College Park Fresh Herb CSA at Vital Traditions

Fox Haven is proud to continue offering the region’s first Fresh Herb Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. CSA Members receive a monthly selection of herbs, study guides with recipes and resources, and a hands-on class to build skills. After a season with us, your pantry will be full of homemade teas, tinctures, oils, salves, and vinegars. For more information on how a CSA Membership works please view the FAQ page: https://foxhavenfarm.org/herb-csa/

TWO MEMBERSHIP TYPES, THREE LOCATIONS

We are pleased to offer three CSA locations for the 2023 year. You are currently looking at the College Park location made possible through our partnership Mid-Atlantic EBike Repair. You also have the option of joining the Frederick location at Fox Haven (Fox Haven Fresh Herb CSA) or the Baltimore location at Blue Light Junction (Baltimore Fresh Herb CSA).

Once you choose a location, there are also two different types of CSA membership options, each designed to meet different needs.

College Park Address: 4912 Berwyn Rd, College Park, MD 20740

Building Your Herbal Relationship Share

Building Your Herbal Relationship is a monthly CSA package with a 2-hour hands-on class each month. This format is best for beginners and intermediate community-oriented learners. We’ll meet 24 new herbs and get to know them through taste, touch, and smell.

Membership Share Type: Monthly Pick-up & Class in College Park

When: 9:30-11:30 am third Sundays, May – October

April 14th: Meet and Greet and Tinctures (Sunday, 9:30 am-11:30 am)

May 19th: Infused Vinegars and Ferments (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

June 16th: Salves and Soaks (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

July 21st: Sodas and Switchel (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

August 18th: Pastilles and Popsicles (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

September 22nd: Syrups and other Stovetop Simmers (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

October 27th: Tinctures and Bitters (Sunday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am)

November 2nd: Harvest Celebration at Fox Haven Farm and Making Fire Cider (Saturday, 12:30-3:30 pm)

Price: $310 per share ($14 will be paid to the Kikeokan Foundation)

Registration Dates: Open until May 13th

Building Your Herbal Apothecary Share

Building Your Herbal Apothecary is a monthly CSA option without formal instruction, suited more to the returning CSA member, individual learner, or the intermediate herbalist. Once a month, Apothecary CSA members will be asked to select their preferences of herbal bundles based on seasonal choices to choose 2 out of the 5 bundles they will receive.

Membership Share Type: Monthly Pick-up in College Park

When: 9:30 – 11:30 am third Sundays, May – October

Meet and Greet and Intro to Tincturing April 14th

End of Season Harvest Celebration November 2nd.

Price: $275 per share ($14 will be paid to the Kikeokan Foundation)

Registration Dates: Open until May 13th

To discuss payment plan options, please email alecks@foxhavenfarm.org

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Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Price: $50 OFF

In acknowledgment of the fatal injustices committed upon the black and brown community and the health toll this continues to take on folks, we are offering a discount to our herbal CSA for any BIPOC folk who would like it. This offering is meant to be a step we can take at Fox Haven to be an active agent in your healing and thriving, and an acknowledgment of the structures of privilege that seek to undermine that wellness. To receive $50 off your order, use the discount code CSA50 during checkout.

Buy A Reparation Share for a BIPOC CSA Member: Add a donation to your order (Suggested Donation: $50 or more)

Fox Haven recognizes that our non-profit has played a role in perpetuating systems of racism and colonization through our privilege. We engage in financial and material reparations to communities of color and indigenous peoples and learn from those leading the way to a more just future. We encourage you to join us in this by buying a Reparations Share that can be passed on to any BIPOC person who wishes to receive this form of reparations.

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Fox Haven will pay $14 from every ticket sold to the Kikeokan Foundation as a LandBack tax for the land Fox Haven inhabits. Land taxes to indigenous nations function similarly to paying rent or a home mortgage. Payments such as a mortgage provide access to living space, whereas LandBack taxes recognize our access to stolen Indigenous land.