I spent some time this past winter thinking about starting a CSA. What, you might ask, is a CSA? It stands for Community Supported Agriculture. In a nutshell, you as a participant purchase a "share" which is a weekly pick up of a pre-made box of produce grown by us, that you will get for 13 weeks.
Our goal is have participants committed to the CSA by May 15th and the actual program will begin the first week of June and run through the end of August.
Here is our 2015 CSA information:
The summer CSA will be a 13 week program and
will run from the first week of June through the last week of August.
(There may be a second option of doing a mini-fall 8 week CSA.)
Pick up is available at our house in
Arendtsville Fridays from 3-6pm, or at the Gettysburg Farmers’ Market on the square
(Saturday mornings 7am-noon on the PUB quadrant.) Please let us know what your preferred pick
up location will be.
All produce offerings will be grown by us. Though we are not certified organic, we do
use organically approved products in our fields.
Fruits we have to offer this year are
strawberries, black raspberries, watermelon and cantaloupe.
Small share is geared for a 2-4 person household. Large share is geared towards a 5-6 person
household.
Payments are appreciated by May 15th. Special consideration will be available for
those wishing to do monthly payments.
Every effort will be made to provide you with a
nice variety (5-6 items) of high quality vegetables, herbs, (& fruits in
season) each week. Large shares will
have the same number of items, just a larger portion of each.
Our goal is customer satisfaction. Please provide us with feedback on your
experience at any time during the program.
If there are vegetables you don’t like, please let us know so we can
make a substitute (pending availability.)
We grow 35-40 different kinds of produce throughout the year. This should allow you to have a nice variety
in your share.
As a courtesy to our CSA members, we will offer
you 10% off any additional purchases made while shopping with us at the
Gettysburg Farmers’ Market.
The total cost of a small “share” will be $275.00. Large “shares” will cost $300.00
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