What is a CSA?

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture— it’s a model where members pay in advance for food from a farm. Having a CSA gives us major support during the spring, before the veggies are ready to harvest. In return, the farm offers our best produce every week to our members, at market-style pickups. It’s a meaningful way for consumers to connect with local farms & producers on shared values and get the freshest produce straight from the source. 

As first-generation farmers in an area that is increasingly developed, we’re grateful for the opportunity to feed and employ folks from our community, learn and improve every year, and be able to farm in such a unique time and place. We’re inspired by the connections we’ve made and the impact we’ve been able to make, mostly through our 300-ish-person CSA. The CSA has become the driver of our farm, and the heart of our operations. We love bringing our neighbors here to share the beauty and connection to the land that we value so much.

At Urban Roots Farm, we use only organic growing practices and offer a diverse mix of different veggies every week. Members are part of our community and get access to on-farm events, discounts and a weekly newsletter of what is available at pickup, recipes, suggested pairings and updates about what’s happening in the fields.


The 2024 season will start the last week of June and last for 21 weeks. We offer two different share sizes at $30 and $40 per week. More information below.


Share Options & Payment

  • EARLY DISCOUNT (available until Mother’s Day):

    • Large Share $890 ($40/week)

      • 6-12 types of produce. Varies depending on how many items. Smaller portions of 12 items for example or larger amounts of 6-8, or somewhere in between.

      • Includes $75 credit. Every week there will be additional items from our farm and other local producers available to add-on with a credit system. You will support our farm by paying up-front for these credits using an easy punchcard system. Now your share can vary more, week by week, in a flexible, convenient way.

      • Includes $15 compost/admin fee - bring your bucket of compost each week, reduce waste, and feed it back to the soil!

    • Small Share $695 ($30/week)

      • 4-6 types of produce, multiples of each type. Ex. few pieces of corn, few lbs of heirlooms, quart of sweet peppers, couple zucchini.

      • Includes $75 credit. Every week there will be additional items from our farm and other local producers available to add-on with a credit system. You will support our farm by paying up-front for these credits using an easy punchcard system. Now your share can vary more, week by week, in a flexible, convenient way.

      • Includes $10 compost/admin fee - bring your bucket of compost each week, reduce waste, and feed it back to the soil!

    • PICKUPS ARE TUESDAY & THURSDAY 3:30 - 6:30PM

    NOTE ON SHARE SIZES:

    Large Share Ideal For:

    • Great for families of 2+ or those who really love vegetables and are looking for diversity each week

    • Past members who loved the $45/week share. You’ll pay a little less up front, and be able to do more picking out and paying for what you want each week.  You might expect to make up the difference between last year’s price and this year’s price, but in doing so be able to pick out exactly what you want, not pay for anything you don’t, take more when you are planning to use more, and spend/waste less on weeks you are not cooking as much.

    Small Share Ideal For:

    • Smaller households

    • Those who want the basics, lower rate, and prefer using credit punchcards to select and purchase additional produce or other items they really want each week

  • When you are ready to purchase your CSA membership, fill out the Sign Up Form. After signing up, we will email you to confirm your balance and help you submit a payment. You will select your preferred payment method when you fill out the signup form.

    Payment Options:

    Pay in Full

    • Pay by check

    • Bank Transfer or Credit Card with processing fee

    Pay 50/50

    • 50% due upfront, 50% due by 8/1.

    • By check: you must provide two checks upfront, 1 post-dated for 8/1

    • By credit card with processing fee: you must provide a card on file, which will be charged on 8/1 for the remaining 50%

      You will select your preferred payment method when you fill out the signup form.

    Interested in work opportunities? Special circumstances that the above options do not work for you? Please contact us directly at info@urbanrootsfarpa.com. We want to do our best to provide equitable access to our CSA.

  • Pickup days are Tuesday & Thursday 3:30-6:30pm.

    CSA is 21 weeks starting the week of June 24, with a week break Sept. 23-29, and ending the week of November 18.

    Pickups are located at Urban Roots Farm on Garrett Williamson’s campus at 395 Bishop Hollow Rd. Newtown Sq, PA 19073

Veggies

    • Small Share $30/week - 4-6 items

    • Large Share $40/week - larger portions or 4-6 items and/or up to 4 additional items

    • Option to use credits to purchase more produce or other products, like eggs, meat, kombucha, sauces and more

    We try to include veggies that you can prepare in different ways— some for salads, to eat raw, to roast, or to make into sauces. We grow lots of basic staples that everyone loves, and specialty items to keep things fun and interesting.

  • * July/August: Heirlooms, cherry tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, melon and watermelon, corn, yellow and red potatoes, onions, beets, lettuce, fennel, kale, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, summer squash and zucchini, cucumbers, basil, parsley, oregano and mint

    * September/October:Beans, more heirlooms, cherries, pepper and eggplant, melons and corn overlapping with, then giving way to sweet potatoes and delicata squash, Potatoes, onions, leeks, beets, carrots, salad, lettuce, fennel, turnips and radishes bunches and for storage, the start of spinach and radicchio, sage, thyme, parsley, oregano 

    * November: Butternuts and kabocha squash, sweet potatoes, potatoes, onions, more leeks, radicchio, spinach, lettuce and arugula, carrots, beets, purple top turnips, watermelon radish, daikon, cabbages, kale, more cauliflower and broccoli

  • We're not certified organic, but we don’t use anything on the crops that is not certified organic. We generate much of our fertility on the farm through composting, animal manure, and cover crops. This is good, healthy food grown the best ways we know how. Come out to the farm and see for yourself! We are always happy to share the dirty details of farming—that’s what the CSA is all about.

  • We are no longer offering delivery or off-site pickups. On-farm is pretty magical because you get to connect with the land where we grow.

Add-Ons

In addition to your Urban Roots vegetable CSA, you can choose many delicious add-on items from other farmers and local producers to your share. Our network of partners expands every year, and we’re excited to offer a new credit system for customers to take advantage. Below are the items that are either available to add-on to your share or will be available on-farm or pre-order during the season.

Eggs, flowers, fruit, bread, cheese and mushrooms are available to add to your share. When you sign up to support those producers in advance, you get guaranteed access to those items on a scheduled distribution at the best possible price. We also hope to have those items available for purchase when you need them, without needing to sign up for a full season. But if you want to lock in these 5 items every week, we strongly recommend you sign up for the share!

Every week there will be additional items from our farm and other local producers available to add-on with a credit system. You will still support our farm by paying up-front for these credits using an easy punchcard system. You still get a great deal on our best produce in return, but now your share can vary more week-by-week in a flexible, convenient way.

LEARN MORE ABOUT ADD-ONS & SIGN UP!