Lynchburg Grows Veggie Box CSA

Lynchburg Grows is a nonprofit urban farm. Our mission is to work with our community to provide access to healthy food and afford purposeful jobs to individuals with disabilities. We have a 200-member CSA program and an on-site Farm Store open every Thursday, 9am to 1pm, throughout the growing season. Whether customers shop at the Farm Store or join the CSA, they can get the produce we raise, using all organic methods, plus produce and fruit from other local farms, local eggs, and artisanal foods. A scholarship fund makes CSA memberships available to people who need financial help to join. SNAP/EBT users get 50% off their CSA memberships and Farm Store purchases of fruit and vegetables. We also run a produce prescription program in partnership with Virginia Cooperative Extension, called FreshRx, which provides nutrition and cooking education along with free produce and we donate produce to area organizations working to help meet basic needs in the community.

Lynchburg Grows Veggie Box CSA, in its own listing

How a CSA share works.

A CSA share is paid up front for a season of regular boxes, usually weekly. You share the farm's good years and its bad ones. Before you buy, ask what a typical week holds, where and when pickup is, whether delivery is offered, and how the farm handles a lost crop. Farms that grow organically or naturally say so on the listing.

Worth asking before you go:

• What is in a typical box in June, and in September?
• Where is pickup, and what if I miss a week?
• Is there a half share, a work share, or a payment plan?