Happy #CSAWeek!

So you’re interested in a CSA?

We’ve rounded up all the CSA details we could find!

>>This post is a round up of local CSAs. If you would like to know what a CSA is or how to choose one, please start by reading our recent post, “So You’re Interested in a CSA.”<<

The list is organized into PRODUCERS [P] and AGGREGATORS [A]. What's the difference?

Producers are farms and businesses cultivating, raising, and making the products they offer. This can include but is not limited to fruit and vegetable production, animal husbandry (breeding, raising, and caring for farm animals), baking, fermenting, and preserving. Look for the P after their business name.
Aggregators are businesses that work with producers and wholesalers to build an inventory of products. Aggregators are packaging products sourced from multiple vendors. Aggregators may even work with some of the producers listed here. Look for the A after their business name.

Note that some producers may bring in a few items from other producers to fill out their share. If a business is producing the majority of their own products, we noted them as a producer.

When it comes to producers and aggregators, one is not better than the other. Your CSA decision should be based on your personal food values budget and lifestyle. There is no one size fits all CSA. Remember, producers are people! Farmers are open to your questions and love to share about what they do. No question is a dumb question.

Now is the time to get to #knowyourfarmer and start eating more local food. Happy hunting!

This list is limited to producers that folks at MAP know about. There are definitely more options! Farmers, please email us with updates, missing information and farms to add. We will update accordingly. THANKS!

WNY CSA Options A-Z

African Heritage Food Co-op [A]

African Heritage Food Co-op is a member-owned produce business with a retail location in Niagara Falls, delivery in Buffalo, and mobile locations in Buffalo during the summer. AHFC offers a monthly buy-in program where you can purchase a whole or half box of conventional or organic produce for pick up or delivery. You do not need to be a member to purchase and no subscription is required.

AHFC contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

Becker Farms & Vizcarra Vineyards [P]

Becker Farms and Vizcarra Vineyards is a farm, brewery, and vineyard located in Gasport, that features fruits and vegetables, u-pick patches, event space, and a customizable CSA. You can add Becker Farms baked goods, Vizcarra Vineyards wine, Becker Brewing Company Beer, jams, and fudge to your fruit and vegetable share! Becker Farms offers a small share and a large share with flexible payment options and full and partial season subscriptions. There are pickup locations across Buffalo and Niagara Falls.

Becker Farms contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

Brewster Street Farm [P]

Brewster Street Farm - Journey's End Refugee Agricultural Program is a natural urban oasis operated by Journey's End Refugee Services, where produce is grown exclusively by area refugees taking part in the Green Shoots for New Americans Refugee Agricultural program. Brewster Street Farm's affordable CSA runs from June to October. You can also find their produce at farmers markets, including MAP’s Market at the Farmhouse, and to local restaurants.

Brewster Street Farm contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

Common Roots Urban Farm [P]

Common Roots Urban Farm is located in Buffalo's Broadway-Fillmore Neighborhood with views of the Central Terminal and many prominent church steeples. Farmers Josh & Terra grow on a 1/2 acre of revitalized vacant land that is chock full of fruits, veggies & herbs they plant by hand. Their CSA has both weekly & bi-weekly offerings that feature 8-10 veggies per share. They also offer a flower bouquet as an add-on! Common Roots accepts cash, credit, check and EBT for their CSA. You can pick up your share on Wednesdays or Saturdays right at their urban farm.

Common Roots Farm contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

Company B Tasting Room [A]

Company B is a kombucha and cider tasting room and food market with rustic country vibes set inside an old factory building. Company B stocks their shop with makers and purveyors from New York State. They offer a monthly produce box in their online shop, curated by Farmers and Artisans. The box is available for pick up near the end of each month at their City of Buffalo location on Niagara Street. Check out Company B’s partner business, Farmers & Artisans, also on this list, for expanded share options and pickup in Snyder.

Company B contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

Crown Hill Farm [P]

Crown Hill Farm is a beautiful historic 13-acre farm & home set on a hill in Eden, NY, with a view of Lake Erie from the front porch. Missy grows a large diversity of unique heirloom vegetables and raise heritage chickens, ducks and geese on pasture for soy-free eggs. Everything at Crown Hill is mindfully grown & raised using no-till/low-till sustainable practices and deep awareness of the interconnection between all living systems. Crown Hill Farm is dedicated to more than raising good food; its a place that fosters community, business, curiosity and pleasure with extreme care given to the land, it’s inhabitants & guests.

