The CSA Share

welcome to seasonal eating!

We started Gathering Springs to grow excellent produce in a sustainable way. To us, sustainability starts with the soil: healthy structure, bacteria, and fungi with the right inputs to ensure balance makes for great veggies! Our membership is you joining in the effort - Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Your investment at the beginning of the season helps with our yearly start up costs, such as seeds and small tools and equipment that allow us to grow a diverse range of high quality vegetables!

What farming practices do you use?

We use pest and weed control methods that adhere to organic standards, and go beyond what they require in many cases. We never use synthetic pesticides, herbicides or fungicides. We use compost to fertilize, rain and well water for irrigation, and most weed control is done by hand. Tilling happens once a season rather than each time we replant a bed, which lowers weed pressure and preserves soil structure. Mother Nature is a modest woman, she wants to be covered! We focus on keeping the soil covered, either with plants growing food, cover crops, mulch such as hay, straw or woodchips, and tarps. If you have any questions about specifics, please don’t hesitate to ask.

How does it work?

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. When you sign up to our CSA, you purchase a ‘share’ of produce for 12 weeks of the cold weather growing season. The Gathering Springs Farm CSA is an opportunity for our local community to to invest financially in our farm at end of the season when a lot of expenses are ahead! Seeds, soil, and amendments are all purchased before Christmas and represent a big input cost every year to starting veggies.

2026 will be our 4th season offering cold weather CSAs and we are getting better and better at a growing the things our customers love. You will collect your weekly share at your desired location once per week.

If you don’t pick up, or have weeks leftover at the end of season, this food will be donated to a local food bank.

cost

The total cost is $200 for 6 weeks of veggies - that’s $33.50/week. We accept payment via check or zelle (preferred) and card - the card processing fee will be added to your total. All checks are due within 2 weeks of sign-up.

when does it start?

The first week of pick up is:

Tuesday November 17th 2026 for Fall, and Tuesday February 16th 2027 for Winter. Each runs 6 weeks.

What will I get?

Each week you’ll get 5-6 different items - we try to rotate week by week as much as possible! Sometimes you’ll get more than an item’s worth if we have an abundance, and number of items will be higher during the peak season. Remember, by joining our CSA community you will be sharing in the ups and downs we will undoubtedly have. This means you can expect to eat with the seasons - what’s freshest each given week!

• 2 lbs potatoes

• 1 butternut squash

• 1/2 lb bag of spinach

• bunch of parsley

• 1 lb of carrots

• 1/2lb salad mix

Add ons

Egg share: From our free range flock at the farm, or from our employee Ashley at SuperNova Eggs. You will receive 1 doz/week for the duration of your CSA. Our eggs are from pastured chickens who were raised on the farm. They get rotated on fresh grass weekly for plenty of access to dirt to scratch, bugs to eat, and grass to mow! Chickens are also fed a non-GMO, layer feed from a local farm. CSA share eggs are un-washed and keep for up to a month unrefrigerated, and we do accept the boxes back to reuse. $8/week

Coffee: Sticky Bean Coffee Co. owned by DJ and Liz Hughes provide fresh roasted, whole-bean and **NEW** cold brew concentrate, offering a rotating selection of single origin coffees from different farms and regions all over the world. Includes free education on fresh roasted coffee and how to enjoy the best cup from the comfort of your home! Whole bean coffee 12oz for $16/week. Cold brew concentrate comes in a returnable glass bottle 16oz - $12/week and uses a 1:3 ratio to last you the whole week!

Artisan Cheese: Eric Hillgartener operates Village Cheeseworks out of Upperville, Virginia. The milk for their cheese comes from the last remaining commercial dairy in Loudoun County, Virginia, just a few miles down the road from their cheese plant. A weekly share will be a rotation of one of the following varities: Atoka (4.5oz soft ripened), Round Hill (6oz Camembert), Zulla (6oz washed rind) and Bluemont (6oz blue-style) - $8/week.

Mushrooms: Locally grown right in Loudoun County! Our grower, Ian, owns 3CapFarms and has just expanded his growing space. There will be a rotation of Oyster mushroom varieties, Lion’s Mane, and chestnut. Share will include 1/2lb amount for a special price of $9/week.

• Add ons will be available for pick up with your share each week - don’t forget to grab them from your pick up site!

• Add ons cannot be purchased without a CSA sign up.

• If you need more than 1 per week, add multiple add ons to your cart before checking out.

Full payment for add-on will be required when you sign up. Just be sure to add your selection to your cart when you check out.

Member perks:

• 25% off up to 2 on-farm events annually

• Special deals for produce purchases in bulk when there’s an abundance

• A weekly email with a list of what’s in season, and recipes for streamlined meal planning

• bragging rights to your friends - you know your farmer!

Sign up now!

This season we’re accepting 70 members - we’d love to have you!