Partners

Echo Ridge Farm has partnered with local growers and bakers to provide our CSA members with produce and products from local vendors. 

Fresh Fruit Share
 
Our orchard has not started full production yet, so Echo Ridge has partnered with local fruit growers in Frederick County, VA to provide a 10 week fruit share. Fresh local fruit is picked at peak ripeness for delivery to our members.  A wide variety of fruits will be available, depending on weather conditions, including cherries, peaches, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, apricots, melons, and Asian pears. 

Due to Virginia’s humid and rainy conditions, some of the fruit must be treated with non-organic chemicals to prevent insect, bacterial, and fungal damage.  Our growers use the minimal amount possible – far less than large-scale agriculture does.   Some of the fruit is not treated or treated only with approved organic sprays – we will indicate which have been treated and which have not and with what.   

Share values average $10-15 per week, depending on the cost of fruit included.  Weekly share quantities are estimated to satisfy two average fresh fruit lovers. 

Only one share size is available. Multiple shares can be purchased for one household for greater supply. The 10 weeks of the share are interspersed throughout our CSA season – delivery is determined by peak freshness and taste.  The fruit share is limited to CSA members only. 

A 10 week shares cost $100 and are limited to 14 shares. We recommend that you reserve your share early as we anticipate selling out quickly.

Incredible Edibles Bakery Share

Local bakers use local and natural ingredients to make fresh bread and sumptuous desserts.  All bakery share items are homemade with eggs from free-ranging, pastured chickens, farm-fresh produce (where applicable), and freshly-ground, chemical free whole wheat.

Our partners provide a baked goods share – which includes a loaf of bread and a dessert on a bi-weekly basis for eight weeks.

Selection of varieties is the baker’s choice and selection will rotate each week.  Bread varieties may include, but are not limited to: flaxseed, white, whole wheat, cardamom, yeasted buttermilk or oatmeal.  Dessert varieties may include: cinnamon buns, 12-egg angel food cake, chocolate zucchini cake, cookie dough truffles, whoopie pies, fresh fruit pies, cookies and others! 

An eight-week share is $160 and 20 shares are available to our CSA members.

*Please let us know if you have any questions about these add-on shares.