How to Sign Up For a Share
- Review share details below (either Free Choice Full Season OR You Pick Flowers) and select ‘Click here to sign up” at the bottom of this page.
- Signing up for a share and making the payments are separate. This form does not accept online payments. After submitting your share form, you are responsible for immediately initiating payment by check, Venmo or cash. Payments can be made in 1, 2 or 3 installments, mark your calendars and plan to make all payments by July 1st. For income eligible households, sign up for Bonus Bucks via the local non-profit GardenShare, to receive up to $300 off the share price.
- We’ll add your email(s) to our farm update list to receive information during the share.
- At the start of the season, the first visit to the farm for new members will include a 30-minute orientation to learn more how it works and feel comfortable enjoying your share.
Free Choice Full Season Share
Step into a lush gardenscape to choose the vegetables, herbs and flowers of your choice to enjoy at peak freshness.
As the only free choice share in the North Country, littleGrasse offers unparalleled flexibility for your household to access high-quality produce while supporting farmers dedicated to contributing to the vibrancy and health of our north country soils and communities. Join a unique relationship with our farm where you may visit as often as you like to select items of your choice. These shares are the only way we distribute the vegetables, herbs and flowers grown at littleGrasse and as a result, our shareholders are our only priority. We are dedicated to your success in experiencing this unique share. All available crops will be clearly marked and accessible and the tools for success are provided on site: handwashing station, information boards, harvest knives/scissors, containers, potable water, wash stand and salad spinner. This page describes how the shares work, the link to sign-up and pricing can be found at the close of the share descriptions.
What it is
Our Free Choice Full Season Share share offers the benefits of having open access to a diverse garden plot without you being responsible for the planning, maintenance, expertise and space required. Shareholders can visit the farm as often as they want, all daylight hours mid May through October.
What the Share is Not
The littleGrasse share is not…
- …a box of produce delivered to your house or workplace.
- …items we choose for your household.
- …a fixed dollar quantity where you only receive a set number of items per week.
- …a guarantee we can provide every crop we plan for.
How Free Choice Full Season Share works
- The number of shares must equal the number of adults in your household. Youth 17 and under eat for free.
- Gain full access to harvest any daylight hours, 7 days a week mid May-October 31. Note: There is not an exact date listed for the start of the share as we are limited by the weather and each season is different. Our goal is to start the share the weekend of May 16th, but that date will be adjusted earlier or later depending on the weather and available crops.
- Members choose what times and how often to harvest, including multiple times per week if you desire.
- Consider setting aside an hour every week to make the most of the share and its benefits.
- We are ready to help! Reach out anytime with questions. A harvest training and orientation is offered at the start of the share with ongoing support as needed. We’ll send out email updates when new crops are available or events are coming up.
- For the vast majority of crops, you choose how much to harvest on each visit.
- Click on this link to learn more about the availability of crops grown for this share.
Benefits to Shareholder
- Connect with the sights, sounds and seasons of our region
- Convenient location 1 mile from village of Canton
- Zero pesticides, fungicides, herbicides or synthetic fertilizers are used at littleGrasse
- Increased confidence and healthfulness in the kitchen
- Complete access to the garden with flexibility to adjust as you like from week to week
- Minimize food waste: harvest what you like as you need it, try new items if you desire
- Wide diversity of plants, including flavorful herbs and colorful flowers
- Save money: with free choice, make the most of your food dollar
- Top quality produce
- Access to our annual and perennial herbs and flowers
- All ages and abilities are welcome in the garden
- We plant multiple times, so there’s a longer harvest period than a home garden with a single planting
- Support local farmers dedicated to stewarding diversified healthy ecosystems
- Enjoy the company of other shareholders in the gardens or during our community events on the farm including Garden Mornings, Swap it! Community Trade, and more. All are welcome and activities are optional
- Opportunity to spend time in the garden and learn from experienced farmers
- Able to bring kitchen scraps back to farm for composting and soil building
Benefits to Farm
- Economic stability
- Nearly zero wasted produce as opposed to other distribution methods
- Focus our efforts on-farm activities instead of leaving all the time to deliver or sit at a market stall
- Build meaningful multi-year relationships
- Take the guesswork out of who wants what
Cost & Payment Options
- $500 per adult in household
Payments can be divided into up to 3 installments, with your balance due by July 1, 2026. For income eligible households, sign up for Bonus Bucks via the local non-profit GardenShare, to receive up to $300 off the share price. Find full details on their website.
- Check mailed to littleGrasse Foodworks, 309 Miner Street Rd, Canton
- Venmo @littlegrasse
- Cash
- Barter, reach out to littlegrasse@gmail.com to make a plan
Click here to sign up
Flower You Pick
This share makes a great gift! It is a 100% You Pick Share that runs for 10 weeks, from July 4 through September 6. littleGrasse grows 25+ varieties of annual and perennial flowers. Come as often as you like in the week to harvest solo or with friends and family. Flower shares can select any blooms of their choice, each visit they are limited to harvesting a 2 quart harvest container, which is provided on site as a reference. Varieties include types great for drying such as strawflower, gomphrena, and statice. Other varieties grown include amaranth, calendula, celosia, cleome, columbine, cosmos, echinacea, snapdragons, sunflowers, zinnia and more. Enjoy the gardens as a place to unwind. We have snips and harvest buckets on hand and shareholders would bring their own containers to bring home the flowers.
Bonus
These items are open to all and do not require a share sign up. They are available for sale in the share barn 7 days a week from May through October during daylight hours. Payment by exact cash, check or online due on purchase.
- Grass-fed meats by the cut from 8 O’Clock Ranch in Dekalb.
- Pure NYS Maple Syrup from Miner Street Maple