Produce and Egg Shares

Support Sustainable Agriculture with Produce and Egg Shares

Farm  & Egg memberships are open for 2026! 

Why Should I Sign Up For A Farm Membership?

Our Farm Membership, the highest level of membership with The Talking Farm, is our version of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, offering a weekly or biweekly grocery bag filled with farm-fresh vegetables. It’s the best way to experience the bounty of your local urban farm while supporting healthy eating and sustainable farming practices. 

Unlike other local CSAs that source products from farms over 100 miles away, our Farm Membership features sustainably grown produce from our 2.5-acre regenerative farm in Skokie. Throughout your membership, you will have the opportunity to visit the farm, see where your produce is cultivated, and speak with the farmers who grow it. 

Each year, we may source less than 5% of the total share from partner farms that share our values. This helps us supplement your shares with items we may not be able to grow on a small scale.

Every week or every other week between June and October, you will receive a bountiful share of the finest seasonal vegetables we grow. A share will contain about eight (8) different items each week. Shares are harvested and packed each week, usually within hours of pickup. We offer several different share options to accommodate your lifestyle and eating habits. In addition, Farm Memberships include a myriad of other benefits, such as a 20% discount at our farmers markets and annual Seedling Sales, a 10% discount on Talking Farm event tickets, a reusable TTF-branded grocery bag, farm tours, and a weekly newsletter with recipes and tips on how to use your vegetables.

Everything we produce is grown using sustainable growing practices, so you know it is safe, clean, and grown with respect for our environment. Perhaps most importantly, your share helps to support an agricultural teaching not-for-profit in your community, and every Farm Membership includes a tax-deductible donation to The Talking Farm that helps us financially support this program.

Pickup Sites/Times

Howard Street Farm (3669 Howard St., Skokie)

  • Wednesdays 5-7p
  • Thursdays 8:00a – 10a 

Market style pickup 

Andersonville Farmers Market (Catalpa Ave. between Clark St. & Ashland Ave., Chicago)

  • Wednesdays 3-7p (at TTF’s market stand)

Prepacked bags with some options to exchange vegetables

Three Tarts Bakery & Cafe (301 N Happ Rd, Northfield – off the I94 Willow Rd exit)

  • Wednesdays 10a-6p

Prepacked bags with some options with swap bin

Skokie Farmers Market (5127 Oakton St., Skokie)

  • Sundays 7:30a-12:30p (at TTF’s market stand)

Prepacked bags with some options to exchange vegetables

Additional pickup sites may be announced as the season progresses. 

Additional Farm Membership Benefits

  • Free Talking Farm-branded market bag for your produce
  • 20% discount at our farmers’ market stands 
  • 20% discount on seedlings during our annual Spring seedling sales
  • 10% discount on Talking Farm event tickets
  • Weekly newsletter with recipes and tips on using your produce
  • Farm visits

2026 Membership Options

Full Farm Season (Weekly) – $755

  • 20 weeks from June through October (every week)
  • Up to (4) vacation holds taken throughout the 20-week session as double shares.
  • Includes $25 discount on (2) 10-week shares
  • About 8 different items per week in varying quantities – approximately one paper shopping bag (some weeks your bag will be fuller than others, depending upon the part of the season and the size of the produce).
  • The full bounty of the farm season from early spring to fall, including early season greens, salad mixes, sugar snap peas, radishes, turnips, and spinach, transitioning to mid-summer crops like summer squash, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes, then finishing with early fall crops like tender greens, green beans, winter squash, asian pears, spinach, and root vegetables (supplemented occasionally by partner-farmer crops such as fruit, asparagus and corn).

Sign up for a Full Season Weekly Membership 

Full Farm Season (Biweekly) – $510

  • 10 weeks from June through mid-October (every other week)
  • Up to (2) vacation holds taken throughout the 20-week session as double shares or single shares on off weeks 
  • $20 discount on (2) 10-week biweekly shares
  • About 8 different items per week in varying quantities – approximately one paper shopping bag (some weeks your bag will be fuller than others depending upon the part of the season and the size of the produce)
  • The full bounty of the farm season from early spring to fall, including early season greens, salad mixes, sugar snap peas, radishes, turnips, and spinach, transitioning to mid-summer crops like summer squash, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes, then finishing with early fall crops like tender greens, green beans, winter squash, asian pears, spinach, and root vegetables (supplemented occasionally by partner-farmer crops such as fruit, asparagus and corn). *Note: As some crops have a short harvesting window, biweekly shares may miss some crops on off-weeks. To avoid disappointment, consider subscribing to the Full Season (weekly) share.

