CSA Fundraiser

CSAs offer the public a way to invest in local agriculture, while enjoying delicious, fresh food throughout the season. Booker T. Whatley first introduced the concept of CSAs in the 1960s as a solution for struggling Black farmers. Worcester Community Fridges purchases CSAs at full price from local farms, making this a great opportunity to support local farmers and the community fridges!

Learn more about CSA roots in Black history!

Supporting our CSA fundraiser will ensure we can fill the community fridges with local produce for 22 weeks! This means the fridges will be consistently filled with fresh produce from late May to October.

Our goal is to fill each of the 5 fridges wth 3 full CSAs weekly. That is 15 CSAs for the entire season! Each CSA costs roughly $1,000 and can produce between 7-15 pounds of food. 

Many Hands Organic Farm grows certified organic produce, meat and eggs in Barre, MA. MHOF has been in existence since 1982 and has been selling to the public since 1985. Thanks to the generosity from stakeholders at MHOF, they match our fundraising amount. Last year, due to a combined fundraising effort, we were able to secure 14 CSA shares from MHOF!

Global Village is an international initiative building centers for education, training and movement building. They are part of creating a new sustainable economy and cooperative living spaces with low income immigrant communities of color and other colonized and marginalized people. Food justice is at the center of their practices at the farm, and a CSA is a great way to balance the needs of the farmers and the community. Global Village Farms uses restorative agro-ecology methods such as minimal-till, chemical-free, and companion planting.