TERMS OF AGREEMENT
As a member of the Tucson CSA, I commit to share the risks and rewards of the farm’s harvests. I understand that:
1) I agree that I am obligated to pay for a full six-week or twelve-week block,
2) my payment is non-refundable and does not guarantee me an exact amount of produce,
3) I cannot pick up my share on a day other than my pickup day,
4) my share will be donated to charity if I haven’t picked it up by 7:00pm on my pickup day,
5) I will bring my own box/bags to collect my share.
PICKUP PROCEDURE
There are 6 stops at the pickup location:
Stop 1. Check-In and Newsletter: where you check your name on the check-in list. The check-in list indicates what you are scheduled to pick up every week. Next to the check-in sheets are the weekly newsletters. We do our best to provide an informative newsletter every week. It includes recipes, information about your produce, and news about the CSA and the farm. Current and past newsletters are also available online.
Stop 2. The Produce Line: where you collect your produce share.
Collecting your share: We handle the produce as little as possible and we would like you to do the same. Please do not browse through the flats to get the best-looking items. Our vegetables are bred for flavor, not for looks or shelf-life, therefore they will bruise and spoil when handled repeatedly. Please just take the quantity or portion indicated on the flat and move along to the next flat.
Take your whole share: Not more, not less. When you take more, you take from someone else’s share. When you take less, you create leftovers. If you don’t want something, either trade it in the trading baskets, or donate it to the surplus baskets for another member to enjoy.
Count your items: Sometimes you have to count produce items for your share. Please count the exact amount. Taking more than your share means that members who pick up later may be shorted.
Stop 3. The Bread Line: where you collect your bread share if you have one (we also often have extra loaves for sale or for trade).
Stop 4. The Front Desk: where you collect your cheese share if you have one (when in season) and where you can buy additional local seasonal goods.
Stop 5. The Trading Table: you cannot trade produce at the produce line but you can trade it at the Trading Table. There you can trade one or more produce portions from your produce share with what is in the trading baskets. Please trade whole portions, not partial portions. A portion is the amount of any produce that you are supposed to take that week (e.g. if there are 3 oranges in your share on a given week, you must trade all 3 oranges -not just 1 or 2, with a full portion of another produce item that is on the Trading Table.)
Stop 6. The Surplus Bench: If you don’t want something that is in your share and there is nothing interesting to trade it with on the Trading Table, simply leave it on the Surplus Bench for another member’s enjoyment. Unlike the items in the trading baskets, surplus items are free for all (within reason) and may include farm extras, leftovers from a previous pickup, surplus from members’ gardens, and unwanted items from members’ shares.
AND PLEASE REMEMBER:
a. Only pick up on your pickup day: You can only pick up your share on your pickup day as we only have as many shares as we have members scheduled for each pickup day. If you are unable to pick up your share on your pickup day, ask a friend to pick it up for you. However, if you know ahead of time that you won’t be able to pick up on your pick up day, you have options:
1.you can change your pickup day by going online by the Friday before, and providing there is space on the other pick up day
2. if you are going to be gone for one or more weeks, you can put your subscription on hold, so long as you go online to start the hold by the Friday before you want your hold to take effect.
b. Do not park illegally: please respect our neighbors’ parking areas and avoid hefty fines. Check our parking map.
c. Bring your own bags to gather your produce. In the spirit of recycling and to keep costs down, we do not provide bags. However, we have an “I-Forgot-My-Bag” chest where members can donate paper and plastic grocery bags, for those who occasionally forget their bags.