Saturday, January 24, 2009

Pickup & Payment

Unlike other local CSAs, I'll be doing a pay-per-month system. This will allow me to adjust the number of shares that I can support (up or down), as well as allow some flexibility in the length of the program. At this point, I'm planning to start on May 20th, possibly earlier, possibly later, and running 17-21 weeks, through September 30th or so. The price will be $40 per 4 weeks. This is less than half the price of other CSAs in the Portland Metro area, so while you should not expect less than half the produce and terrible service, you should understand that there may be bad weeks for which you will still need to pay.

In order to get this show on the road, I need the first month's payment now. That will be the first month's payment, $40. The next month's payment is due four weeks after the first and on subsequent four-week intervals (not even months) after that. I will send out payment reminders as we get closer.

Pickup will occur at my house, 6127 NE 12th, each and every Wednesday. I'll have the harvest done early enough in the day so that if you'd like to pick up your weekly share earlier in the day, go home and cook something, then bring it back for the potluck, that will be an option. And of course, attending the weekly potluck isn't a requirement to picking up your share.

If you have any questions at any time, please don't hesitate to ask.

UPDATE 3/17/09: All 2009 shares are sold out!