Hoosac Harvest

03/28/2026

Hoosac Harvest Thanks Wild Oats for their every Penny Counts program tah provided HH with funds to help subsidize CSA shares at local farms so more people can access local healthy food!

From Wild Oats website posing:

Community support in action.
Today, Lee shared a heartfelt “thank you for your support!” as Netse, our General Manager of Wild Oats Market, presented Hoosac Harvest with a check for $1,450.76 - the total raised through our February Every Penny Counts program.

These funds help expand access to fresh, locally grown food by supporting subsidized CSA shares for Northern Berkshire residents. Hoosac Harvest plays a vital role in a strengthening local food system, ensuring partner farms are paid in full while making healthy, sustainable food more accessible for families in our community.

Thank you to every shopper who rounded up last month. Your generosity makes a real difference.

05/30/2025

Hoosac Harvest's seedling exchange was LAST Saturday downtown North Adams (near the farmer's market) NOT this Satuday, June 31st as was reported on some site. We do have 15-20 plants left if you need free plants. Contact [email protected]. They are in North Adams and she can tell you where to pick them up at no cost. Mainly tomato plants, a few eggplant, and might be some others. Also SEED POTATOES. All plants are from local farms or green houses or the North Adams public Schools green house. All are good healthy plants.

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05/21/2025

Hoosac Harvest is looking for some light weight tables and a tent for our seeding swap this Saturday. If you can help please message the page.

05/17/2025

08/02/2023

I realize that this is short notice but we are looking for 5 volunteers to pick beans at a local farm. They will be needed at 9:00 AM until the beans are picked. They will then be donated to be distributed to people in need? If you are interested please dm me. Thank you!

06/02/2023

Hoosac Harvest's Annual Seedling Swap - DAY 1

05/27/2023

Hoosac Harvest Annual Seedling Swap Returns
Join us Friday, June 2 at First Fridays and Saturday, June 3 at the North Adams Farmers Market

North Adams, MA--Hoosac Harvest’s annual Seedling Swap returns to downtown North Adams this year with two chances to bring seedlings and take seedlings: first at the Plant Connector during North Adams’ First Fridays on June 2 from 5 to 8 p.m., and then on Saturday, June 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the North Adams Farmers Market.

All seedlings are free; you don’t need to bring some to swap to take some home. Whether you’re dropping off seedlings to swap or coming to browse, it’s a good idea to bring a tray in which to collect your new plant babies. Seedlings to share can be extra vegetables or flowers that you bought or grew and can even be cuttings or plants that you have too many of in your yard. Bring and share what you can!

Parking spots will be blocked off in front of the Plant Connector on June 2 for community members dropping off seedlings, and volunteers will be available to help at both events.

All donations go toward subsidizing CSA shares—weekly “shares” of a local farmer’s produce over the course of an annual growing season—for people in our community. Most farm CSA shares are full for this season; contact Hoosac Harvest via [email protected] for more information about subsidized shares.

About Hoosac Harvest

Hoosac Harvest is supported by a grant from the Robert and James Hardman Fund,
a fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, with additional support from Berkshire Grown and St. John’s Episcopal Church of Williamstown, The Fund for Williamstown, the Green Pastures Fund, and donations from Friends of Hoosac Harvest.

03/13/2023

North Berkshire: There’s still time to sign up for a subsidized farm share!

If you’re interested in signing up for a Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA) from a local farm but are concerned about the cost, take note: Hoosac Harvest is again working with several CSA farms to subsidize the cost of shares so that all members of the community have access to local farms and local food.

Here’s how to sign up:

Email Kathy Keeser of Hoosac Harvest to make sure you qualify (if you’re receiving SNAP or other benefits, you are likely to qualify).

Contact your farmer directly to arrange CSA signup.

A limited number of shares are available, mainly from Many Forks Farm in Clarksburg, Mass., Full Well Farm in Adams, Mass., and Wildstone Farm in Pownal, Vt.

If you’d like to participate in a different farm share program, contact your farmer to see if there are shares remaining, then contact Kathy at Hoosac Harvest.

Subsidized shares are based on income and reduce the full share cost by 40%-60%. Payment plans and payment by EBT/SNAP are available. Both Many Forks and Full Well are also Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) vendors, which means that customers paying for their farm share with SNAP dollars will see $40-$80 of their SNAP payment immediately reimbursed to their SNAP card—effectively making the cost of a CSA share even lower, while supporting local farmers!

Community Supported Agriculture programs, or CSAs, offer direct access to high quality, fresh produce grown locally. CSA members pay for an entire season of produce early in the year, which helps farmers plan for the growing season, purchase new seed, make equipment repairs, and more. A CSA share typically costs between $500-$675 for about 20 weeks of produce between June and October. A full share is enough for two adults and perhaps one or two younger children, or two veggie lovers. Speaking directly with a farmer or taking a look at a farm’s website will give more information on what to expect about what is in a share. Partial shares are also available at some participating local farms.

For more information about farms and farm shares:

Many Forks Farm, Clarksburg, MA
Contact: Sharon Wyrrick, [email protected]
Web: manyforksfarm.com

Full Well Farm, Adams, MA
Contact: Meg Bantle and Laura Tupper-Palches, [email protected]
Web: https://www.fullwellfarm.com/

Wildstone Farm, Vermont, Pownal, VT
Contact: John and Joy Primmer, [email protected]
www.wildstonefarm.com

Pictured: Many Forks CSA member Louise helping her mom pick kale last summer.

08/08/2022

CSA shares at farms are wonderful places for veggies but also wonderful for families with children to enjoy the beauty of a farm. In this case, it is Many Forks Farm in Clarksburg. Enjoying the farm is Annabelle!