“I loved eating and cooking seasonally. Something about the CSA made me appreciate my food and ingredients much more than I usually do when my food comes from the grocery store.”
here’s how it works
We set up farmer's market style at your pickup location and you arrive during the pickup window to pack your share. An Owl's Nest Farmer is present to provide instructions, answer questions, and swap recipes. Interested in our Market CSA? Learn more here.
Choose full share or half share.
Full share
Full shareholders pick up every week. Each share includes 7-10 produce items and for 2-5 of the items, you'll usually have a choice.
Full shares are a great choice for larger families and for folks who want to get the most veggies for their money.
See sample shares from previous seasons here.
half share
Half shareholders pick up every other week. The share size is the same - half shareholders just pick up less often.
It's a great choice for folks who are trying a CSA for the first time and folks who travel on a regular basis.
Not sure what’s best for you? Check out our FAQ.
In 2024, our main CSA season is from May 7 to October 29.
Choose your pickup location.
Tuesdays, 5:30pm - 7:00pm at St. Stephen's Church in Columbia Heights, DC
Tuesdays, 5:00pm - 6:30pm at Annie's Ace Hardware in Brookland, DC
Tuesdays, 5:30pm - 7:00pm at Big Bear Cafe in Bloomingdale, DC
Tuesdays, 5:00pm-6:30pm at Material Things in North Brentwood, MD
Tuesdays, 5:00-6:30pm at Owl’s Nest Farm in Upper Marlboro, MD
Customize your share with Add-ons
We offer a monthly share of pasture-raised meat and/or eggs option along with your Owl's Nest produce! Meat and eggs come from our friends at Open Book Farm and Ladybrook Farm.
Opt to add a monthly fruit share from Kuhn Orchards.
With our solidarity add-on, experience a new food and farming product created by local producers who are people of color, women, and/or non-binary. More here.
Consider our sliding SCALE
We want the food we grow to be enjoyed by all kinds of people. Local, organic food is often only affordable and accessible for people with wealth and privilege.
So for us, a sliding scale is a tool for building economic justice that invites our CSA members to consider their relationship to class, income, and privilege when paying for their membership.
We offer a managed sliding scale with three options for CSA shares:
Market rate CSA shares
Lower-income/wealth option: 20% less than market rate
Higher income/wealth option: 20% above market rate
You can choose which price you pay for your CSA in 2024. Read more here.
donate to our food access fund
Since 2019, we’ve been working to share more of our produce with folks who couldn’t otherwise afford it.
Consider contributing along with your CSA purchase! Donations are totally optional, but not currently tax deductible.
Have more questions?
Check out our FAQ, read our CSA Member Agreement, or send us an email.
“My favorite part of the CSA experience is knowing that my values are aligned with my actions while buying agricultural products. I find it extremely valuable to know that my purchasing power is going directly to a local business - supporting a small farm with a big vision. Not only are the vegetables more fresh and tasty than supermarket product, but I can be confident that the growing practices are sustainable and that the farmworkers are paid fairly and treated respectfully. I love that I have been able to get to know my farmers, and learn about other farm-related local businesses in the region through the solidarity add-on. ”