Updated March 2019

Each year we update our list of CSAs that exist across the province and I’m happy to report that it continues to grow each year! That being said, I wouldn’t deny that I may have missed something and if that’s the case, please let me know. I will correct any errors or omissions as quickly as I can.

In case you’re unfamiliar with the concept of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), you can read about it here. Curious if a CSA is right for you? Here’s an article about the pros and cons.

Ready to sign up?  The following is a list of some great CSA farms and other community supported food businesses around Nova Scotia. A few CSAs have neither a website nor a facebook page, in which case, I’ve linked to their email address.

Vegetable CSAs

Abundant Acres Farm – Located one hour northwest of Halifax on the tidal Hants Shore.  We have a 22-week, free-choice, market-style farm share pick up in North-End Halifax near the Hydrostones at 2867 Isleville St Thursday to Saturday.  All vegetables are naturally grown on our farm.  The fruit is from our farm or farms nearby, as much unsprayed as possible.  To see specifics about the CSA click on this link. Sign up online here.

Annapolis Valley Growers– A co-operative partnership between 2 small family farms located in the Annapolis Valley near Middleton. We are certified organic and grow produce, flowers, herbs, meat and eggs that we can.

Birch Burn Farm Located in West Gore with a pickup location in Halifax (6250 Quinpool Rd.) 10-week shares running from August to October including a variety of vegetables and herbs. For more info email hanamackeil@gmail.com or phone: 902-209-5910

BullyGoth Farm and Riverview Produce Farms are located in Yarmouth County, with drops offs in Yarmouth and Tusket. Through our collaboration, we are able to offer you a wide variety of locally produced produce, fruits, herbs, mushrooms, and more!  CSA runs for 26 weeks, from May 24 to Nov. 15.  For more information visit our website or email us , or call 902-761-2736.

Bountywoods Farm– A newly established farm in South Maitland offering naturally grown vegetables, culinary herbs, and naturally grown flowers to the Maitland/Truro area.

Cochrane Family Farm– Located in Upper Stewiacke, drop-offs in Brookfield and Truro, plus farm pickup.  We are in our 9th year of CSA and are Certified Organic. CSA season this year runs from Apr until October with 3 sizes of shares available and then a weekly delivery option available after for seasonal products. To find out how to sign up or for more information, call us at 902-671-2378 or email.

DK Fairn Farms– Located in Centreville and offer unsprayed vegetables with an option to add free range eggs, antibiotic free pork, and free range chicken. Pick-up sites in Berwick and at the farm in Centreville, June to December. Ph: (902)678-5669

Grass Roots Up- A cooperative  Cow Share with Headquarters is in Cumberland County. Membership is currently open and for more info go to our contact page.

HighLand Farm – Located in Hants County, offering a 12 week (July-October) CSA with organic produce.  Drop-offs in Halifax (Historic Farmer’ Market or Shambhala Centre) or pick up at the farm. Pricing and registration available on the website.

Hilltop Homestead– Located in Lansdowne, just outside of New Glasgow, NS. In our fifth year of offering CSA shares, which run 18 weeks from late June through October. We use all organic growing practices at the farm to produce a wide variety of mixed vegetables as well as garlic on a commercial scale. We offer a drop-off in New Glasgow. For more information, check out our website www.hilltophomestead.ca

Hutten Family Farm – Located in the Annapolis Valley, with drop-offs in Halifax (Grainery Food Coop), Kentville and the Wolfville Farmer’s Market. Shares are offered year-round with details on pricing and registration on their website.

Ironwood Farm -Located in Hants County, drop-offs in the Halifax area.

Lochaber Growers– Located in Antigonish, we are made up of 4 small farms that formed a cooperative in 2016. We run a 20-week season for our CSA and also sell at the Antigonish Farmers Market each Sat. from May until Christmas.  Call (902) 783-2834 or email for more information.

Mirella Rose Farm a farm membership near Mahone Bay offering vegetables, meat and eggs. If you are interested in becoming a member or would like additional information, please email or call Tracy or Orrin at 902-624-0045.

Moon Tide Farm- Located in Scots Bay – just down the road from Cape Split, offers chemical-free produce shares as well as free-range chicken, eggs and assorted farm goodies.  Pick-up available at their roadside stand, Wolfville Farmer’s Market and City locations TBA soon.  Visit their website or contact us at moontidefarm@rocketmail.com for more details.

Moon Fire Farm – Located in Hants County,  with a CSA drop-off on Wednesday’s in Halifax. June-November.

Mountain River Farm – Seasonal Biointensive Market Garden. We use organic and permaculture practices combined with growing in unheated poly low tunnels and greenhouses year round. We have 2 pick up options available: farm pick up or a choice from one of our pickup locations in: Middleton, Bridgetown, Annapolis Royal, Kingston, Berwick, Kentville, New Minas, Greenwich & select Halifax locations. For more info email us of text/call at 902 825 9257.  

