Frequently Asked Questions

What is Little Flower Farm up to now?

We are not currently offering farm shares. Seasonal produce will be available at our farmstand located at 20200 Quinnell Ave. N. Scandia, MN 55073, but we recommend emailing first to verify that we have what you are looking for.

Currently Little Flower Farm has teamed up with NFHRN to rehabilitate two Norwegian Fjord Draft horses for light farm work.

We keep a small herd of Mini Nubians for goat cheese shares and for sale of breeding stock and meat. 

Little Flower Farm began as a CSA veggie farm, as part of our effort to live and work together more authentically as a family. After 16 years, injuries and a nagging desire for the classroom again brought us back to graduate studies in Philosophy and Sacred Music. Shane is currently teaching at St. Paul Seminary, in St. Paul MN, and finishing a doctorate in Philosophy at University of St. Thomas in Houston TX.  When he is not reading or teaching you can find him on the farm! Chiara is a homeschooling mama. When not schooling, she is usually transplanting seedlings, milking goats with the kids, and pursuing graduate studies in Sacred Music with St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, CA. via summer classes. She is also a freelance writer and photographer.

Do you do half-shares?

We encourage folks who can't eat a whole share to find a friend(s) to split with.

We're such a small family-run farm that we do not offer half shares. There are plenty of CSAs that do, but we try to keep it simple.

I'll be away part of the summer. Do you pro-rate shares?

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After May1st we accept applications for pro-rated farm-share membership. We have a late deadline to encourage full share sign-up due to our limited membership space.

Some members have simply found family or friends who would buy the couple weeks' shares from them while they are away. Have we mentioned that we have the world's most supportive and go-getter CSA members?

I don't like spinach. Can I pick and choose what's in my box?

No. Sorry. You have the wrong number.

Can I sign up for one season at a time?

Certainly! We broke up the seasons into two payments primarily to make it easier on the ol' budget.

Priority for Late Summer Shares will be given to Early Season members.

Can I pay online?

No. We're old fashioned. Send your check in (made out to Shane or Chiara Dowell) via snail mail. Or carrier pigeon. We stay low-tech so we can focus on growing what's in the ground!