Oxbow Farm

As recent transplants from Minneapolis, my husband and I were interested in finding a local CSA in West Seattle and we found Oxbow and we were very pleased!
As we were new we signed up for 4 weeks of veggies and fruit, we were really excited about the fruit option! The produce every week was beautiful and delicious! Also, the recipes are really great!
We enjoyed the Sunday pick up and right outside of the farmers market in case we needed any additional fruits or veggies!
We will return again as customers in 2016!

Fun fact: in addition to being a farm and having a CSA, Oxbow has an education center! My organization came to Oxbow for a field trip this week, and we had a fabulous time! The enthusiasm of the farmers was contagious, and our group of preteens had a great time tasting fresh fruits and vegetables, learning about the different parts of plants, and hiking the Oxbow Trail. We especially loved exploring the «Living Playground,» running through tunnels and climbing on broken down tractors. Farmer Sarah and her fellow farmers really made our trip wonderful.

I love my Oxbow CSA box. I’ve been a member since 2010 (I think) and I love the wonderful and delicious veggies that come every week, ESPECIALLY THE CARROTS. I also get the fruit share. The cherries and peaches are fantastic. The small share is perfect for two people (we aren’t strict vegetarians) and I love not having to buy veggies and fruit all summer long. The fall squashes are delicious and we eat pies almost every week. Thanks Oxbow!

My husband and I subscribed to the summer CSA and loved it! A great variety of fresh organic vegetables each and every week and for a very fair price! We got to try a lot of things that we typically don’t buy at the regular grocery store, and since we paid for it in advance, we always ate everything because we didn’t want to waste our money.
Oxbow also provides a lot of recipes in their weekly newsletter so no worries if you can’t decide what to do with everything!

I have the best time anticipating what to make every Sunday night. I get the small box of veggies which is enough for two people (unless you juice daily) and of their fruit share.
I am learning about what real fruits and vegetables look and taste like and how to incorporate them into my diet. I feel great because not only am I taking care of my body but I am part of something special– sustainability!
The best quality produce and I get the weekly newsletters with tips and recipes on what to make with all of the weird looking veggies.

This is our first summer with Oxbow Farm CSA. We previously used another larger, more well-​known CSA (but their produce we frequently wilted and I always felt like they were getting away from their roots with trying to up-​sell with non-​local expensive specialty items). We LOVE Oxbow. We love their education mission, their farm, and especially their produce. Their prices are very reasonable for the quality and the quality is outstanding. In addition, the variety of produce is better than the other CSA.

Although I’ve only been a CSA member of Oxbow for the past couple of months, I’m in love with the weekly brilliant rainbow of beautiful organic produce, fresh from the field and dotted with water droplets. If you’ve eaten at any good restaurant in Seattle that emphasizes seasonal and local food, you’ve probably seen Oxbow’s goods on the menu, and nibbled them from your plate in delight.
After having used a local produce delivery service for a while, I decided it was time to take the full CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) plunge and put my money where my ethiculinary mouth is. Oxbow’s produce is almost entirely grown on site, is organic and certified Salmon Safe, and their growing season is twenty weeks from June through October. This year they’ve incorporated four weeks of a winter share as an extra option, and I’m so thrilled that I’ll have an extra month of this lovely goodness!
You can select a Family or Small Share; the larger is $ 30/​week, and the smaller is $ 20/​week. There are occasional add-​ons you can purchase, as well as a separate Fruit Share. While Oxbow doesn’t deliver to the door, they have about twenty pick-​up points around the greater Seattle area (and you only need to get ten shareholders together to establish your own): one of the reasons I prefer this option is because it can be difficult to get a delivery driver into a secured building, so having a pick-​up point actually works much better and provides greater ease.
And did I mention the produce is gorgeous? There’s no thrill like slicing into a little red potato and seeing a purple-​flecked center ringed with gold, or seeing chard ribs so deeply scarlet they seem to generate their own deep light, or blending tomatillos and onions into a bright green and utterly addictive salsa. It’s a thrill to visit Oxbow itself (as we did today to pick out a couple of pumpkins!) and see the dirt that grows this and the people who tend it. So grateful…
If you’re someone who needs to do last-​minute changes, or travels frequently and must put deliveries on hold, Oxbow might not the best; you can change your pick-​up point with enough advance notice, but you can’t be reimbursed for a missed week (although you could certainly get a friend to benefit from your absence and take it instead!). I’m fine with that; it’s the price you pay for being fully committed to the CSA model and supporting a small local farm that can’t afford the trappings of a bigger (and less local) operation. They, in turn, support back by donating extra produce to local centers and having volunteer gleaning days a couple of times a year.
Bottom line? Signing up with Oxbow has been a beyond-​perfect decision. I can’t say enough about how wonderful their ethic AND their produce is… but my kitchen, palate, and satisfied guests can tell the tale.