Fall / winter csa
registrations now open
2025 Season: 10 weeks
october 16th - december 18th, 2025
Home Delivery Included!
This Winter CSA is a new adventure for us—and for you! We’re calling it an experiment because building a diverse, local food box through the heart of winter in the Colorado mountains is no small feat. While we plan to include the items described in each share—like meats, cheeses, bread, greens, roots, and pantry staples—seasonal availability and sourcing realities may mean that the exact contents vary week to week.
But here’s our promise: every box will be thoughtfully curated, delicious, and grounded in our values—supporting small farms, regional food hubs, and local producers using sustainable, regenerative, or organic practices. You’ll always know where your food comes from, and we’ll stay transparent as we navigate this winter landscape together.
Thanks for being part of the journey. Your participation helps us build a stronger, more resilient local food system—even in the coldest months of the year.
2025 SHARE OPTIONS
Pasture & Creamery ——— $600 ($60/week)
A cozy bundle of protein-rich staples from local and regional producers.
Rotating selection of pastured meats
Local and regional cheese
Fresh artisanal bread
Farm-fresh eggs
Produce & Pantry ——— $500 ($50/week)
A vibrant mix of winter produce, pantry treats, and fresh greens.
3 seasonal fruits and/or vegetables (roots, squash, apples, etc.)
One value-added pantry item (ferment, jam, pesto, handmade tortillas, etc.)
A bunch of fresh greens (hydroponic or greenhouse grown)
Fall / Winter WHOLE Diet ——— $1050 ($105/week)
The full seasonal experience—everything in one weekly box.
All items from both Pasture & Creamery and Produce & Pantry shares
A complete selection of proteins, produce, staples, and pantry goods
Perfect for households committed to eating locally all winter long
the FALL / Winter CSA IS available for delivery only
To make things easy during the colder months, all Winter CSA shares are delivery-only. Pricing includes doorstep drop-off with insulated packaging to keep your items fresh and safe. Shareholders will be asked to provide physical address to to leave a cooler outside their door on delivery day. If we experience severe weather, delivery may be delayed by one day - we’ll stay in good communication via text so you know.
FALL WINTER CSA …. What’s in THE BOX?
Shares are sized for 2-4 people. If you have a larger family, consider purchasing 2 shares.
Pasture & Creamery
A cozy bundle of protein-rich staples from local and regional producers.
Every week you will have pastured meat, artisan cheese, artisan bread, and local eggs. You may receive items like:
Mountain Bird chicken breasts or a whole roasting chicken
Gosar sausage links, ground bison or elk, or Homestead beef kabob meat
Pork chops, lamb cuts, or venison shanks
Rocking W cheddar, farmhouse goat cheese, feta, or fresh cotija
1 loaf of Artisan bread from a local bakery
1 dozen Farm-fresh eggs
Produce & Pantry
A vibrant mix of winter produce, pantry treats, and fresh greens.
Each week may include items like:
3 items of winter storage crops such as carrots, beets, potatoes, onions, squash, or apples
1 bunch of fresh greens (for example, mixed salad greens, arugula, spinach, or microgreens)
A value-added pantry item like:
Blue corn tortilla chips or Nixtamal tortillas
Ozuke ferments, La Casita tamales, or pesto base
Rock Canyon coffee, Roaring Fork Mill flour, honey, or applesauce
Winter Whole Diet
The complete bundle for a season of local eating.
This share combines everything from Pasture & Creamery and Produce & Pantry:
Proteins like pork shoulder roasts, beef short ribs, or ground elk
Cheeses like Rocking W cheddar, farmhouse goat, or feta
Artisanal breads and farm eggs
3 Winter fruits and vegetables plus weekly greens
1 Pantry treasures such as dried apples, black quinoa, Kokopelli soup mix, La Casita tamales, or Ozuke ferments
CSA PHILOSOPHY
We believe that the path from farm to fork matters.
