CSA Programs near Albany, NY

Ghent

Schenectady

Troy

Halfmoon

Hayner Farm has stayed in the same family for six generations at 148 Route 236 in Halfmoon, best known for freshly picked sweet corn in summer and pumpkins in fall, plus melons and other seasonal produce. The farm stand and country store opened in 1998, and the connected Hayner's Ice Cream shop scoops more than 40 flavors, including gluten-free, vegan, and sugar-free options. Call (518) 953-7752.

Voorheesville

Stuyvesant

Schaghticoke

Westerlo

Eight Mile Creek Farm is a diversified, certified organic farm on 430 acres in Westerlo, in the Heldeberg Hilltowns of New York, founded in 2005 by former nutritionist Pam Schreiber to farm for disease prevention. The farm grows 50+ kinds of organic vegetables and raises grass-fed beef, lamb, heritage chicken, and cage-free eggs — rated #1 in the USA on the Cornucopia Institute scorecards for its chicken, beef, and eggs — with a year-round all-inclusive CSA and overnight shipping.

Kinderhook

Cropseyville

Laughing Earth is a diverse family farm in Cropseyville, New York using organic, sustainable, and regenerative methods to raise pasture-raised meat and eggs alongside organic vegetables and flowers. Its year-round farmshare CSA keeps member families in produce through every season, with grass-fed beef, organic chicken and eggs, and organically raised pork.

Johnsonville

Otter Creek Farm in Johnsonville, New York sells meat shares — customers own a percentage of the live animal, invest in the farm pre-season, and collect their 100% grass-fed beef, pastured pork, or pastured chicken at bulk prices after on-farm slaughter and local custom butchering. The farm is Certified Animal Welfare Approved and Certified Grassfed by A Greener World, hosts an annual Shareholder Appreciation Burger Night, and runs the Graceful Acres farmstay.

Earlton

Valley Falls

Ghent

Valley Falls

Schoharie

South Cairo

Ghent

Hawthorne Valley Farm is a Demeter-certified biodynamic farm on roughly 900 acres in Ghent, in Columbia County. Its dairy herd supplies raw milk, yogurt and quark, and the farm is known nationally for its lacto-fermented sauerkraut and krauts. A vegetable CSA, an on-farm store and a bakery round it out, alongside a Waldorf school and farm-based education programs.

Delanson

New Lebanon

Williamstown

Middleburgh

Bell & Walhalla Farm runs a CSA on Route 30 in Middleburgh, in the Schoharie Valley southwest of Albany — some of the richest cropland in the region. Valley farms here grow a full season of vegetables for weekly member shares. Bell & Walhalla's own website and share details aren't posted online, so contact the farm directly to ask about joining and pickup.