2027 Snead’s Farm CSA

Snead's Farm CSA

 Download the 2027 CSA contract here. 

The Snead’s Farm CSA is an annual subscription that provides members with a share of Snead’s Farm’s highest-value crops (asparagus, sugar snap peas, peaches, melons, berries) when they are at their peak, as well as plentiful opportunities for families to spend time on the farm, pick berries and learn about the importance of local food systems.

In addition to providing pre-picked produce items in weekly boxes at specified times during the growing season, the CSA also provides “Pick ‘n’ Play” days, when members and their families can visit the farm with no admission charge, and pick crops when they are available.

Members receive:

  • At least 9 weekly boxes of our highest-value crops, spread over three mini-seasons:
    • Early Spring (April–May) – 4 boxes
    • Peak Summer (July–August) – 4 boxes
    • Fall Harvest (October) 1 box
  • More than 10 farm Pick-n-Play days. These days (usually Wednesdays and Saturdays, announced by e-mail to the 2027 CSA list) provide pick-your-own opportunities (as supply allows) and free admission for your family.
  • Fall Gleaning Day (Oct. 27, 2027), a day to enjoy the farm during the Fall Festival, including hayrides and mountain slides, with the opportunity to pick the final crops of the season, including pumpkins, gourds, winter squash, green tomatoes, raspberries and Concord grapes. There will be a box pickup on this day.
  • NEW THIS YEAR: To celebrate 65 years of farming, Emmett Snead is offering his deepest Christmas-tree discount to 2027 CSA members only. During 2026 Christmas tree sales season (every weekend from Nov. 21 through Dec. 20) CSA members may purchase a cut-your-own Blue Spruce tree (normally $120) for $45. Each full share may purchase two trees at this discount; each small share may purchase one tree at this discount. Members will also receive free admission to the farm on the day they come to purchase their trees. You must join by Dec. 20 to receive this benefit.

2027 CSA Pricing Guide

All prices include sales tax.

Snead's 2027 CSA

What does a share include?

The 2027 CSA will consist of 9 produce box pickups across three distinct seasons. The timing of these pickups will be adjusted as crops come in to ensure members receive the maximum amount of the high-value produce items grown at Snead’s Farm. Members will be notified of pickup dates via the Snead’s Farm 2027 CSA E-mail List. The pickups will be divided between three seasons:

  • Early Spring Season will start as soon as asparagus comes in, likely mid- to late April. Spring boxes could include asparagus, salad mix, sugar snap peas, Canning Farm sweet potatoes, free-range eggs and honey. On pickup days, members will be able to enter the farm admission-free to visit and play.
  • Peak Summer Season will start in mid-July, as soon as enough high-value summer crops are in to ensure full boxes. Summer boxes could include sweet corn, peaches, watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes and honey. On pickup days, members will be able to enter the farm admission-free to visit and play, with opportunities for pick-your-own raspberries, blackberries and sunflowers offered as supplies allow.
  • Fall Harvest Season – This box will be distributed on the Fall Gleaning Day, Oct. 27, 2027.

Snead’s Farm CSA shares include fresh produce from our farm, as well as from Canning Farm of King George County, Idlewood Farm near Richmond, Moss Neck Farm of Caroline County, Truslow Farm of Stafford County and Braehead Farm of Fredericksburg. These partnerships allow us to offer a wider variety of items in our weekly boxes, reduce the risk to the consumer and promote the success of more local farms.

The contents of boxes will vary based on the yield of fruit and vegetable fields, plants and orchards, and of the laying hens, which depends on the forces of nature. However, Snead’s Farm and its partners have enough variety, growing more than 40 different crops, that enough shall come to fruition to afford everyone a good supply of almost everything. All crops at Snead’s Farm can be irrigated, greatly reducing the risk of failure.

Pickup: Subscribe to our e-mail list here to receive weekly recipe tips and a list of what’s in your box. If you know that you will miss your pickup, your options are to have someone pick it up for you or to forgo your share for the week. In addition, you may call Snead’s Farm by 8 p.m. on the Sunday before your pickup to request that your share be donated to the Fredericksburg Food Bank that week. Cash refunds or share replacements will not be offered for any missed pickups. You are welcome to visit, picnic and stroll around Snead’s Farm on pickup Wednesdays and on announced pick-your-own Saturdays.

How to join: Print out this form and send it with your payment to: Emmett Snead, 18294 Tidewater Trail, Fredericksburg VA 22408. Please make checks payable to Emmett Snead, according to the chart above. If you are splitting your share with another family, please list just one name that both families will use at pickup time. Please note that we do not split full shares on pickup day. You may also join online at sneadsfarm.com.