Sign up for Full Season Biweekly Membership

Farm 1 (Weekly) – $390

  • 10 weeks from June to mid-August (every week)
  • Up to (2) vacation holds taken throughout the 10-week session as double shares
  • About 8 different items per week in varying quantities – approximately one paper shopping bag (some weeks your bag will be fuller than others, depending upon the part of the season and the size of the produce)
  • Includes the bounty of late spring and early summer, including greens, sugar snap peas, salad mixes, radishes, turnips, and spinach, and moving into mid-summer crops like summer squash, cucumbers, eggplant and cherry tomatoes, supplemented occasionally by partner-farmer crops such as fruit, asparagus, and corn (depending on what is in season at the time).

Sign up for Farm 1 Weekly membership 

Farm 1 (Biweekly) – $265

  • 5 weeks between June 11th and August 17th (every other week)
  • One (1) vacation hold taken throughout the 10-week session as double share or single share on off week
  • About 7-8 different items per week in varying quantities – approximately one paper shopping bag (some weeks your bag will be fuller than others, depending upon the part of the season and the size of the produce)
  • Includes the bounty of late spring and early summer, including greens, sugar snap peas, salad mixes, radishes, turnips, and spinach, and moving into mid-summer crops like summer squash, cucumbers, eggplant and cherry tomatoes, supplemented occasionally by partner-farmer crops such as fruit, asparagus, and corn (depending on what is in season at the time). *Note: As some crops have a short harvesting window, biweekly shares may miss some crops on off-weeks. To avoid disappointment, consider subscribing to the Farm 1 (weekly) share. 

Sign up for Farm 1 Biweekly membership 

Farm 2 (Weekly) – $390

  • 10 weeks from August to October (every week)
  • Up to (2) vacation holds taken throughout the 10-week session as double shares
  • About 8 different items per week in varying quantities – approximately one paper shopping bag (some weeks your bag will be fuller than others, depending upon the part of the season and the size of the produce)
  • Includes the bounty of late summer and early fall, starting with cherry tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, round, heirloom tomatoes, and melons, then transitioning to tender greens, salad mixes, hearty greens, winter squash, spinach, Asian pears and root vegetables, supplemented occasionally by partner-farmer crops such as asparagus and corn (depending on what is in season at the time).

Sign up for Farm 2 Weekly membership

Farm 2 (Biweekly) – $265 

  • 5 weeks between August  and October (every other week)
  • One (1) vacation hold taken throughout the 10-week session as double share or single share on off week
  • About 8 different items per week in varying quantities – approximately one paper shopping bag (some weeks your bag will be fuller than others, depending upon the part of the season and the size of the produce)
  • Includes the bounty of late summer and early fall, starting with cherry tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, round, heirloom tomatoes, and melons, then transitioning to tender greens, salad mixes, hearty greens, winter squash, spinach, Asian pears and root vegetables, supplemented occasionally by partner-farmer crops such as asparagus and corn (depending on what is in season at the time).*Note: As some crops have a short harvesting window, biweekly shares may miss some crops on off-weeks. To avoid disappointment, consider subscribing to the Farm 2 (weekly) share.

Sign up for a Farm 2 Biweekly membership

Egg Shares

We are partnering with Finn’s Ranch to offer weekly shares of farm-fresh, free-range eggs. Each egg share gives you a dozen eggs per week or every other week and runs concurrently with our Farm shares. 

Finn’s Ranch is a family farm based in Buchanan, a small town in southwestern Michigan. Finn’s Ranch’s “Happy Chicken Eggs” are from free-range, pasture-raised chickens that feed on grubs they get from outside as well as non-GMO feed, providing tasty, sustainably-raised eggs.

