Frequently Asked Questions

It’s difficult to quickly explain what Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is. Think about it as a farm share: you buy a share in the season’s harvest. In exchange of your investment, we grow, harvest, and deliver 21 weeks of wonderful produce. And bring it to a pick-up location in your neighborhood.

And together with all the other seasonal shareholders, you help keeping the farm economically viable.

Want to learn more? Watch our YouTube movie: What is Fox Creek Farm CSA? Your farmer explains!

Step 1: You purchase a produce share.

Step 2: Your farmers at Fox Creek Farm will seed, plant, weed, harvest, pack, and deliver 21 weeks of exceptional produce.

Step 3: You (or your friends) pick up the produce share at a location of your choice.

Step 4: You’ll enjoy a season of high quality, locally and organically grown produce.

Step 5 (optional): Reap the benefits of our free, member exclusive, on-farm U-pick garden!

For 2025, we expect our harvest season to start the week of June 2, and end the week of October 20.

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We offer full and medium shares. Which share is best for you depends on your eating and cooking habits. In general, the medium share is more suitable for smaller households (2 people), while the full share likely fits a family of 4.

Let us help you make the right choice for your situation: give us a call or send us an email!

Or, if you want to see some examples, watch our short YouTube video: Fox Creek Farm, Full and Medium share explained

We always have been using organic farming practices – cover crops, compost, crop rotations, no use of herbicides, no treated seeds, a limited use of organic farm system approved pesticides using IPM strategies, and never GMO’s.

Fox Creek Farm has been growing and harvesting only the best produce for our farm share membership. We like to call it exceptional produce. Not only because it is super fresh and local, but also because it is always of outstanding quality.

We grow over 50 different kinds of vegetables, and what we harvest changes over the growing season.

Some of the vegetables we grow are Arugula, Basil, Beans, Beets, Bell Pepper, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Swiss Chard, Cilantro, Collards, Cucumber, Radish, Eggplant, Fennel, Garlic, Hot Pepper, Kale, Leeks, Lettuce, Mesclun, Onions, Pac Choi, Parsley, Peas, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Spinach, Summer Squash, Winter Squash, Sweet Corn, Sweet Peppers, Sweet Potatoes, Tatsoi, Slicer and Heirloom Tomatoes, and Watermelon.

The increasing costs for labor and other inputs are having an impact on the farm’s economic viability. We introduced a sliding scale pricing fee, considering that Fox Creek Farm membership represents more than exceptional produce alone:

- We are supporting our workers by compensating them reasonably for their hard work and diligence.

- We farm for climate resiliency, using regenerative farming practices like cover cropping, annual fallows, and reduced tillage where appropriate.

- Our farm is a beautiful place to visit and relax.

- And we’re keeping alive the tradition of small direct to market family farms.

The sliding scale gives you the opportunity to contribute to the farm viability at a level that is comfortable for you, while keeping the basic farm share pricing very reasonable.

You can reserve a farm share starting in the in the fall. We sell farm shares until sold out: first come, first served. For the 2025 season, we plan again on a limited number of farm shares. Reserving early with a small deposit guarantees your participation.

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Yes! During the growing season, you can visit the farm anytime, no appointment necessary. Enjoy the farm share member exclusive, and free U-pick. See your veggies grow. Take in the beautiful sights, or enjoy a picnic in the gardens.

Come and join us for the garlic harvest or a farm tour!

The U-pick with cutting flowers, a wide selection of cherry tomatoes, tomatillos, hot peppers, ground cherries, pole beans, and culinary herbs is an exclusive member benefit and FREE to our farm share members. All we ask is to keep in mind that the U-pick is a shared resource for all our farm share members when harvesting.

If you cannot make it to the pick-up site, we encourage you to send a friend - either to pick up for you, or to give them a chance to try our exceptional produce. Our farm shares make surprisingly appreciated gifts!

Produce that doesn't get picked up, will be donated to hunger relief efforts. Currently, we work with the Albany Free Food Fridge project (Albany, Niskayuna), the CAPTAIN food pantry (Clifton Park), and the Sycamore Collaborative (SiCM) Food Pantry in Schenectady.

We first met in Senegal (West Africa), catching a ride in a bush taxi at the Gare Routière in Dakar. Sara was in Peace Corps, while Raymond, from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was just ‘passing through’. We are still amazed how a chance meeting has evolved into this farm, feeding so many people exceptional produce!

And yes, it is a true story.