Community Supported Agriculture (or CSA) is a model of farming that emphasizes a direct relationship between the grower and customer. We invite members from the Ojai community to purchase monthly or seasonal shares in our farm, which supports our seed, water, fertilizer, tool and labor expenditures. In return, members come to the farm on a weekly basis to receive a portion of everything we produce in a given season. 

Each share typically contains seven to 12 produce items and varies seasonally. Here’s a nonexhaustive sample of what we offered our members in this past year:

• Spring: Broccoli, beets, cabbage, carrots, chicory, cilantro, collards & kale, cilantro, lavender wands, lettuce, mint, onions, peas, radicchio, radishes, sunflowers, Swiss chard, turnips.
• Summer: Basil, chard, chicory, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, onions, peppers (sweet and spicy), snap beans, sugar beets, tomatoes, melons, mint, onions, parsley, sunflowers, winter squash (pumpkins, etc.), zucchini.
• Autumn: Broccoli, beets, cabbage, carrots, chicory, cilantro, kale and collards, lettuce, mustard greens, parsley, radishes, Swiss chard, winter squash.
• Winter: Broccoli, beets, cabbage, carrots, chicory, cilantro, fennel bulbs, kale and collards, lettuce, mustard greens, parsley, radishes, rutabaga, Swiss chard, turnips.

Shares are $100 dollars for a preview month of four weeks or $300 dollars for a season of 12 weeks. These shares can be started at any point in time. Members pick up their produce every Sunday on the farm after 10:30 am. Checks can be made payable to Mano Farm.

Supporting our CSA is a health-based choice for both you and the environment. Because the average American meal contains produce that has traveled more than 1500 miles from farm to plate, this means the typical supermarket produce is grown for appearance and storage rather than nutritional content, flavor, or variety.  

Being part of a CSA also allows you to have a relationship with your food —to know literally where it’s coming from and how it’s being grown. We farm organically, and offer full transparency to our members regarding our cultivation practices. 

By supporting us, you also support the growth of local agriculture and farm-based community activities, such our seasonal festivities, volunteer days, and recipe shares. 

Come visit us! We offer farm tours on the third Saturday of every month, from 5-6 pm (see the map on the back for directions)