Community Supported Agriculture
– these provide a direct partnership between growers and
consumers. They operate on a subscription basis, customers pay a
fee to receive a certain amount of produce every week. The greater
San Francisco Bay Area boasts a number of CSAs with a variety of
pick-up options. Here are a few of the mo
st local organizations.
Community Supported Agriculture – these provide a direct partnership between growers and consumers. They operate on a subscription basis, customers pay a fee to receive a certain amount of produce every week. The greater San Francisco Bay Area boasts a number of CSAs with a variety of pick-up options. Here are a few of the most local organizations.
Eat With the Seasons
831-245-8125
www.eatwiththeseasons.com.
Organically-grown fruits, vegetables and herbs, fair trade coffee and tea, grass-fed beef, and eggs.
Pick-up locations in Hollister, San Juan Bautista, Aromas, Prunedale, Gilroy, Morgan Hill, Los Banos, Saratoga, San Jose, San Francisco, and the Peninsula
Mariquita Farm
831-761-8380
www.mariquita.com
Organically-grown fruits, vegetables and herbs
Pick-up sites in Silicon Valley, the Peninsula, San Francisco, Santa Cruz County, Monterey, Salinas, Morgan Hill and Gilroy
Live Earth Farms
831-763-2448
www.liveearthfarm.com
Organically-grown fruits and vegetables, pastured eggs.
Pick-up sites in Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and Monterey counties
Hidden Villa
650-949-8647
www.hiddenvilla.org/csa.html
Organically-grown fruits and vegetables
Pick-up sites in Los Altos and Palo Alto
In addition to a great selection of local fruits and vegetables, farmers’ markets also offer an array of other products such as fresh-cut flowers, dried fruits, baked goods, meats and fish, and some prepared foods.
Hollister Farmers’ Market
Wednesdays May to October from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Fourth and San Benito streets, downtown Hollister
Phil Foster Ranches Farm Stand
Saturdays year-round from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
400 Duncan Avenue, San Juan Bautista
Morgan Hill Farmers’ Market
Saturdays year-round from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Third and Depot streets, downtown Morgan Hill
