2026 Summer
CSA Shares
What is
a CSA?
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a direct, food-share partnership between you and the farmer. It entails purchasing an entire season’s worth of vegetables at the beginning of the year. Purchasing a CSA share gives the customer consistent access to vegetables at a discounted price while also bringing the farmer an income at an important time of the year when cash-flow is low but they are ordering seeds, building infrastructure, and improving tools and production practices.
How Does Our CSA Work?
Well Fed Farmstead offers two kinds of CSA models:
A free-choice program OR a traditional box model.
Let's explain:
THE FREE-CHOICE CSA allows you to pick whatever items you’d like, however many you’d like, whenever you’d like them. If you miss a week or are out of town, no problem. If you don’t want kale seven weeks in a row or you don’t know how to cook kohlrabi, that’s fine!
You pre-purchase your season's veggies in what we call a "share" ----> We put that money onto a Farm Gift Card (this year it's back to a physical card, not the e-gift system like 2025) ----> You use the card to buy what you want, when you want at our farm stand or the farmers market ----> It's deducted from the card and you keep going until your balance is empty.
There are 3 share sizes to choose from to help tailor it to your household's needs.
(keep reading below to find out the share sizes and prices)
PERKS:
If you choose a free choice CSA you receive an added 10% sign up bonus!
THE BOX MODEL CSA harkens back to how it all began. The farmer curates a weekly box of produce that's in season, includes a recipe, you come to pick up the box at the farm, and you take it home.
The perk of this model is that you can choose a month-to-month, 3 month, or 6 month subscription.
Although the box only comes in one size (approximately $30 in value), this model makes it easy to commit to healthy, local produce, and promotes sharing with friends and family.
You don't have to make a grocery list, or choose when to drop by the farm. There's a specific pick-up window, and the veggies are chosen for you. If you can't use them all, be a good neighbor and share the bounty!
PERKS:
If you choose a 3 month subscription you'll receive one box for free, if you choose a 6 month subscription, you'll receive two boxes for free!
I'm sure you're curious about what kind of produce you might get with a Well-Fed Summer CSA.
Here's everything we grow!
Greens:
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Arugula
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Baby Kale
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Cabbage
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Collard Greens
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Curly Kale
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Dandelion Greens
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Head Lettuce
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Lacinato Kale
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Mizuna
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Mustard
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Pak Choi
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Rainbow Swiss Chard
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Salad Mix
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Spicy Mix
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Spinach
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Tatsoi
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Tokyo Bekana
Roots:
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Beets (red, gold, and chioggia)
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Carrots (orange and purple)
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Easter Egg Radishes
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Garlic (heirloom varieties)
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Red Radishes
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Hakurai Turnips
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Purple Top Turnips
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Onions (Red and yellow)
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Shallots
Fruits:
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Cucumbers
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slicers and picklers
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Eggplant (heirloom, pink and purple and striped)
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Okra
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Peppers
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bell, jalapeno, poblano, roasting, serrano, shishito, snacking
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- Tomatoes
- beefsteak, cherry, heirloom, slicer
- Summer Squash
- Strawberries
- Zucchini
Flowers:
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Seasonal Bouquets made up of:
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buplereum, cosmos, dahlias, dill, echinacea, grasses, lavender, marigolds, rudbeckia, sage, strawflowers, sunflowers, yarrow, zinnias
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By the stem:
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Dahlias
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Sunflowers
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Zinnias
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Herbs:
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Basil
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Chives
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Dill
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Lavender
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Lemon Balm
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Oregano
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Parsley
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Thyme
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Sage
Microgreens
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Pea Shoots
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Purple Radish Mix
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Sunflower Shoots
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Wheatgrass
Pick Your Own:
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Herbs
- Flowers
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Strawberries (CSA Only!)
Merchandise
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Hats
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Patches
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Tote Bags
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Sweaters
Early Bird Discount!
If you sign up by March 31st you will also receive amazing discounts on other local goods that we stock in our farm stand daily.
Apples | Apricots | Bread | Eggs | Ferments | Honey | Peaches | Pears | Mushrooms | Teas | Tinctures
The larger the CSA you buy, the bigger the discount!
(read more in the next section)
Free- Choice CSA Prices:
Pick the share size that best fits your household and your needs!
Shares start on May 8th and end on October 31st (26 weeks!)
Any leftover funds on your card cannot be refunded and will not roll over into a 2026 Winter CSA Share or a 2027 Summer CSA Share.
Small Share:
you pay - $300
Perfect for a 1 person household.
Equals roughly
$11.50/week.
With the added 10% bonus, you recieve
$330!
Sign up by March 31st to receive a 5%
early-bird discount code for all the additional local goods we sell in the farm stand!
