… and it shows: these are the best peaches, pears, and apples ever!

The fruit share is a member favorite!

Egg Share

NutriPeak Farms

(formerly called Amish Acres)

Enjoy fresh eggs from pastured hens who are fed a vegetarian diet free of soy, GMOs, and antibiotics! Our egg share partner is a 100% solar- and wind-powered Amish family farm in Westcliffe, CO. Choose between weekly or bi-weekly options.

Weekly share: 1 dozen eggs per week for 18 weeks for $115

Bi-weekly share: 1 dozen every other week (9 weeks), starting 6/12 and continuing every other Wednesday through October 16, for $60

Baked Goods Share

By Nicole Green

We are proud to offer a Baked Goods Share baked with love by community member Nicole Green!  Enjoy baked goods bi-weekly for $170 for a total of 9 weeks!  Treats are subject to change based on ingredient availability but will include strawberry rhubarb pie, brownies, carrot cake, lemon poppyseed cake with curd, applesauce cake, peach pie, zucchini bread, apple pie, and gingerbread cake.

*Allergy Warning: Baked Goods Share may contain wheat, nuts, dairy, soy, sesame, and eggs.

Bread Share

Rebel Bread

$200 for 1 loaf of bread of rotating variety each week for 18 weeks from Rebel Bread, a small-batch, artisan community bakery and bread school in Denver. Their bread is handmade, long-fermented, naturally-leavened, and baked fresh daily.

Flavors may include: Rebel Sourdough - flagship loaf and best seller!, 60/40 Wheat Sourdough, Nonna G Sourdough (Roasted Garlic & Herb), Seeded Sourdough, and more TBD as they test out some new recipes for the share!

Microgreens Share

Emerald Gardens 

Enjoy a 2.5 oz clamshell filled with a mix of tasty, nutrient-packed microgreens from Emerald Gardens in Bennett, CO!  Emerald Gardens is a mission-driven farm dedicated to cultivating communities with year-round access to fresh local microgreens. Neither sprouts nor baby greens, microgreens are shoots of fresh herbs and veggies harvested early to optimize nutrition and flavor (in fact, micros have significantly more vitamins and minerals than mature veggies). 

Emerald Gardens grows them organically using only fresh water, solar power for the greenhouse, and lots of TLC. Combinations may include: sunflower shoots, pea shoots, radish, and the mighty broccoli! Use liberally in place of any green. Choose between weekly or bi-weekly options.

Weekly share: 2.5 oz per week for 12 weeks for $90

Bi-weekly share: 2.5 oz every other week (6 weeks) for $50

Grains and Beans Share

Now through East Denver Food Hub!

Weekly bulk grains and dry beans will introduce you to heritage, ancient, and locally-adapted grains that go way beyond the typical monotonous wheat, and to the producers in your local grain chain!

Each week receive a rotating 1# of the following items: Certified Organic lentils and garbanzo beans from Timeless Seeds in Ulm, MT; Certified Organic quinoa from White Mountain Farm in Mosca, CO; organically grown corn grits grown by Bow & Arrow on the Ute Reservation and milled by Moxie Bread Co. in Boulder, CO; and Anasazi beans from Adobe Milling Co. in Dove Creek, CO.

Also check out Colorado Grain Chain to start your learning journey! The weekly grain share will run for 12 weeks from July 31 to October 16, 2024, and costs $55.

Mushroom Share at Jack’s Solar Garden

Mountain Mushrooms

Average of 8 oz of fresh mushrooms each week for 18 weeks or 9 weeks (bi-weekly).

Share includes weekly varieties of fresh mushrooms grown in Louisville, CO by Mountain Mushrooms, a small, women-owned and operated mushroom farm. The gourmet varieties you will find in your share this year including: Blue, Pearl & Pink Oysters, King Trumpets, Lion’s Mane, Chestnuts and Piopinnos. Each of these mushrooms has a distinct flavor and texture profile and all make amazing main course options as well as unique and healthy side dishes.

