csa pick-up
By now it should be clear that Community Support Agriculture represents a different way to connect to your food source; the increased variety, the freshness of picked-that-day produce, new tastes, & benefits to the community and local economy.
You should also recognize that sourcing your food through a CSA farm share is also different in terms of access and convenience. So let's go through some of the logistics of farm share pick-up...
First of all, farm shares are only available for pick-up on Thursdays, from 4-7 pm at the 5 Loaves Farm. We are moving pick-up to the field behind 1188 West Ave, located behind the Farmhouse. It is accessible from either West Ave or W. Delavan. Pick-up begins next Thursday, June 3rd, and runs until Thursday, October 28th.
Farm share pick-up means the excitement of seeing what's in this week's harvest, meeting the people that grew your food, having conversations with them and other CSA members about their favorite foods and ways to prepare them, and stopping by the farm to actually see next weeks farm share growing out of the ground!
However, we do understand that there is less convenience with a CSA farm share. We appreciate you choosing to support local growers and youth in our community by buying from us. As a thank you from us we have built into our pricing and production plans to provide our members with 10% more value than you paid in. This is your dividend, one of your profits from investing in 5 Loaves Farm.
To get the most out of your investment, here are some tips for farm share pick-up:
Bring a reusable bag to take your produce home in, or better yet, you can purchase a 5 Loaves Farm tote bag for $10!
Coming early to have the most choice in what makes up your farm share.
Review the storage tips and recipes provided with your farm share.
Ask questions of the farmers or other CSA members about the best ways to use items that might be new to you.
Plan to stick around for a while... check out what the chickens are up to, take a walk through the farm, or chat with the farmers and other members!
If you can't make it one week, find a friend to bless and share the bounty by having them pick it up.
Remember freezing or drying can be a great way to preserve produce you just can't use up that week.
Because we value the freshness of the produce we provide you, please consider the following:
In an effort to provide the freshest produce possible we are picking and processing your food right up until pick-up begins. Therefore we cannot make farm shares available before 4 pm.
Remember that in your CSA application you agreed to pick-up during the designated hours. If you cannot pick it up yourself, please arrange for someone else to pick it up or notify 5LF, no later than 7 pm Thursdays, to have it held or donated.
Your farm share can only be held over for up to 36 hours for pick-up at the 5 Loaves Farmhouse (70 W. Delavan), and it's up to you to take full responsibility for setting up alternate pick-up arrangements.
Again we thank our members for investing in us and hope you get great satisfaction and enjoyment out of receiving a farm share from 5 Loaves Farm.
