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Sell out your CSA before the first seed goes in
Vegetable growers, market gardeners, flower farms and roadside stands — you need shares sold in February, stand orders in July, and a site that explains what a CSA even is to a first-timer.
Most csa & farm stands farms choose Harvest — $2,995 + $79/mo
Sound familiar?
The problems a generic website doesn’t solve
- CSA signups managed in a spreadsheet and a PayPal link
- Customers don’t understand share sizes, pickup days or “what’s in the box”
- Farm stand inventory changes daily; the website never does
- Market schedule buried in a Facebook post from May
What we build instead
- CSA signup & payment
Share options, payment plans, pickup locations, waitlists — all handled on the site, deposits collected up front.
- “What’s in the box this week”
A weekly post template you fill in from your phone. Members love it; Google loves fresh content even more.
- Farm stand pre-orders
Online ordering for stand or market pickup, synced to the tools you already use (Local Line, Barn2Door, Square).
- Markets & pickup schedule
Every market, day and location on one page, with structured data so Google shows it in search.
Every page is a search landing page
The pages we build for a csa & farm stands site
Home
Stand status, this week’s harvest, CSA availability, markets this week.
CSA signup
Share options, payment plans, pickup sites, SNAP, waitlist — and payment.
What’s in the box
Weekly update post with storage tips and a recipe — the page members return to.
Farm stand & pre-order
Hours, what’s available, pickup windows, pre-order form or store.
Markets
Every market with day, time, location and map — structured for Google.
Our practices
Organic/no-spray, soil, labour — the “why you’re worth it” page.
Recommended plan
Harvest: $2,995 setup + $79/month
For farms that sell online: CSA signups, farm-stand orders, tickets and bookings.
Included
- Everything in Roadside, up to 12 pages
- Online ordering, CSA signup or ticketing (your choice of platform, we set it up)
- Bookings & events calendar
- Weekly update / blog with “what’s in the box” template
- Email list signup & newsletter integration
- Search-optimised pages for every product & season
- Priority support, 1 hour of changes per month
Why not the cheaper plan?
Roadside ($49/mo) is a brochure: hours, location, what you sell. It’s right for farms that don’t transact online.
If you need CSA signup or pre-orders, you need Harvest. The extra $30/month is less than one lost order.
Start with Harvest
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Ready to build your csa & farm stands website?
Ten minutes on our intake form. A complete site to review in about ten business days. No sales calls, ever.