full plate farm collective
SUMMER CSA
fresh, local, organic vegetable share
planned dates for the season (provided mother nature cooperates ;)
23 weeks | June 10 - Nov 14 2026
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csa pickup options
no matter where or how you pickup you’ll get the same variety throughout the season,
8-12 unique veggies every week (sometimes more!)
one share offers plentiful veggies for a 2 adult household, with or without kids, envision a paper bag full to the top with fresh produce… every week!
If you’d like to split your share beyond one household, please purchase a boxed share.
Free Choice Pack-Your Own
$640 or $160 deposit* - a $1,000+ value!
1 weekly share is approx. one paper bag full to the brim with local, organic veggies - as fresh as they get - all for less than $28/wk
Free choice farm pickups allow you to custom pack the veggies your household will use each week. We offer pickups 4 a week at....
Stick & Stone Farm - Wed 3-7pm - 1605 Rt 96
Pressbay Alley - Thur 3-7pm - 116 W Green St
Salt Point Brewing - Fri 4-6pm - 6 Louise Bement Ln
Three Swallows Farm (Youth Farm) - Sat 10am-1pm - 23 Nelson Rd
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We will provide a weekly assortment of 8-12 in season veggies, we limit some (ex. 1 cauliflower) and offer others 'free choice' or 'take what you will eat'.
Bring your own bags. It’s good to have a few for leafy greens & heavier things. Each share should be about the size of a brimming full paper bag, but custom pack in whatever you have!
We ask you to choose one primary pickup, but you may attend another pickup if you can’t make it to your usual site.
Just $27/week! The best option for a home on a budget (50% subsidies & payment plans available. details below)
Splitting shares among multiple households is not permitted at Free Choice pickups (boxed shares my be shared)
Farmer’s Choice Boxed Share
Group Site: $700 or $220 deposit*
Home Delivery: $800 or $320 deposit*
Get veggies fresh from the farm delivered to your home or a Group Pickup Site in your corner of town. Hand packed in 5/9 bushel boxes.
All boxes are available for pickup on Thursdays
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Pick up your share at a businesses or home in your neighborhood on Thursdays.
Options include Fall Creek, South Hill, Cayuga Heights, GreenStar, GreenStar Collegetown, Triphammer ReUSE, CTB East Hill, Mimi’s Attic, and Remembrance Farm. See current options here
Group sites are un-staffed, grab-n-go
Start your own group delivery site with 5-10 member households (depending on distance from nearest site)
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We will deliver a boxed share to your home or office
City of Ithaca or Village of T-burg ONLY
all shares include over $1,000 in produce throughout the season
And that’s not including the u-pick gardens and all the other benefits that come with joining the CSA community. No matter where you pick up or get delivery, you’re getting a great deal and the freshest produce around.
*Subsidized pricing available for all CSA options!
Our Full Plate Subsidy program offers shares for $320 or a $64 deposit regardless of pickup location (a 50% subsidy off of our lowest price), details below.
no matter where you pickup,
all Full Plate CSA members enjoy
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8-12 veggies in each share. All fresh, local, and organic from Stick and Stone Farm, Remembrance Farm and more.
Envision a grocery bag full to the top with veggies every week, avg. $42 value starting at under $28/wk!
Greens for salads and cooking, herbs, tomatoes, peppers, cukes, zukes, winter squash, carrots, beets, onions, garlic, strawberries and many more veggies await you.
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Member-only u-pick gardens full of cutting flowers, herbs, hot peppers, peas, tomatoes, ground cherries, okra and more.
These gardens are never open to the public; CSA members enjoy free, unlimited access! We maintain a u-pick at the Youth Farm in Danby, and several gardens at Stick and Stone.
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We’re glad to be your farmers and look forward to seeing you at pickups & in the u-pick! Thank you for contributing toward resilient farms and a living wage for our crews.
