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Walkers Fresh Veggies

Fresh naturally grown veggies produced for you, provided weekly for CSA memebers.
(Paw Paw, Michigan)

Planting less next year -- more small patches , more variety less volume

We have seen a steady decline in sales in the summer, there are so many new Farmers Markets in our area and only so many mouths to feed. We have decided to cut back on how much we grow and make an effort to do more variety and have some fun growing things for the Farmers Markets, with less emphasis on our veggie stand. Mark will need to take a full time job for us to make ends meet, so we will also cut back on our CSA memberships. We had 110 members this past year and it is a full workload for one person (without a full income) so for 2017 we plan on limiting our membership to a more reasonable 30 members so that he may be able to hold his evening job and do the CSA's too.  We are hoping this is a better more stable balance of time and income, and will also allow us a more open schedule to take care of crops etc.
Mark & Carolyn
11:59 AM EDT
 
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