Though it feels as if the CSA season has just ended, the World PEAS Team is missing our farm-fresh fruits and vegetables already. These frosty December mornings have us longing for the sweet, warm days of ripe strawberries and bountiful summer squash. 

As a special offer to our loyal shareholders, we are now offering early CSA registration for the 2016 season at the same price as 2015 shares! This limited offer will end on December 29th, so be sure to register HERE to reserve your 2016 share at a discounted price. Plus, our Fresh Gift Share makes a great holiday present for any friend or family member who enjoys eating fresh, healthy, and local. 

When you register early for your CSA share, you provide critical, guaranteed income to our beginning, immigrant, and refugee farmers. For every dollar of produce sold by World PEAS, our farmers receive 79%. That is a huge margin compared to larger retailers who supply their farmers with only 60% or less of every dollar. 

If you would like to help provide a low-income family with a World PEAS CSA share, please click here. These "Share-a-Share" donations are just one aspect of our low-income food access work. In 2015, World PEAS served approximately 1,800 low-income individuals via partnerships with senior centers, community centers, and homeless shelters. And what better day to give back to your local communities of farmers and eaters than Giving Tuesday? 
 

To register, click HERE

To register for your 2016 World PEAS CSA share at this discounted price, visit our website. And while you're at it, check out our new share options! Click on the name of each share option for more details. 
 

• Fresh Share - Previously called a Small Share. Provides enough fruits and veggies for one or two people each week. 
• Family Fresh Share - Previously called a Large Share. Recommended for sharing among four individuals.
• Egg Share - Provides 1/2 dozen local eggs from pasture-raised chickens each week. 
• Specialty Share (New!) - For the adventurous cook in you! This share includes a delectable assortment of multicultural varieties of fruits and veggies grown by our immigrant farmers. Same size as our Fresh Share option.
• Fair Share - When you purchase a Fair Share, you provide $6.50/week toward purchase of a share for a low-income individual or family in Lowell, Medford, East Boston, as well as low-income seniors in Dorchester. Buy a Fair Share now and help us expand our Low-Income Food Access programming. Available in either Fresh or Family Fresh size.
• Fall Harvest Share - Our Fall Share contains the same items as our Fresh Share above, but runs for the last 8 weeks of the CSA season, from September through October. 

Thank you for your contributions, both past and present!

Emma Galante
World PEAS Food Hub & Food Access Coordinator
 

For more information visit our website at www.worldpeascsa.org and www.nesfp.org