Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Co-op…
What is CSA??
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. The concept was started more than a decade ago on the east and west coasts as a means for consumers to get to know their farmer's. This set up allows consumers to purchase a share in the farm, allowing you the opportunity to personally get to know the farmer producing your food.
Benefits of our CSA –
Your produce comes directly from our farm to you so you know who is growing your food and how it is raised. Items are picked at their peak and you receive fresh, high quality delicious produce each week. We raise just about any vegetable you can think of, allowing you to enjoy all your favorites, as well as offering you the opportunity to try new things you might never have had before! And as a perk, our CSA members get the first opportunity to enjoy our delicious strawberries & blackberries each season!!
Our Shares –
Updated Format - Spring 2022
As many of you know, we have been brainstorming ways to improve our CSA program to benefit our members, as well as our farm. After many hours of discussion and contemplation, we have decided on a new format that we think will be a great change. Check out our new CSA Membership Program below.
Your CSA membership will be in the form of a pre-paid, CSA-only membership gift card to use for “purchases” at the farm store.
You will have the option of CSA membership funds in the amounts of $200, $300 or $400 or a higher amount if you choose. This amount, plus a bonus additional 10% (a gift from us as valued CSA members), will be loaded onto a gift card once payment is received. Then, you will be able to use these membership funds to shop at the store at your convenience (not just Tuesdays) and purchase ANY food item that you’d like. Rather than being limited to items we have harvested enough shares of, you can choose from our complete assortment of produce, meat, cheese, etc.
We know that some items in the CSA program are not something everyone enjoys eating or feel they will use, so this new system will allow you to pick up the items you want and in the quantities that you would like. This will also give you a wider variety of items to choose from. Oftentimes, we haven’t had quite enough of an item to be able to include it in the CSA because we want to ensure we have it for everyone (since we don’t know what your personal preferences are). When that is the case, we are not able to include it and it’s only been available for additional purchase. However, with this new set up, every food item we have available in the store (produce, fruits, meats, cheese, honey) will be a CSA item!
We also may have “membership only” pricing on some items when we are reaping a bounty of them (think sweet corn, green beans, tomatoes) and you will be able to purchase them at a lower cost than our retail customers. Again, just another benefit of being a CSA member.
You can shop weekly, bi-weekly, or every day the store is open. That option is up to you! With this option, the CSA will start as soon as you purchase your CSA Membership Funds and you will have through September 30 to utilize the funds you’ve purchased for the summer CSA. (However please note that your funds do not expire and if you have funds left after September 30 you will be able to use them. We will just open up another Fall CSA option for others to join as well.) And, if you find you’ve used up your funds before the end of the year and you want to pre-purchase additional funds, we can do that as well. We have so much flexibility with this system.
While this is different than how we have done it in the past, we hope this will be beneficial to not only us, but you as well. The pre-purchase of funds will still allow us the capital to continue to purchase seeds needed to grow the produce, but this option will allow you, the customer, the freedom to select what you want when you want it. This will also allow us to be a little more flexible in what we can plant and the quantities that we plant in hopes of giving our customers an even better selection of produce to choose from.
This system allows our CSA to start earlier, meaning you can get in on asparagus, those early season greens and more 😊.
If you have questions, please let us know and we will do our best to answer. We hope you are willing to jump on board with us as we continue with this new system.
Pick-Ups –
You can now pick up your CSA Share any time the store is open. You can shop weekly, bi-weekly, or as often as you would like. A bonus, you can shop with your CSA funds at the Farmers Market too! It's a win-win.
If you are interested in joining our CSA, please sign up online or send an email to heather@buckeye-acres.com and we will be glad to send you a contract. We hope you will become part of the Buckeye Acres family! Please give us a call if you have any questions.
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. The concept was started more than a decade ago on the east and west coasts as a means for consumers to get to know their farmer's. This set up allows consumers to purchase a share in the farm, allowing you the opportunity to personally get to know the farmer producing your food.
