2016 CSA Week 22

Greetings from Dancing Hen Farm!  Welcome to Week 22 of our CSA.  Week 22 is the FINAL week of our regular season CSA.  Week 22 is NOT an egg week.  Week 22 IS a CHICKEN Week.

Our buying club will be available for next weekend deliveries.  Ordering for the buying club opens 5 am on Tuesday (11/8) and closes at 5 am on Thursday (11/10).  All buying club orders should be made through our website.  In the coming weeks, look for additional pork products to be available through the buying club.

Farmer Don and I both want to thank everyone 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, chicken and pork to all of you.

Even though this is the last week for our regular season CSA, our sharing of the harvest has not ended for the season.  We are extending our season for 4 additional weeks and as mentioned above we will again be running our winter buying club.  Just a reminder, we need to receive payment for the extended season CSA prior to the first delivery.  Our first delivery is scheduled for Tuesday, November 15.  If you are interested in the buying club, you will need to purchase a free "winter buying club" share through our website.  As always, if you have questions, please contact us at the farm.

We are already planning for 2017.  2017 CSA registration will open shortly on our website.  Watch your email for when registration is available.  We will again 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, 2016.  As with this year, our regular season CSA 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 and chicken shares, but will most likely be limiting the number of egg shares.  We are debating adding a pork share and will send out an email if and when we add this option.

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

Don't forget to vote on Tuesday the 8th.  And get ready for a night sky show on Monday the 14th.  November's full moon is a super, super moon.  This full beaver moon will appear as the largest and brightest moon in the sky since 1948!  Get out and enjoy!  Hopefully we will have clear skies.

So, have a great holiday season, stay warm this winter, enjoy those veggies, be safe, be well and enjoy your veggies.  As always, thank you for your support of local organic agriculture.