Kendra and I are beginning the search for a permanent location for our farm and bakery. (And our family!) Please help us by downloading our farm wanted flyer (also linked on the above image), printing it out and posting at your local general store, post office, deli/cafe … you get the idea. Thanks!
(CSA Shareholders please rest assured that we’re not going anywhere until after the 2010 growing season.)
Blogger recently informed us that they would stop allowing us to publish our blog to our own website. I took the opportunity to move everything over from our old (but still viewable @ http://failbetterfarm.blogspot.com/) blog into this shiny, brand new blog. Most everything is setup and working, but if you find something that doesn’t please let us know.
Information about and sign-up instructions for our 2010 CSA season are now available for download. When shareholders signup and pay early, it gives us working capital in the winter and early spring that allows us to buy seeds and supplies. This early income is more helpful than you know. General info and details available in the sign-up form, but any questions which aren’t answered in there can be directed right at us.
Download 2010 CSA Sign-up Form
In what is hopefully now an annual tradition, we’ve put together an annual report for the farm that covers the highlights of last year, our plans for next year, as well as a profit and loss statement for last year and a detailed summary (is that an oxymoron?) of what was in last season’s CSA. Hopefully, it will be interesting to CSA shareholders and other farmers alike.
Download Fail Better Farm’s 2009 Annual Report.
Please take a few minutes to answer some questions about this year’s CSA. (Inside the full post, of course.)
Please be candid; constructive criticism is always welcome! Simply copy and paste the following questions and send them to us at goodfood@failbetterfarm.com.
1. What were your overall impressions of the CSA?
2. Do you plan to sign up again for next year? Do you have specific reasons?
3. What about the veggies? Were there too many? Too few? Enough “staples”? Too much “weird” stuff? Were veggies clean enough? (Too clean?) Fresh?
4. Did the share pickup situations work for you? Were they convenient or inconvenient? Did you mind not meeting your farmer very often (if at all)? Did the tote bags work well?
5. Did you read the weekly newsletter/blog? If so, how often and did you find it useful or informative? If not, do you have a specific reason for not reading it?
6. In general, what are your thoughts about ways we could improve the CSA for next year? (ie, more pictures, more farm gatherings, less kale, different pickup time, etc)
Thanks!