JulBud Ranch CSA

What is a CSA? CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It's a way for farmers and ranchers to cut out the middle man and get fresh, healthy food direct to you from your local farm.

What to expect

Our CSA follows a flexible farm share model. Pickups will be every other week on a day of your choosing. When you sign up for a share, you'll select the number of items you want to receive each time you pick up your order - 4, 6, 8, or 10 items.

We will harvest produce that is ready and add it to our refrigerators. On your pick up day, you will be able to come "shop" from the organically grown produce that is available that week.

Occasionally, you will be offered a jar of pickles or jam, one of our all-natural skin-care items, a bouquet of flowers, or even a special treat we've cooked up in our kitchen!

Beyond the bag

Each week you'll receive an email with recipes, ways to preserve your produce, and more. We also have our "Recipe Box" where you can find even more recipes. These recipes are categorized by the produce you want to use. So if you're looking for ways to use up some tomatoes, click on the tomatoes file and you'll see all the recipes we've collected that have tomatoes in them.

Extra perks

We don't want you to feel like you're just another customer. A CSA is all about community and that's exactly what we're trying to build. With that in mind, we have even more included with each share.

CSA member can schedule a family farm tour anytime, for free! Your weekly email will have reminders about this if you're interested.
You also get a discount to any events we hold at the ranch throughout the year. This doesn't just apply to the CSA season either. It applies from the day you sign up for a share until December 31st of that same farm share year.

The Cost

The cost of your CSA membership will depend on how many items you choose to pick up each week of the season. You will not be able to change how many items you pick up each week, whatever number you sign up for is the number you'll pick up every week.

4 items = $20/week

6 items = $30/week

8 items = $40/week

10 items = $50/week

The 2025 season will be 14 weeks long (7 pickups for the season)

A 4 item share is $140

A 6 item share is $210

An 8 item share is $280

A 10 item share is $350

Do I have to pay in full upfront?

No. You can if you want to, but you can also choose to pay monthly (2 pickups at a time)

Ready to sign up?

We use a third-party website called Grownby for our farm share registration. If you're ready to sign up, click the link below and it will take you to our farm page on Grownby where you can select which farm share you want, the day you want to pick up, and how you want to pay.

If you want to read our complete Terms of Service you can do so here:

FAQ's

What if I go on vacation and/or can't pick up my share?

You have a couple of options. We offer "vacation weeks" for each share plan. You can claim one of these and receive a credit that can be used to purchase other items such as skincare or eggs. This credit must be used on the Grownby website, not on this website.

You can also offer your share to a friend, family member, or neighbor. They can pick up your share for you at the ranch.

How do I know if a farm share is right for my family?

If you can answer yes to any of the following, a farm share is right for you and your family:

Do you like knowing where your food comes from and how it's grown?
Do you like eating clean and healthy meals?
Do you enjoy trying new foods or recipes?
Do you like supporting local businesses?
Do you value taking care of our earth?
Do you want guidance on making healthy meals?
Can you travel to our ranch every other week?

What exactly does my membership fee cover?

Your membership fee goes toward the following:

First and foremost, the cost of the produce you receive.
It helps us recover some of the cost of buying seeds, mulch, soil amendments, tools, shade cloth, and other things we need to grow the produce.
And finally, the labor involved in growing the produce.

What happens in the event of crop failure due to weather or pests outside of your control?

One factor in being part of a CSA is you take on some of the risk we have as farmers when it comes to crop failures. However, we do our best to mitigate this risk in several ways.

We utilize indoor and greenhouse space for starting seedlings and keeping them safe until the weather lets us plant.
Some items, like microgreens, are grown indoors all season.
We do use natural and organic sprays to help keep bugs at bay.
We plant an abundant variety of plants so that if there are crop failures we will still have other items for you.
Occasionally, if we are short an item or two we will make it up with a jar of our pickles, or jam, one of our all natural skincare products, a bouquet of flowers from our garden, or a baked good from our kitchen.
In the, hopefully, unlikely event of fire or other natural disaster, our loss would bring an end to the CSA season for that year. Any payments not received would be cancelled, but no refunds would be given.

What is your refund policy?

We do not offer refunds.

We know life happens and we're always willing to work with our members. Our policy is that if you miss a pickup, then you miss your pickup, however we typically give a 24 hour grace period to give you an opportunity to reach out and let us know you still want produce and can pick it up within that 24 hour period.

Have more questions?

Feel free to contact us through the contact form on our website.

You can also email us at angela@julbudranch.com

Or give us a call/text at 801-870-2259