Heron Pond Farm Wants Your Help!
Hello Heron Pond Farmers!
It's a big week for the start of our 2010 season. Two CSA fairs are taking place and we could use your help. Who better to reflect what its like to be a Heron Pond Farm CSA member then our very own shareholders. If you can find some time to join us at either of the fairs please let us know. Saturdays fair will be at the Wentworth Greenhouses in Rollingsford NH. Sundays fair will be at the Tannery in Newburyport MA. Many people new to CSA will find your help crucial in making a decision as to which program will fit them best. We know that our program is more complicated then the simple “box CSA,” so help explaining how it works for you would be great.
For those of you wishing to dance your booty off and help out farms to boot, there is the second annual “Funk the Farm” event. Funk the Farm will take place at Mission Oak Grill on Friday Feb. 26th 8:00 pm! Come dance the winter chills away!
If you are looking to check on the status of your membership you can do so through our new member status page. By putting in your e-mail address in the status page you can find out if you are registered, your pick up day and location, the type of membership, and your balance.
We have two partnerships to announce. Eastmans Local Catch CSF and Lasting Legacy Farm will both be working with Heron Pond Farm. You can now get your seafood shares at any of our pick up locations. Just register with Eastmans on there website and let them know you are a Heron Pond Farm Member. We will make sure that your food makes it to your pick up location. Lasting Legacy offers meat shares and we will be able to offer them to our Dover, Portsmouth, and of course now at Lasting Legacy Farm in Barington. Register at their site and let them know you are a member of Heron Pond Farm. Folks at the farm stand will still be able to get meat from our partnership with Kelly Brook Farm.
As we gear up for our spring membership drive we would like to remind those with us in the past that it is time to resister for the 2010 program. There are about 20 families from past years that we thought we might hear from by now. Because we believe in the CSA, we want you to have the experience that you are looking for. To that end we would like to hear from you if you will not be joining us again. First so we can grow and change to be a better CSA for more folks. But just as importantly, if we know of a program that is more along the lines of something your looking for, we would like to point you in that direction. Many of our farmer friends run their CSA's different then we do. If we can match you up with one of them we would rather you do that then give up on CSA's. Of course we think that the community has done a great job turning us in to the best program around and we are very excited about the coming year. Our members have given us a lot of great feedback to work with. The 2010 program looks to be the most complete fruit and vegetable share that is out there and you are the reason why.
Here is to a new season!
Andre