Welcome to the Kretschmann Farm,
We are always reinventing ourselves and what we offer by way of local organic produce. We assume you are interested in getting our veggies via our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)/ subscription program.
For many years, our season was from the first week of June until the week before Thanksgiving. This is still true for our primary season but we continue to develop our program of winter boxes which are available in all the other months of the year.
Our normal signup period for the season begins in February when we post all the new information online and send paper notices to those who so wish. We continue to take new signups (giving preference to existing customers) until the first weeks of May. At that time we start putting people on a waiting list until the later part of June when we know things are running smoothly, at which time we add folks at any time in locations where we have room and we can accommodate them.
Signing up is simple.
1. Send the basic signup information so
we have it on record. You can e-mail
this to expedite.
2. Send the $75 deposit check. This will be applied to any future amounts owed.
3. **For anyone considering the L--Light share (every other week). The most common question is how to figure what's owed. The confusion stems from the simple fact our season is 25 weeks and we try to keep the same number of boxes each week. Thus we assign half the Light subscribers to one week and half the following week. The fallout from that is that half the light shares receive 13 boxes and the other half get 12 boxes in a season. We generally do the assigning because we try to have the same number of shares each week at a given location and never know until later exactly how many and what distribution of sizes there will be at a give place, we can't tell you to start what the exact charge will be. So we structure the same deposit, same first payment, then the final payment will just depend whether you get that 13th box or not. We suggest that if you know you'll be away a specific week on vacation, that you see which cycle avoids that week being your veggie pickup week and let us know when you sign up (or by May 1 when we're assigning).
4. If you're reading this and it's after our normal signup time, and you'd like to subscribe, you can send a completed signup form and we'll add you to the wait list and contact you when we're ready to add you on for confirmation. That way, it will minimize the time delay because often it is the case we have room at specific locations, but not others. With your form, we'll know where we could add you.
After you sign up, we will send information in May concerning the specifics of pickup, such as your location, weekday, time, etc. If you have any changes, you can let us know. Though we don't encourage folks to sign up without a very good certainty they want to commit to a season, we realize situations might change--everything from a sudden job move, a change in personal situation, or just not being able to deal with the volumes of produce. You can change sizes at any time and just be charged for what you received, and if it's really not working out for you at all, you can quit and receive a refund.
Please peruse the site to see all the various fruits and vegetables we grow and what we can bring to your table from other local producers we trust.
Thanks and hope we can serve you.
--Don & Becky