Saturday pick-up from 8am-11:30
Early Season Weekly Share- $75 (buy between June 1 – June 15)
Peak Season Weekly Share $299 (buy between March 1 – June 15)
Preserving/Canning Share- $145 (buy between March 1 – June 15)
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We often sell out of prized fruit at our markets. Therefore a CSA membership is a great way to ensure your share of our fruit crop. Because ripening dates are dynamic, flexibility is required of our members. If we are short of one fruit, we will substitute the full retail value with another fruit or artisan fruit product. After all, taking the twists and turns and bumps in the road with your farmer is part of the agricultural adventure! We guarantee our fruit and that members receive the full retail value of their share.
While we feel confident in our peak season weekly share, the early season fruit is more risky. Therefore, we divide our weekly share into two parts, the early season share and the peak season share. Members may purchase the peak season share and/or the canning share between March 1-June 15. We sell the early season shares from June 1-15 if the cherry crop makes it through frost season. We welcome your membership in one or all of the available shares: peak season, early season, and canning!
Ela Family Farms’ weekly CSA fruit share offers over 130 pounds of organic fruit over 17 weeks. The share suits a family of 2-4 people and averages approximately 8 lbs. of fruit each week. Members receive the best of our cherries, peaches, pears, plums, apples and heirloom tomatoes plus fresh apple cider in the fall. Because we grow over 20 varieties of apples, each apple week is unique. The last fruit share pick-up is a twenty-pound box of storage apples that you can enjoy into the New Year.
Eat organic fruit for less than conventional prices with our Canning Share!
Our 120 lb. Canning Share is great for those who want to savor Colorado fruit season year round by processing fruit while it is in season. Members receive a 20 lb. box of our “imperfect” fruit every couple of weeks or so. Can it, freeze it, jam it, dry it….or just gobble it up at a bargain price. Though not cosmetically perfect, our seconds are just as delicious and are easy on your local organic food budget.
To become and CSA member, proceed to the CSA purchase page of our online store and choose Fort Collins as your pick up site. If you have further questions or would like to pay with a check, contact jeni@elafamilyfarms.com and request information for the Fort Collins CSA.
Weekly Share Predicted Schedule
Early Season Fruit Share-$75 (may be available to buy after June 1st)
July 7- Sweet cherries
July 14- Sweet cherries
July 21- Sweet cherries and peaches
July 28- Peaches
Peak Season Weekly Fruit Share- $299 (buy between March 1-June 15)
Aug. 4- Two bags of fruit: Peaches and plums
Aug. 11- Two bags of fruit: Peaches and heirloom tomatoes
Aug. 18- Ten pound flat of peaches
Aug. 25- Two bags of fruit: Peaches and heirloom tomatoes
Sept. 1- Two bags of fruit: Peaches and apples, plums or heirloom tomatoes
Sept. 8- Three bags of fruit: Peaches, apples and heirloom tomatoes
Sept. 15- Three bags of fruit: Apples and pears, plums or peaches, and heirloom tomatoes
Sept. 22- Two bags of fruit: Apples and pears, plums or heirloom tomatoes
Sept. 29- Two bags of fruit: Apples and pears or plums
Oct. 6- Apples and ½ gallon apple cider
Oct. 13- Apples and ½ gallon apple cider
Oct. 20- Apples and ½ gallon apple cider
Oct. 27- Twenty-pound box of storage apples-When kept cold, these apples will stay fresh for several weeks.
Canning Share- $145 (buy between March 1-June 15)
Aug. 4- Peaches- 20lbs.
Aug. 18- Heirloom tomatoes-20lbs.
Sept. 1- Peaches-20lbs.
Sept. 8- Bartlett pears-20lbs. (The pears could take more than a week to ripen)
Sept. 22- Apples-20lbs.
Oct. 20- Apples-20 lbs.
Contact jeni@elafamilyfarms.com if you have further questions. We look forward to seeing you at the markets!!