Nova Bluewater Farm– Located on the Eastern Shore and Certified Organic since 2008.  Offer pickups at Dobbit Bakehouse in Musquodoboit Harbour, and at In The Raw natural foods in Porters Lake. A 16 week CSA in the summer months with vegetables and produce harvested on the day of delivery.

Oakmanor Farms is located in Summerville, Hants County. Our CSA runs from early June till the end of October.  We offer a 20 week as well as a 10 week CSA share. We currently deliver to the Windsor Area, have pickups at the Windsor Farmers’ Market and at the farm.   We offer seasonal vegetables, a large selection of fresh and dried culinary herbs.  free-range eggs and grass-fed beef. Check us out on Facebook.

Olde Furrow Farm –  located in Port Williams, we offer no-spray in-season veggies, herbs and fruits – specializing in a wide variety of rare and heirloom vegetables. Our CSA runs for 20 week from July to November and has pick-up locations in Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, Tantallon, Windsor, Wolfville, Port Williams, Berwick and Canning. You can also choose to add-on a wide variety of other products such as flowers, ferments, eggs, meat, grains, bread, tonics, apple cider, wine etc (over 250 local products) since our CSA gets delivered through the Wolfville Farmers Market “WFM2go” program. For more information visit our website. 

Rolling Hill Farm– A new CSA  on the Queens/Annapolis Valley border that will run June through October. Chemical free with plans to certify organic. We use draft horses instead of a tractor. For more info contact: bryonylogan@gmail.com

Scenic Valley Farm – CSA in Central Cape Breton

Small Holdings Farm – Located in Scotsburn, NS  with full details about how to participate here.

Snowy River Farms–  We offer 20 weeks of both Full and Half share sizes of naturally produced vegetables from the Cooks Brook area of Nova Scotia. Our gardens follow organic methods for production but are not certified. We also offer our Pasture Raised Meats (a Pork and Chicken Share or a Chicken Only Share) and Eggs which can be purchased in addition to vegetable shares or stand alone. Meat and eggs can be added to your order weekly as well. Our livestock are raised outside on fruits, vegetables and non GEO grains. We deliver to Truro on Tuesdays, On Farm pickup, Elmsdale, Halifax and Alderney Landing on Wenesdays, and Carroll’s Corner Night Market on Thursdays.  Please email for more information.

Taproot Farms – Located in Port Williams, NS. Our Farm offers a variety of year-round CSA shares which include vegetables, pasture raised meat, eggs and fruit. We have drop off locations in Greenwhich, Downtown Halifax, Bedford, Dartmouth and Sackville. Visit our website for more details on drop off locations and to browse our different share sized.

Tipsy Toad Grove Farm – A 20-week spray-free produce CSA from the end of May until the middle of October.  We deliver between Wilmot and Coldbrook.  Our CSA details can be found here.

Waldegrave Farm– Based out of Tatamagouche and offers certified organic produce. Pick-ups in Tatamagouche, Earltown and Truro.

Watershed Farm – Based on the South Shore, offers a 19 week season of fresh produce, herbs, fruit, and flowers and eggs by request starting in mid-June. For more details, visit the CSA page on our website.

Whippletree Farm– Based out of Annapolis Royal, drop-offs in Annapolis Royal, Bridgetown and Middleton. Call us at 902-532-0484.

Wild Rose Farm – Located in Digby County. Offers a summer and fall CSA. For more information, contact: 902-837-4181.

Wysmykal Farm– Located in the Amherst area, with drop-offs in Amherst and Sackville, NB (June-December).

Meat

Bruce Family Farm –  offers a beef CSA with once a month delivery in Annapolis County and in HRM. Our beef is certified organic, grass-fed beef. We also produce certified organic chicken and certified organic eggs. Please visit our website or call us 902-665-2119.

GoodLake Farm – Located in Southampton (between Parrsboro and Amherst). Check website for delivery schedule, prices and sign-up.

Grass Roots Up – Beef CSA, located in Cumberland County with weekly deliveries are to Amherst, Tatamagouche, River John and New Glasgow (monthly to Truro, Enfield, Halifax and Tantallon). For more information contact info@grassrootsupcoop.ca or 902-297-3573

Ironwood Farm -Located in Hants County, drop-offs in the Halifax area. In addition to their vegetable CSA they sell their own lamb and pork. Contact for further details.

Linden Leas Limited – Field to fork, conception to consumer, Pastoral leas are home to our hefted herd of ~800 cattle, we offer for sale the goodness of the leas as grass-fed beef, no antibiotics or hormones, no artificial fertilizers, no pesticides or herbicides sprayed on the land, please visit our website for more details. Market shares are tailored to your needs, delivery method and costs vary with need and location in Nova Scotia. Extra beef bonuses come with Market Share purchases. Please call/text (902) 297-3573 or email us.

