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Spring Plant Sale and Spring Eggstraganza - May 10

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Community supported Agriculture (CSA)

What is a CSA

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture.  In a CSA, members of the community pledge support to a farm. In this agreement, grower and consumers (shareholders) reap the rewards of farm-fresh produce and share the risks of food production. In a CSA model the farmer benefits through knowing the market and quantity of food to grow.  The shareholder benefits from knowing they will have a reliable supply of fresh, seasonal produce. The CSA shareholder understands there is unpredictability of weather, pest problems, and other factors that may result in harvest  bounty or crop setbacks.  


At Heritage Creek, one of our goals is to provide a local food source for our community. Through our CSA food subscription, we grow chemical-free produce for our members.  As a CSA member you are committing to receive a share of seasonal vegetables produced on our farm.  In our CSA, the consumers pay a pre-season deposit that helps our farm with pre-season expenses – seeds, potting soil, etc. Our CSA offers a payment plan for the remaining balance. See below for more details. 

Our Growing Practices

It is our mission to provide farm-fresh, seasonal, local produce to our CSA families.  We feel people should have a relationship with their food.  We believe in transparent farming practices that respect and protect the environment and our natural resources.  We use compost and organic approved fertilizers.  If necessary, we use organically approved pest management.  Our potting mix is OMRI approved.  Although not certified organic, we use organic seeds (whenever possible) and use chemical-free, regenerative agricultural practices to produce fresh and nutritious produce for our CSA members.  

Join our csa

Lettuce be your farmer - 2025 CSA

Full season CSA members will eat their way through the summer and fall seasons.    


There will be no harvest on the week of July 4 & Labor Day.  These weeks our farming staff will be focusing on field work, seed starting and transplanting for the successive crops.

2025 CSA

Full Season - Weekly or Bi-weekly shares

Full Season

June 17 - October 14 

Due to the holidays there will be no CSA on July 1 & September 2  


Weekly Share - 16 weeks 

Cost: $640

$140 deposit at time of registration

Payment Options: 

Payment in full can be made at any time but due on or before June 17 

or choose (2) payments of $250 due in June and September


Bi-Weekly Share - 8 weeks 

Cost: $340

$140 deposit at time of registration

Payment Options: 

Payment in full can be made at any time but due on or before June 17 

or choose (2) payments of $100 due in June and September

Join our CSA

2025 Harvest Schedule

Pick up @ the farm on Tuesdays 3-6 pm 

Local Delivery on Tuesday Evenings

2025 Bi-Weekly Schedule

Schedule A

Schedule A

Schedule A

8 Weeks


June 17

July 8, 22

Aug 5, 19

Sept 9, 23

Oct 7





Schedule B

Schedule A

Schedule A

8 weeks 


June 24

July 15, 29

Aug 12, 26 

Sept 16, 30 

Oct 14


Local Delivery Route

We encourage families to pickup shares at the farm as it provides a wonderful opportunity to have a connection to the farm. However, we want to make it convenient for our families to participate in our CSA . We ask families contribute to the cost of the fuel for this convenient service.   

General delivery route: 

Lancaster City, Landisville, Hempfield, Centerville, Lititz, 

Mount Joy, Marietta, and Elizabethtown.

Outside the established delivery route?

Please contact us to inquiry about the possibility of your town being added to our delivery route.  

CSA Rewards and Risks

CSA families receive the “fruits of our labor”.  We take pride in growing a variety of seasonal and nutritional crops.  Many of the crops grown are commonly known and used foods, but we also strive to introduce CSA families to some less familiar foods.  As part of our CSA, we provide recipes to help with simple meal planning, and offer culinary usages to encourage families to incorporate new foods into their diets.   

As with any CSA, shares are based upon seasonal crops picked at the peak of their ripeness.  Although quantity will vary based upon what is ready to be harvested, each share will include on average 8-10 different kinds of farm-fresh produce.   

Despite our best farming efforts, there are risks with farming.  By joining our CSA, you are agreeing to share the rewards of crop successes and the risk of crop failures. Please take this into consideration when joining any CSA. 

What are our CSA members saying....

