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CSA INFO
What is a CSA? What
does a Sang LeeFarms CSA include?
What
is a CSA?
CSA, short for Community Supported Agriculture, is an arrangement
between members of a community and
a farm. It is a pre-paid share of fresh,
organically grown vegetables that members receive on
a prearranged schedule for their fees. Members agree
to allow the farmer to select and provide the produce for the box, with
an understanding that the farmer will offer the
best available. Members also understand there is
some risk involved in farming and agree to accept that
risk with the possibility that there may be variability in
what can be given to them.
What are
the benefits to a CSA?
CSA programs are
beneficial to both the farm and the CSA
member. Memberships help support
the farm with its early revenues so that
start up costs for purchases of fertilizer, seeds and
other supplies can be made. Having a set membership number
also allows the farmer to plan what he has to grow and to get
the crops started early.
For the members
of the CSA, there are many benefits. Share
members help preserve open space, support the
continuation of a viable, working farm, and reduce
their individual carbon foot print by having less
vegetables trucked in from distant
areas. Members come to know who
grows their food, become more aware of how
it is grown, and come to understand the seasonality
of produce. The best benefit is of
course simply enjoying the
fresh, delicious, local vegetables.
What
will I get as a Sang Lee Farms CSA member?
Each week you will receive a box ( 1/2
to 1 Bu. box )
of fresh certified organic
vegetables. We have 2 size boxes, a FULL
and a PARTIAL.
Items may be
the same in the full and partial boxes, and at other times
items may be different. We will always
distribute the variety of produce we have available to
both full and partial shares somewhere over the
course of the season. We grown over 100 different
varieties of vegetables, so there is plenty of
opportunity for variation.
Our best efforts will always be to maximize the value of your
weekly share. Excluding any major inclement weather issue,
our pledge is to provide you with an abundant weekly supply of
delicious Certified Organic "Fresh-Lee-Cut"@
vegetables in a mix and variety that will please
you. We hope to
continue to expand the variety of vegetables we
offer.
Additional
CSA Programs: Once you
are a vegetable share
member you may join our other CSA programs. We have
joined with other local farmers to bring you additional
products. These include: Fruit
from Briermere Farms; Cheese from Catapano Dairy, Mecox Dairy
and Harperfield Farm; Eggs from North Fork Egg Farm and Young
Widows Farm; and Peconic Pearl Oysters from the Noank Cooperative.When
does this start? When does it finish?
START DATE: End of May
END DATE:
Just before Thanksgiving
The CSA is a 26
week program.
CSA memberships will be granted on a first come basis for the
season. We may also limit the numberof CSA shares depending
on the number of memberships received. The deadline
for registration is May 1st.
Where do
I pick up my
weekly share?
FARM PICKUP Pickup will be at
the farm in our barn. Members can go there directly
to get their box. Families on vacation or unable to pickup
their share on a particular day can have others, such
as a neighbor or friend, pick up their share at the
farm.
FARMER
MARKET PICKUP Pickups can also be made at the
Westhampton Beach Farmer's Market, the Northport Farmers Market or
the East Hampton Farmer's Market only
while those markets are operating. Since the CSA
share schedule extends ahead of and after the operation
of some of the Farmer's Markets by a couple of weeks, the
members normally picking their shares up from those markets will have
to come to the farm
to pick up their shares on those weeks that the market is not
in operation.
This arrangement of picking up CSA shares at
a picticular Farmer's market is by prior arrangement only.
Members can not switch back and forth for their pickup arrangements by
week.
East Hampton Market -
Fridays 9:00 -
1:00 2011 dates TBD
West
Hampton Beach Market - Saturdays 9:00 -
1:00 2011 dates TBD
Northport
Market - Saturdays 9:00 - 1:00 2011
dates TBD
Jericho
LIE Exit 41: pickups are at the Jericho Kosher
Deli located off exit 41 in the Whole Foods Supermarket Shopping
Plaza Tuesdays 2:00 - 6:00
Pick up times will be determined.
Possible
New CSA Drop Sites
If groups of (50)
members/families or more can designate a particular site away from the
farm, delivery options can be considered. We will look at the
options to facilitate efficiencies in distributing the weekly shares to
certain neighborhoods depending on the distances of those groups from
our farm in Peconic.
What
happens to my box if I don't pick it up?
Your
box will be given away to a family of need or donated to a local Food
Pantry. During the past CSA seasons, we made many
donations to individuals and families, CAST of Greenport and
North Fork Parish Outreach.
During the 2010 season we donated 115 FULL
SHARES and 121 PARTIAL SHARES.
Brooklyn CSAs
If you are
interested in
joining any of our Brooklyn community CSAs, please contact the
coordinators directly for these neighborhoods:
Dumbo Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn,
NYC
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NYC
Brooklyn
Bridge, Brooklyn, NYC
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