Week 22 - CSA Newsletter

Welcome to Week 22!  The last delivery for 2014 CSA!

First Farmer Don and I both want to thank each and every member for their support!  It is you, our community, our members and friends of the farm, who enable us to do what we do.  Thank you for allowing us to "share the harvest" with you!

Thank you also to all of our site hosts, our volunteers and our employees.  Without this support system we would not be able to do what we do.  The amount of work which goes on behind the scenes by these individuals is huge.  Their hard work makes it possible for us to get our vegetables, eggs, and chicken to all of you.

Our work and our sharing of the harvest is not over for 2014.  As with last year, we will again be offering a pay as you go winter buying club for as long as the weather allows us to harvest.  This buying club operates a bit differently than the buying club associated with our CSA.  First, we do not drop boxes at central pick up sites or at individual homes.  Instead, we meet customers at designated time, at a designated spot.  The window for ordering is a bit different as well.  Ordering opens on Tuesdays at 5 am and closes on Thursdays at 6 am.  Deliveries are made on Friday night to Bloomsburg and Saturday mornings to Dallas and Forty Fort.  You can pick up on farm as well, anytime after 4 or Friday or anytime on Saturday.  We are still working on establishing a Mountain Top location.  Ordering is currently open for this week's buying club, with deliveries this weekend.  To participate in the buying club, you will need to purchase a free buying club membership.  Also we need to activate your account before you can order.  I try to check the website regularly to activate individuals, but there will be a delay between registering for this option and being able to order.  As always, if you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We are already planning for 2015.  2015 CSA registration is now open on our website.  We offer a returning member discount and an early bird discount.  To take advantage of the early bird discount, we need to receive payment by December 31, 2014.  As with this year, we will continue to be a full choice CSA.  All members will be able to sign onto our website and choose the exact items they receive in their boxes each week.  We will again offer egg shares, but will most likely be limiting the number of egg shares available.  We are debating a chicken share and will send out an email if and when this option is added. 

I will continue to sent out weekly emails as long as our buying club is operating and periodic emails after that.  If you want to keep up with farm news, we post regularly on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dancing-Hen-Farm/111155465564952) and to our blog (http://www.dancinghenfarmcsa.blogspot.com/). 

Boxes!  We will make one last trip to our central pick up sites to collect boxes.  Please try and return any boxes to your pick up site.  We will also accept boxes at our buying club pick ups, the farm or at the Forks Farm Thanksgiving Market. 

Time to say good bye!  Watch your email for farm news!  And as always "be safe, be well and enjoy those veggies"