Quality, Quantity & Variety

Quality, Quantity & Variety

Quality, Quantity & Variety

The CSA and produce from HCFC is the best I have ever purchased! I wish I had found this CSA sooner!  I feel good knowing that I am getting top quality produce that is locally grown. The love and hard work that the farm has for food shows through the quality, quantity and variety of produce we receive in our shares. 

Trying New Foods

Quality, Quantity & Variety

Quality, Quantity & Variety

As a CSA member I have been able to try new vegetables and also learn about things on the farm that I didn't previously know.  I am thankful for the farm and highly recommend this CSA.  

Receiving food at peak

Quality, Quantity & Variety

Supporting Sustainability

When buying locally grown food I am receiving food at its peak!  I love knowing that the food I serve my family was just picked straight from the field. It is delicious and nutritious. I can taste its freshness! 

Supporting Sustainability

Supporting Sustainability

Supporting Sustainability

I am proud that my grocery dollars are supporting regenerative farming efforts in our community. Our weekly produce is nutrient dense and produced with farming practices that respect and protect the environment.   

Reducing Carbon Footprint

Supporting Sustainability

Reducing Carbon Footprint

Being an environmentally conscious person, one of the ways I help to reduce the carbon footprint is by eating seasonal produce that is grown locally. I appreciate the fact that my food is only traveling a short distance from farm to my fork! 

Helping on the Farm

Supporting Sustainability

Reducing Carbon Footprint

An added benefit of being a CSA member is having the opportunity to be involved in the life of the farm. We see the beauty of the farm each time we pick up our share and we can also visit the various growing areas to see our future produce! 

Colors of the Rainbow

Colors of the Rainbow

Colors of the Rainbow

I love when I pick up my share and see the colors of the rainbow!  The aroma and flavor of my farm-fresh food can't be beat.  The difference in the flavor of produce eaten straight from the field can be tasted in every bite.  

I know my farmer!

Colors of the Rainbow

Colors of the Rainbow

One of the many benefits of being a CSA member is having a connection to my farmer!  I know where my food is coming from, how fresh it is and the farming practices that were used to produce it!  

Recipes & Food Usage

Colors of the Rainbow

Recipes & Food Usage

Knowing how to use the produce in my share helps me with meal planning.  As part of our CSA, HCFC provides produce suggestions and quick, easy and family-friendly recipes to incorporate my farm-fresh produce into our meals.  

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Support Regenerative Agriculture Practices

Whether your land acreage is large or small, you can do your part to stop or reverse the affects of climate change.


Watch this short video to learn about regenerative agriculture. 


As a consumer you can support local farms like Heritage Creek that produce food with practices that work in harmony with nature. 

Watch for dates of 2025 Summer Farmers Market

Healthy ecosystems

Rich soil and water retention

Rich soil and water retention

Through using sustainable food production practices that works in harmony with nature, we let nature create healthy ecosystem on our farmland. By encouraging biodiversity, there are many plants and animals living along side each other just as nature intended. 

Rich soil and water retention

Rich soil and water retention

Rich soil and water retention

Regenerative agriculture promotes rich soil conditions, protect watersheds, and enhances the health of local wildlife.  Through reducing disturbances and keeping the soil covered, we provide an environment for microbes to thrive. Healthy topsoil retains water, absorbs nutrients and stores carbon.

Healthy crops

Rich soil and water retention

Healthy crops

We use natural inputs made mostly from things grown on our farm to produce highly nutritious and hardy crops. 

We plant a variety of heirloom seeds to help preserve time-tested seeds which tend to have superior taste and are more resistance to disease and insects  

Healthy plants are more adaptable to extreme weather conditions. 

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Come visit the farm

Want to attend Summer Camp? See Farm & Forest Camp and Little Seeds Camp for dates and details. Want to bring a group to the farm? Use our Inquiry Form.  "Lettuce" be your farmer - join our CSA food subscription.  Explore the farm at our Seasonal Family Farm Events.  Want a memorable and educational summer for your teen 13+? Check out our Summer Teen Program.  Homeschool families, we offer a homeschool enrichment program for your children ages 6+ to learn through hands-on activities on the farm.  

Family Farms will be offered on May 10, August 23, October 25 , and December 6