CSPA Shares are now open!
Sign up for a summer of fresh, lovingly grown food, and support our local food system.
You can join during the entire summer, we add a prorated CSPA share every week.
WHAT DOES CSPA MEAN?
C.S.P.A strands for Community Supported Participatory Agriculture.
Participatory means that you are an integral part of the process!
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Email - community@polumbolum.org to sign up for harvest days!
join us in the greenhouse or out in the fields to grow and harvest fresh produce for our CSA. Volunteering with us isn’t just about helping the farm thrive—it’s also a chance to take home fresh vegetables as a thank-you for your time and effort.
We welcome volunteers of all skill levels, and children are encouraged to join with adult supervision. It’s a wonderful way to connect with nature, give back to the community, and learn about sustainable farming.
Sign up for our volunteer newsletter to stay updated on all opportunities and events. We’d love to have you as part of our team!
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CSA is where the consumer of the veggies gets to interact with the farmer in a direct and symbiotic relationship with your local grower.
With CPSA… you become a part of the process! You get to learn and create community with your farmer where you support the farmer by helping with harvest BUT you also get to enjoy the outdoors, make new friends, and create a new relationship of stewardship with the land that supports you!!
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No!! The opposite in fact!
The food that we give you in for CSA box will be exactly the same as it always has been. Filled with nutritious nutrient dense vegies and fruits to last your whole week.
BUT NOW! you will know that the community has actually brought it to you! We love being the ones who love your produce before you do but with the new non profit we are able to have volunteers help harvest and process your CSA box before you pick it up! NOW the community really does bring the farm to your table!
Peaceful Belly Farm & Polum Bolum CSPA Shares are now for sale.
We’re thrilled to share that the Peaceful Belly Farm CSPA (Community Supported Participatory Agriculture) is now part of our new nonprofit, Polum Bolum — an organization devoted to nourishing both people and the land through education, community, and the art of growing good food.
A CSPA is more than a box of vegetables; it’s a living relationship with the soil, the farmers, and the seasons that feed us.
Give yourself the gift of vibrant health and connection — or share it with someone you love. A CSPA makes a meaningful holiday present: one that brings fresh, organic food to the table and supports the regenerative work of a local farm community.
Join us in growing something beautiful for the year ahead.
CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) programs are a relatively new movement in the United States and they strive to create a closer relationship between local farmers and consumers. Our CSA program creates a community between our farm and people, like you, who supplement the farm’s budget by purchasing “shares” of the upcoming harvest. This is a commitment between both the farmer and the share member for the entire growing season. The cost of a share is based upon the true cost of production in order to keep small, local, family farms and farmland within the Treasure Valley economically and environmentally viable. Sign up now! A CSA share is not for everyone. We (the farmers) choose what you get every week. It depends on weather and production. If you are not an adventurous cook or eater a CSA is not for you. Please do not sign up but come shop with us at the farmers market.
CSA Options
Spring Share (4 weeks pick up in May)
Summer Full share (16 weeks pick up from June until October)
Summer Half share (16 weeks pick up from June until October)
Fall share (5 weeks pick up from the mid-October until mid-November)
3. Pay in full online or with a check- To send in a payment, make checks payable to Polum Bolum 20021 Hoskins Rd Caldwell, Idaho 83607. Please include the following info:
Name, Address, Phone, email, pickup location choice.
Nuts and Bolts
All CSA members are responsible for picking up their CSA share each week from their chosen location. As farmers, we are responsible for planning, planting, seeding, pruning, watering, weed, picking, cleaning, sorting, and distributing your food to the drop-off points. After that, it is your responsibility to pick it up. Please bring bags for your bounty. If you have any questions or concerns about your share, please give us a call or send us an email at admin@polumbolum.org
Late, forgot, or out of town: If you fail to pick up your food, there is nothing we can do. So, don’t forget! If you will be late, let your pick-up point know so they can bag up your food and have it waiting for you. If you are going out of town, please arrange for a friend or family member to pick up your share.
Changing pick-up points: CSA members can choose one pick-up spot, which will be their pick-up spot for the entire season. If you need to make a change, please send an email to admin@polumbolum.org no later than Mondays at 7:00 pm for it to take effect that week.
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How much food
The Summer CSA is 17 weeks and includes a family car pass to our Fall Dionysus Festival and other CSA festival perks. By stretching your pick-ups over these months, you will receive cool-weather crops such as turnips, radishes, and mustard greens, as well as hot crops that everybody loves during the heat of summer, such as watermelon, peppers, and the beloved tomato.
Each week, you will receive between six to eight different items. The quantity is a nice amount of produce. Since every family eats differently, it is hard to say precisely how many people a typical share will feed. For example, one Full Share is suitable for a family of 2 who love veggies or a family of 4 who have one veggie with every meal. A Half share is ideal for a single person who eats a lot of veggies or a family of two who eats a moderate amount each week. We grow about 80 types of veggies, so the pick-up is constantly changing throughout the season, and whatever is ripe that week is what we will bring. The harvest calendar will give you an idea of when different items will appear in your weekly pick-ups.
Here are a few examples of what you might find at your pick-up: A May share may include turnips, lettuce, spinach, spring onions, bok choy, and mustard greens. A June share may have carrots, peas, onions, lettuce, arugula, fava beans, and beets. A July share will have potatoes, basil, summer squash, cucumbers, kale, and chard. A August share will have green beans, peppers, potatoes, cucumbers, tomatillos, kale and garlic, A September share may have tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, corn, cabbage, melons, and lettuce.
Pick up Locations
Ada County
Hill Road area – Thursday nights from 4:00–6:00 pm. Melissa Fraiser’s Story Book Farm 3219 N Tamarck Drive (208)514-5977
East End – This is Grandma Margaret’s house (Clay’s Mom). Thursday nights from 4:30–7:00 pm 635 E. Jefferson near St. Luke’s downtown. Phone: (208) 342-5544
North End— Thursday nights from 4:00–6:00 pm, 1210 N. 16th St, Dennis Defoggi’s house. Dennis has hosted a CSA drop-off for over 25 years!!!
Boise Bench – Thursdays from 5:00–7:00 pm. Megan Brandel will be hosting the Bench pickup location at 3703 Kootenai St., near the intersection of Kootenai and Latah. Phone: (208) 401-8563
Eagle – Thursdays from 3:00–6:00 pm. Marcia Way-Brady Thursday hosts this pickup at 909 Arlington Drive in Eagle. Phone: (208) 870-1035
Meridian – Wednesdays from 4:00–6:00 pm. Hosted at the Chiropractic office of Dr. Jen Anacker at 1560 N. Crestmont, Suite E.
Canyon County
The Farm Peaceful Belly Farm- Come pick up where the food is grown. Also, you could shop at the farm stand, try cider and wine, and grab a bite. 20023 Hoskins Road, Caldwell, Idaho 34607. Thursdays 3:00- 6:00 pm. Phone: (208) 345-8003
Flying M Nampa— Pick up your share, grab a cup of coffee, and a cookie. WE LOVE FLYING M! 1314 2nd Street Nampa. Thursday, 4:00- 6:00 p.m.00 pm.
Flying M Caldwell- Downtown Caldwell shines with the Flying M. It’s their sun. Pick up your veggies here and enjoy a stroll down Indian Creek. 724 Arthur Street, Caldwell. Thur, 3:00 to 6:00 p.m00 pm.