Share Cost:

• $200 for a 18 weeks share

• $100 for 9 weeks share

Monthly Meat Share

Locavore Delivery

**Not officially part of our CSA: We are helping promote Locavore’s shares, delivered monthly to your home, but you sign up directly with them** 

Ethically-raised meat from local ranchers via Locavore Delivery, including grass-fed beef, pastured chicken, heritage pastured pork, and wild caught fish.  Members receive varying cuts of meat with each monthly share, and can choose the quantity/price level that works for them on Locavore’s website. Use this referral link to sign up and Locavore will make a contribution to Sprout City Farms!

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Community Supported Agriculture work?

Community Supported Agriculture is about forging a direct relationship between food producers and food consumers. To participate, one purchases a CSA “share” in a farm prior to the growing season. A CSA share is similar to a subscription, but instead of getting a newspaper each week or a season pass for a ski resort, you get fresh, locally-produced, organically-grown food!  (It’s like pre-paid grocery shopping.) During the growing season, shareholders come to the farm each week to pick up their freshly harvested produce.

The whole family is encouraged to come to the weekly pickup, as you will get to see the farm and how it’s growing, learn about seasonal availability of different veggies, pick your own herbs and flowers, and get recipes and participate in cooking demonstrations that will help you turn your share into delicious meals for you and your family.

What if I’ll be out of town or on vacation during the CSA season?

Send a friend or neighbor to pick up your share! If that’s not convenient, your share will simply be added to our donation program that week. We’re sorry, but due to limited storage space and staff capacity we are unable to accommodate rescheduled pickups (pickups are on Wednesdays only).  If you’re running late on Wednesday, but still want to get your share, call or text your Farm Manager before the end of CSA pickup at 6pm and they can set your share aside for you to grab later that evening.

What kind of produce will I get?

We grow a wide variety of seasonal vegetables on our farms. Check out our Crop Calendar for more details.  If there are ever items in your share that you do not like, or do not want, there is a designated spot at pickup each week where you can leave undesired items behind for another family or for donation.

How much food will I get?

SCF’s veggie shares at our urban farms are designed to feed 2-3 folx per week, depending on how often you cook at home, how many servings of vegetables you eat, etc. At Jack’s, the veggie share feeds 3-4 people per week. The share size and variety of produce varies as the season progresses and plants mature, starting out smaller and ending up larger. The season starts out with cool, spring vegetables such as salad mixes, cooking greens, peas, and radishes. As the season progresses, warm season crops become available, such as tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers. Toward the end of the season, storage crops ripen, such as potatoes, winter squash, and onions.

How do I sponsor a share for a family?

Make a donation using this form and we will match your donation with a family. We work with our local schools, health clinics, and communities to identify interested/eligible households.  Through your support, a family can receive a weekly share of veggies throughout the season!  If you would like to make a contribution towards a share, you can donate any amount, or you may cover the full cost of the share.  Thank you for your support!

Do you have half-shares?

Yes, we offer biweekly veggie shares! For those of you worried about the amount of vegetables being too much for your household, you can pick up a share every other week.

Do you offer payment plans?

Yes!  Please email us to set it up: you can pay in automatic monthly installments, with the final payment due by April 30th.

CSA Member Agreement

1. As a CSA member, I am responsible for picking up my produce on the designated pickup day/time (Wednesdays from 4-6pm). If I cannot pick up my produce during the scheduled time, I will make arrangements to have someone pick it up on my behalf, or will let the farm manager know that my share is to be donated that week. (If you are simply running late and would like your share set aside for you to pick up later that evening, the farm manager can accommodate if you get in touch by phone before the end of pickup at 6pm.) Due to storage and staff limitations, SCF cannot make accommodations for share pickups on days/times other than Wednesday evenings.

2. I understand that if my produce is not picked up within the designated time, it will be donated to a charity of SCF’s choice.

3. I understand that farming and crops can be affected by contingencies including weather, wildlife damage, drought, late/early frost, “acts of God!” etc. I agree to share the risk of these contingencies and understand that the amount of produce in my share may vary as a result.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: SCF will refund the full amount of a share, less a $50 processing fee, if cancelled by April 30th. No refunds will be issued after April 30th, but shares can be transferred to another person.