Rainwater Farms farm shares are pre boxed for your convenience, and available for pick up at local spots in the Rochester area. The season is 20 weeks from June - October with a curated selection of vegetables each week from our small family farm. We also offer a free choice option to pick up at the farmers market!
How does it work?
Our farm share includes 8-10 different items each week. The box is ideal for someone who is looking to bring seasonal bounty into their home and who is willing to try new and interesting vegetables alongside old favorites. It's a great way to support the farm in the early season and reap the benefits throughout the summer and fall.
We offer a full share which is a pick up every week, or a half share which is the same size box, but pick up every other week.
Farmers market farm share members get free choice of 8-10 items each week at our market stall.
What's in my share?
We grow a wide and colorful array of seasonal vegetables! Throughout the growing season we strive to provide a mix of familiar staples like lettuce, carrots, and cooking greens, as well as occasional unusual vegetables and fruits. See below for some examples of what you'll find in a box each season!
Member Benefits
We feel that seasonality doesn’t necessarily end on your plate, which is why we offer a small variety of specialty items such as gem corn, flowers, and preserves. As a farm share member you'll also receive a weekly newsletter ahead of time letting you know what's in the share, and a suggested recipe or two!
How does it work?
Our farm share includes 8-10 different items each week. The box is ideal for someone who is looking to bring seasonal bounty into their home and who is willing to try new and interesting vegetables alongside old favorites. It's a great way to support the farm in the early season and reap the benefits throughout the summer and fall.
We offer a full share which is a pick up every week, or a half share which is the same size box, but pick up every other week.
Farmers market farm share members get free choice of 8-10 items each week at our market stall.
What's in my share?
We grow a wide and colorful array of seasonal vegetables! Throughout the growing season we strive to provide a mix of familiar staples like lettuce, carrots, and cooking greens, as well as occasional unusual vegetables and fruits. See below for some examples of what you'll find in a box each season!
Member Benefits
We feel that seasonality doesn’t necessarily end on your plate, which is why we offer a small variety of specialty items such as gem corn, flowers, and preserves. As a farm share member you'll also receive a weekly newsletter ahead of time letting you know what's in the share, and a suggested recipe or two!
2019 Pick Up Locations
Pricing
We offer pricing tiers for the shares in order to make our farm share accessible to a wider range of people. The scale is on an honor system, we won't ask for any proof or documentation. You choose the price that fits your budget, no questions asked.
Become a Member
There are two options to purchase a share:
Choose one of the full price options to pay the whole cost up front.
(This is really useful to us as farmers because it helps us to purchase seeds and supplies we need during a part of the year when budgets are tight!)
OR
Pay a $100 deposit to reserve your share with the balance due by June 1st.
What's in a box? Sample Shares By Season
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Early Spring Box
Lettuce Mix Radish bunch Kale Spring Peas Scallions Bok Choi Green Garlic Herb Peach Preserves |
Summer Box
Lettuce Swiss Chard Peppers Eggplant Summer Squash Heirloom Tomatoes Garlic Green Beans Carrot Bunch Cucumbers |
Fall Box
Lettuce Spinach Cabbage Broccoli Kale Leeks Peppers Butternut squash Fennel Popcorn |
Our Farming Practices
We strive to use environmentally friendly farming practices in everything we grow. We farm on permanent raised beds without a tractor to avoid compaction and damage that can be done to soil health with large, heavy implements. Where possible, we apply permaculture concepts to help maintain the living networks in the soil that keep our plants healthy and nutritious. The less we disturb the soil the more it is able to develop robust communities of microorganisms that provide immense benefits to plant health.
One of the joys of farming is that you're never done learning, and we've committed to doing our best each year to improve our techniques and skills to help provide our community with beautiful seasonal vegetables, grown thoughtfully and with respect for the land and soil.
We strive to use environmentally friendly farming practices in everything we grow. We farm on permanent raised beds without a tractor to avoid compaction and damage that can be done to soil health with large, heavy implements. Where possible, we apply permaculture concepts to help maintain the living networks in the soil that keep our plants healthy and nutritious. The less we disturb the soil the more it is able to develop robust communities of microorganisms that provide immense benefits to plant health.
One of the joys of farming is that you're never done learning, and we've committed to doing our best each year to improve our techniques and skills to help provide our community with beautiful seasonal vegetables, grown thoughtfully and with respect for the land and soil.