The Summer CSA starts in just 3 weeks! First vegetable shares go out June 10-13

more details with all you need to know to get your share(s) will be coming your way in the coming weeks

don’t forget, there’s still time to join Side Dish CSAs to fill your plates with more great local food, see Side Dish CSAs here

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As we’re busy preparing for the 2026 growing season, we’re looking back at all that 2025 brought—a whole lot of good food and sweet community—take a look below to see all that we shared in 2025.

Thanks to all who have been and are a part of it, looking forward to all that 2026 will bring.

2025 Shareholder report

SHAREHOLDER /ˈSHerˌ(h)ōldər/ noun. a lover of vegetables, a supporter of farms, a part of the Full Plate community

In 2025 we celebrated 21 years growing together, and we shared a lot of food!

In 2025 CSA shares we distributed…

…to name a few.

Our founding farms, Stick and Stone and Remembrance Grew about 95% of the food we shared, and we filled things out with help from our friends at Three Stone Farm, Hill Side Farm, High Ground Gardens, Food and Ferments, Buttermilk Bean, Dancing Turtle and Grindstone Farm.

Between the summer and winter seasons we sent out…

Beyond the CSA, partnerships with the Friendship Donations Network, Trumansburg Food Pantry and Danby Food Pantry helped us get food to even more folks in the community. Together we donated $36,306 worth of local, organic produce

In the summer-fall 2025 season…

We felt the community support!

147 returning members donated their earlybird discount to the Subsidy Fund raising $2,940 towards subsidized CSA shares for folks in our community seeking support.

In 2025 we started our very own Subsidized CSA Program, run by our farms for our member community.

Together we supported:

Like everything we do, the Full Plate Subsidized CSA Program is made possible by community and collective efforts.

With some amazing community support through events, earlybird donations, Community Supporter shares and in-kind donations, we were able to raise about $20,000, covering 55% of the cost of 2025 subsidies, with the farms donating the remaining 45% of produce.

huge thanks to:

Here in Hector, Just a Taste, Damiani Wine Cellar, Open Spaces Cider, Stone Bend Farm, Silver Spoon, VanNoble Farm, Hazelnut Kitchen and Jojo Cook for helping make our 2025 fundraising events happen. We couldn’t have done it without them!

and thank you!

The CSA makes a huge difference to our farms and the local community beyond! Thank you for investing in a strong and equitable local food system and for being a part of this community we’re proud to call Full Plate.

we can’t wait to see what 2026 will bring, see you soon!

For summer 2026 we’re working to support 92 households with support for their CSA shares

How to support the Subsidy Fund

Subsidies will always be an important part of Full Plate and community support is integral to making it all possible.

We gratefully accept in kind donations via check mailed to ‘Full Plate’ at PO Box 6898, Ithaca, NY 14851 (note donation in the memo) , or tack a donation onto your Summer CSA check with a note.

and come summer…

Keep your eyes out for our Farm to Food Truck Fundraisers the last Wednesday of the month, June-November at Stick and Stone Farm, and our annual Remembrance Farm Harvest Pairing Benefit, we’d love to see you there!

100% of donations directly support neighbors seeking financial assistance to access fresh, local, organic food through the CSA.