About ZFSA

This is our new and unique approach to community supported agriculture and succession.

The Zinniker Farm Stewardship Association (ZFSA) is a separate nonprofit organization created to help secure the long-term future of and succession support for Zinniker Farm—the oldest continuously operated biodynamic farm in the United States.

ZFSA is not a traditional Community Supported Agriculture model or CSA. Instead of simply buying a share of the harvest, members become active stewards of the farm’s legacy. By contributing to the annual farm budget, you help cover operating costs, farmer salaries, infrastructure, and enterprise growth—freeing the farmers to focus on soil health, biodiversity, and producing nutrient-dense food rather than chasing market sales.

Our Core Goals

• Ensure Zinniker Farm is selflessly stewarded in perpetuity using the highest organic, biodynamic, and regenerative practices.

• Provide members with extraordinary, health-giving food while supporting their well-being through connection to the land.

• Support Mark and Petra Zinniker as they step back from full-time farming and transition into retirement with dignity.

• Help Aidan and Alisyn Benkowski establish themselves as the next stewards, expand the farm’s enterprises, and supply more of the community’s food needs.

• Nurture the farm as a living center for cultural renewal, farmer training, and consumer education.

• Pioneer a replicable model of community-supported succession that can help other small regenerative farms survive and thrive.

One of the broader purposes of ZFSA is to alleviate the farmers having to wear all of the hats, all of the time. ZFSA’s member base supports in the coordination of membership including communications, hosting events, reviewing budget and being as hands on as members would like to be. 

Member Rights & Participation

As a ZFSA member, you have:

• Full transparency into ZFSA’s budget, financial reports, and the farm’s operations (with opportunity to ask questions)

• Sharing in responsibility, financial, product/harvest fluctuations etc.

• Partaking in product produced on the farm as outlined on the membership page

• Eligibility to serve on the board

ZFSA was founded by long-time friends, customers, and supporters of Zinniker Farm who believe this land and its healing work deserve to continue for generations. By joining, you’re not just receiving food—you’re helping protect and evolve one of America’s most important regenerative legacies.

Welcome to the stewardship.