Valley members info

I sent this email out on Friday - but just in case....

Hello All New and Returning members of our Taproot Farms CSA:

We are so excited to begin this journey together with you. *Wednesday April 7th* marks the beginning of our 2nd year of CSA pick up and deliveries in the Valley.

If the weather is nice you can expect to pickup at the end of our drive way for on farm pickups. We will provide you with a basket to collect your produce in. Or if you'd rather use your own bags you can bring them along. If it is cold and yucky we will have all the produce in the house. There will be a sign on each item letting you know how much to take of that item each week. And remember to take a newsletter with you.

For those picking up in Kentville at Speed Pro signs (4:45-5:15) or Wolfville at Willow Park (4:45-5:15) your produce will arrive in a waxed box. You can push the bottom up in them and flatten them for easy storage until next week. Next week, bring your empty flat box back and get a full one. If you forget it isn't a problem, we are just trying to reuse the boxes as much as possible to reduce the impact. We have found these work well and are not too expensive.

Justine will be in Kentville and Valarie usually takes the produce to Wolfville. If you are getting a delivery Valarie will deliver to the Wolfville area and Justine in the Kentville area. If you miss your pickup we will put your box in the cooler. We don't mind this from time to time, but typically if you miss a pickup the value of that produce is donated to the local food bank, in this case the Wolfville Food bank.

I find email is the easiest way to keep track of things. My memory sometimes lets me down, so if I get an email I am sure to have a record and seem to keep on track.

You may wish to learn more about our new Farmstay. All of the details can be found on the webpage and we are providing members with some time to reserve space before advertising more widely. www.taprootfarms.ca

I try to keep the blog updated. If you wish to become an author on the recipe sharing blog let me know and I will add you in.

Some people like to know what to expect for the week ahead. On the blog there is a link called - what to expect this week. If you check in there you will see what we plan to provide you the following week.

We will have eggs. They cost $4.00 (the price went up a few weeks ago). They are from Bosvelds Farm in Lakeville NS. They are free run which means they run in a building. They are grain fed. In July we will have our own Taproot Farms organic eggs for sale. If you would like us to bring eggs each week for you just let me know and both Valarie and Justine can bring them along. We will have eggs here at the farm too. We will have 15 dozen to start and if we sell all of them we will start getting more.

Anything else???

Thank you so much for your trust, support and personal commitment in working towards a better system for our health and community.

With great excitement and appreciation,

Patricia