How Our CSA Program Works
Upon completion of the CSA Sign Up Form and payment, a member will receive a Down River Farm canvas bag full of vegetables at the first pickup. In subsequent weeks, your shares will be loaded into paper bags with your name on them. Pickup locations, dates, and times will be clearly outlined in e-mails after your sign up.
Miss a share? Contact your pickup point-of-contact to arrange for an alternative pickup time. Communication must happen THE SAME DAY as your pickup or days prior. Shares left or forgotten after the pickup day (without any communication) will be forfeited. Planning to miss a share? Have a friend or family member pick up your share. Or contact us a week or more in advance to plan a double share pick up the week before you leave or after you return.
Pickup Locations
Peoria: Off of Grandview Drive
Address shared up signup
Wednesday 4-7 PM
First Pick-Up: May 29
Groveland: 2 miles from old farm, on Springfield Road
Address shared upon signup
Wednesday 4-7 PM
First Pick-Up: May 29
"Weekly Share": Delivery to your home ($5) or pickup at one of the two locations above
Wednesday Morning/Afternoons; Begins in April
Peoria or Groveland CSA Pickup Options
Full CSA Share: $550 for 25 weeks of delicious vegetables that can feed from 3-4 people a week depending on how much you cook. If you'd rather not pay one lump sum, you can opt to split the payments up: $275 now and $275 at the first pick-up
Peoria or Groveland, your shares will be labelled with your name, in paper bags, on a table. For peak freshness, please arrive as early as you can. You are able to pick up your share anytime between 4-7 PM on Wednesdays by helping yourself to your personally labelled share on the display table.
Week-by-Week Shares
Purchase these shares if you are unable to make it to the Peoria Riverfront Market or out to the Farm and instead would like vegetables to come to you each week! All of these shares are offered for pickup in Peoria or Groveland OR for home delivery!. You can opt to buy them week-by-week; they typically go up the Sunday before the Wednesday delivery date (shares will begin in April)
Shares are delivered every Wednesday morning/afternoon. These shares are LARGER than the other CSA shares we offer. You will receive 8-9 items. We deliver to East Peoria, Pekin, Peoria, Peoria Heights, Washington, Dunlap, Edwards, Bartonville, Groveland, Morton, Germantown Hills, and Metamora.
Week-by-Week: $35 each and are available for purchase the Sunday before the Wednesday of delivery. $40 if you would like them delivered to your home.
A sample Weekly Share would look something like this (pictured): 2 heads garlic, 1.5 pounds purple daikon radishes, 1 clamshell pea shoots, 1 bunch red beets, 1.5 pounds kohlrabi, 1 bag salad mix, 1 bunch scallions, 1 bunch kale, 1 bunch carrots.
PLEASE NOTE: Prices through our online store include online payment processing fees. If you wish to surpass these fees, please send a check to the farm for the prices above. Checks can be made payable to Down River Farm and sent to 1696 County Road 2250 E in Benson.
