By: Amy Alexander
(Oct 16, 2009)
We joined this CSA in hopes of supporting a farmer and having access to great locally grown produce. We are leaving disappointed and saddened.
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We invested $400 in this CSA and only received 3 bags of produce. They were tasty, but came at a great price.
Over the 20 weeks, our area has experienced both drought and rains. But the purveyor of this farm continued to take money from investors even as the drought drew on, promising a harvest in two months, and then two months later, until we all figured out that we were not going to see a return on our investment.
I know CSAs are a risk. If you choose to support this farm, know you very well might lose your money. I wish the farmers well. I'll be heading to the farmer's market, as I've done all summer.
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That is NOT the truth... The TRUTH is that we had a drought over the SUMMER that shut us down. I did collect money and signed up ONLY 6 NEW MEMBERS for the FALL and added them to the spring/summer member roster with hopes to provide for the entire group over the FALL. With the addition of more land, a new tractor, and silent partner/investor, you would think that this would not have been an unreasonable thing to do. What messed the FALL season up was the heavy rains we have experienced since September.. not the DROUGHT last SUMMER. If I could have predicated the rain, I wouldn't have signed up new members. The thing with journalists... you never really know how accurate their information really is.. Joel A. LeLeu New Renaissance Gardens, LLC. (a farmer working his tail off to make this CSA thing work!)