A NEW SEASON AWAITS… Whats up pricey associates! What higher day to ship out information concerning the upcoming rising season than throughout a winter snow storm!
We recognize your endurance because it’s taken us a little bit extra time than regular to determine what our farm and CSA program will seem like for the approaching yr. One of many farm parcels we have been renting for over a decade was bought on the finish of 2021, which suggests that we’ll now be farming on a bit lower than 1/2 of the land we have had in manufacturing all these years. Generally issues occur for a motive, and this has actually given us the chance to rethink our plans for the farm and our household. After farming at full throttle for the previous 28 years, we’re able to restructure the farm with a little bit extra emphasis on a wholesome work-life stability. We have missed a number of household time with our two boys and that is time we simply cannot get again. Hopefully that is only a momentary downsizing!
So… We are going to proceed to develop for our fantastic CSA group, however we will likely be providing fewer shares than we have had up to now. It will allow us to persevering with rising for you whereas holding our long-time farm workforce members employed. We have needed to make the troublesome choice to shut some pick-up areas, however we have tried to maintain the websites unfold out evenly throughout Lengthy Island in order that we will attain as a lot of your communities as attainable. Please be aware that now we have switched pick-up days and instances for some areas. You possibly can preview the 2022 CSA Choose-up websites on our web site now.
We’re deeply grateful to all of you in your help and love all these years and we stay up for a bountiful rising season forward!
Love from the farm,
XOMaggie, Matt, Galen & Zinny
