Q: How does your CSA program work?

Sign up for the season   
When you sign up for our program (by signing up online during the registration period) you are subscribing for the entire season. This season will be 34 weeks long. 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. EXCEPTION: If it is your first season and you cancel before the season ends, there will be a $20 service fee added to your balance due.

Two payment options
·         Seasonal pre-payment – pay for the entire season in advance by Sept. 1st and receive a discount (refer to Prices/Payments)
·         Monthly payments – pay monthly and receive, via email, a monthly statement showing all current invoices and payments to-date. Subsequent monthly payments are due on the first day of each month for that month's boxes, in addition to any ‘extras’ you purchased the prior month. Basically, you are paying for 1 month in advance and ‘extras’ the month after purchased.  Monthly Invoices are calculated by work weeks (work weeks are 5 days of the week even if 2 months are included in that work week)  so your monthly payment may include dates from 2 months.   

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 donate it to the local food bank or have 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 skip the applicable days and you can opt to either donate those skipped boxes to the local food bank or we will credit your account on the day of the skip. 

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, when you sign-up you may list up to 4 vegetables that you wish to exclude from your box and 4 items you like.  (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.) If available, we will substitute your 'excluded' vegetables with the vegetables you 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 - refer to below 'Ordering Extra' Items section.