Community
Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a way for the public to buy locally grown food,
create a relationship with a farm, and help to keep small farms in their
community. Members make a financial commitment to the farm by buying
shares, which provide the farm with the funds needed to grow and harvest the
crops. The shareholders share the bounty with the farmer-when the harvest is
plentiful the shares are large. However, just as when you buy stock in any
company, CSA shareholders also take risks. If a natural disaster (such as hurricane
or other weather-related condition or a major pest problem) destroys a crop, the
shareholders bear the burden along with the farmer.
Below you will find more information about how our program works:
Sign up for the season
When you sign up for our program (by submitting an application) you are
subscribing for the entire season. This season will be 34
weeks long and will run from Oct. 6-May 29. During that
time you will receive a mixed box of vegetables on a weekly or bi-weekly (every
other week) basis. You may cancel your subscription at any time, but must notify
the farm at least 48 hours in advance.
Two
payment options
A subscriber must pay for either the entire season in advance
or for
each month
in advance. If you sign up to be billed on a monthly basis, you will be charged
for the number of boxes you will receive that month (i.e., if you sign up to
receive a weekly box and there are 4 weeks in the month, your monthly amount due
will be the cost of the 4 boxes).
Payment for the entire season is due by September 26. If
paying monthly, the first payment will be due by Oct. 6.
One-month
trial
We offer a one-month trial subscription for new subscribers during the month of
November only. Payment for the
month in advance is required and will be due by October 31. Once the trial subscription has ended, we will
contact you to ask if you wish to continue for the remainder of the season.
Two
box sizes
We have two box sizes: large and small, which can be picked up at the farm or
delivered to your home or office (within our limited delivery area).
Skipped
boxes
If you have to skip a box, you must notify the farm at least 48 hours in advance
in order to receive a credit on your account. You also have the option of
donating it to the Food Bank or asking someone else to pick it up for you. If
you do not notify us and a box is prepared for you, you will be charged for the
box.
If you know that you will be going away for a period of time, you may notify us
even months in advance, and we will add it to your label.
Vegetable
preferences
The vegetables that you find in your box will vary from week to week depending
on what we are harvesting at that time. We are not a supermarket so you will not
be able to pick and choose the vegetables in your box. However, you may list up
to 4 vegetables that you wish to exclude from your box on your application.
(If there are many things on our list that your family does not like or cannot
eat, this is probably not a good way for you to buy your produce.) We
will try to replace the vegetables you don’t like
with the vegetables you do like when packing your box. You also have the option
of ordering extra items (at an additional cost) to be added to your regular box.
Weekly
Newsletter
Your subscription includes a weekly newsletter listing the contents of the box
for that week and information about the farm, tips on how to use the vegetables,
and any important announcements pertaining to your subscription. Reading the
newsletter will keep you informed about what is going on at the farm. Our
newsletter is available online on our Subscriber web page or a hard copy can be
included in your veggie box. If you choose to read the newsletter online, a user
id and password will be provided to subscribers only. The newsletter is posted
online every Sunday evening for the upcoming week to give you an idea of what
will be included your box.
Ordering
Extra Items
On our Subscriber web page, we post a list of extra items available for the
week. These items are offered at a special rate for subscribers only and are not
available to the public.
