What is a CSA, Buying Club or Herdshare?
Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is a socio-economic model of agriculture and food distribution. A CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation where the growers and consumers share the risks and benefits of food production. CSAs are usually structured as a system of weekly delivery or pick-up of "shares" of produce from that week's harvest. Some CSAs include dairy and meat products.
A buying club or co-op is a group of people who combine their purchasing power to buy high quality local food at wholesale prices. Buying clubs and co-ops can take many shapes, from a small group of households who combine weekly food orders to retail locations. Growhio lists retail store co-ops in its merchant listings.
Herdshares provide a legal means for consumers, whose states prohibit them from purchasing raw milk products in stores or directly from farmers, to obtain these products. In a herdshare (sometimes called cow share), consumers enter into a share agreement with a farmer and pay a fee to cover boarding, caring and milking for their "share" of the herd. As a share owner, the consumer "owns" a share or part of the herd. When the share owner obtains raw milk products from the farmer, he is not purchasing raw milk products because he is obtaining the products from a herd that he partially owns.
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$ = available separately for purchase |
P = Produce
M = Meat/poultry |
D = Dairy
S = Maple syrup |
E = Eggs
O = Other |
H = Honey |
| Type |
County |
Name |
Pick-Up |
Dates |
Pricing |
Offerings |
| Locations |
Days |
Sign Up |
Start |
End |
Single |
Family |
P |
D |
E |
M |
H |
S |
O |
| CSA |
Ashland |
H-W Organic Farms |
Cleveland |
|
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May |
Oct |
|
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✓ |
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| CSA |
Ashland |
PJ’s All Natural Farms |
Worthington |
M, Tu |
|
Jun |
Oct |
$350 |
$795 |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
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|
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| CSA |
Ashtabula |
Covered Bridge Gardens |
multiple |
multiple |
|
Jun |
Oct |
$330 |
$516 |
✓ |
|
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| CSA |
Ashtabula |
Natural Excellence Farm |
multiple |
|
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|
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$300 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
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| CSA |
Ashtabula |
True Earth Organics |
multiple |
|
|
|
|
$400 |
$400 |
✓ |
|
$ |
$ |
|
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| CSA |
Cuyahoga |
Bay Branch Farm |
Lakewood |
|
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|
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$35/wk |
✓ |
|
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| CSA |
Cuyahoga |
Blue Pike Farm |
Cleveland, Shaker Hts. |
M, W |
6/30 |
Jun |
Oct |
$550 |
$650 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
| CSA |
Cuyahoga |
City Fresh |
multiple |
multiple |
|
Jun |
Oct |
$14/wk |
$28/wk |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| CSA |
Cuyahoga |
Dean's Greenhouse |
Westlake |
|
|
|
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$270 |
$540 |
✓ |
|
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| CSA |
Cuayhoga |
East Side Veggies |
44122 |
Th |
|
Jun |
Oct |
$60/4 wks |
$100/4 wks |
✓ |
|
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|
|
|
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| CSA |
Cuyahoga |
FarmShare Ohio |
Tower City |
Th |
|
Jun |
Nov |
$350 |
$600 |
✓ |
|
|
|
$ |
$ |
$ |
| CSA |
Cuyahoga |
Fresh Fork Market |
multiple |
F, Sa |
|
May |
Oct |
$550 |
$880 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
✓ |
| CSA |
Cuyahoga |
Heart of the City |
Cleveland |
|
|
|
|
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$700 |
✓ |
|
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|
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| CSA |
Cuyahoga |
League Park Market Garden |
Cleveland, Shaker |
|
|
|
|
$15/wk |
$25/wk |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
✓ |
| CSA |
Cuyahoga |
Ohio City Farm |
multiple |
|
|
|
|
|
$500 |
✓ |
|
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|
|
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| CSA |
Cuyahoga |
Swan Farm & Canal Corners |
multiple |
|
|
|
|
$290 |
$550 |
✓ |
|
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|
|
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| CSA |
Geauga |
All the Above Farm |
multiple |
|
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|
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✓ |
|
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| CSA |
Geauga |
Art Farm |
|
|
|
|
|
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$350 |
✓ |
|
$ |
$ |
|
|
|
| CSA |
Geauga |
Blooming Patches Farm |
Newbury |
|
|
Jun |
Oct |
NA |
$150 |
✓ |
|
$ |
$ |
|
|
$ |
| CSA |
Geauga |
Geauga Family Farms |
multiple |
multiple |
5/15 |
Jun |
Oct |
$240 |
$390 |