Medium Share:
you pay - $450
Perfect for a 2-3 person household. Equals roughly
$17/week.
With the added 10% bonus, you recieve
$495!
Sign up by March 31st to receive a 10%
early-bird discount code for all the additional local goods we sell in the farm stand!
Large Share:
you pay - $600
Perfect for a 4-5 person household. Equals roughly
$23/week.
With the added 10% bonus, you recieve
$660!
Sign up by March 31st to receive a 15%
early-bird
discount code for all the additional local goods we sell in the farm stand!
Box Model CSA Prices:
All CSA Boxes begin in May 2026.
Pick-up location is 2229 W. Vine Dr.
Pick-up window is every Friday at 4pm - Monday at 4pm.
With a 3 month subscription you may skip 1 week of your choosing.
With a 6 month subscription you may choose 2 weeks to skip.
More details sent after sign-up.
Month-to-Month
Subscription
(4 weeks of boxes, beginning the first week of the given month):
$120
- no discount
3 Month
Subscription
(12 weeks of boxes, Starting in May, June, July or August):
$330
- 1 box included for free!
- Sign up by March 31st to receive a 5%
early-bird
discount code for all items at the farm stand
6 Month
Subscription
(24 weeks of boxes, May-October):
$660
- 2 boxes included for free!
- Sign up by March 31st to receive a 5%
early-bird
discount code for the farm stand
*If you choose to pay using a credit/debit card there will be an added 3% transaction fee. Please fill out the form below and select "paying with card." When you select your share size you'll be redirected to a payment page.
If you'd like to avoid the fee, please fill out the form below, select "paying with cash or check" and send your respective payment without the added 3% (for example... $300 for small, free-choice, or $660 for 6 month box) in the mail to 2229 w vine dr. Fort Collins, CO 80521
* If these prices are out of reach for you read the FAQs below to see how we work with SNAP to make local veggies accessible for anyone!
** We also offer an option to volunteer in exchange for a CSA Share. Read more about it on our "Work and Volunteer" page.
FAQs:
Do you work with SNAP?
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Yes, we accept SNAP/EBT benefits to help purchase your CSA Share.
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If you are interested in using your EBT card to purchase a share please email us at wellfedfarmstead@gmail.com and include "SNAP CSA Share" in the subject line.
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Why is there a processing fee?
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As is the norm for modern businesses, we all have credit card processing fees. But the CSA is unique. Such a large purchase creates a large fee! We need to purchase the physical cards ($1.50/each), and also do quite a bit of back end office work to keep things smooth and organized for all our families. We use the small 3% processing fees to cover a small portion of our added costs. Thanks for understanding. If you'd like to avoid it, please use cash or check.
If I get the Box Model CSA, what if I need to skip a week?
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All 3 month Box Model CSA customers get to select one week off of their choosing over the course of their three months. 6 month subscribers get to choose 2 weeks off. Please let us know with a minimum of 3 days in advance if you are going to skip.
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Month-to-Month subscribers are given boxes 4 weeks in a row from the beginning of the month they paid for. They do not get to choose a week off.
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If you cannot pick up your box but did not let us know ahead of time (or ran out of your allowed skips) please inform a friend or family member to pick up your box. Share it! There are no refunds for weeks missed.
How do I know how much money is on my card?
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The easiest way is to scan the QR code on the back of the physical gift card. You can also ask the farmers market crew whenever checking out.
What happens if I run out of CSA Money?
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No worries! You can add money to your CSA account whenever you run out and you'll continue to receive the same sign-up bonus. Simply talk to one of our crew members at a Friday or Saturday Market and they will help you out.
Can my CSA card roll over to next year?
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Short answer, no. Any leftover funds after October 31st will be unavailable for use. Think of the CSA like a gym membership. You have it for a specific amount of time and the more you use it, the more you get out of it.
What if the farm is affected by a natural disaster?
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A CSA program revolves around the concept of sharing the risk and rewards of local agriculture. Because we are located in Northern Colorado we are prone to hail, extreme drought, and severe temperature shifts. Although we do our best to protect ourselves from these natural conditions (we grow a portion of our produce in greenhouses, we source water from natural precipitation, wells and ditches, and we have several strategies to keep our produce warm in the winter), we are not invincible. Thus, we include a "Hand of God" clause in our CSA that, if disaster should strike, our members would share the burden. If our harvest is dramatically reduced or we are unable to come to market we will deduct the amount of an average market week from everyone's Farm Cards until harvest resumes. Or in the case of Box Model CSA customers, we will simply skip distribution until we recover. More than likely, this will not occur (in Farmer Ryan's 10 year career, it has never happened), but by purchasing a share, you're helping us focus on what we do best instead of fretting about the next tragedy. You are assisting us in running a sustainable business and we can't thank you enough.
Questions? Email us.