CSA Shares
A beautiful box of fresh, local, yummy produce every week!
Join our CSA!
We deliver organic produce shares to Brewer and Bangor, Maine and offer on-farm pickup in Kenduskeag.
Wise Acres Farm CSA Shares
A beautiful box of fresh, local, yummy produce every week!
From 2016 to 2021, we delivered organic produce shares to Brewer and Bangor, Maine and offered on-farm pickup in Kenduskeag.
We will not be offering CSA shares in 2022.
We know this will be a disappointment to you if you are a CSA member who was planning on renewing your share this season, especially if you have been a member for many years. To meet the needs of our family and make sure we can keep farming for the long haul, we have decided it is best for us to scale back slightly and focus our efforts on our outdoor farmers’ markets.
We hope that if you are a CSA member, you’ll consider making the switch to shopping with us at the farmers’ market if you don’t already! We send a weekly newsletter on Fridays to list everything we will have available at markets that weekend (Saturdays in Ellsworth, Sundays in Bangor). If weekend markets do not work for your schedule, or you prefer the CSA model, we recommend checking out the CSA offerings from the following organic farmers in the Bangor area, all of whom we know and respect: Fisher Farm, Nettie Fox Farm, and Ripley Farm.
We are grateful for the support and goodwill that all of our members have offered us since we started our CSA program in 2016. We continue to see Community-Supported Agriculture as a positive and viable farming enterprise…just not for our particular farm and family at this time in our lives. We are excited for what 2022 and beyond will bring for everyone who is a part of Wise Acres Farm: us, our employees, and all of you who make our produce a part of your meals and lives. Thank you!
Please join our email list for updates about other ways to find our produce this season.
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What’s a CSA?
CSA stands for “community-supported agriculture.” Another name is “farm share.” You purchase a share in advance, which assures us a market for what we grow ahead of time. In return, we pack a beautiful box of our organic produce for you to enjoy each week during the summer and fall.
When you join our CSA, you’ll be filling your own table with organic, nutritious food that is grown with love and care while helping us create local jobs and steward organic farmland.
“Very flavorful, fresh produce. A CSA saves time, and introduced me to some veggies I had never eaten before. Wonderful people giving me a surprise package every week.”
What will you get in our CSA?
SALAD: a selection of our fresh head lettuces and ready-to-eat baby salad greens in every share so you can make delicious salads all week
VEGGIES YOU KNOW AND LOVE: carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, scallions, peppers, zucchini, snap beans, and more
SEASONAL TREATS like strawberries, raspberries and sweet and tangy cherry tomatoes
RECIPES AND IDEAS for tasty but less-familiar veggies like bok choy, salad turnips, eggplant, swiss chard
Read our archived weekly CSA newsletters for more details about what goes in the shares.
We’re Certified Organic by MOFGA
All the produce we sell is certified organic by MOFGA Certification Services. That means you get clean food grown in healthy soil. Visit MOFGA’s Buy Organic page for more information about the benefits of organic food.
ADD FLOWERS! Our friends at Flywheel Flowers offer the fresh, quality flowers from their fields to your table as a CSA add-on. You can pick up or receive delivery in conjunction with your Wise Acres Farm CSA share. Please visit the Flywheel Flowers website to sign up or get more information.
How many people will a share feed?
Our share is designed for two people who eat salad and veggies regularly, a single person who eats lots of them, or a larger family that wants to try new veggies and might shop at the farmers’ market for more of what they like the best.
A typical share in early August might contain a mini head of lettuce, two pounds of carrots, 1/3 lb of lettuce mix. a bunch of basil, a head of bok choy, two cucumbers, a small eggplant, a sweet pepper, 3/4 lb of snap beans, and a zucchini.
A typical share in mid-September might include a large head of lettuce, a cucumber, a sweet pepper, 2 lb of tomatoes, a half-pint of cherry tomatoes, and a spaghetti squash.
“Wise Acres produce was absolutely luscious. I loved picking up my box every week! I found the newsletter very helpful...the storage tips and especially the recipes...many of which I have incorporated into my menu of go-to dishes. I will see you next year for sure!”
Is your share a good value?
Yes! For $25 per week, you can enjoy a selection of premium organic veggies and fruit at their peak freshness, with the convenience of a quick pickup or delivery. CSA members share with us in the risk and reward of the season. In recognition of this, we aim to deliver a 5-10% bonus of extra produce above and beyond the share price over the course of the season, based on how our crops are doing.
How do I get my share every week?
Choose a pickup or delivery location that is right for you. All shares are delivered on Wednesday afternoons. Your share will be all packed up and ready to transfer into your reusable bag, so pickup can be a quick and easy part of your day.
The first pickup day will be June 23 and the last one will be October 20 (18 weeks total).
If you will be away for a pickup day, you can have a friend or family member take your share, or, if you let us know before Wednesday, we can hold your share at the farm for up to two days until you can come pick it up.
2021 Share Pickup/Delivery Options (Wednesdays)
Brewer/Bangor
Tiller & Rye, 20 S. Main St., Brewer
$486 (includes $2 fee per delivery)
Pickup hours 3-7 PM
Kenduskeag--At the Farm
424 Townhouse Road
$450
Pickup hours 3-6 PM
Home/Workplace Delivery
Before choosing this option, email wiseacresgarden@gmail.com or call 207-730-6214 to check if we can deliver to your address along our route between Kenduskeag and Brewer. A delivery discount applies if we can deliver 5 or more shares to your workplace or home; ask us for details!
$540 (includes $5 fee per delivery)
Delivery by 3 PM
If your household schedule changes, we can reassign your pickup/delivery location during the season. Any difference in delivery fees will be billed or refunded on a pro-rated basis.
How do I sign up & pay for my share?
When signup is open, a link to our online signup form will be posted here. After signing up, you will have the option of paying online (3% convenience fee applies) or sending us a check.
Payment in full or a $100 deposit sent within two weeks of signup will secure your share. If it is feasible for you, paying in full when you sign up helps cover our farm's early-season expenses and limits our peak-season administrative burden - thank you! If you make a deposit, your balance will be due one week before the first share delivery. You are welcome to make installments in the meantime.
Interested, but not quite ready to sign up yet?
CLICK HERE to join our email list for updates.
Or CLICK HERE to tell a friend or family member about the CSA - maybe you want to join together and need to talk it over, or you just want them to know about it!