Crown Hill Farm offers both a Spring and a Summer/Fall share with bi-weekly pickups. Mix and match options include: soy-free, pasture-raised chicken and duck egg shares produce shares. Missy also works with local food partners to offer additional options of gourmet mushrooms and artisan sausage. Missy’s purpose is simple: the pleasure of nourishment. You can pick up your Crown Hill shares at Flat #12 Mushrooms in the city on Tuesdays or directly from Crown Hill Farm in Eden on Saturdays.

Crown Hill Farm contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Patreon

Dirt Rich Farm [P]

Dirt Rich Farm located originally in East Aurora and now in Springville, is a USDA Certified Organic farm that believes "good food comes from good soil." Growing a wide variety of traditional and heirloom vegetable varieties, this farm has everything you could possibly grow hungry for! Dirt Rich also offers a seasonal CSA, available for pickup in East Aurora, Springville, and at the Hamburg Farmers Market. In the Dirt Rich Farm CSA, you always get to choose exactly what vegetables you eat. Options include a Sampler Share and a Full Share. Their produce is also available for sale at the East Aurora Cooperative Market and occasionally through Fresh Fix and at the MAP Farmhouse.

Dirt Rich Farm contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

Dreamland CSA [P]

Dreamland is located in Eden NY on 14 acres of restorative meadows, forest and creek. Mindfully growing heirloom cut flowers, herbs and dye plants in addition to communal food gardens and an orchard where are offerings are grown in loving reciprocity to the land and all beings. Dreamland CSA shares include bi-weekly or monthly (on the full moon) shares of flowers, herbs and everything the land has to offer in abundance, all tied with a hand-dyed silk ribbon as a keepsake for each exchange. Beginning in June and unfurling into October these shares are available for u-pick, on farm pick up and downtown pick up. There are three options to meet your needs. Choose from a Meadow share, Market share or Full Moon share. An additional CSA for BIPOC LBGQT+ will be available for free or sliding scale. You can also donate a CSA to a member of the community. Pickup your weekly Dreamland share at the farm in Eden or in Downtown Buffalo.

Dreamland CSA contact info: Website Instagram

Erba Verde Farms [P]

Erba Verde Farms is a pasture-based farm located in Aurora, NY. Erba Verde offers grass-fed, no-grain, raw milk shares. You can board a cow at Erba Verde Farms and pick up milk and yogurt at 7 different sites including surrounding suburbs and places on both the east and west side of Buffalo, including the MAP Farmhouse on Thursdays. They also produce pasture-raised poultry, pork, and grass-fed beef from the farm and at local restaurants.

Erba Verde Farms contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

Farmers & Artisans [A]

Farmers & Artisans is a grocer and bakery filled with locally-sourced goods. They offer in-person shopping, an online marketplace, and a wide selection of shares sourced from quality producers in WNY. Choose from produce, eggs, milk, fresh flowers, kombucha, and soup. Pick up right at their Snyder location on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Check out Farmers & Artisans partner business, Company B, also on this list.

Farmers & Artisans contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

5 Loaves Farm [P]

5 Loaves Farm goes "beyond organic" with their farm on Buffalo’s west side. This urban oasis produces an array of seasonal vegetables. They also tend chickens and honeybees! 5 Loaves Farm provides a 22-week CSA that offers a pay-as-you-can sliding scale payment option AND they accept SNAP! Their 2021 CSA is sold out but they do have a waitlist posted on their website.

5 Loaves Farm contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

Flat #12 Mushroom [P]

Flat #12 Mushrooms is an urban farm that produces gourmet mushrooms, year-round, right in the heart of Buffalo. They produce oyster, Lion's Mane, shiitake, and chestnut mushrooms. You may have seen them at the Bidwell Market or tasted their mushrooms at local restaurants. Flat #12’s CSA includes 1lb of mushrooms available for weekly and bi-weekly pick up at their spot in Buffalo’s Black Rock neighborhood. The Chandler St location is open daily 12-6pm stocked with items from several local producers.

