
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fresh food from local farms
The time for claiming 2023 vouchers to use toward CSA shares has passed. Look for this opportunity again next year!
We have a wide range of partner farm offerings.
For the 2023 CSA season, our farms were: Barr Farms, Elmwood Stock Farm, Hickory Grove Farm, Homegrown Direct LLC, Lazy Eight Stock Farm, Old Homeplace Farm, Rolling Fork Organic Farm, Rootbound Farm, Sustainable Harvest Farm, and the UK Organic Farming Unit. If you are an employee or retiree on a UK health insurance plan, you can use your voucher to pair with any of these farms.
What is a CSA?
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is like a subscription to a farm. CSA shareholders purchase a share of a farm’s harvest before the season starts and commit to being a shareholder for the entire designated season. In return, shareholders will receive a weekly box or bag of farm vegetables and sometimes fruit and herbs as well.
The UK HR Health and Wellness CSA Voucher program helps make this choice easier for you! As a participant in this program, employees* and retirees** on a UK health plan receive either $100 or $200 vouchers toward the cost of a CSA share from one of our partner farms. As a participant in the voucher program, you will receive:
- A box of local vegetables (and occasionally fruits and other farm products) delivered weekly to a convenient pickup location that you choose.
- Opportunities to get to know your local farmers and learn more about where your food comes from.
- Seasonal tips and recipes for the produce in your weekly shares. Join our dedicated Facebook group here and subscribe to our blog here so you never miss a post.
After you claim your voucher, you will receive a confirmation email with a code and a link to instructions on how to use your voucher to purchase a share with your chosen farm.
* Please note this is considered taxable income by the Internal Revenue Service and will be included as a fringe benefit for taxation on your UK paycheck.
**Please note this is considered taxable income by the Internal Revenue Service and should be reported accordingly.
2023 Partner Farms
Barr Farms
Pickups: Jefferson (Louisville), Hardin (Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville and Fort Knox/Radcliff), Meade (Brandenburg and Rhodelia), and New Albany, Indiana
Season: 24 weeks. May 16 to October 31 (estimated)
Size and cost: Small (5-7 items) $552 ($23 per week), Regular (7-10 items) $696 ($29 per week), Abundant (10-13 items) $888 ($37 per week) (number of items is estimated).
Seasonal offerings: We grow 40 different crops. Depending on the season, a share can include strawberries, lettuce, kale, collards, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, green onions, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, watermelon and/or winter squash
We're a seventh-generation family farm in Rhodelia. We raise certified organic produce, 100% grass-fed beef, pastured chicken and pork on our 260-acre farm. We believe in healthy food, healthy people and healthy community. That's why we've chosen to farm and feed our local neighbors, including you! Everything we grow is raised with love and care to ensure the best quality and nutrition for our customers and to take care of the soil for the next seven generations.

Cleav's Family Market
Pickups: LaRue (Hodgenville), Hardin (Elizabethtown and Radcliff), Bullitt (Shepherdsville), Jefferson (Louisville), and Fayette (Lexington)
Season: 18 weeks. June 3 to September (estimated)
Size and cost: (10-15 Items) LaRue County (hometown discount!) pickup: $450 ($25 per week); all other locations $530 ($30 per week) (number of items is estimated)
Seasonal offerings: We grow 25 different crops. Depending on the season, a share can include broccoli, green beans, cabbage, lettuce, greens (collards/kale), red or white potatoes, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, yellow squash, zucchini, onions, candy onions, peppers, Yummy Yum peppers, eggplant, slicer and Roma tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, peaches, red and yellow watermelon, green onions, cantaloupe, corn, okra, apples, purple hull peas, and/or winter squash
Cleav's Family Market prides itself on being a good steward that provides its customers with great tasting and healthy food. Our animals are raised in their natural habitat with no hormones or antibiotics. Great food for great people.

Elmwood Stock Farm
Pickups: Fayette (Lexington), Jessamine (Nicholasville), Scott (Georgetown, Sadieville, Stamping Ground), Franklin (Frankfort), Woodford (Midway and Versailles), Bourbon (Paris), Clark (Winchester), Jefferson (Louisville), Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati
Season: 20 weeks. 5/22/23 or 5/29/23 to 10/9/23 or 10/16/23 (Estimated)
Size and cost: Mini (6 items) $545 ($27.25 per week), Regular (8 items) $779 ($38.95 per week), Robust (11 items) $990 ($49.50 per week) (number of items is estimated).
Seasonal offerings: We grow 40 different crops. Depending on the season, a share can include carrots, salad mix, green onions, squash, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, radishes, tomatoes, green beans, potatoes, cucumber, beets, onions, sweet corn, peppers, garlic and/or celery
Elmwood Stock Farm is a sixth-generation family farm situated on 550 acres just outside Georgetown, Kentucky. USDA-certified organic since 2000, Elmwood Stock Farm produces wholesome vegetables, berries, pantry items, pasture-raised eggs, poultry and pork, and grass-fed, grass-finished beef and lamb. Mac and Ann Stone, Ann’s brother, John Bell, and a great support team produce healthy and delicious weekly CSA Farm Shares. CSA shareholders benefit from Elmwood Stock Farm’s many years of growing for CSA, from a well-planned weekly share to the opportunity to swap and add items and the ability to skip a week for vacation from your secure online account. Have your vegetable, meat, flower or egg share delivered to your home, or choose to pick up from more than a dozen community locations.


