01 May Fri 2009
CSA pick up details
Here we go! May 1, 2009
The ground is soaked, but all in all, it has been a nice start to the season. We ask for and expect rain of spring. The biggest obstacle placed on our operation is getting into the field with tractor and transplanter to place seedlings in the ground. There is also the issue of rinsing fertility away with such heavy rains in a short time. We have no way of knowing how great the impact will be on present field crops, only time will tell, and we will do our best to adjust and make amendments where we can.
The main purpose of this email is to thoroughly cover pick up protocol. There is a good amount of detail to be covered here, so please keep this note for further reference. We give you the contact information for your pick up location and this can be valuable to you when you need to personalize your pick up. We are often hard to reach in a pinch, and contacting your host directly is most efficient,
We are doing things a little different this year, for those of you who have been with us in the past. We have changed over to a B.Y.O.B.—Bring Your Own Bag. This helps us keep costs down, and allowed us to keep share prices where they have always been for another season. At your location your bag is filled on site, either by us, or by you. If your site is un-personed (Kalamazoo, Portage, Benton Harbor, Saugatuck huh?? I will explain) there will be sign clearly stating what you are to take according to your share type. Please observe this…..we know you will; we will leave produce to accommodate the number of shares. The produce is rinsed, and will be either bunched, bagged (salad mix—these bags are bio-degradable), or otherwise, easily measurable.
On pick up time windows: The set times for pick up are fairly ample and it is best to meet this time frame. As mentioned earlier, there can be that day when something comes up and you just can’t get there. This is when you call your host and arrange for another time, or just as a courtesy, let them know you will be late. The point at which your produce becomes your hosts produce is 24 hours after your pick up time begins—with two exceptions, in Portage and Saugatuck, noted below**. You may get your veggies after this time, but you need to call your host and make arrangements. Here are the days and times:
TUESDAY—Begins May 12th
KALAMAZOO—127 N. Berkeley—Hether and Matt Frayer 381-0847
4:30-9:00 pm.
PORTAGE—4250 S. Westnedge,--Kalamazoo Community Chiropractic Center
388-3003 5:00pm-night-fall (located just north of Kilgore, you can/should park in the Blockbuster parking lot in order to reserve space for the clinics clients)**please come by noon the next day.
WEDNESDAY--Begins May 13th
HOLLAND—Farmers Market 8am-noon (Look for the RED tent)
SAUGUTUCK—SummerTime Market—BlueStar Hwy at the bridge in Douglas
10am-5pm **come within this 7 hour window, no next day pick up
BENTON HARBOR—190 5th ST. The Livery 925-8760, liverybrew.com
5pm-midnight
EATERS’ GUILD FARM—26041 CR 681 269-427-0423, 989-965-1528
After 3 pm
SATURDAY--BEGINS MAY 9th
SOUTH HAVEN—Farmers’ Market—8am-noon
EATERS’ GUILD FARM—after 3pm
The ground is soaked, but all in all, it has been a nice start to the season. We ask for and expect rain of spring. The biggest obstacle placed on our operation is getting into the field with tractor and transplanter to place seedlings in the ground. There is also the issue of rinsing fertility away with such heavy rains in a short time. We have no way of knowing how great the impact will be on present field crops, only time will tell, and we will do our best to adjust and make amendments where we can.
The main purpose of this email is to thoroughly cover pick up protocol. There is a good amount of detail to be covered here, so please keep this note for further reference. We give you the contact information for your pick up location and this can be valuable to you when you need to personalize your pick up. We are often hard to reach in a pinch, and contacting your host directly is most efficient,
We are doing things a little different this year, for those of you who have been with us in the past. We have changed over to a B.Y.O.B.—Bring Your Own Bag. This helps us keep costs down, and allowed us to keep share prices where they have always been for another season. At your location your bag is filled on site, either by us, or by you. If your site is un-personed (Kalamazoo, Portage, Benton Harbor, Saugatuck huh?? I will explain) there will be sign clearly stating what you are to take according to your share type. Please observe this…..we know you will; we will leave produce to accommodate the number of shares. The produce is rinsed, and will be either bunched, bagged (salad mix—these bags are bio-degradable), or otherwise, easily measurable.
On pick up time windows: The set times for pick up are fairly ample and it is best to meet this time frame. As mentioned earlier, there can be that day when something comes up and you just can’t get there. This is when you call your host and arrange for another time, or just as a courtesy, let them know you will be late. The point at which your produce becomes your hosts produce is 24 hours after your pick up time begins—with two exceptions, in Portage and Saugatuck, noted below**. You may get your veggies after this time, but you need to call your host and make arrangements. Here are the days and times:
TUESDAY—Begins May 12th
KALAMAZOO—127 N. Berkeley—Hether and Matt Frayer 381-0847
4:30-9:00 pm.
PORTAGE—4250 S. Westnedge,--Kalamazoo Community Chiropractic Center
388-3003 5:00pm-night-fall (located just north of Kilgore, you can/should park in the Blockbuster parking lot in order to reserve space for the clinics clients)**please come by noon the next day.
WEDNESDAY--Begins May 13th
HOLLAND—Farmers Market 8am-noon (Look for the RED tent)
SAUGUTUCK—SummerTime Market—BlueStar Hwy at the bridge in Douglas
10am-5pm **come within this 7 hour window, no next day pick up
BENTON HARBOR—190 5th ST. The Livery 925-8760, liverybrew.com
5pm-midnight
EATERS’ GUILD FARM—26041 CR 681 269-427-0423, 989-965-1528
After 3 pm
SATURDAY--BEGINS MAY 9th
SOUTH HAVEN—Farmers’ Market—8am-noon
EATERS’ GUILD FARM—after 3pm
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04:37 PM EDT