The VI's Organic Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) from Ridge to Reef Farm 

Got local and organic?
This page provides general information about the CSA if you are just learning about our CSA membership.
Step 1: Fully read this page.
Step 2: Click on this registration link to take you to the registration page.

Need organic? The Ridge to Reef Farm Crew has got you covered

 

Early Fall CSA 2017 
Season is Now
Open

Ridge to Reef Farm is proud to offer our 18th CSA season, starting August 19, 2017 Saturday in St Croix! Buy a share in the territory’s only USDA Certified Organic farm and reap the benefits of investing in local food for your family and island community. 

All of our produce and fruit are 100% Organic, 100% GMO free. Are eggs are free range, naturally raised chickens with no antibiotics or hormones. The coffee is organic (not certified), shade grown. The pigs are pasture raised and fed all purpose grain, organic food scraps, and mangos. Our sheep are 100% organic, graze freely and are not fed any grain.

Shares are limited and we expect them to fill, so please register and make your payments early!

Here's your chance to get a wide range of delicious high-quality food from the only certified organic farm in the USVI. Grown with love, and engineered to provide a balance of things for your daily kitchen use. Membership includes weekly newsletter with recipes, stories, and explanation of crops you receive.

6 types of shares are available:

1) Mixed certified organic Vegetable/Produce Box
2) Mixed certified organic Fruit Box (Full Season)
3) 1lb shade grown local Coffee every other week (from Puerto Rico's sustainable coffee farm, Sandra Farms, or another PR farm that is certified organic)
4) 1 dozen of happy hen Eggs every week (from Wendell's farm)
5) Locally raised Pork share (delivered once a month, 2 total)

We also have a la carte meat sales which will vary every few weeks of the CSA season. More info will be sent upon registering :).

Pick-up Locations include:

STX East - The Shan Hendricks Vegetable Market in Christiansted (Saturdays 10-12) west of the corner of Company and Prince street
STX West - The Lawaetz Museum in Little La Grange (Saturdays 10-12)
STX Home Delivery - Home delivery of all CSA boxes every Saturday



THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS PICK UP LOCATION HOSTS!

Also! CSA members get a free night stay on our farm for the season they are registered.

Next Step: Register here.

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The CSA season is 8 continuous weeks running
August 19, 2017 to October 7, 2017.

*Please note that for this Early Fall CSA 2017, it is only available in St Croix for this season.


Crops- If all goes well, the mixed produce share can carry several varieties of these: arugula, tatsoi, mizunza, red mustard, kale, lettuce, eggplants, okras, seasoning peppers, jalapenos, bok choy, chinese cabbage, summer squashes, carrots, cucumbers, watermelons (it is a mixed share so you can occasionally get fruits as a nice surprise in your box), parsley, dill, basil, lemongrass, green onion, garlic chive,  and more! We hope to have have tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli rabe, radishes, beets, and corn too. We try to expose your tastebuds slowly to featured unique local produce of the seasons you may not be familiar with either but are really good to know and to get to know.

The fruit share definitely changes season to season. Throughout the year it will feature fruits like soursops, avocados, mangos, pomelos, bananas, pomerac, wax apples, passionfruits, eggfruits, tamarinds, starfruits, genips, sour oranges, lemons, limes, mesples, star apples, black sapotes, sugar apples, custard apples, papayas, gooseberries, suriname cherries, acerola cherries, green coconuts, dry coconuts, breadfruits, breadnuts, jackfruits, watermelons, hog plums, September plums, Java plums, jo jos (jojubes), and many more! Talk about eating seasonally! You taste the most seasonal differences with the fruit share.