Hickory Grove Farm
Pickups: Fayette (Lexington), Franklin (Frankfort), Shelby (Shelbyville), Jefferson (Louisville), Oldham (LaGrange) and Simpsonville (to the Shelby County designation)
Season: 20 weeks. 4/15/23-9/15/23
Size and cost: Regular (6-8 items) $760 ($38 per week), Robust (8-10 items) $960 ($48 per week) (number of items is estimated).
Seasonal offerings: We grow 20 different crops. Depending on the season, a share can include greens, broccoli, beets, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, summer squash, zucchini, cucumber, melon, sweet corn, peppers, green beans, and/or eggplant
Hickory Grove Farm started in 1786 in Pleasureville, KY. Through the centuries the farm has grown just about everything. Their family has always been motivated by a deep connection to the land and desire to raise foods using regenerative and organic practices so they can hand it off to the next generation better than they found it.
The farm is currently run by Ryan Burnette who raises certified organic mixed vegetables and pasture-raised meats and eggs. They offer both meat and produce CSAs to eaters around the bluegrass.

Homegrown Direct LLC
Pickups: Fayette (Lexington) and Scott (Georgetown)
Season: 20 weeks. First week of June to second week of October
Size and cost: Each share will contain 6 to 7 different items in varying quantities. Peck $500 ($25 per week) / Half Bushel $600 ($30 per week) / Bushel $900 ($45 per week) (number of items is estimated).
Seasonal offerings: We grow 45 different crops. Depending on the season, shares can include tomatoes, green onion, kohlrabi, kale, radishes, cucumber, cabbage, broccoli, chard, zucchini, and/or yellow squash
With a mission of providing fresh, local, and safe produce for their neighbors, community, and state, HomeGrown Direct has been “local since 1783." Over the past decade, brothers and ninth-generation farmers Jacob and Beckham Sharpe have transitioned their family tobacco farm into a diversified 230-acre farming operation that harvests 45 different crops throughout the CSA season. As a multi-farm CSA, HomeGrown Direct understands that agriculture and community go hand in hand, and they take great pride in their partnerships with other local farmers in their area: Berkshire Farms, Evans Orchard, Gallrein Farms and Cornett Enterprises.

Lazy Eight Stock Farm
Pickups: Fayette (Lexington), Madison (Berea and Richmond), Boyle (Danville)
Season: 21 weeks. 5/7/23 – 9/30/23
Size and cost: Small (7 items) $567 ($27 per week), Regular (9 items) $777 ($37 per week), Extra-large (11 items) $987 ($47 per week) (number of items is estimated).
Seasonal offerings: We grow 40 different crops. Depending on the season, a share can include strawberries, lettuce, beets, cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, kale, summer squash, zucchini, green onions, basil, cucumbers, romaine lettuce, potatoes, peppers, snap beans and summer squash
Lazy Eight Stock Farm is a small family farm located in Madison and Garrard counties along the banks of Paint Lick Creek. We pour our hearts and souls into raising USDA Certified Organic vegetables for our CSA Members, the lifeblood of our farm. We offer a 21-week customizable CSA and host several on-farm events each season for our members to come and share the seasonal bounty.

Old Homeplace Farm
Pickups: Clay (Manchester and Oneida), Laurel (London), Whitley (Corbin), Leslie (Hyden) and Perry (Hazard)
Season: 20 weeks: May 16 to September 28 (Estimated)
Size and cost: Small (5 items) $320 ($16 per week), Medium (8 items) $530 ($26.50 per week), Large (10 items) $740 ($37 per week) (number of items is estimated).
Seasonal offerings: We grow 30 different crops. Depending on the season, a share can include strawberries, lettuce, cabbage, spring greens (kale, collards, spinach, or arugula), blueberries, summer squash, cucumbers, green onions, a root crop (turnips, radishes, or carrots), tomatoes, garlic, onions, green beans, eggplant, and/or basil
Old Homeplace Farm is a family farm in Clay County. We raise vegetables, flowers, fruits, pork, pastured eggs, and grass-fed beef on the farm, as well as grazing sheep and goats. We care about creating resilience and relationships throughout Eastern Kentucky and hope we can help you feel good about where your food comes from. The community aspect of CSA is something we take extremely seriously and work to foster through on-farm events and our online CSA community (where we share recipes, storage info, and cooking tips).

