Western Maine farmers on CSAs: ‘It just shows what a community truly is’

SUN JOURNAL • March 19, 2026

Farms across Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties offer Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA, shares. CSA shares allow residents to pay up front to receive through the season regular allotments of a farm’s products, whether that’s fruit and vegetables, meat, fiber goods, or anything else they might grow or produce. We talked to some local farmers who offer CSAs about why they do it, and why the programs help consumers and the farms.