Benefits of our CSA –
Your produce comes directly from our farm to you so you know who is growing your food and how it is raised. Items are picked at their peak and you receive fresh, high quality delicious produce each week. We raise just about any vegetable you can think of, allowing you to enjoy all your favorites, as well as offering you the opportunity to try new things you might never have had before! And as a perk, our CSA members get the first opportunity to enjoy our delicious strawberries & blackberries each season!!
Our Shares –
Updated Format - Spring 2022
As many of you know, we have been brainstorming ways to improve our CSA program to benefit our members, as well as our farm. After many hours of discussion and contemplation, we have decided on a new format that we think will be a great change. Check out our new CSA Membership Program below.
Your CSA membership will be in the form of a pre-paid, CSA-only membership gift card to use for “purchases” at the farm store.
You will have the option of CSA membership funds in the amounts of $200, $300 or $400 or a higher amount if you choose. This amount, plus a bonus additional 10% (a gift from us as valued CSA members), will be loaded onto a gift card once payment is received. Then, you will be able to use these membership funds to shop at the store at your convenience (not just Tuesdays) and purchase ANY food item that you’d like. Rather than being limited to items we have harvested enough shares of, you can choose from our complete assortment of produce, meat, cheese, etc.
We know that some items in the CSA program are not something everyone enjoys eating or feel they will use, so this new system will allow you to pick up the items you want and in the quantities that you would like. This will also give you a wider variety of items to choose from. Oftentimes, we haven’t had quite enough of an item to be able to include it in the CSA because we want to ensure we have it for everyone (since we don’t know what your personal preferences are). When that is the case, we are not able to include it and it’s only been available for additional purchase. However, with this new set up, every food item we have available in the store (produce, fruits, meats, cheese, honey) will be a CSA item!
We also may have “membership only” pricing on some items when we are reaping a bounty of them (think sweet corn, green beans, tomatoes) and you will be able to purchase them at a lower cost than our retail customers. Again, just another benefit of being a CSA member.
You can shop weekly, bi-weekly, or every day the store is open. That option is up to you! With this option, the CSA will start as soon as you purchase your CSA Membership Funds and you will have through September 30 to utilize the funds you’ve purchased for the summer CSA. (However please note that your funds do not expire and if you have funds left after September 30 you will be able to use them. We will just open up another Fall CSA option for others to join as well.) And, if you find you’ve used up your funds before the end of the year and you want to pre-purchase additional funds, we can do that as well. We have so much flexibility with this system.
While this is different than how we have done it in the past, we hope this will be beneficial to not only us, but you as well. The pre-purchase of funds will still allow us the capital to continue to purchase seeds needed to grow the produce, but this option will allow you, the customer, the freedom to select what you want when you want it. This will also allow us to be a little more flexible in what we can plant and the quantities that we plant in hopes of giving our customers an even better selection of produce to choose from.
This system allows our CSA to start earlier, meaning you can get in on asparagus, those early season greens and more 😊.
If you have questions, please let us know and we will do our best to answer. We hope you are willing to jump on board with us as we continue with this new system.
Pick-Ups –
You can now pick up your CSA Share any time the store is open. You can shop weekly, bi-weekly, or as often as you would like. A bonus, you can shop with your CSA funds at the Farmers Market too! It's a win-win.
If you are interested in joining our CSA, please sign up online or send an email to heather@buckeye-acres.com and we will be glad to send you a contract. We hope you will become part of the Buckeye Acres family! Please give us a call if you have any questions.
On Farm Shop…
Our on-farm shop is open year round, allowing you to purchase seasonal, high quality, fresh produce for your family. We completed construction on our new building in 2015 that includes a store front, as well as an updated packaging and sorting facility. We continue to add new Missouri Grown products each year, allowing our customers to shop for much more than fresh produce. Be sure to check out our store and see what unique items you can find. We are excited to utilize this new facility to provide the best customer service we can to our valued customers.
Farmer's Markets…
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You can also find Buckeye Acres fresh produce at the Warrensburg Farmer's Markets on Saturdays, April - September. The market is located on the downtown courthouse lawn on Holden Street. Stop by and see us 8 am - Noon.
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