How Our CSA Program Works
Upon completion of the CSA Sign Up Form and payment, a member will receive a Down River Farm canvas bag full of vegetables at the first pickup. In subsequent weeks, your shares will be loaded into paper bags with your name on them.
Miss a share? Contact us (downriverfarm@gmail.com) within 48 hours of your missed share and we will arrange for you to pick up your share. Usually it'll be in our cooler trailer on the farm for you to help yourself. Planning to miss a share? Have a friend or family member pick up your share. Or contact us a week or more in advance to plan a double share pick up the week before you leave or after you return.
Pickup Locations
East Peoria: On Farm Pick-Up
3404 Springfield Road
East Peoria, IL 61611
Wednesday 4-7 PM
First Pick-Up: May 25
Downtown Peoria: Peoria Riverfront Market
Saturdays from 8 AM - Noon
First Pick-Up: May 21
"Weekly Share": Delivery to Your Home
Wednesday Afternoons
Spring: May 18 - June 29
Summer: July 6 - August 17
Later Summer: August 24 - October 5
Fall: TBD
East Peoria (Farm) CSA Pickup Options
Full CSA Share: $550 for 25 weeks of delicious vegetables that can feed from 3-4 people a week depending on how much you cook. If you'd rather not pay one lump sum, you can opt to split the payments up: $275 now and $275 at the first pick-up
Half CSA Share: $330 for a full CSA share bimonthly (same growing season, half as many pickups. This option is good for folks who don't cook as much, are experimenting with the CSA, or who want local food but don't have time to pick up every week.
If you pick up in East Peoria, your shares will be organized in our trailer cooler to keep your vegetables as fresh as possible. You are able to pick up your share anytime between 4-7 PM on Wednesdays by helping yourself to your share in the trailer/cooler.
Peoria Riverfront Market CSA Pickup Options
Full CSA Share: $450 for 19 weeks of delicious vegetables that can feed from 3-4 people a week depending on how much you cook.
Farm Card: Purchase a card on our online store and it will be sent to you preloaded with extra buying power!
If you pick up at market, you will pick up from our stand by asking any employee at the stand to get you your share. You have the option to exchange one item with one of your choice among the other market items. The CSA shares will begin the third/fourth week of May. You will receive an e-mail near the start date containing all of the logistical information.
"Weekly Share" Spring, Summer, Late Summer CSA Deliveries
Purchase these shares if you are unable to make it to the Peoria Riverfront Market or out to the Farm and instead would like vegetables to come to you each week! All of these shares are DELIVERED to the customer's doorstep. You can also opt to buy them week-by-week; they typically go up the Sunday before the Wednesday delivery date.
Shares are delivered every Wednesday afternoon.These shares are LARGER than the other CSA shares we offer. You will receive 8-9 items. We deliver to East Peoria, Pekin, Peoria, Peoria Heights, Washington, Dunlap, Edwards, Bartonville, Groveland, Morton, Germantown Hills, and Metamora.
Week-by-Week: $40 each (are available for purchase the Sunday before the Wednesday of delivery.
7-Week Shares: $245 per Weekly Share as follows:
Spring Weekly Share (May 18 - June 29)
Summer Weekly Share (July 6 - August 17)
Late Summer Weekly Shares (August 24 - October 5)
A sample Weekly Share would look something like this (pictured): 2 heads garlic, 1.5 pounds purple daikon radishes, 1 clamshell pea shoots, 1 bunch red beets, 1.5 pounds kohlrabi, 1 bag salad mix, 1 bunch scallions, 1 bunch kale, 1 bunch carrots.
PLEASE NOTE: Prices through our online store include online payment processing fees. If you wish to surpass these fees, please send a check to the farm for the prices above. Checks can be made payable to Down River Farm and sent to 3404 Springfield Road in East Peoria.