Flat #12 Mushrooms contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

The Flower Stand [P]

The Flower Stand is a unique country getaway, located south of Buffalo, in Springville, NY. This location boasts groomed aisles of seasonal blooms, flush with pollinating bees and fluttering butterflies. The Flower Stand is open for u-pick throughout the summer and offers a flower CSA that you can pick up on the farm, Larkin Square in Buffalo, and Mangia Restaurant in Orchard Park. Their CSA program offers a striking alternative to imported grocery store and flower shop bouquets that are traditionally truck shipped, packaged, preserved, fumigated or refrigerated for an extended period before you get them. Fresher flowers are healthier and generally live much longer than their counterparts. Members receive a bucket of fresh-cut flowers, ready for you to design into one large or several mini arrangements.

The Flower Stand contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

FreshFix [A]

FreshFix is a family-owned and operated business that seeks to link the Buffalo community to fresh and local produce year-round. Working with area farmers, producers, and distributors, FreshFix curates weekly produce, meat, and artisan product subscription service that meets personalized food needs, delivering each box right to your door! Boxes are customizable and flexible, making this a great option for busy and on-the-go types. With FreshFix, you have the option to pay it forward by purchasing a box for someone in need. FreshFix also partners with Massachusetts Avenue Project to make their produce options available to folks utilizing SNAP at MAP Mobile Market locations in the City of Buffalo.

FreshFix contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

George's Produce Market [A]

George’s Produce Market is a small grocery located in Williamsville, NY. They offer a weekly produce box of vegetables and fruit including local and seasonal options. You can buy in using the form on their Facebook page. Pickup is on Saturdays.

George’s Produce Market contact info: Facebook Instagram

Green Heron Growers [P]

Green Heron Growers are located in Sherman, NY. They focus on grass-fed beef, GMO and nitrate-free pork, and organic chicken, as well as shiitake mushrooms and heirloom vegetables. The Heron offers Taste of the Farm protein boxes for purchase online anytime for pickup at seasonal markets or at their Farm Store in Sherman. They also offer home delivery in Chautauqua County, the Buffalo/Williamsville, NY and Erie, PA regions.

Green Heron Growers contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

Groundwork Market Garden [P]

Groundwork Market Garden (GWMG) is a USDA Certified Organic urban farm on Buffalo's east side. They grow over 50 varieties for their CSA, farm stand, farmers markets, and restaurants. Their full-size share includes 8-12 items weekly. GWMG's CSA season runs June-October and pickups are on Tuesdays, right on the farm. This CSA is sold out for 2021. Those interested are encouraged to visit the GWMG website to sign up for the 2022 newsletter.

Groundwork Market Garden contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

McCollum Orchards [P]

McCollum Orchards is a historic family farm located in the City of Lockport, New York, 29 miles northeast of Buffalo. Established in April 1827, this ‘hidden gem’ has been in the same family for over 190 years. The 6th generation returned to breathe new life into the old farm. They now offer a variety of vegetables, lettuces, greens, and heirloom apples through a popular on-farm CSA farm share, at the Lockport Community Farmers Market, and to local restaurants. Their farm is Certified Naturally Grown. They also offer occasional farm-to-table dinners and farm tour and events

McCollum Orchards CSA is a market-style farm share. Members pick up at the farm and get to choose what they want each week. Members also get access to a one-acre u-pick section full of flowers, herbs, beans, and cherry tomatoes. There are two CSA seasons - Summer CSA runs weekly for 12 weeks from mid-June through the beginning of September. For the Summer CSA, there are three share sizes, Weekly Full, Weekly Half, and Every Other Week Full. There are many add-on options, such as extra greens, bread, eggs, and dairy. Fall CSA runs every other week from September through December. Members can choose their pickup days, from 1 to all 8 dates!

McCollum Orchards contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

Native Offerings Farm [P]

Native Offerings Farm is a USDA Certified Organic farm located in Otto, NY, in Cattaraugus County. Fun Fact: Native Offerings is the longest-running CSA in Erie County! You may recognize these farmers from the weekly Bidwell Farmers Market. They have a traditional summer vegetable share available in individual, small, and large sizes, fruit and beef shares, as well as an option to extend the veggie season through December. They even have a Seedling Share for those growing their own food at home! Native Offerings has pickup locations at their farm, on the west side of Buffalo and in Orchard Park, making connecting with this incredible farm convenient for many.