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Keep an eye on weekly newsletters for invitations to community fundraisers for our subsidized CSA program, cooking classes and other invitations to connect to the farms
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So much local goodness, all in one convenient pickup! Members have the option to add-on bread, fruit, dairy, ferments and more for pickup alongside your Full Plate Veggie Share!
All Side Dish CSAs are sun independently by other community businesses. Click the link below to learn more and join their shares!
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even MORE local goodness in one place…. whenever abundance allows, we’ll offer bulk prices on fruits and veggies, perfect for a big summer potluck or preserving for winter.
Bulk pickup at any pack your own pickup, not available for delivery or group site pickup.
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Each newsletter includes crops of the week & recipes to match. Plus bulk produce offers, updates from the farm and friends, and more!
Newsletters come your way every Tuesday
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We are grateful for a community that scoops up every share year-after-year!
Returning members are the first to know when sign up opens—watch out for the newsletter and other emails.
Summer sign up typically opens in February, Winter sign up typically opens in September.
Prices + Payments
Every Full Plate Veggie CSA is a $1,000+ value!
Our base price is less than $28/week. The average produce value is $43 if bought at the store/market.
We strive to make fresh, local, organic food accessible to all. Subsidies and payment plans available!
Payment Timelines
pay in full at sign up
installment plan - deposit at sign up + 4* monthly payments due 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15. Prices include a $20 administrative fee (no fee for subsidy members). Please DO NOT send payments in custom amounts. We will not process them unless direct arrangements have been made.
Payment Method
check (preferred) - send to Full Plate Farms, PO 6898, Ithaca, NY 14851
paypal - Help us avoid fees of $22-29 per share, checks keep money in the community in true CSA spirit!
EBT / food stamps - email Molly to learn more
Subsidized CSA Shares
We believe fresh, nourishing food should be accessible to everyone, regardless of income, that’s why our farmers started the Full Plate Subsidized CSA fund! The basic details…
Subsidized shares are available to SNAP & WIC eligible households.
Subsidies cover 50% of the cost of a Full Plate Farm Collective Vegetable CSA.
Subsidies also cover packing and delivery fees for members choosing boxed shares meaning members may select any pickup or delivery option for the same price. Home delivery is available to folks with mobility or transportation limitations who live in the City of Ithaca.
Subsidized members may select a payment plan without fees.
Please note: effective March 2025 Full Plate is no longer in partnership with Healthy Food For All—all aspects of subsidy eligibility, pricing, and options remain unchanged for member ease. Please just be sure to direct all communications and questions about your share right to us as we move through the season.
Full Year Community Supporter Shares
The Community Supporter Share is our version of a sliding scale; it’s an opportunity for folks who are in a position to make one annual payment up front to opt into offering a bit of additional support towards the farms, and the subsidy fund too. A full embrace of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)!
FOR YOU: $1350 in the spring gives you both a summer and winter share (choose any pickup option, or delivery within the City of Ithaca) and a bonus spring share—36 abundant weeks of fresh, local, produce! A $1,500+ value.
FOR YOUR FARMERS: Your up front investment offers the farmers security for the season, funds for seeds and labor in the low season, a guaranteed market for our crops and so much more.
FOR YOUR COMMUNITY: We’ll deposit $100 of each Community Supporter Share into a separate account, 100% dedicated to subsidizing CSA share expenses for low income neighbors, making the sustained access to fresh, nourishing food possible for more folks in our community.
The Community Supporter share is still priced below the retail value of the produce (which is about $1500 throughout the year),
Community Supporters help us sustain resilient farms, living wages for our farmers, and an equitable local foodshed, beginning right here in the CSA community. Thank you!
Worktrade
Work in exchange for a CSA share! Working members either focus on the U-Pick or help facilitate free choice pickups. A great way to connect to your local foods community and access fresh produce!
We rely on this support, so please only apply if you can commit to a weekly shift. Limited availability, Learn more here. Email Molly to apply. Assignments made early April.