Frederick Fresh Herb CSA at Fox Haven

Fox Haven is proud to continue offering the region’s first Fresh Herb Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. CSA Members receive a monthly selection of herbs, study guides with recipes and resources, and a hands-on class to build skills. After a season with us, your pantry will be full of homemade teas, tinctures, oils, salves, and vinegars. For more information on how a CSA Membership works please view the FAQ page: https://foxhavenfarm.org/herb-csa/

THREE MEMBERSHIP TYPES, THREE LOCATIONS

We are pleased to offer three CSA locations for the 2024 season. Fox Haven in Frederick is our home base, however, you also have the option of joining the Baltimore location at (Baltimore Fresh Herb CSA) or(College Park Fresh Herb CSA).

Fox Haven's Address is 3630 Poffenberger Rd, Jefferson MD 21755

There are also three different types of CSA membership options at the Fox Haven location, each designed to meet different needs.

Building Your Herbal Relationship

Building Your Herbal Relationship is a monthly CSA package with a 2-hour hands-on class each month. This format is best for beginners and intermediate community-oriented learners. We’ll meet 24 new herbs and get to know them through taste, touch, and smell.

Membership Share Type: Monthly Pick-up & Class at Fox Haven

April 7th: Meet and Greet and Tinctures (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

May 5th: Infused Vinegars and Ferments (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

June 2nd: Salves and Soaks (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

July 7th: Sodas and Switchel (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

August 4th: Pastilles and Popsicles (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

September 8th: Syrups and other Stovetop Simmers (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

October 6th: Tinctures and Bitters (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

November 2nd: Harvest Celebration at Fox Haven Farm and Making Fire Cider (Saturday, 12-3 pm)

Price: $245 per share ($14 will be paid to the Kikeokan Foundation)

Registration Dates: Open until April 30th

Building Your Herbal Apothecary

Building Your Herbal Apothecary is a monthly CSA option without formal instruction, suited more to the returning CSA member, individual learner, or the intermediate herbalist. Once a month, Apothecary CSA members will be asked to select their preferences of herbal bundles based on seasonal choices to choose 2 out of the 5 bundles they will receive. Apothecary Members will receive a digital study guide with recipes and resources each month.

Membership Share Type: Monthly Pick-up at Fox Haven

When: 9:30-11:30 am first Sunday, May – October

Meet & Greet April 2nd

End of Season Harvest Celebration November 4th.

Price: $220 per share ($14 will be paid to the Kikeokan Foundation)

Registration Dates: Open until April 30th

You-Pick Herbal Share

You-Pick Membership is a monthly CSA option only available in Frederick, at the farm, that is designed to introduce members to the full plant. Members will be guided through harvesting and can ask questions and share ideas about how and where plants like to grow, how to best harvest them, and how to invite them into your own gardens. This option does not include any formal class on the uses of plants as members will be choosing their own plants. Therefore, this option is best suited to returning members or folks who have a home study. Members will receive the monthly study guide with the month’s themes and recipe ideas.

Membership Share Type: Monthly Pick-up without class at Fox Haven

When: 9:30-11:30 am first Sunday, May – October

Meet & Greet April 2nd

End of Season Harvest Celebration November 4th.

Price: $220 per share ($14 will be paid to the Kikeokan Foundation)

Registration Dates: Open until April 30th

To discuss payment plan options, please email [email protected]

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Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Price: $50 OFF

In acknowledgment of the fatal injustices committed upon the black and brown community and the health toll this continues to take on folks, we are offering a discount to our herbal CSA for any BIPOC folk who would like it. This offering is meant to be a step we can take at Fox Haven to be an active agent in your healing and thriving, and an acknowledgment of the structures of privilege that seek to undermine that wellness. To receive $50 off your order, use the discount code CSA50 during checkout.

Buy A Reparation Share for a BIPOC CSA Member: Add a donation to your order (Suggested Donation: $50 or more)

Fox Haven recognizes that our non-profit has played a role in perpetuating systems of racism and colonization through our privilege. We engage in financial and material reparations to communities of color and indigenous peoples and learn from those leading the way to a more just future. We encourage you to join us in this by buying a Reparations Share that can be passed on to any BIPOC person who wishes to receive this form of reparations.

Host or Publisher Fox Haven Farm & Retreat Center