Rolling Fork Organic Farm
Pickups: Fayette (Lexington) Jefferson (Louisville); New Albany, Indiana
Season: 20 weeks: 2nd week of May to 2nd week of October
Size and cost: Regular $600, average of 7 items ($30 per week) (number of items is estimated).
Seasonal offerings: Depending on the season, shares can include sweet potatoes, carrots, summer squash, Italian parsley, cilantro, garlic scapes, cucumber, cabbage, green bell peppers, salad mix, mustard greens, microgreens, cherry tomatoes and/or Shishito peppers.
A USDA-Certified Organic farm in the Forkland community of Gravel Switch. Rolling Fork’s multi-farm CSA offers a mix of produce, fruits and herbs from their own farm and nine additional farms across the Bluegrass, including Salad Days Farm and Casey County Organics (a cooperative of predominantly Amish growers).

Rootbound Farm
Pickups: Jefferson (Louisville), Fayette (Lexington), Franklin (Frankfort), Oldham (Crestwood and LaGrange)
Season: 20-week or 32-week options available. May 8 to December 23.
Size and cost: Small (6 items) $27 per week, Full (8 items) $36 per week, Robust (10 items) $46 per week. Number of items is estimated.
Seasonal offerings: We grow 78 different crops. Depending on the season, a share can include yellow squash, lettuce, green onions, beets, radishes, kale, carrots, parsley, sweet corn, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, eggplant and/or cherry tomatoes.
Rootbound Farm is a family-run certified organic farm in Oldham County, Kentucky. Our Farm Share (CSA) program is the lifeblood of our farm. Our passion is filling our members' family tables with the full bounty of beautiful and delicious local veggies that positively impact their health and the environment. We believe being in a Farm Share (CSA) should be fun - and we prioritize communication, quality and diversity. We provide weekly newsletters and use social media to provide our members with new recipes and storage tips so they can get the best out of every share.

Sustainable Harvest Farm
Pickups: Fayette (Lexington), Madison (Richmond and Berea), Whitley and Knox (Corbin), Pulaski (Somerset), Laurel (London), Louisville (Jefferson) and Knoxville, Tennessee
Season: 22 weeks. Mid-May to Mid-October (Estimated)
Size and cost: Small (8 items) $539 ($24.50 per week), Regular (10 items) $693 ($31.50 per week), XL (12 items) $869 ($39.50 per week) (number of items is estimated).
Seasonal offerings: We grow 40 different crops. Depending on the season, shares can include strawberries, lettuce, garlic, cherry tomatoes, kale, collards, summer squash, cucumbers, radishes, broccoli, watermelon, snack peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, basil, green beans, cantaloupe, bell peppers and/or squash.
Ford and Amanda Waterstrat own and operate a first-generation family farm that produces a wide variety of USDA-certified organic, high-quality produce grown in an environmentally sensitive manner. They offer individuals, families and businesses highly customizable, nutritious and delicious farm shares that are easy to pick up and are backed with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Ford and Amanda have a passion to help people eat better, reduce food waste and improve their overall health and well-being. Sustainable Harvest Farm strives to provide their customers with peace of mind knowing their produce is grown locally in a manner that enhances our ecosystem yet ensures food safety.

University of Kentucky Organic Farming Unit
Pickups: Lexington
Season: 22 Weeks. May 25 to October 19 (Estimated)
Size and cost: Regular (10 items) $748 ($34 per week) before March 1, $758 ($34.45 per week) before April 1, and $768 ($34.90 per week) after April 1 (number of items is estimated).
Seasonal offerings: We grow 46 different crops. Depending on the season, a share can include arugula, bok choy, green onions, kohlrabi, Napa cabbage, lettuce, spinach, kale, salad turnips, zucchini, yellow squash, beets, broccoli, herbs, rhubarb, Swiss chard, zucchini, basil, cantaloupe, carrots, corn, cucumber, eggplant, garlic, green beans, peppers, potatoes, watermelon, winter squash and/or patty pan squash
The UK Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project is a part of the UK College of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, and is an integral component of the Sustainable Agriculture (SAG) Undergraduate Curriculum. The CSA project links the UK community with the Organic Farming Unit located at the UK Horticulture Research Farm. The CSA project is not a commercial farm and is not managed for profit. All financial proceeds from the sale of CSA shares support the production of food during the growing season and student educational activities of the SAG program.
