Vancouver Island 2025 CSA by Lockwood Farms

Welcome to our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program! We’re thrilled to grow food for you and announce the launch of our program for this up coming 2025 season!

This year, we’re making a few changes to help streamline our operation and keep things running smoothly. Our CSA program will be focused solely on the Cowichan Valley, which means we won’t be delivering to Victoria. While we’ll miss our Victoria members, this shift will help us put even more care into our crops and service.

Excited to join our 2025 program? Click the link to fill out the form.

Below, you’ll find the key details on how it all works. We’re still finalising dates, pricing, and other details to make joining the CSA as easy as possible, so thanks for your patience! Once everything is set, we’ll send you an individual email with information on dates, payments, pickup locations, and more.

CSA FORM

What is a Community Supported Agriculture program?

A ‘Community Supported Agriculture’ relationship draws farmers and consumers closer. Connect with us, your farmers, through Lockwood Farms’ CSA program. Through the program, members pay an upfront share for veggies grown throughout the season. This helps the farmers guarantee food reaches plates with minimal losses; you get to try a diverse range of top quality products you may not have had before, gain knowledge of local farming practices, connect with the community and benefit from upcoming offers such as nursery, meat, merchandise and gardening products.

Help Support a Local Cowichan Valley Farm

Choosing to be part of this program is so much more than receiving a veggie box every week.

Less grocery shopping!
Fresh, Locally Grown Produce: Duh! The obvious one. Your veggies are grown and handpicked right HERE – fresh as it gets (sometimes even the same day).
Supporting Local Farmers: You directly support local farmers and their businesses (In this case, US!) This support helps sustain operations, promote sustainable farming practices, and contribute to the local economy.
Connection to the Food Source: You’re not just getting veggies; you’re getting an all-access pass to farm life. Come on down, meet us, explore the fields, and geek out on all things growing.
Seasonal Variety: CSA boxes are like surprise packages. Say hello to new fruits and veggies that you will not find at the grocery store. It’s not just a box; it’s a ticket to a diverse, exciting, and adventurous menu
Environmental Benefits: Buying locally reduces the carbon footprint associated with transporting food long distances. Not only that, it involves fewer intermediaries, leading to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly food supply chain. Yay!
Community Building: CSAs cultivate a sense of community among members, fostering meaningful interactions between us and you. In the past, we have created a Facebook group to share recipes & stories.
Health Benefits: Locally grown produce is often harvested at its peak ripeness, which can result in higher nutritional content compared to produce that has been transported long distances.

Example of the Share Options

Please note that full shares may sometimes receive different vegetables than 3/4 shares. We do our best to keep things fair, but differences can occur based on availability. Please don’t fight! We rotate who gets what, so everyone gets a chance to taste everything 🙂

¾ Share:

2 x bags of greens (arugula, Salad Mixes, lettuce mix, etc.)
Cucumber Bundle
1 Broccoli Head
Fresh herbs

Full Share:

Add these to the 3/4 share:

1 Lettuce head
2-3 Zucchinis
Bunch of Radish

Overall Cost Break Down:

We are still finalising the length of this year’s program and will email you with more details in the next couple of weeks.
3/4 Share = $30 a week
Full Share = $42 a week
1 dozen EcoEgg: $8.50 a week

HOW IT WORKS

Every week, our members grab delicious veggies directly at the farm during pick-up hours (Thursdays between 4-6pm) We will be allowing a 24hrs grace period if you can not make it during that window and members must email us in advance so we can prepare the share accordingly.

We always go extra miles (or KMs ;)) to ensure diversity of products so you get novelty in your box as well as some regular ‘staples’.

Eggs: Eggs will be kept in a cooler, take whatever amount of cartons you paid for.

A weekly email will also be sent out, providing information about the content of your box, along with farm notes and recipes!

WHAT’S ON THE MENU

Here is an overview of what the seasons have to offer at Lockwood Farms:

We also offer: Nursery Plants (herbs, veggies, fruit), Organic, fair-trade cane sugar (Paraguay); chicken and pork!

PICK-UP INFO

This year, we will be providing for our community in the Cowichan Valley! To our Victoria members, we will miss you..

No vacation allowed (Joke, have your friend pick it up for you if you are not around that week or it will be donated).

COWICHAN VALLEY

Our Farm Stand will be set up in front of the house with instructions. The veggies are freshly harvested and packed in totes. Each member will grab one portion of each depending on their shares.

Pick-up THURSDAYS – Lockwood Farms (3805 Cobble Hill Rd): 4-6pm (No Fee)

Different Ways to Pay for the CSA program:

While E-Transfer and Cash are preferred methods of payment, they will ONLY be accepted if 1 payment is made in full.

An Email Invoice will be sent out so wait for that before paying!

Cheque – Please come and visit us with your cheque BEFORE the program starts. Provide a second cheque post-dated for July 15th.

Credit Card – An email Invoice with the option of paying by CC will be sent to you. Details will be kept on file in an encrypted program.

E Transfer sent to accounting@lockwoodfarms.ca (Please MAKE SURE the amount is correct otherwise our bookkeeper will be pestering you! Please write ‘CSA’ in the message)

Cold, Hard Cash – secured in envelopes and/or elastic bands.

SIGN-UP HERE