Subject: Re: personal use veggies

From: "David & Crystal" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 14:36:06 -0400

I like having a separate plot for our own food because I found myself saying
to my son "Don't pick that, we need it for the CSA." or foregoing eating our
veggies because I wanted to make sure the CSAers got their money's worth.
It's a short growing season here in Maine! We're building minimally heated
greenhouses this summer to grow as close to year round as possible and have
a summer share and a winter share.
~Crystal
Crystal Dawn Farm

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From: "five springs farm" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 13:16:14 -0400

We, too, grow much for personal use. With some crops (onions, potatoes) we
set aside beds for "ours" and "farm member's." If "our" bed produces more
than we can use, the surplus always goes to the members. Other items we
simply graze from the garden, keeping in mind that we need enough, for
example, tomatoes on pick up day. We have heard of people picking their own
"share", similar to what a member would get, for their personal use.

Jim and Jo
The Community Farm Newsletter
http://www.mufn.org/public/tcf
----- Original Message -----
From: Wagbo Peace Center - Tracy Meisterheim <[email-masked]>
To: community supported agriculture <[email-masked]>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 2:39 PM

> Casie,
> We decided to organize our CSA so that our subscribers receive "5-20
pounds
> per week". We weren't sure how to divide our personal use veggies - which
we
> can in enormous quantity for winter - with our shareholders. We devised
this
> poundage method and it seems to be working very well. Early baskets that
are
> mostly salad greens look very full, but only weigh 5-7 pounds. Mid-season
> baskets sometimes bulge with 35 pounds, which is where the subscribers
> benefit with extra bounty. But it allows us to set a limit so that we
still
> have enough to support our households for the winter if need be. The
scales
> are great for keeping track of our yeild on each different vegetable and
on
> the basket weights each week.
>
> Tracy Meisterheim
> Wagbo Peace Center
> East Jordan, MI
>
>
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