Community Supported Agriculture 2008
Ok, first, what is a CSA?
Now that we have that answered, Rose Mountain Farm is proud to offer our customers a chance to get their produce and meats secured for the coming season by offering Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares! We will offer a wide variety of vegetables - from greens to potatoes, shiitakes to eggs - and meats - pork, beef, lamb, rabbit, and poultry. All are raised humanely and free range, hormone and antibiotic free.
We are a Certified Naturally Grown Farm and a member of New River Organic Growers and Carolina Farm Stewarship Association, as well as Certified Appalachian Grown farms and members of Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. We will apply for USDA Certified Organic license this spring.
There are only 10 shares available for this year. Previous CSA shareholders will have first priority for the 2008 season. CSA customers may make requests for specific vegetables by January 20th with full payment of a whole or half vegetable share. In this way, we can structure our garden plan to suit your requests as closely as possible. Shares are based on a 24-week season. A full share will feed four people for the week, and a half share will feed two.
A weekly pick-up at the Ashe County Farmers Market on Saturdays is local and convenient (no delivery will be available). Any family wishing to have larger amounts due to larger family size can receive a 10 percent discount for two full shares purchased by the same family. A slight change this year will be in the pick-up of vegetables. A sign will be posted with the breakdown of available vegetables. You may then pick your variety out of the available choices (i.e., you may choose 2 brandywine tomatoes instead of 2 cherokee purple.) Two absentee weeks during the season will result in the forfeiture of your credit for those weeks, so please let us know in advance if you are not planning to pick up on a Saturday.
** Substitutions are at the farmer's discretion, dependent upon crop production, failure, or weather damage.
VEGETABLES:
The prices below represent about $33.00 a week for a full share and $18.75 on a half share.
A full share of vegetables costs $800.00 paid in full, resulting in $850.00 credit over the 24-week growing season. It feeds four people a week. A payment plan for a full share will result in an $850 credit, and must be paid by the following schedule:
A deposit of
________ $300.00 by January 20th.
________ $250.00 due February 1.
________ $250.00 due March 1.
A half share of vegetables costs $455.00 paid in full, resulting in $500.00 credit. It feeds two people a week.
A payment plan for a half share of vegetables will result in an $455 credit, and must be paid by the following schedule:
A deposit of
_______$200.00 by January 20th.
_______$155.00 due February 1.
_______$100.00 due March 1.
MEATS:
Meats will include pork, lamb, poultry, beef, rabbit, turkey, and/or duck, dependent upon herd growth and processing availability.
Meat shares may be limited to $50 values per week, dependent upon increases in meat processing and packaging costs.
_____$400 full share of meat must be paid in full by February 1.
_____$200 half share of meat must be paid in full by February 1.
Meat and vegetable price lists and quantities are available on request, but please understand that we don't have our seed orders in yet and things can change slightly.
CSA members will receive a 10% discount on all extra purchases from RMF at the Ashe County Farmer's Market.
You can send a check or money order with a copy of this contract to:
Ann Rose
PO Box 225
Lansing, NC 28643
336-977-2535
Or to pay by credit card, send payment via PayPal to ann@rosemountainfarm.com . (buttons will be up soon for each payment option)
Now that we have that answered, Rose Mountain Farm is proud to offer our customers a chance to get their produce and meats secured for the coming season by offering Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares! We will offer a wide variety of vegetables - from greens to potatoes, shiitakes to eggs - and meats - pork, beef, lamb, rabbit, and poultry. All are raised humanely and free range, hormone and antibiotic free.
We are a Certified Naturally Grown Farm and a member of New River Organic Growers and Carolina Farm Stewarship Association, as well as Certified Appalachian Grown farms and members of Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. We will apply for USDA Certified Organic license this spring.
There are only 10 shares available for this year. Previous CSA shareholders will have first priority for the 2008 season. CSA customers may make requests for specific vegetables by January 20th with full payment of a whole or half vegetable share. In this way, we can structure our garden plan to suit your requests as closely as possible. Shares are based on a 24-week season. A full share will feed four people for the week, and a half share will feed two.
A weekly pick-up at the Ashe County Farmers Market on Saturdays is local and convenient (no delivery will be available). Any family wishing to have larger amounts due to larger family size can receive a 10 percent discount for two full shares purchased by the same family. A slight change this year will be in the pick-up of vegetables. A sign will be posted with the breakdown of available vegetables. You may then pick your variety out of the available choices (i.e., you may choose 2 brandywine tomatoes instead of 2 cherokee purple.) Two absentee weeks during the season will result in the forfeiture of your credit for those weeks, so please let us know in advance if you are not planning to pick up on a Saturday.
** Substitutions are at the farmer's discretion, dependent upon crop production, failure, or weather damage.
VEGETABLES:
The prices below represent about $33.00 a week for a full share and $18.75 on a half share.
A full share of vegetables costs $800.00 paid in full, resulting in $850.00 credit over the 24-week growing season. It feeds four people a week. A payment plan for a full share will result in an $850 credit, and must be paid by the following schedule:
A deposit of
________ $300.00 by January 20th.
________ $250.00 due February 1.
________ $250.00 due March 1.
A half share of vegetables costs $455.00 paid in full, resulting in $500.00 credit. It feeds two people a week.
A payment plan for a half share of vegetables will result in an $455 credit, and must be paid by the following schedule:
A deposit of
_______$200.00 by January 20th.
_______$155.00 due February 1.
_______$100.00 due March 1.
MEATS:
Meats will include pork, lamb, poultry, beef, rabbit, turkey, and/or duck, dependent upon herd growth and processing availability.
Meat shares may be limited to $50 values per week, dependent upon increases in meat processing and packaging costs.
_____$400 full share of meat must be paid in full by February 1.
_____$200 half share of meat must be paid in full by February 1.
Meat and vegetable price lists and quantities are available on request, but please understand that we don't have our seed orders in yet and things can change slightly.
CSA members will receive a 10% discount on all extra purchases from RMF at the Ashe County Farmer's Market.
You can send a check or money order with a copy of this contract to:
Ann Rose
PO Box 225
Lansing, NC 28643
336-977-2535
Or to pay by credit card, send payment via PayPal to ann@rosemountainfarm.com . (buttons will be up soon for each payment option)
posted by Mandie at 4:21 PM
Ann
1 Comments:
Ann, you and the CSA are awesome! Combining organic growing at an off-grid farm & payable with credit card on PayPal! Keep up the good work. You'd be proud of the solar panels they just installed on the roof of one of our office buildings - big enough to light all of Lansing!
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