Membership Agreement

Understanding

We are a community focused, Certified Organic vegetable, flower and herb farm with an accompanying not-for-profit mission to provide support to developing farm business entrepreneurs. Your support of our CSA is imperative to continue our economic, ecological and community building activities.

To be forthright: The inherent nature of farming is reliant on many forces out of our control;  supply chain issues, weather events, pandemic/staffing shortages, etc. can lead to sudden product losses and changes to product availability. We do our best to anticipate issues, but we want our members to know nature is often out of our control, so we ask for your understanding when these issues arise.

Terms

By purchasing and participating in any one of our shares you agree to the following…

Member Responsibilities

Members agree to pick up their orders/shares weekly within 2 days from our staffed pick-up night (usually Wednesdays, so latest pick-up would be Friday) or items will be either donated or composted.

Members agree to purchase (at cost) two Shewatuck Farm insulated bags to help the farmers easily pack and preserve products that await pick-up.

Members agree to return one Shewatuck Farm insulated bag clean and free of debris weekly when picking up orders.

Members agree not to explore/walk the farm grounds during pick-up without expressed consent from a farm Manager.

Members will manage and keep track of their credit balance and replenish as needed. If a member runs out of their initial amount in the season, invoices accumulate, so it is better to pay weekly. If invoices do accumulate and you have not been contacted, please discuss with the Marketing Director or CSA Guru so that they are aware that you have left unpaid balances on your account.

Payments, Refunds and Cancellations

We understand the CSA Membership comes with the risk of missing out on items in less than abundant periods throughout the year. This can lead to account balance surplus at the end of the term. As we ask members to share the inherent risk of the seasonal interdependence in this agreement, we do our best to ensure everyone gets what they pay for.

For those reasons, we offer:

• a 6-9wk Winter CSA which we allow for balance rollovers
• Wholesale availability year-round (certain items)
• Credits are good for 1 full year from the start of the purchased season

Since we use all funds at the beginning of each season, and don’t have a constant stream of revenue, we cannot offer returns at this time. However, In the event of an emergency or a sudden need to move, we can transfer your balance to a family member or friend.

 Should any balance be remaining after the 1-year mark, we can offer to:

• Donate produce to a local food bank in your name for the amount remaining
• Allow access to wholesale product list good for storage, canning or freezing  
• Provide a receipt for cash donation for tax purposes
• Rollover up to $100 to the next Summer/Fall Full Share purchase
• ..or $50 for a Half Share purchase

We greatly appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you throughout the seasons! Please reach out for any clarification of these terms or anything else that may come up.