Stepping Up To the Plate To Expand Our CSA Program
Our CSA membership program jumped from 350 to 500 members in a matter of two days. We are overwhelmed and deeply honored to have this opportunity to step up to the plate and fill the need for fresh, organic, and local produce. It’s our deepest desire to serve and feed as many people as we can. As soon as we are able to, we’ll be adding more CSA customers to our program. In the meantime, we’ve put together this blog post to highlight some of the reasons as to why we are not taking on more CSA customers at this time.
LOGISTICAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR INCREASED FARM BOX DELIVERIES
Behind the scenes, a lot of planning and coordinating goes into every box that gets delivered each week. We are lucky enough that the systems and structures we have in place has allowed us to grow 40% in the span of the last two weeks. Although we appreciate the support and interest for more farm boxes, our team is working overtime to harvest, pack, and deliver our current customer needs. In addition, our delivery vans are packed to brim! Our priority at this time is to make sure our crew is staying healthy and safe.
Every day we are strategizing how we can grow in the right ways. We’ll be hiring more staff to distribute the workload of our team, purchasing additional delivery vans, and fine tuning the weak points of our current operations so that every day runs more smoothly than the last. As we answer the call for more farm boxes delivered to your door, your continued support
beyond this time of crisis is necessary to help our farm thrive long term.
As a farm whose goal is to feed as many people as we can in Santa Clara County, quality always takes precedence so that as we grow, we grow the right way.
LAND ACCESS AND FOOD SECURITY
On the farming side, we are continuing to plant more food to meet the need for locally grown organic produce. However, access to affordable farmland in Santa Clara County has been a difficult challenge for us from the beginning and limits how much food we are able to grow.
This past year we lost 16 acres of our farmland with the potential of losing more of our land as our lease is on a month to month basis. Now more than ever, we are experiencing the fragility of land security for local farmers and its direct link to food security.
Local land access is a limited resource. We’ve been putting our best foot forward in preserving the agricultural heritage in this county by showing up to city council meetings to speak out, establishing relationships with local organizations such as Peninsula Open Space Trust and Santa Clara County Food System Alliance, and bolstering relationships with local agricultural producers to support one another.
If you’re interested in learning more about small farms and their potential to hold up the local economy and community please refer to the Small Farms, Big Potential 2020 Report here —> Small Farms, Big Potential 2020 Report
HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT?
You can support us by attending one of our farmer’s market locations for your produce needs.
We’re offering Grab & Go boxes at each of our farmer’s market locations at a flat rate $20 until they run out:
Saturday: Cabrillo Farmer’s Market 8am-12pm, Morgan Hill 9am-1pm, San Mateo 9am-1pm
