Subscription Signup for 2012 -New For ’12- -Get in on a Winter Box- Signup
Form
Our 2012 Season will start Tuesday May 29
and end Friday Nov. 16—25 weeks. Delivery days again will be Tuesday through
Friday, depending on location. Signup
Form and Payment If you paper mail, write clearly on the
signup form, especially the e-mail address. Please list a home phone number. If your veggies aren't picked
up, the host can at least call to remind you. You may e-mail the signup form,
preferably as a Word attachment, and send the deposit check to Kretschmann
Farm via
Preferences In listing favored and disfavored veggies,
list items most important to you first. We print these on your box labels and
if it’s a long list, it will scroll off the label. We try to honor
preferences, but don’t guarantee it because of the logistics. We tend to look
more closely at the disfavored list and use the favored list to plan the
proportions of what to plant. Hosting Dropoffs
You needn't be there when the boxes
arrive. Hosting a drop off involves
having a suitable place (shaded porch or garage) large enough for 15-20
boxes, not too far to carry boxes from the street or driveway. We try to
minimize the impact on hosts—subscribers have 4 hours to pick up and are
asked to call hosts only in an
emergency. At the suburban sites, empty boxes are left for the week (they
nest and stack easily-usually in two tall stacks). In the city, empties are
picked up the following day, so they wouldn’t be on your porch but 24 hrs. Hosts are given a 1/3
discount in addition to door-to-door delivery. We always reconfirm with you again prior to assigning
you as a drop off site, to see where you’d like boxes placed, etc. and to
make sure you are satisfied. Vacations/Donating your box If
you’ll be out of town and not able to pick up your weekly veggies
during the season, you have two options—take a credit, or indicate you’d like your veggies donated
when you are away. The recipient is usually the Pittsburgh Food Bank. If you check this option, we’ll assume that
when you are away, veggies will be donated.
Rhubarb If you’d rather
not get any rhubarb, indicate “no” because the supply is limited. Coffee We offer shade grown coffee, at extra cost, from Building New Hope (a farmers’
cooperative). Coffee is the number one
food crop grown in the world and for many Cheeses
There's a phenomenal growth in production of
artisinal cheeses by Mushrooms We also offer a Mushroom CSA once a month by the Wild Purveyors. See the signup form for the prices. Meats You can sign up for a specified number of organic
pastured chickens per month from a neighboring farmer--Steve Misera. These are delivered once a month with your
veggies in coolers. They are frozen
whole in vacuum sealed wrappers much like you'd see in a grocery. Signing up for chickens means a commitment
in the amounts you sign up for. These
are not available at any of the stops listed with an asterisk on our stops
page. We’d again like to connect you up with the grass
fed beef from our neighbors, the
Lewis's, who raise them right across the road from us. If you’d like to participate, indicate the
amounts and they will contact you directly when meat is available and with
prices. Checking that you are
interested in beef does not obligate you, but gives them an idea of the
amount. With these efforts, we like to encourage
our neighbors and especially the young people with opportunities of marketing
fresh farm products directly to consumers. This will keep them on the farms,
preserve our farmland, and add to the food security of all. Winter Veggies
When our regular season of weekly
boxes ends at Thanksgiving, we put together monthly boxes of "winter
veggies". These are mostly vegetables and fruits which store
well, like potatoes, carrots, onions, apples, cabbage...some heartier greens,
like spinach and kale, and some fresh greens grown in our unheated
greenhouses. Since these boxes contain
mostly items which store very well, the amounts of veggies are
increased. If you indicate you are
interested, we will contact you for the monthly winter dropoff--the first is
usually in early December. At that
time you'll have the option to sign up for winter boxes on either a bi-weekly
or monthly basis. Please indicate if
you want to be on this contact list. You
are not obligated to get the winter
boxes by indicating an interest in being contacted. Deadlines Timely
response to signup for the season is greatly appreciated. We will close the signups April 22, so we can
organize and assign pickup locations. We will let you know details of the
location and time of your pickup spot in early May. If the site is
unsatisfactory, you can request a change of locations or cancel entirely and
receive a refund. You could also
suggest the most convenient site or neighborhood with your signup
information. Late signups are
put on our waiting list. In June when
things are running smoothly we begin adding folks from the waiting list and
continue to do so throughout the season.
ASC-Agriculture
Supported Community-- We welcome the opportunity to serve everyone in
the ‘burgh. If you or someone you know
needs and would use the produce we grow, but cannot make the commitment for
financial reasons, please let us know.
We’ll will maintain confidentiality and work out a mutually agreeable
amount. Check this website periodically because we
will update it as the season unfolds.
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