For those of you who don't know what a CSA is, here's the definition. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It's a deal where a farm's customers buy shares in the coming year's harvest. They pay for those shares in the winter or early spring when the farm needs money for seed and other inputs. Then when the harvest starts coming in, the share holders get a bag of produce every week for a predetermined amount of time. It helps the farm when it needs the money and gives out some of the harvest later in the year in return.
Our 2014 CSA will run for 20 weeks, from from May 17th to September 27th. We'll include 5 to 10 different types of vegetables every week. The CSA bag can be picked up at the Falls Park Farmer's Market on Sat. mornings from 8am to 1pm. We'll do deliveries if we can get enough people to pick up at one location. Those will be on Wednesdays.
The delivery fee will be $45.00 regardless of the size of
the share.
$615.00 – full share, picked up ($30.75/week) $651.90 with tax
$660.00 – full share, delivered ($33.00/week) $699.60 with tax
$335.00 – half share, picked up ($16.75/week) $355.10 with tax
$380.00 – half share, delivered ($19.00/week) $402.80 with tax
What, you may ask, is the size of a half share or a whole share? We mostly sell half shares and whole shares are basically twice as much as is in a half. Here are some sample half share bags from previous years.
Mid May
Pac Choy
Leaf Lettuce
Kohlrabi
Green Onions
Radishes
Beets with greens on
Mid July
2 onions
1 bundle carrots
2 lbs red potatoes
1 bag green beans
2 cucumbers
1 cabbage
2 peppers
2 tomatoes
2 bullseye beets
Mid Aug.
2 lbs white potatoes
2 onions
2 peppers
1 lb carrots
1 bundle carrots
4 tomatoes
1 lb beets
If anybody is interested in getting one, send me a note. sdwarners@hotmail.com
