CSA
Our CSA is now the Asian Vegetable Club, an aggregate CSA offered through Choy Commons
Our Vegetable Club is a weekly subscription of delicious Asian vegetables and herbs running from the end of May through October.
Each share includes 7-9 items at their absolute peak, and is available for pickup every Thursday from 4-8 p.m. at the NYC location of your choosing. You’ll also receive a weekly email including info about the veggies, recipes and preservation methods from across the AAPI cosmos, and notes from our farmers. :)
When you become a member of the Vegetable Club, you’ll play a vital role in building a community-owned food system that centers farmer livelihood, the restoration of life in interdependent ecosystems, and reciprocity between farmers, land, and community.
**Stay tuned for sign-ups for our 2026 Asian Vegetable Club!!**
What is a CSA?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a way for consumers (that's you!) to provide economic support to farmers at the start of the season, when farmers incur the majority of their costs. The consumer pays up front for a season's worth of produce that is distributed weekly in a box, or share, that encompasses a variety of what is in season on the farm at that moment. There is a level of risk sharing involved in a CSA, for example if there is a hail storm and crops are killed or damaged, members will received fewer or lower quality items. However, when conditions are right and the farm is flourishing, members will receive a larger volume or variety of items.
By joining a CSA, you provide security for the farm that season, knowing that the produce will be going to a good home right from the day the seeds are planted. This security extends past economic, for the support of members uplifts the farmer on their hardest days and reminds us that our work is valued.
Why join?
Our CSA was born in 2020 as a way to provide fresh, locally grown produce to the NYC Asian American diaspora. The lockdown has stressed our supply chains and the importance of building our local food system has become more crucial than ever. The pandemic has made many of us reassess the importance of a healthy diet that strengthens our immune systems.
A healthy diet should not come at the cost of our cultural roots, and our CSA aims to bridge the gap in organic offerings by providing organic vegetables and herbs that our families are most fond of.
By becoming a member of our CSA, you're supporting a small business and transforming our local food system. Choy Division is one of a handful of Asian owned and run farms ( < 1% of farms in the US), and among a small but growing contigent of women farmers. Together, we can make sure that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are being heard in our local food and farming scene.
What's in a share?
Every share will include 7-9 Asian veggies and herbs. Pick up will be market-style, meaning you’ll bring your own tote bag and select one portion of each item for the week from our harvest crates, with a designated portion per item.
A typical June share might include:
- Fava greens
- Celtuce
- Baby salad turnips
- Chong gak radish
- Shiso
- Cilantro
- Thai basil
- Baby Shanghai bok choy
- Choy sum
A typical September share might include :
- Kkaenip
- Milk Choy/baby white bok choy
- Purple and green noodle beans
- Japanese eggplant OR Burmese okra
- Bitter melon
- Shishito peppers
- Panther edamame
- Chili pepper mix
- Baby garlic chives
- Thai basil
Learn more about the Seasonality of Asian Vegetables in NY.