CSA
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Memberships for the 2010 CSA season are still available!
We will be continuing to offer new CSA memberships until we reach capacity.
Cost will be prorated for the remainder of the season; contact us for more details.
See details below and at our CSA FAQ page.
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So what is CSA? For a good description, visit the "About CSA" pages at
the website of the Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (MACSAC).
HighCross Farm 2010 CSA Program
"We thoroughly enjoyed our CSA share; it was an adventure in good eating! The CSA member newsletter was extremely informative, very impressive.
We certainly appreciate that you all put a huge amount of love and energy into the production at HighCross Farm and we enjoyed being on the receiving end of all those efforts. We won’t hesitate to recommend your program to others."
- PC
"My family and I absolutely loved our share this year! We can't wait for next year's veggies."
- JS
See more testimonials from our 2009 HighCross Farm CSA members below.
Serving our customers with excellence is our highest business goal. We put a lot of heart into our work and products.
Our garden produce is raised naturally, without chemical pesticides or chemical fertilizers. We sell at farmer’s markets, to stores and restaurants, and through our CSA Program, which continues to expand, with weekly deliveries on Thursdays into the following counties: Dodge, Fond du Lac, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington, and Waukesha. Let us know if you would like to join our distribution team by hosting a drop-off site and/or helping with delivery (discount may be available). For more details, please see our CSA FAQ page.
The produce is grown in planting beds which are highly enriched with natural compost; the plants are neatly mulched and well-watered, resulting in a clean, healthy and robust plant. We select only the best from each crop for harvest, carefully wash, and gently pack them. Your Thursday evening salad will contain items which were still growing just hours beforehand. You cannot get any fresher than that - it’s like having your own backyard garden, but without all the hard work.
A partial list of CSA produce includes: Various Asian Greens, Arugula, Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Fennel, Garlic, Green and Yellow Snap Beans, Culinary Herbs, Kale, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Lettuce, Muskmelon, Onions, Parsley, Parsnips, Potatoes, Radishes, Raspberries, Spinach, Sweet and Hot Peppers, Snow Peas, Sugar Snap Peas, Strawberries, Summer Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, Turnips, Watermelon, Winter Squash, and more!
The 2010 HighCross Farm CSA season runs for 20 weeks, from Thursday, June 17, 2010 to October 28, 2010. One or two optional fall harvest shares will be offered as well.
20 Week Small Share $470 - For 1 or 2 people, or the "veggie lite" family.
20 Week Large Share $630 - For a family of 3 to 5 people.
Update 7/26/10: We still have 14 more weeks of the regular CSA season, starting with the delivery on Thursday, July 29; contact us before Wednesday to still get in on this week's delivery. Cost for the remaining weeks is prorated at a straight percentage off of the normal 20 week cost; after the middle of August, cost per week will be higher.
Which share size should you order? It all depends upon how much fresh produce your household consumes; note that when veggies are fresh and organically grown, most folks tend to eat more than they did before. Our CSA Members can switch to the other size share at any point in the season if they find that it is too much or too little for their weekly needs. For more details on share sizes and produce quantities, drop-off sites, and other CSA information, click here to see our CSA FAQ page.
To sign up for the 2010 season, click here to download the HighCross Farm 2010 CSA Membership Form and send by U.S. mail to HighCross Farm at the address below, along with your payment by check (or you may pay online through PayPal - please use the PayPal button at the bottom of our About Us page). Then watch your email inbox for a confirmation letter from us.
Let us know if you need to make alternative payment arrangements - we understand that your budget may be very tight, and we do not want to turn anyone away.
A limited number of worker shares are available; please write or call for more details. We are also hiring for several specialized positions; please write or call for more details.
| Included with your CSA membership is a colorful weekly e-mail newsletter, with descriptions of the items in your box, storage tips, recipes, and news from the farm. Also, we will be hosting several on-farm events for CSA members to get together for farm and garden tours, hayrides, potluck dinners, workshops, and other special events. |
Complete customer satisfaction is guaranteed or your money back! Our business philosophy is to offer the finest quality products, with great service, at a fair price.
Further questions? See our CSA FAQ page.
Please contact us if you have any further questions.
Culinary Sage at HighCross Farm
Letters of Appreciation from our 2009 CSA Members:
I am new to your CSA this year and I just wanted to write and tell you how much I am enjoying it. I was in another CSA before I moved to Wisconsin and yours has been so much better. The variety is wonderful. Everything is very clean. My family is eating so many vegetables, it is great. I love getting the boxes each week. It is like unwrapping a present. We all gather around the box to see what we get.
- KT
Thanks Farmer Steve - excellent service and products - we loved it and will sign up again soon.
- MM
Thanks for growing great vegetables and for a wonderful first CSA experience!
