By: Crypto
(Mar 8, 2009)
I purchased a share from Red Bud Farm. The produce was second pick, a few times I received rotten veggies, the farmer also did not give a real share. ( they sell nicer quality at the farmers market.) He only gave you $20.00 worth of overpriced items. For example, I received 4 tomatoes that were to him $8.00 worth of organic tomatoes. There was no communication and after several complaints to Red Bud Farm, I was just given less produce and no amends were made. Furthermore, you only get $20.00 worth of his price produce. and the items listed on his produce list are not all included! I never received half of the listed items on the website. I thought it was a complete waste of money and very poor quality of veggies! This is not a real share type csa. Moreover, Rotten veggies.. Fresh pick... not true!
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It is rather unfortunate you did not understand our csa model. There are many versions of CSA across the country, and some CSA's sell their members a share (i.e. percentage) of the farm. Under this system, all produce grown is split evenly by the number of shareholders. Thus, their CSA members share in the bounty if it's a good year, but if it's a bad year, they share the losses! Many folks do not find this acceptable after they have paid their money upfront. Therefore, we did not design our CSA under that model. Instead, in order to be fairer to the customer, our CSA attempts to provide each member as LEAST the dollar amount they invested, based on fair market value for our produce. Our quality speaks for it self. Just ask The stone Soup Bistro restaurant in Shepherdstown, The VA medical center in Martinsburg--to name a few. What you perceive to be a rotten tomato is what I always describe to members as tree ripened HEIRLOOM tomato. These are varieties that have been selected for FLAVOR and nutritional value. These varieties tend to crack when ripe because they are thin-skinned. Conventional tomatoes that you find in the local grocery stores have been bred to be thick-skinned to withstand shipping long distances; they are picked green and gassed during shipping. is this you are looking for? we don't stock those.