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Is the food grown organically?
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Actually I do deny one part of the comment above, we never deleted or blocked comments from our members. This paticular instance this person is refering to was posted 4 or 5 times (exact same wording) and no-one in the membership responded , after a few days it was deleted , because all the answers to their comments were answered (and had been prior) in the posted information already on the site.
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Hi, I'm Laura proprietress of BlueStar Acres. I read both this review & the one before it with some mixed feelings. I don't deny one word of it. BUT, I would like to point out that we are one of a VERY few CSA's (as a matter of fact, I personally don't know of another) that even attempts going year round. We tell people very clearly upfront before ever joining, what the risks are~ and about the variability of the deliveries~ very plainly and clearly. No one comments about the shares being twice the size promised in the months prior to the hurricane. No one acknowledges the heroic efforts generated buy the growers to keep the members from losing their entire investment in their shares. All new members are given the option of joining for 1 month and are given total access to the private Multiply site , which has blog postings about several of our growers & plainly states that we do not "tour" our homes. It has nothing to do with being "secretive"~ it has to do with these being private homes, insurance issues and being too busy to give tours. If a member needs to contact us , after checking to see if the answer to their question is posted on the group site, we get back to them in as timely manner as possible (but, with 183 members, emails are answered in priority of importance). We have had problems about our phone/internet reliability since the hurricane, but I'm not sure what we could be expected to do about that. We are still working out "the big plan" and this is still a work in progress~ we are litterally breaking new ground. We are farmers & family~ We are not Business people & this is not just another business. This is a shared community endeaver, with all the ups & downs shared by the membership. We have quite a few members that do not feel the way these two folks do. I'm assuming they will be giving up their shares when they come up for renewal and if your interested in them, please let us know. Thanks, Laura Benson BlueStar Acres CSA Alvin, Texas Community Supported Agriculture Delivered to your home
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Yes, it is but, we are not certified. Laura