Sharing in the Risk of Crop Failure. We promise to do our best to provide you with a bountiful share each week. The quantity of produce however, may vary from week-to-week due to extreme weather, insects, or other production factors despite our best efforts. By joining our CSA, you are agreeing to share the risk of crop failure with us and other members. In the event of a crop failure, our procedure is as follows: If only a small portion of crops fail, we compensate for the failed crops by filling your share with other crops grown on the farm that are ready for harvest at that time. If a large portion of crops fail, we may not be able to deliver any product in some weeks. In addition to our CSA, our farm sells at our farm stand and at farmers’ markets. Although production is not segregated, our CSA receives priority. After filling our CSA share with the week’s harvest first, the remainder is sold to our other markets.
Sharing in the Risk of Crop Failure. We promise to do our best to provide you with a bountiful share each week. The quantity of produce, however, may vary from week-to-week due to extreme weather, insects, or other production factors despite our best efforts. By joining our CSA, you are agreeing to share the risk of crop failure with us and other members. In the unlikely event of a crop failure, our procedure is as follows: We compensate for the failed crops by filling your share with other crops grown on the farm that are ready for harvest at that time.
Sharing in the Risk of Crop Failure. Farming is one of the few remaining industries that is still beholden to the whims of mother nature. While we attempt to grow a wide variety of crops that will thrive in a variety of climates, extreme weather conditions (i.e. constant heavy rain, hail, frost) can affect crop production and damage produce. We promise to do our best to provide you with a bountiful share each week and our crop plan includes overage for unexpected events. The quantity of produce, however, may vary from week-to-week due to extreme weather, insects, or other production factors beyond our control. As a member of our CSA you are agreeing to share the joys of a bountiful harvest as well as the risk of crop failure with us and other members. In the unlikely event of a crop failure, our procedure is as follows: If only a small portion of crops fail, we compensate for the failed crops by filling your share with other crops grown on the farm that are ready for harvest at that time. If a large portion of crops fail, we may not be able to deliver any product in some weeks.
Sharing in the Risk of Crop Failure. We promise to do our best to provide you with a bountiful share each week. The quantity of produce, however, may vary from week-to-week due to weather, insects, or other production factors despite our best efforts. By joining our CSA, you are agreeing to share the risk of crop failure with us and other members. In the unlikely event of a crop failure, our procedure is as follows: We compensate for the failed crops by filling your share with other crops grown on the farm that are ready for harvest at that time. This may include loading the shares with just a few items, rather than having a wide variety which is ideal. We may cover for a crop loss by buying in from other local farmers or gardens, most or all of whom were listed in the table on the previous page. This may not be a feasible option for all crops because of cost or widespread failure. For example, in 2012, our cucumbers were attacked by stinkbugs. We replaced them with cucumbers from a partner farm, and then replaced them with eggplant for a few more weeks.
Sharing in the Risk of Crop Failure. The Farm strives to provide its members with a bountiful share each week. The quantity, however, may vary from week-to-week, season-to-season, due to extreme weather, insects, or other production factors despite the best efforts of the farmer. By joining the CSA, you are agreeing to share the risk of crop failure or widespread losses with the farmer and other members. By diversifying into many different crops and even different varieties within each crop, using succession plantings, adding positive human ingenuity to create more favorable growing conditions such as drip irrigation, row covers, and greenhouses, the inherent risks are minimized, and the chances of scarcity are negligible. Each year, experience gained through trial and error and continued education has further reduce risks.
