Information on CSA programs in British Columbia is available on the website maintained by Vancouver-based, Farm Folk/City Folk, located at 1661 Duranleau Street, 2nd Floor, 604.730.0450 [ www.farmfolkcityfolk.ca].
Abbotsford (Fraser Valley)
Glen Valley Organic Farm Co-operative CSA Program [Chris Bodnar & Paige Dampier of Close to Home Organics and Shirlene Cote & Michael Nyberg of Earth Apple Farm]
8550 Bradner Road
604.857.0017
https://www.glenvalleycsa.com/
Castlegar (West Kootenays)
Soil Matters Farm [Laura Sacks & Craig Smith]
2305 Highway 3A
250.399.4313
http://soilmatters.wordpress.com/
Duncan (Cowichan Valley)
Alderlea Farm CSA [John & Katy Ehrlich]
3390 Glenora Road
250.715.0799
www.alderleafarm.com/#!farm/viewstack3=csa
Rossland (Westr Kookenay region)
Happy Hills Farm [Dan Hayden & Miche Warwick]
2302A Happy Valley Road
250.231.1828
https://www.happyhillsfarm.ca/csa
Salt Spring Island
Foxglove Farm and the Centre for Arts, Ecology & Agriculture
[Michael Ableman, Jeanne Marie Herman, Dorie & Sean Hutchinson]
1200 Mount Maxwell Road
250.931.5336
www.foxglovefarmbc.ca/
Vancouver
Fresh Roots Urban Farm CSA [Ilana Labow, Gray Oron & Mik Turje]
East Vancouver backyards
778.862.3276
www.freshroots.ca
University of British Columbia (UBC) Farm CSA Program
6182 South Campus Road
604.822.5092
https://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/food/
Yarrow (Fraser Valley)
Aslan Organics @ Yarrow Eco-Village [Emma & Shane Rozeveld]
42312 Yarrow Central Road
778.808.6093
https://www.aslanorganics.ca/
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a growing movement in the United States and Canada, which has provided economic support and predictability to farmers, practicing traditional family farming, that they will be able to continue to farm, and that communities will be able to enjoy fresh, local farm products. Partnering with local farms by purchasing a “share” in the season’s harvest, consumers can know where their food is coming from and have the satisfaction of supporting local agriculture. Participants, who purchase their shares early in the season, provide the farmer with a stable income, and in return they receive a weekly supply of fresh local farm products.