Native Offerings Farm contact info: Website Facebook

Nickel City Floral [P]

Nickel City Floral operates in conjunction with 5 Loaves Farm to offer hand-tied bouquets of fresh flowers in 4- or 10-week subscriptions. Floral arrangements are grower’s choice, made from the freshest blooms in season. Their flower share runs May-October with flexible opt-in arrangements for Monday pickups.

Nickel City Floral contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

Pacific Cloud Seafoods

Pacific Cloud Seafoods is a values-based seafood company delivering sustainably caught seafood to people who believe in eating with the ecosystem. Community Supported Fishery is a rather new idea but upholds all the same values that CSA farmers worked so hard to instill in their customers. Instead of a farmer, you are supporting sustainable fishing. Rotating seasonal and custom seafood boxes are available on their website for delivery and pickup at their location on Chandler St in Buffalo’s Black Rock community, as well as several local farmers markets.

Pacific Cloud contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

Peaceweaver Organic Farm [P]

Peaceweaver Farm is located in Bath, NY. Their organic vegetable share comes in full or half-size and runs mid-June through mid-October. Peaceweaver offers working or nonworking memberships. Working memberships require two hours of farm support per week and members receive their share at the farm. Non Working members can pick up their share at locations around Buffalo and Rochester, including the Elmwood Village, Williamsville, and Snyder. All members receive a weekly email with the harvest list, cooking tips and recipes for the veggies in your Farm Share.

Peaceweaver Organic Farm contact info: Website Facebook

Plato Dale Farm [P]

Plato Dale Farm sustainable rural farm located in Arcade, NY. They raise grass-fed Jersey cows, pastured chickens, and organic vegetables. In 2020, Plato Dale began offering a 22-week home delivery subscription service delivered weekly or bi-weekly. Their share options include produce, eggs, meat, and even a canning/freezing share add-on option that includes bulk quantities of staple produce items.

Plato Dale also offers a long-standing market-based CSA that allows both the benefits of CSA membership through a “buy-down account” spent at their stand at the farmer’s market. They attend the Elmwood-Bidwell Market and the Williamsville Farmers Market, mid-May through November. Members can receive up to 20% discount for purchasing credits ahead of time and have the freedom to spend them on anything the farm brings to market.

Plato Dale Farm contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

Porter Farms [P]

Porter Farms CSA is a 3rd generation, certified-organic, family farm in Elba, NY that celebrated their 25th Anniversary of their CSA in 2020! Pioneers in the local organic movement, the Porter family grows the staples your family needs to eat healthy, organic produce without breaking your budget. They offer both Small and Full shares with Saturday distribution to over 10 sites in the Buffalo area, including Kenmore, Amherst, and Clarence. They also have delivery options available to employers,

Porter Farms CSA contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

Produce Peddlers [A]

Produce Peddlers is really a CSA or food box program, but rather an online marketplace for produce, meat, cheese and eggs. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Produce Peddlers offered CSA-style boxes for delivery in addition to a wide range of local options, including produce, meats, and other commodities. While the CSA-style box is no longer available, customers continue to shop from local farms on their website, for pickup or delivery across WNY. Items on the Produce Peddlers website change with the seasons and feature organic and conventionally produced products. They have options to set email alerts for particular products of interest and there is no fee to join.

Produce Peddlers contact info: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

Providence Farm Collective [P]

Providence Farm Collective (PFC) is addressing food scarcity and land inequity by providing Buffalo’s Somali Bantu refugee community with access to farming. In East Aurora, NY, as a collaborative effort of the Somali Bantu Community Organization of WNY, Providence Farm, and the East Aurora Huddle, farmers grow crops on eight acres of rural land. PFC is a place where generations of families, immigrant and native-born Western New Yorkers, urban and rural residents, worked side-by-side toward a common goal of fresh, affordable food. PFC's CSA is scheduled to run from June 14th to September 27th. Members pick up their bounty weekly on Mondays from 3-5pm in Orchard Park.

Providence Farm Collective contact info: Website CSA Facebook

Oles Family Farm Promised Land CSA [P]

Oles Family Farm is a fourth-generation farm located in Alden, NY. Their lush fields are full of fruits and veggies, a 600-tap sugarbush, and active pastures where our animals graze. The Oles Family offers their Promised Land CSA to over 200 members annually. The Promised Land CSA is a diverse veggie share with a locally-sourced fruit share option. You can subscribe weekly or bi-weekly in the summer and bi-weekly or monthly in the winter. They accept cash, check or credit card for their share.