Mountain Roots has been working for 10 years to transform our local food system — to revitalize local agriculture, restore the health of our soils, and localize our food system because we believe that by doing so we can have a positive and lasting impact on the health of our environment, our people, and our community.
By investing in a share you are supporting a network of local farmers.
You are connecting with the story of your food, and how it gets to your plate, and through your food dollar, you are supporting ethically-raised food and building a community around a resilient food system. The CSA model means farmers are paid at the start of the season, so they have the resources they need to hire farmers, upgrade tools, purchase seeds and starts, and plant their fields. They’re growing your food to order, and you’re supporting the growth of their business.
INVESTING IN SMALL FAMILY FARMS IS GOOD FOR THE PLANET
Like you, our farmers care about the health of the environment. Small family farms are actively working every day to improve the soil, restore essential nutrients and microbial life, conserve our precious water, and keep our water clean. Food from nearby farms travels short distances from the farm to your plate, so it has a smaller carbon footprint, too.
You are investing in your health by eating seasonally, nutritious vegetables.
Your CSA is more than just a box of produce. You’re enjoying crisp, fresh vegetables within 24 hours of harvest. You will experience unmatched quality and taste. As we travel through the season of local food together, you’ll explore different varieties of your favorites and discover new ones, too! We hope this inspires your creativity around new foods and recipes.
CSA FAQ’S
What size share should I get?
A standard share is sized for 2-3 people weekly, and a double share is sized for 4 or more people weekly
What’s in a Whole Diet Share?
For you, the local food champion, one of everything PLUS choice cuts of locally raised meats. In our Whole Diet Share, you’ll get the standard vegetable, standard fruit, artisan bread, local eggs, AND each week, a mouthwatering selection of choice cuts of locally raised meat – for example, two juicy NY strip steaks, rack of lamb or lamb chops, a whole pork tenderloin, a pair of perfectly marbled rib eyes, and more.
Is there a vegan Whole Diet option?
Not yet, but we’re working on it and hope to add this in 2026.
What’s in the box?
A CSA is seasonal eating at its best. Every week we send an email with a complete list of what’s in the box that week and what farm it came from (including ours!). Open your email! You’ll also find delicious recipes, storage tips, and weekly specials. Our distribution team selects the highest quality produce that is ripe and crisp and fresh and delicious. You’ll see that our selections follow the flow of the season. So look for cherries, not melons, in late June, and you probably won’t get snap peas in September. To get a better idea of what’s in season when, check out the Colorado Crop Calendar.
Do you accept SNAP?
Yes! To pay with SNAP, please contact our CSA manager - alexandra@mountainrootsfoodproject.org. We’ll register you manually and you can swipe your EBT card each week at pick up.
Do you have a work-trade option?
Yes! We have up to 4 standard vegetable shares available for work-trade. You’ll work roughly 2 ½ hrs. per week, helping set up, distribute, and clean up at the weekly pick ups, and in exchange, you get a standard vegetable share. Work-traders are welcome to purchase a fruit, bread, or egg share at the regular prices, or to work out another deal with our crew for additional hours in our gardens or farms. Contact our alexandra@mountainrootsfoodproject.org.
What if I am on vacation, or miss a week?
If you know you’re going out of town, we encourage you to share the goodness with a neighbor or friend. What a gift! If you can, please let us know who will be picking up your CSA that week. If you miss a week or forget to pick up, please understand that we are not able to save your share or arrange another pick up time. But don’t worry! We will donate your share to a family in need, and you’ll know that you are helping support food security efforts across the valley. We know summers get busy and everyone’s out having fun. We encourage you to sign up for SMS text messages – we’ll send a text reminder on Thursday to help you remember!
Can I visit / tour my local farms?
Yes! Here in the valley, the Gunnison Valley Producers Guild hosts one or two farm tours each year, with multiple stops at your favorite local farms like Gunnison Gardens, Iola Valley Farms, Calder Farm, Parker Pastures, Sunny Sage, and Mountain Roots!
A few of our partners that make this collaborative CSA possible!
