Choy Commons Wholesale

Choy Commons Wholesale is a new collaboration between Gentle Time Farm, Star Route Farm, and Choy Division, three Asian American led farms growing food naturally in the Hudson Valley and Catskills. We are joining our weekly offerings onto one list for weekly delivery to restaurants, pantries, and mutual aid groups to NYC. Buying from Choy Commons Wholesale gets you access to delicious Asian vegetables while allowing us to be in control of the mechanisms of our production, and helps support our  livelihoods as farmers cooperatively growing together for our communities. 

We are focused on working with buyers in NYC who serve Asian diaspora or want to support Asian American led farms. We also welcome buyers in Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, and Orange counties. 

We love supplying food access programs that serve Asian community! Discounted community pricing is available for buyers of food access programs.

We are defining Food Access Buyers as those who are providing access to culturally appropriate food at no cost OR offers a sliding scale price to their community.

Only .07% of farmers in the United States identify as Asian. Racism is foundational in today's food system, which explains why communities of color suffer the most from resource inequality and environmental externalities and why most organic farming is mostly done by white people for other white people. Eating and growing food should not be a source of shame, stress, punishment, and discomfort - it should be a form of empowerment for both consumers and growers. We intervene in the face of ongoing social and environmental irresponsibility and promote the greater dependence of locally available foods grown by BIPOC farmers like us. We see working together, instead of seeing each other as competition, growing food for mutual-aid, while acknowledging that we also deserve the chance to make our operations financially solvent, as ways to help create the thriving and equitable food system we want.

1. Inquire to be a buyer. If there's a good fit (your location, customers, purchase volume), we'll add you to our buyer list.
   
   

2. Each week, 1 list will be emailed with available produce from all farms (see produce list below).
   
   

3. Deliveries will be made each Tuesday of the growing season (June to ~early November).
   
   

4. Transactions will be handled directly with farms.
   
   

5. We are invested in building relationships with those serving our shared community, and hope to nurture these partnerships long term. :)

Produce List

Garlic

Garlic Chives

Garlic Scapes

Green Garlic

Scallions

Shallots

Tatsoi

Spinach

Arugula

Mustard Mix

Spring Lettuce Mix

Baby Kale

Pea Shoots

Cabbage, Flat

Cabbage, Napa

Cauliflower

Aehobak

Asian Cucumbers

Bitter Melon

Burmese Okra

Eggplant, Long

Eggplant, Long

Eggplant, Round

Eggplant, Round

Kabocha / Squash Winter

Luffa

Tomatoes Heirloom

Tomatoes Red

Romanesco, black magic zucchini

Watermelon

Soybean / Edamame

Yard Long Beans

Frying Pepper

Shishito Pepper

Sweet Peppers

Hot Peppers

Korean gochu, green

Korean gochu, red

Thai bird's eye chili, green

Thai bird's eye chili, red

Ho Chi Minh chili

A Choy

Bok Choy, small

Bok Choy, small

Bok Choy, medium

Chicory

Raddicio

Gem Lettuce

Head Lettuce

Mustard, head

Tokyo Bekana

Amaranth

Celtuce

Choy Sum / Yu Choi

Chrysanthemum

Gai Lan, Chinese Broccoli

Mizuna

Collards 

Kale

Mustard, leaf

Sweet potato greens

Water Spinach

Kkaennip

Shiso

Huacatay

Lemongrass leaves

Lemongrass stalks

Italian Basil

Italian Basil

Thai Basil / Tulsi

Thai Basil / Tulsi

Thai Basil

Thai Basil

Ginger

Carrots

Carrots

Daikon

Daikon

Korean daikon

Potatoes

Radish

Radish

Turnips