Hi Village Acres Farm Members!
Hannah here with this week's update.
This week, we have your customizable CSA box available through Harvie, but we also have vegetable and flower plant starts available through our website. You can pay for everything that you want now, just know that only the cold tolerant plants will be delivered this week. Your frost-sensitive plants will come with your May 12 delivery. We have tomatoes and peppers, herbs and flowers, beans, eggplant and more!
Now, a few things about this summer. We will not technically have a CSA this summer, but we will be delivering weekly and we have an option for paying ahead for a discount. Available on our website soon, we will have "Friends of the Farm" gift cards available. These virtual cards never expire and, by purchasing them as opposed to paying weekly, you'll receive 10% off your weekly order. Your purchase benefits the farm by providing us upfront revenue (like the CSA model does) for seeding, planting, harvesting and delivery costs and benefits you by giving you 10% off your future order of most anything on our site: veggies, plants, eggs (yes, starting in about a month, we'll be loaded up with eggs). For those of you who do not like having to decide what to buy each week, we will be offering a standard non-customizable CSA-style box. For everyone else, you'll just order what you want. We'll send out a message soon about the gift cards and more about ordering through our website. We hope to start delivering in June.
Our State College friend, Chip Mefford has also offered to deliver to your home (everyone else will still pickup at the Friends Meetinghouse) for free over the summer. We suggest you tip him $5 per delivery. We'll be sending you a zone map prior to starting summer sales that shows his delivery area.
I think that's it for now. Don't forget to order your plant starts in addition to customizing your share this week.
Be well!
Hannah
