A Fresh and Local CSA

My 2010 share has been beyond disappointing. Farmer Alan sends emails with excuses of why the shares are so small. My favorite emails have been those chastising the shareholders for not volunteering at the farm, an email about 3 weeks into the season indicating there would be no share deliveries that week, and an email berating shareholders for not picking up their shares. I found this last email interesting, considering the CSA did not make deliveries one week. So they can skip a week, but will criticize me if I do the same.

I bought into this CSA based on the convenient pickup location and day of the week. However, the pick up day changed after they cashed my check. No explanation, no accomodation. Nice.

All in all, this experience has been very disappointing and I'd caution you to get more feedback before you buy a 2011 share. There are a lot of other better options out there.