Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
With a CSA subscription, you purchase a “share” of the produce harvest, or a weekly portion, from a local farm. Some farms also offer fruit, herbs, flowers, and other products. Many are also open to visitors for farm tours and/or produce sales.
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- Newton Community Farm (the former Angino Farm in Newton)
- Allandale Farm (Brookline)
- Autumn Hills Orchard (Groton; food pickups in Newton)
- Brookfield Farm (Amherst; food pickups in Newton)
- The Dover Farm (Dover)
- Dragonfly Farms (Pepperell; pickup in Allston)
- Drumlin Farm CSA (Lincoln)
- Enterprise Farm (several farms; pickups in Newton and other locations)
- Farmer Dave’s (Dracut; pickups in Somerville, Boston, other sites)
- The Farm School CSA (Athol; pickups in Watertown and Cambridge)
- The Food Project (Lincoln; pickups in Wellesley and Brookline)
- Freedom Food Farm (pickup in West Newton)
- Green Hill Farm (Shrewsbury)
- Heirloom Harvest (Westborough; pickups in Brookline and Cambridge)
- Land’s Sake CSA (Weston)
- Lindentree Farm (Lincoln)
- Moose Hill Community Farm (Sharon)
- New Entry CSA (many Boston-area pickups)
- Parker Farm (Lunenburg; pickups in Somerville and Cambridge)
- Picadilly Farm (Winchester, NH; several pickups, including Newton and Watertown)
- Powisset Farm (Dover)
- Red Fire Farm (Granby; several pickups, including Newton)
- Re-Vision Farm (Lincoln)
- Shared Harvest Multi-Farm Winter CSA (pickup in Lexington)
- Siena Farms (Sudbury; pickups in Boston)
- Silverbrook Farm (Dartmouth; several Boston-area pickup and delivery options)
- Sparrow Arc Farm (Unity, Maine; pickups in Wellesley)
- Stearns Farm CSA (Framingham)
- Stone Soup Farm (Belchertown; pickups in Boston and Cambridge)
- Sunshine Farm (Sherborn)
- Tangerini’s Spring Street Farm (Millis)
- Waltham Fields Community Farm (Waltham)
- Wilson Farm (Lexington)
- Local Food Guide (search for CSAs)
- Local Harvest
Other Organic and Non-Profit Farms
- Applefield Farm (Stow)
- Appleton Farms (Ipswich)
- Belkin Lookout Farm (South Natick)
- Blue Heron Farm (Lincoln)
- Chip-in Farm (Bedford)
- Codman Community Farm (Lincoln)
- Cranberry Hill Farm (Plymouth)
- Gaining Ground Farm (Concord)
- Hutchins Farm (Concord)
- Land’s Sake Farm (Weston)
- Natick Community Organic Farm
- Old Frog Pond Farm (Harvard)
- Russell Orchards (Ipswich)
- Small Farm (Stow)
- Tangerini’s Farm (Millis)
- Waters Farm (West Sutton)
- Weir River Farm (Hingham)
Other Local Farms and Farmers Markets
- Allandale Farm (Brookline)
- Verrill Farm (Concord)
- Volante Farms (Needham)
- Wilson Farms (Lexington)
- Brookline Farmers Market (Thursday)
- Newton Farmers Market (Tuesday and Saturday)
- Waltham Farmers Market (Saturday)
- Federation of Massachusetts Farmers’ Markets
- Massachusetts Farmers’ Markets (Mass Dept. of Agriculture list)
- Boston Globe interactive map of farmers markets
- Winter farmers markets (BostonZest 2016 list)
- Pick-Your-Own Farms in Massachusetts:
- Local Food Guide (search for farmers markets, CSAs, etc.)
New England Farm Museums and Farms Open to Visitors
- Alfalfa Farm Winery (Topsfield, MA)
- Billings Farm and Museum (Woodstock, VT)
- Caprilands Herb Farm (Coventry, CT)
- Casey Farm (Saunderstown, RI)
- Chip-in Farm (Bedford)
- Cider Hill Farm (Amesbury, MA)
- D Acres (Rumney, NH)
- Davis Farmland and Megamaze (Sterling, MA)
- The Farm School (Athol, MA)
- Gore Place (Waltham, MA)
- Grace Note Farm (Pascoag, RI)
- Intervale (Burlington, VT)
- Liberty Hill Farm (Rochester, VT)
- Mike’s Amaizing Maze (Sunderland, MA)
- New Hampshire Farm Museum (Milton, NH)
- Overlook Farm (Rutland, MA)
- Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm (Tamworth, NH)
- Shelburne Farms (Shelburne, VT)
- Shelburne Museum (Shelburne, VT)
- Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, MA)
- Stonewall Farm (Keene, NH)
- Watson Farm (Jamestown, RI)
- Wolfe’s Neck Farm (Freeport, ME)
- Association for Living History, Farm, and Agricultural Museums
New England Gardens Open to Visitors
- Ashintully Gardens (Tyringham, MA)
- Berkshire Botanical Garden (Stockbridge, MA)
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (Boothbay, ME)
- The Fells (Newbury, NH, on Lake Sunapee)
- Fuller Gardens (North Hampton, NH)
- Garden in the Woods (Native Plant Trust) (Framingham, MA)
- Heritage Museums and Gardens (Sandwich, MA)
- Long Hill (Beverly, MA)
- Massachusetts Horticultural Society at Elm Bank (Wellesley, MA)
- Mytoi (Chappaquiddick Island, Martha’s Vineyard, MA)
- Naumkeag (Stockbridge, MA)
- Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site (Cornish, NH)
- Smith College Botanic Garden (Northampton, MA)
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden (Boylston, MA)
- White Flower Farm (Litchfield, CT)
Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture
- Agricultural Hall (An “urban agriculture supply and resource center” in Jamaica Plain)
- American Farmland Trust
- Edible Boston magazine
- Farm To School
- Food & Farms (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- Northeast Family Farms
- Northeast Organic Farming Association
- Organic Valley Coop Farms
- Slow Food
- Slow Food Boston
Organic Gardening
- The Dirt Doctor
- Ecological Landscaping Association
- Green City Growers
- Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center
- Organic Land Care Committee of Conn and Mass
Other Web Resources about Farming, Gardening, and Plants
- Agritourism Farms in Massachusetts
- American Community Gardening Association
- Cornell University gardening resources
- Farm Aid
- Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
- Native Plant Information Network
- New England Small Farm Institute
- ReviewLab Ultimate Guide to Gardening Resources
- Slow Food Boston
- UConn Plant Database
- UMass Extension Service
- more gardening links
