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- Name
- Genesee Valley Organic CSA
- URL slug
- genesee-valley-organic-csa
- Category
- education
- Description
- GVOCSA is a 24 year-old partnership of consumers and farmers. Peacework Farm provides member shareholders with fresh, high quality, certified organically-grown vegetables throughout the growing season (26 weeks) and for storage through the winter. The member shareholders provide the farmers with a reliable source of income and a source for some of the labor needed to help harvest and distribute the food during the growing season. Pick up takes place at Abundance Cooperative Market, 62 Marshall Street, Rochester. A weekly share includes an average of six to ten different vegetables in a full share — less early in the season and more as the season peaks. Partial shares include 4 - 5 vegetables. Additional quantities can be purchased separately for those interested in canning, freezing, and other storage. Special orders take place during the season to purchase fruits or other items produced by other small local farms. Membership is open to anyone in the Greater Rochester area. Families are especially welcome, and we arrange the farm work schedule to include children to the greatest extent possible. GVOCSA is the oldest CSA in the Rochester area, co-founded in 1989 by retired farmer Elizabeth Henderson as a project of the Politics of Food. The present farmers are Ammie Chickering and Greg Palmer. In signing up, members agree to share the risks and rewards of growing local food with the farmers. As a true farmer-nonfarmer cooperative, GVOCSA is unique among area CSAs. All members participate either by serving on the Core Committee that administers the CSA or by doing work shifts at the farm and at distribution. Providing this labor helps keep the cost of shares reasonable. Members and their children get to experience the farm where their food is grown and to know the people who are growing it. To become a GVOCSA member come to either one of two orientation-signup meetings on Wednesday, February 8, at 7:00 PM or Saturday, March 10, at 2:00 PM at James P. B. Duffy School #12 at 999 South Avenue in Rochester. The Orientation Sessions start promptly at 7:00 PM and 2:00 PM. People who were not members in 2011 need to attend an Orientation Session so please plan to arrive a bit early. An introduction to the GVOCSA and Peacework Farm (with Slide Show) will be given with lots of time reserved for questions. Don’t Miss It! Childcare will be provided from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Wednesday and 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM on Saturday. 2011 members who are returning for the 2012 season may bypass orientation if they wish and go directly to the signup tables. If you have questions or for additional information, please contact Genevra Petito at supergirlfitness@gmail.com or 747-9260.
- Address
- 62 Marshall Street, Rochester
- Coordinates
- 43.15058, -77.60193
- Status
- Active listing
- As of snapshot
- 4/9/2026, 8:24:00 AM