Pick-up is at the same locations and times as our Farm memberships.  Note: Egg shares do not include a tax-deductible donation or incur the additional benefits of farm memberships.

Full Farm Season (Weekly) – $150

  • One (1) dozen eggs for 20 weeks (every week) between June 11th  to October 26th

Sign up for Full Farm Season Weekly Egg share

Full Farm Season (Biweekly) – $75

  • One (1) dozen eggs for 10 weeks (every other week) between June 11th  to October 26th

Sign up for Full Farm Season Biweekly Egg share

Egg 1 (Weekly) – $75

  • One (1) dozen eggs for 10 weeks (every week) between June 11th to August 17th
  • Runs concurrently with Farm 1 (weekly)

Sign up for Egg 1 Weekly share

Egg 1 (Biweekly) – $37.50

  • One (1) dozen eggs for 5 weeks (every other week) between June 11th and August 17th
  • Runs concurrently with Farm 1 (biweekly)

Sign up for Egg 1 Biweekly share

Egg 2 (Weekly) – $75 

  • One (1) dozen eggs for 10 weeks (every week) between August 20th to October 26th 
  • Runs concurrently with Farm 2 (weekly)

Sign up for Egg 2 Weekly share

Egg 2 (Biweekly) – $37.50 

  • One (1) dozen eggs for 5 weeks (every other week) between August 20th and October 26th
  • Runs concurrently with Farm 2 (biweekly)

Sign up for Egg 2 Biweekly share

2025 Crop List

This is a sampling of what you may see in your Farm share. Note that due to mother nature and amendments to our 2026 crop plan, your share may differ from last year’s and your share may not include all of the produce listed below. 

Farm 1 
  • Sugar Snap Peas
  • Head Lettuce & Bagged Salad Mixes
  • French Breakfast 
  • Hakurei Turnips
  • Garlic Scapes
  • Swiss Chard
  • Arugula
  • Cucumbers
  • Red Tropea Onions
  • Zucchini, Patty Pan, and Yellow Summer Squash
  • Carrots
  • Bush Beans
  • Red Round Radishes
  • Kale
  • Italian and Japanese Eggplant
  • Cherry Tomatoes
  • Heirloom Tomatoes
  • Fresh Garlic
  • Red Onions
  • Basil
  • Chives
  • Dill
  • Sweet peppers
  • Poblano peppers
  • Beets
Farm 2  
  • Head Lettuces & Bagged Salad Mixes
  • Cured Garlic
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Heirloom tomatoes 
  • Green Beans
  • Hakurei Turnips
  • Adirondack Red Potatoes
  • Delicata Squash
  • Kale
  • Red Onions
  • Summer Squash (Zucchini, Yellow & Patty Pan)
  • Sweet Peppers
  • Scallions
  • Asian Pears
  • Yellow Onions
  • Fennel
  • Beets
  • Basil
  • Kennebec Potatoes
  • Carrots
  • Acorn Squash
  • Bok Choi
  • French Breakfast Radish
  • Arugula
  • Spinach
  • Butternut Squash
  • Sunchokes
  • Kohlrabi

2025 Farm Memberships By-The-Week

Farm 1

Farm 2

 

What is a CSA? 

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. By joining a farm’s CSA, you become a member, or a shareholder, in what the farm produces each season. As opposed to buying produce from a grocery store chain, which is transactional (i.e., you pay the posted price at checkout and immediately receive produce in return with little information about the produce you just purchased), traditional CSAs front the farm’s costs for the incoming season while they are not producing anything, and in return, the farm agrees to cultivate the farm to provide you, the CSA member, with a bounty of the farm for the season as well as transparency in its farming practices. Unlike “modern” CSAs that source or aggregate produce from a variety of producers in the region, The Talking Farm’s Farm Membership program trends towards a traditional CSA in which members take advantage of a substantial portion of the farm’s production in return for their membership fee. Purchasing a Farm Membership ensures you gain access to high-quality, fresh, hyper-local produce at an affordable price. It is also a gratifying way to sustain and support a community non-profit urban farm that uses innovative and sustainable practices while educating our community about the environment, agriculture, biodiversity, permaculture, horticulture, gardening, and social justice and health issues.