Becoming a Ginger Ridge Farms Member

Our CSA is an opportunity to get food fresher and less expensive than from the health food store. At Ginger Ridge Farms we promote building community around healthy lifestyles and caring for our island – “Malama Aina.”  CSAs were developed in Japan over 50 years ago to show the community where their food came from.  Membership ensures that your food supply is local, organic and sustainable every single week. 

We are offering a weekly vegetable box that will feed approximately 2-4 people, depending on overall diet.  Vegetarians might need to supplement their share, while those with a more varied diet will probably find that the box lasts them a full week or longer.  In addition you will receive a weekly email with recipes and interesting uses for what will be in the upcoming box to help create a farm to table experience.

If you feel a full box is too much, we encourage you to find a neighbor or friend to share the membership with or pick up on alternating weeks.  If you know that you will miss a pickup, we encourage you to have a friend or family member pick up your box in your place.  If you are unable to find a replacement or forget to pick up your box please communicate with us so we can donate your share.  At each pickup there will be a “Free Box” to leave or exchange any items you don’t want that week.  To recycle and keep costs low, we will reuse boxes each week, so it is required to bring your box back to your pick up spot.

Shares will consist of the following depending on seasonal availability:

• bananas

• basil

• beans

• beets

• bell peppers

• bok choi

• broccoli

• carrots

• cassava

• chard

• cilantro

• cucumbers

• daikon

• eggplants

• fennel

• galangal

• ginger

• gobo (burdock)

• green onion

• kale

• leeks

• lemon grass

• mint

• parsley

• parsnips

• radish

• salad mix

• squash

• sweet corn

• sweet potato

• taro

• tomato

• turnip

• turmeric

• zucchini

Items may be added or removed as we continue to try new crops. 

Pick up information:

• Tuesdays at 4PM - Ginger Ridge Farms in Mountain View

• Saturdays at 12PM- Sweet Cane Cafe in Hilo

• Saturdays at 3PM - Hawaiian Sanctuary in Pahoa  

For questions or more information please email organicfarming2005@yahoo.com

We recommend a one-year commitment.  Membership costs $100 per month with a one-year commitment and increases in price as length of commitment decreases.

$100/month – 1 year                      $105/month – 10 months

$110/month – 8 months                 $115/month – 6 months

$120/month – 4 months                $125/month – 2 months

$130/month – 1 month

At your first pick up, you will be given a Ginger Ridge Farms box with your produce. In order to minimize waste, please bring that box back with you for each weekly delivery or bring your own receptacle to take your produce home in. If you forget your box or receptacle, we can supply you with another box for a 5$ charge.

We cannot control Mother Nature, but we love her and do everything we can to work with her and provide you with a consistent, beautiful food supply each week. Farmers are very optimistic people. We have to be present in our tangible task-oriented reality while we continuously work, hope, and pray into the future as food takes 3 months to a year to develop.  Your commitment to our CSA is fulfilled by being the consistent supporter and happy recipient of our endeavor. We are all in this together – your membership goes towards seed purchase, fertilizer, equipment, labor, and all the costs involved in running an organic farm. Therefore your payment is used and cannot be refunded. If you want to end your commitment, please sell, trade, or donate your share.