✓ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
| CSA |
Geauga |
Hershey Montessori Farm School |
multiple |
|
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|
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|
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✓ |
|
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| CSA |
Geauga |
Maple Star Farm LLC |
|
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✓ |
|
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| CSA |
Geauga |
Maple Valley Sugar Bush |
|
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| CSA |
Geauga |
Rock Valley Run |
|
|
|
|
|
$425 |
$700 |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
| CSA |
Geauga |
Sirna’s Farm & Market |
|
|
5/30 |
Jun |
Oct |
$250 |
$400 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| CSA |
Huron |
The Chef's Garden |
|
|
|
|
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|
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✓ |
|
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|
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| CSA |
Lorain |
Breychaks Blue Egg Farm |
on-site |
multiple |
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
$ |
$ |
|
$ |
| CSA |
Lorain |
George Jones Memorial Farm |
on-site |
T |
|
Jun |
Oct |
|
|
✓ |
$ |
✓ |
$ |
$ |
|
$ |
| CSA |
Lorain |
Murray Hill Farm |
multiple |
multiple |
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
| CSA |
Lorain |
Pitchfork Farm |
multiple |
|
|
|
|
$640 |
$800 |
✓ |
|
|
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|
|
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| CSA |
Medina |
Baker’s Fresh Produce |
multiple |
W, Th, Sa |
|
May |
Oct |
|
$500 |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
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| CSA |
Medina |
Beriswill Farms |
on-site |
|
|
|
|
$250 |
$500 |
✓ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
| CSA |
Medina |
Bindel Farm |
Spencer |
|
|
|
|
|
$375 |
$ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
| CSA |
Medina |
FreeBird Farms |
TBA |
TBA |
|
TBA |
TBA |
|
TBA |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
| CSA |
Medina |
Plum Creek Farm |
Cleveland, Valley City |
|
|
|
|
|
$750 |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
✓ |
| CSA |
Medina |
White House Gardens |
|
|
|
Jun |
Oct |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CSA |
Portage |
Birdsong Farm |
multiple |
Tu, Th, Sa |
5/1 |
Jun |
Oct |
$300 |
$500 |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CSA |
Portage |
Don Anna Farm |
multiple |
Sa, Su |
3/1 |
|
|
$350 |
$600 |
✓ |
|
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|
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|
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| CSA |
Portage |
Edge of Freedom Farm |
|
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| CSA |
Portage |
Rootstown Organic Farm |
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|
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| CSA |
Portage |
Silver Creek Farm |
multiple |
|
|
May |
|
$350 |
$600 |
✓ |
|
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|
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| CSA |
Stark |
Mud Run Farms |
|
|
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|
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|
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✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
| CSA |
Summit |
Basket of Life Farm |
on-site |
W, Su |
|
Jun |
Oct |
$300 |
$560 |
✓ |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
| CSA |
Summit |
Brunty Farms |
Akron, Peninsula |
|
|
|
|
$350 |
$1280 |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
✓ |
| CSA |
Summit |
Crown Point Ecology Center |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$600 |
✓ |
$ |
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
| CSA |
Summit |
Gray Fox Farm |
Hudson |
|
|
|
|
$275 |
$550 |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
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| CSA |
Summit |
Greenfield Berry Farm |
|
|
|
May |
Oct |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CSA |
Summit |
Paqarina Farm |
Akron |
|
|
|
|
$200 |
$400 |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CSA |
Trumbull |
Miller Livestock Co. |
Kinsman |
|
|
|
|
|
$500 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
$ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| CSA |
Trumbull |
Red Basket Farm |
multiple |
multiple |
6/1 |
Jun |
Oct |
|
$480 |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CSA |
Wayne |
Blue Loon Farm |
multiple |
|
|
May |
Nov |
$450 |
$600 |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
| CSA |
Wayne |
Katona’s Country Garden |
on-site |
multiple |
|
May |
Oct |
$350 |
$600 |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CSA |
Wayne |
Muddy Fork Farm |
|
Tu |
|
May |
Sep |
$385 |
$640 |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
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| CSA |
Wayne |
Simon Organic Family Farm |
on-site |
Tu |
|
May |
Oct |
|
$600 |
✓ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
$ |
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