New this year, we’ve partnered with Farmer Jawn in West Chester to add a pickup day on Wednesdays. Their mission aligns beautifully with ours. We will be over there farming a bit of their ground for the second season in a row, and their fully stocked store will be a part of our CSA, instead of the little credit store we do on the farm. Now more of our close neighbors can access our food, especially those who live and work to the West of us, and we still have all of our pickups on local farms! Same great produce, grown by us and harvested weekly for you. Now with even more convenience.

The 2026 Season for pickups at Farmer Jawn runs for 18 weeks, June 24 through October 28th. See below for more info.

Share Options & Payment

    • All Shares include:

      • 18 weeks of market-style produce pickups at the Farmer Jawn shop in West Chester.

      • One share size that typically includes 4-6 different types of produce.

      • $162 of credits to start.

      • Share Total = $810

    PICKUPS ARE WEDNESDAYS 3:30 - 6:00PM at 1225 E. Street Road, West Chester PA

  • When you are ready to purchase your CSA membership, fill out the Sign Up Form. After signing up, we will email you to confirm your balance and help you submit a payment. You will select your preferred payment method when you fill out the signup form.

    Payment Options:

    Pay in Full

    • Pay by check

    • Bank Transfer or Credit Card with processing fee

    • Pay with cash at the farm

    Pay 50/50

    • 50% due upfront, 50% due by 8/1.

    • By check: you must provide two checks upfront, 1 post-dated for 8/1

    • By credit card with processing fee: you must provide a card on file, which will be charged on 8/1 for the remaining 50%

      You will select your preferred payment method when you fill out the signup form.

    Interested in work opportunities? Special circumstances that the above options do not work for you? Please contact us directly at info@urbanrootsfarpa.com. We want to do our best to provide equitable access to our CSA.

  • Weekly Store & Spend-Anytime Credits

    Every week there will be supplementary items from our farm and other local producers available via credit punchcards. Each share level includes $162 in credits to begin with (this is about 20% of your share value, which is the amount we expect everyone to spend on average). Additional credits will be available for purchase at any time. With credits, your share can vary more week-by-week in a flexible, convenient way. The dream is to be able to provide you the opportunity to purchase the items to complete your veggie-centric meals, helping you to reduce your trips to the grocery store. More credits can be purchased at any time, all season long.

Veggies

  • Four to six different varieties of vegetables, about a week’s worth of fresh items to feed a small family. We try to include veggies that you can prepare in different ways— some for salads, to eat raw, to roast, or to make into sauces. We grow lots of basic staples that everyone loves, and specialty items to keep things fun and interesting.

    • June: strawberries, asparagus, herbs, salad greens, snap peas

    • July/August: Heirlooms, cherry tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cantaloupe, watermelon, corn, fresh onions, beets, lettuce, fennel, kale, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, summer squash and zucchini, cucumbers, basil, parsley, oregano and mint

    • September/October: Beans, more heirlooms, cherries, pepper and eggplant, cantaloupe and corn overlapping with, then giving way to sweet potatoes, delicata squash, potatoes, onions, leeks, beets, carrots, lettuce, fennel, turnips and radishes bunches and for storage, sage, thyme, parsley, oregano 

  • The nature of farming in southeastern PA means that not all crops are available all the time. For instance, we know you love to eat salads, so we plant plenty of lettuces each spring. However, as soon as summer temperatures arrive, the lettuces bolt and that’s it. So you get a few weeks of lettuce in June. We sow more lettuces in the fall and grow great leaves from about October to the end of the CSA season. It ends up being a total of about 10 weeks of lettuce overall. Meanwhile, if you really want a salad in July, we suggest a tomato salad like a panzanella! This is the rhythm of eating locally and seasonally.

  • We're not certified organic, but we don’t use anything on the crops that is not certified organic. We generate much of our fertility on the farm through composting, animal manure, and cover crops. This is good, healthy food grown the best ways we know how. Come out to the farm and see for yourself! We are always happy to share the dirty details of farming—that’s what the CSA is all about!

How the Weekly CSA Pick-ups Work

    • Each week you will receive an email before pickup of what items will be included in your share, updates on what’s happening at the farm, and recipes/preparation suggestions. 

    • Bring your own bag or box. If you’re new, maybe a bigger one than you think.

    • Please don’t come early. We are using every minute of our time to get prepared to have a good, smooth pickup for everyone, not just the folks who are able to show up first, and we need that time to set up. 

    • Please sign-in when you arrive. There will be a checklist of names on a table by the chalkboard. If your name is highlighted on the sign-in sheet this week, we are showing that you have an outstanding balance so please go see our staff first.

    • Where do I start? There will be a loosely clockwise flow to pickups, starting with the sign in list and chalkboard. After you check off your name, you’ll help yourself to the items in that week’s CSA, at the quantities indicated for your size of share. Then you’ll shop the store with your credits.

    • What about my credits? Using the punch cards will be easy. We keep them all so you don’t have to. They have your names on them. It’s that easy: you come up and we tally up what you got in addition to your share, and we cross off that many credits.  1 credit is $1. If you use the $50 you already got to start with, we can sell you another with cash, check, or card. You can purchase them in advance, or wait until you need them. 

    • Need assistance? Please don't hesitate to ask a staff member if you have any questions or don't see the item you are looking for. If there’s something we can do at pickups to improve your share, let us know. It is almost always the case that we have more of every item in the fridge. And if we don’t have more, we’ll probably have an alternative for you. We always appreciate any feedback you have and will do our best to address any concerns you may have.

    • If neither day works, best thing to do is send someone in your place. They would just cross off your name, and take your veggies. You do not need you to tell us if you will miss a pickup entirely. 

    • Please tell them to visit the website for more info. It’s also nice to forward them the email of the week they are picking up, as it often has information designed to enhance their enjoyment of that week’s food. We love it when you send someone, as it gives a new person a chance to try our CSA.

    • We appreciate the requests to “donate your share.” Just by becoming a member you’ve shown that you care about your community, and so do we! We donate as much as we can every week, although we don’t literally set it aside what individual members don’t pick up.

  • We do not offer delivery. We enjoy sharing the magical beauty of the land where our members’ food is grown.

  • Pickup times are Wednesdays from 3:30-6:00pm.

    • The CSA runs 18 weeks with a week’s break in September, and ending at the end of October.

    • If you can't make a pickup, you can send someone in your place - they simply cross of your name on the sign in sheet. You do not need to notify us.

  • Farmer Jawn is located at 1225 E. Street Road, West Chester, PA 19382

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