Rocky Ridges Ranch–  We are a 3rd generation family farm concerned with the amount of chemicals in foods stuffs on the market today. All of our offerings are ethically raised, with no additional chemicals. We offer a 10 & 25 lb Beef Variety Box, as well as Pork, & Goat. Please email us to be put on waiting list for next processing time.

Shani’s Farm–  Produce, Meat and Preserves CSAs available, drop-offs in different locations across HRM.

TapRoot Farms – Offering a weekly meat share of beef, pork, and Licensed Free Range chicken fed non-GMO grain grown here in the Annapolis valley.  Visit website for list of drop off locations and share options.

Wild Mountain Farm – not technically a CSA but offers pre-ordered meat delivery with pick-up locations in Halifax, Timberlea, Dartmouth, Porter’s Lake, Stewiacke and at the Wolfville Farmer’s Market.

Fish

Afishionado is your only choice for a sustainably-caught seafood subscription program in Atlantic Canada. ‘Catch of the Week’ members pick up their share of fish or shellfish each week at a convenient pick up hub in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, and have access to exclusive add on specials that are delivered with your weekly share.

Prepared Meals

Flying Apron Cookery — Located in Summerville, Hants County, NS

Bakery

Dinah’s Sourdough – Currently living in a bucket in Halifax, Dinah, an all-rye sourdough starter born in 2012, makes excellent bread. Her loaves, along with myriad delicious pastries, sandwiches and fancy coffees, are available to purchase at the cafe on Novalea Dr., in Halifax. Loaves are also available by subscription for pickup or home-delivery.

Gold Island Bakery – Halifax-based bread delivery (done by bike!) in the fall and winter months.  Option to add cheese and baked goods.

Sweet Bres Boulangerie– Milford Station based, offering artisan breads, rolls & pastries. Pick up points in Dartmouth, Eastern Passage, Halifax, Sackville, Hammonds Plains, Spryfield, and select locations along the HWY 102 corridor between Dartmouth & Truro. Our CSA is offered year round, you can opt for a year-round membership or sign up for just one season at a time.  The seasons begin in April, July, October & January.  You may select any season to begin a 1-year membership.  Find out more or subscribe here.

Kingsville Farm– Cape Breton based bakery supplying weekly breadbags to local customers, and at Mabou, Sydney, Antigonish and Whycocomagh Farmers Markets.

Wild Food and Herbs

Hobo Crow Herbs Wild Food & Herbal CSA – Enjoy a monthly offering of wild, seasonal, nourishing foods & hand-crafted herbal creations and remedies from nature’s apothecary. Wildcrafted edibles & medicinals, focusing on plants native to Nova Scotia. Fresh wild-crafted mushrooms, seaweeds, wild edibles and a medley of herbal elixirs, salves, infused vinegars and honeys, tinctures and other hand-crafted medicinals. 4 seasonal offerings available, spring, summer, autumn, winter. Deliveries across NS.  Please email for more information, or check out our FB page.

Briar Hill Herbal CSH (Community Supported Herbalism)- Located in Lunenburg County, this CSA offers a monthly selection of locally crafted, high quality medicinal herbal products that are available on a seasonal subscription basis. Membership in Briar Hill Herbal CSA is a great way to build up your home apothecary (herbal medicine cabinet) while exploring traditional ways of using medicinal plants to take ownership of your own health and well being.

Landilixir Apothecary – a monthly herbal CSA that runs year round. We’re a small biodynamic farm in Queens County and our CSA/Monthly Medicine Box includes biodynamically grown and ethically wildcrafted herbal elixirs, honeys, vinegars, salves, infused oils and other herbal edibles. Each month is based on a theme for keeping you attuned with the seasons and includes plant information and recipes. We have monthly drop offs in Halifax, the South Shore and the Valley. Our website is in development but email us here.

Flowers

The Humble Burdock Farms– Locally grown flowers and design studio, located in Steam Mill, NS. We offer a Floral CSA with weekly and biweekly bouquet options from Early May until Mid October- ending with a colorful everlasting bouquet to enjoy over the winter. Drop-offs are Wednesdays across the HRM, including downtown Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford and Tantallon. Valley locations are available at the farm, Port williams and Hantsport. We also team up with Olde Furrow Farm’s vegetable CSA. More information about our packages and options can be found on our website. Or Sign up by emailing: mail@thehumbleburdock.com

Hedgerow Flower Company Halifax Flower CSA: Each month, you will receive a beautiful ‘garden-style’ hand-tied bouquet made by Eileen. It will feature the very best of what is in bloom at our farm in Clare, NS. Flowers are delivered to the city, once a month, May through September. Membership price: $150 for the full season. Visit our website to join and to enjoy photos of our flowers and designs.

AND FINALLY, you can also check out the ACORN CSA directory that features NS, NB, and PEI organic CSA options.

Am I missing any?  Updates? Contact me at aimee@ecologyaction.ca to send me your edits. 

Aimee Gasparetto, Senior Food Coordinator

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