Welcome to the 2026 CSA at Terra Fauna Farm and thank you for joining us! This week marks the start of CSA share pick ups for the members that have joined us for the entire season. If you are a peak season member your CSA share pick ups will start June 2nd. The strawberries may be ready to pick next week after this heat wave. If that is the case, peak season members may choose to start one week earlier and then end their season one week earlier in August.
Before we get into what we have available for opening week, let’s go over a few of the nuts and bolts. Each week of the CSA season I will be sending out this newsletter updating members on what is available in the CSA shares along with any other news of what is happening at the farm. I’ll also include a couple of our favorite recipes. If you would like someone else to receive this newsletter, share their email with me and I will add them to our list.
On your CSA pick up day you will find us at:
8141 Valley View Rd
Northampton PA 18067
There is a small wooden farm sign next to our driveway which leads down a long, slight hill. There is parking both along the curve of the driveway and also behind the pavilion which is where we will be stationed with the CSA shares. The parking spots are outlined with white marking paint.
Please bring your own bags or box to pack your CSA share into. We will always be present to guide you through the pick up process. After packing your share, stop by Pappy’s table to give him your name so he can check you off the list of who has picked up. This is also where you are able to make additional purchases if interested. We have partnered several farms to provide us with some of things we do not have on our farm. Misty Valley is back with their delicious eggs! Lancaster Farm Fresh Co-op provides us with select cheeses and yogurt,. Gerhard Farms provides their meats. We will occasionally bring in some mushrooms from Mother Earth Organic, we also have pure maple syrup from Augusta Acres located in Beach Lake Pennsylvania, and our own honey from Pappy’s Bees! We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal. We also let members run a tab they can settle up the following week. Any balances left on CSA shares can be paid for here as well. Checks can be made out to Terra Fauna Farm.
While here, you are also welcome to help yourself to the “pick your own” herb and flower garden located a short walk from the pavilion. We do have a few pairs of community shared scissors for members to borrow, but you are certainly welcome to bring your own. Everything is well labeled with wooden signs and for the first few weeks while things are still quite young we will put an orange rubber band around the signs of the herbs that are ready to be picked. We ask that you only pick the amount of herbs you will use for the week. Later in the season when the flowers are blooming everyone is welcome to pick a bouquet as well each week.
If for any reason you need to change your pick up day from Tuesday to Thursday or vice versa, just let us know. We are happy to accommodate that. If you cannot make it for the entire week, you are encouraged to gift your share to a friend, relative, neighbor etc, and have them pick it up in your place. We are not able to provide doubling up on a share later in the year. We will be here from 1-7:00 every Tuesday and Thursday. One slight change for this year, starting at 6:30 we will begin to start cleaning up the pavilion and will prepack CSA shares for any members who have not yet made it. If you are unable to make it by 7:00, we can still leave your CSA share out for you in a cooler for you to grab and go. You will have to let us know though that you are still coming. My number is 610-392-6267. Also, it’s a good idea to set a reminder on your phones so you don’t forget to pick up your share!
And, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!
Now… what’s in store for the first share of the year?!?
Asparagus – we have both purple and green stems. The emergence of asparagus kicks off the harvest season every year!
Lettuce – dense heads of buttery, sweet leaves
Kale and /or Swiss Chard – we have 4 types of kale to pick from, Curly Green, Curly Purple, a flat leafed Tuscan variety called Dazzling Blue pictured below, and a frilly edged type called Red Russian. If you’d rather have a Swiss Chard we will have that as a choice here as well.
Yokatta Na ( bok choy ) – Asian greens popularly used in a stir fry.
Green Garlic – young garlic without the bulbs. You can use the entire plant in dishes – – raw or cooked
Spinach – beautiful baby leaves packed with nutrition
Red Beets – Bunched baby beets. Roots are great roasted or pickled and leaves can be sautéed or cut fresh into a salad mix.
Radishes – baby sized Easter Egg and French Breakfast types