Section 1: Introduction to Full Circle Farm CSA

CSA Member Agreement

Section 1: Introduction to Full Circle Farm CSA

Our CSA runs for 16 weeks, from early-mid June through early October. Members are responsible for showing up at their designated pick up site every week to pick up shares. Please be on time every week. Full shares will generally receive the equivalent of 1 to 2 grocery bags of produce. Detailed information regarding pick-up is discussed below in Section 3. Variety and quantity may vary as described below in Section 2. Full Circle Farm raises certified organic vegetables for our CSA using organic and biodynamic practices. We aspire to produce only the healthiest, most nutritious products through our farm practices. Organic produce is grown without the use of conventional pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, or bioengineering. For more information concerning our production, please contact us and we’d be happy to tell you more and/or give you a tour of the farm. Our CSA includes products from other producers. We have consciously chosen these producers to participate in our CSA program for their quality production and encourage our customers to learn more about each of them.

Section 2: Our Shared Commitments

We promise to do our best to provide you with a bountiful share each week. The quantity of produce, however, may vary from week-to-week and over the course of the growing season due to extreme weather, pests, or other production factors. By joining our CSA, you are agreeing to share the risk of crop failure with us and other members. In the unlikely event of a crop failure, our procedure is as follows: If only a small portion of crops fail, we compensate for the failed crops by filling your share with other crops grown on the farm that are ready for harvest at that time. In the unlikely event that a large portion of crops fail we may not be able to deliver any product in some weeks. In addition to our CSA, our farm sells to farmers markets and wholesale customers. Because CSA members share production risk, they receive top priority. When production of specific crops are especially abundant, we pack as much as possible into your share. However, we don’t want to overwhelm our members or deliver so much produce that it goes to waste. When we feel that members have received enough of certain crops, we handle the surplus by selling it at the farmers market and to our wholesale customers.

Section 3: Picking up shares

You are responsible for picking up your share on time every week. If you cannot pick-up your share, you must arrange for someone else to pick it up for you. You are responsible for explaining the pick-up location and procedures to your substitute. Because we lack the time and resources to build, hold, and distribute your share at a later time or date, shares that are not picked up on time will be forfeited. We regret this policy change, but thank you for your understanding. Please call us ahead of time if you need to arrange an emergency alternate pick-up time, but we cannot guarantee that this is possible. We take the safety of your food seriously by taking extra time to wash it thoroughly. For your added protection, wash all produce before eating and put frozen products in the freezer as soon as possible.