Oles Family Farm contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

Providence Creek Farm [P]

Providence Creek Farm is located in Clarence Center. Their farm mission is to produce healthy, clean and delicious food for their customers. Focusing primarily on pasture-raised meat and eggs, the farm currently offers select beef, poultry, pork, and other assorted meats, including rabbit, goat, lamb, and turkey. Products may be ordered online via their website, or, as a monthly CSA! Their CSA includes a wide variety of animals and flexible packaging.

Providence Creek Farm contact info: Website Facebook

Root Down Farms [P]

Root Down Farms is located in Clarence Center, NY. Produce at Root Down is grown using organic standards and without synthetic or artificial pesticides, herbicides or fungicides. CSA members choose from small and large shares. Members pick up at the farm weekly where they can access a generous u-pick garden that includes vegetables, herbs, and flowers. With u-pick you get a chance to pick and harvest what you want, in the quantities you need. Shares are picked up on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Root Down’s CSA is full for the season, so add your name to the waitlist or find them on social media to stay tuned for next year’s share availability.

Root Down’s contact info Website Facebook Instagram

Sitka Salmon Shares

Sitka Salmon is a collective of fishermen who home-deliver shares of premium, sustainable, wild Alaskan seafood harvest. By joining their community-supported fishery (CSF), you become a member of Sitka's merry small-boat fishing family, distributed from a new WNY hub.

Sitka Salmon Shares contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

Sunset Fruit & Vegetable Company [A]

Sunset Fruit and Vegetable Company is a locally owned and operated business, specializing in providing fresh produce and other foodservice products to grocery and convenience stores, restaurants, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, and other wholesalers. Sunset offers wholesale produce to the public and also a CSA-style package called a "Q-pack" for doorstep delivery. Sunset is taking a break from Q-Packs at the moment and will restart deliveries based on demand. Contact them for more information.

Sunset’s contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

Thorpe’s Organic Family Farm [P]

Thorpe’s is a certified organic farm located in East Aurora, NY. Thorpe’s offers a roadside farm stand, u-pick fruit, and weekly CSA. CSA shares are available for summer and winter for pick up at the farm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Members choose from fruit, small veggie, and large veggie shares. Thorpes also operates a small citrus farm in Florida and includes citrus fruit and orange juice in their winter share options.

Thorpe’s contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

West Side Tilth Farm [P]

WestSide Tilth Farm is an urban farm located on Buffalo’s west side. They grow a large variety of vegetables, as well as microgreens and oyster mushrooms. All of their produce is grown using sustainable and organic practices in all imported soil separate from the city soil. West Side Tilth’s CSA runs June through November. Pick up is on a weekly basis, on Saturdays, right at the farm. They offer full and small size shares.

West Side Tilth Farm contact info: Website Facebook Instagram

List updates and questions can be emailed to danielle@mass-ave.org.

Farmers & Aggregators

If you would like to be included in our CSA post, please provide a short paragraph and links to websites and social media (if applicable).

If you're interested in a new drop site, MAP's Farmhouse is a great spot in the City of Buffalo.

We are close to downtown, the 190 and 198/33
We are open evenings
We have folks on hand to staff your pick up; and
We have plenty of cold storage available.
We are available to greet your members and manage your list, too.

We work with two CSAs on Thursday evenings and have room for plenty more. Contact our Market Director, Danielle, to drop your boxes at MAP’s Farmhouse today.

Sip & CSA Day

Today's post was made in lieu of MAPs annual Sip & CSA Day farmer meet & greet event. Each year, we try to do something fun for #CSADay (now #CSAWeek) that supports y'all making awesome local food choices. We will miss seeing you all at our Farmhouse this winter but hope you will visit our socially distanced Market at the Farmhouse or a MAP Mobile Market location soon.

Check out images from the 2020 Sip & CSA Day event here.

More Support

Reply to any of our #CSAWeek posts on your favorite social media for more information.
Join Find Your Farmer in WNY on Facebook to ask questions and read posts from local farmers.
Check out Local Harvest online for listings from many local farms
Search #CSAWeek on social media to read posts from farms across the U.S.
Pencil in the 2022 Sip & CSA Day event, held annually during #CSAWeek

Know Your Farmer: A Rundown of WNY CSAs