Just a reminder to cheek out the web site for the CSA 2.1 information. For some background, Pat and I have marketed with Farmers market venue's. We found that unless you didn't value your time as a business person, you didn't really even cover the true costs of production. Great to see your customers one on one, but expensive if you hired or valued the labor to sell and prepare. We are also purists, in that we could not see bringing product back to the farm that had been handed by many people and selling as "fresh" produce through another sales source. (It happens!)
We also listened to our own customers and other CSA customers on what they didn't like about their current CSA.
#1 "I really can't afford so much money up front, not knowing for sure what I will get and how much I can/will use."
CSA 2.1 is set up that you are now buying like the grocery store - wholesale - for the items you want from a list of what is available. It is first come first served, but you don't have to take items that "we, BlackSheep Enterprises,"want to give you for that week. Our system is set to be activated by an up-front $300, of which $15 is used every week for 20 weeks to purchase items you choose at current wholesale price. If you want more, you can buy more - AT WHOLESALE - and pay at the time you order. In my household, when we can accomplish the same thing, (or better),and hang onto $300 to $500 for an extra 6 months we jump at the chance! We also try to be frugal, and not pay again and again for items we cannot, or do not know, how to use.
#2 "My family works and plays hard, and we get only 2 weeks in the summer for a vacation. I have to find someone or place to take my "Box" to."
CSA 2.1 runs over a 22 week period, and your account is credited for $15 of purchases over a 20 week period. Let us know in advance if possible, and there is no penalty or other effort on your part to skip the weeks you have chosen. If you buy product on all 22 weeks, you still get wholesale pricing for the extra two weeks, just you pay for the full order, WHOLESALE.
#3 "I end up throwing up to half of every box out due to not knowing what it is, no one really likes to eat a certain item, or we just weren't home enough to fix everything before it spoiled!"
C SA 2.1 is set up for the family to look at schedules, what they like to eat, and chose their items accordingly. If you have relatives/guests coming and know you will be needing much more, you are no longer limited by the "box" and can order $60 or $70 worth. You still pay wholesale, can adjust to the week you need extra in, and would only pay $45 to $55 that week! (ex: $60 - $15 = $45 paid as much as 18 or more weeks later in the calender year! And the $45 was spent WHOLESALE on-line at a very busy time in your hectic schedule! )
Become a part of this improved system now!!!
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