- KY
Not only do we love getting our weekly share of produce, we so enjoy your newsletter as well. My husband and I were just commenting that receiving our weekly share forces us to eat a variety of healthy produce, but since it's organic, locally grown, and picked at the peak of freshness, we know that everything we eat from your box is as nutritionally packed as we'll ever get it.
It's been such a blessing this summer in particular because I've been pregnant and trying to eat the healthiest I can for my baby. You make it so much easier! Anything that's been over and above what we can immediately eat has been stored in the freezer. In the past, we had a rabbit who shared in the greens. Sadly, we lost her to lung cancer in July. With an abundance of greens, we've had to figure out what to do with them. It's amazing how they can be hidden in food! I've been throwing them in everything from soups to sauces. I put kale in my lasagna and swiss chard in my potato soup. And nobody's any the wiser!
Thanks again for all you do to educate and feed us!
- SS
We love your produce and appreciate the recipes, especially for things I have not cooked with in the past such as the cabbages and kale. Thanks and enjoy the blessings of these sunny September days!
- JB
We are absolutely LOVING our CSA box and feel so blessed and so healthy eating such fresh and pure and nourishing produce. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all of the work and love that you put into your farm. It shows, and we are more grateful than words can express.
Your onions have been so delicious, and we have made Sara's bloomin' baked onion recipe 4 times already. Also, Kath, your coleslaw recipe has been a hit in our house, with friends, and with our extended family, too. Even non-coleslaw eaters are loving it and wanting the recipe!
Many thanks to you all, and many prayers coming your way, from our family to yours.
- CO
Gotta say it: Thanks again for another beautiful box. It is becoming our Thursday outing wherein I take all my children to "get the veggie box". We drive about 20 miles each direction and are excited to find items we can snack on for the way home!
- MH
Thanks again for the wonderful box of produce. I really appreciate everything that you do each week.
- CS
I wanted to write and thank you for the awesome goodies! The cantaloupe was fantastic! So sweet! (It's gone already!) I've been making homemade salsa with the garlic, onions, peppers, parsley and hot pepper. I made some really good cabbage rolls last week with that huge head and a pot of cabbage soup with the leftover head and all the onions! I made a zucchini cake last week that was consumed in 10 minutes! (Girls field hockey team loved it!) All of the vegetables have been so yummy!
Keep up the good work and thanks so much again! We are loving this! It's Christmas every Thursday! What a fantastic blessing!
God bless you and your family and all your hard work!
- LI
We have been incredibly happy with all of our local produce! Keep up the great work.
- SF
Thanks again for all your hard work - the produce has been fantastic!
- SA
As you know you've inspired lots of people to eat healthier and cook more creatively; however, all summer long you've been many topics of conversation between my 4 and 3 year old. They have loved your deliveries and have done lots of "farm" pretend play. You've inspired us all, even the littlest. Thanks for a great season.
- HB
Just thought I'd send along some great photos of Julia (3 yrs. old) making a veggie pizza a few weeks ago, using all the veggies from your farm. Pizza night has been our Friday night ritual this summer/fall, and we have had so many delicious and nutritious varieties, thanks to your beautiful vegetables. Thank you again for a wonderful season. We can't wait for next year.
- CO
Thank you for producing food that is fantastic through practices that are good for the land.
- CS
Thank you so much for the yummy healthy foods. This is our first time, and we are really enjoying it!
- JR
We are eating and loving all your produce!!
- MB
Everything looks great again this week. Thanks!
- SC
Thanks again for the most wonderful food this summer. It has all been so delicious and at times almost too beautiful to eat.
- KL
What a joy it was for me to meet you today! I used my High Cross produce to make an awesome stir fry tonight, and we relished the fresh Wisconsin flavors. The pea pods, onion and pac choi were extraordinary!
Again, thank you for all of the hard work, long hours and respect for the land that goes into every beautiful piece of nature you grow. Your efforts are deeply appreciated!
- CS
Nice box this week! That lettuce looks lovely. We made a great pesto with that basil tonight. I thought the article on the imported produce was interesting as well. Thanks for your work to provide the healthy alternative!
- JT
We've been enjoying the veggies this year. We've tried veggies that we've never had before, and that's been fun.
- BSS
The box was beautiful again this week. Thanks again for all your work. My 3-year-old son looks forward to Thursday so we can “go get our veggie box”!
- FW
I have enjoyed receiving the vegetables so far and have been more than happy with the quality and taste.
- HB
Thanks so much for the awesome vegetables week after week! You are doing a great job :)
- JA
Everything looked just yummy again this week.
- SF
Thank you so much for the fabulous vegetables and berries this summer. The beets barely made it to the table....I was busy eating them all myself.
- KL
I thank you for your perseverance in this God-inspired mission of yours. You have blessed so many of us with good health-giving produce filled with your tender love and care.
- JP
