It's Saturday afternoon, Tessa is upstairs cleaning and counting garlic to distribute at our winter share pick up and hosting the last few farm stand visitors of the day. It's a little chilly in the office and very quiet--this being the first Saturday since June that our CSA hasn't been bustling all day. Even the farm crew has the day off and there is no mistaking that the summer season has ended.
And what a season it was! I felt lucky this season to get to spend time up at the barn on a few Saturdays, allowing me to connect with many of you one on one. I always appreciate your kind and supportive feedback and your honest and unique perspectives on how to grow and improve our CSA! I can't wait to dig into the planning for next year after having one more year of learning under my belt and one more year of imagining what this place could grow to be! Thanks to you all for making this farm such a special place.
Please read on to see your 2012 share report and to find the link to our 2012 CSA survey.
See you in the soon-to-be snowy fields!
Meryl LaTronica
CSA Survey
Powisset Farm CSA Survey 2012--Please click the link below to fill out a short (14 questions) survey! Let us know what we did well! Let us know how we can improve.
We really appreciate your feedback.
Powisset Farm 2012 Share
Value Report
Our 2012 farm season ran for
20 weeks, beginning on June 5th and ending on October 20th.
The value of the share
distributed at the barn (not including pick-your-own crops) is $696.35.
That is an average of $35 per
week of Powisset veggies, not including PYO crops.
Including PYO crops, the value of our farm
share this season was $899.10!
We compiled our share data
by tracking the amount given each week in the share multiplied by the price of
each vegetable. In our report you may
see a range or a fraction of a bunch given—this represents when a vegetable was
part of a choice—maybe you could choose between Kale or Swiss chard, we would
enter that in our records as distributing a half bunch of each item.
As you can see, we exceeded
the amount that you paid for your share! Each season, we strive to provide you
with the produce that you paid for and maybe a little more (this season our share price for TTOR
members was $590). This season we went a bit overboard,
providing you with 20% more produce in the barn and nearly 50% more including
pick-your-own! It is not our goal to way
exceed our share value (and it’s not the best business model either), but we
couldn’t help sharing the abundance with you this season. We just hope the amount of produce wasn’t too
overwhelming for you! Some highlights of
this season’s share are; 40 pounds of tomatoes, over 20 pounds of potatoes and
over 20 pounds/bunches of carrots distributed! Wow!
Our report below shows you
how much of each item you received during the 2012 season:
|
Crop
|
Units distributed
|
Price per unit
|
Value in share
|
|
Arugula-bunches
|
4-5
bunches
|
$4/bunch
|
$16-$20
|
|
Basil-bunches
|
4.5
bunches
|
$2.00/bunch
|
$9.00
|
|
Beets-bunches
|
10
bunches
|
$2.50/bunch
|
$25.00
|
|
Beets-loose
|
7
pounds
|
$2.50/pound
|
$17.50
|
|
Broccoli
|
7
pounds
|
$2.50/pound
|
$17.50
|
|
Cabbage
|
4-6
heads
|
$2/head
|
$8-$12
|
|
Carrots-loose
|
13.5
pounds
|
$2/pound
|
$27.00
|
|
Carrots/bunches
|
6.50
bunches
|
$2.25/bunch
|
$14.65
|
|
Cauliflower
|
1.5
pounds
|
$2/pound
|
$3.00
|
|
Celery
|
1.5
bunch
|
$2/bunch
|
$3.00
|
|
Celeriac
|
2
pounds
|
$1.50/pound
|
$3.00
|
|
Chard
(not in pyo)
|
3-4
bunches
|
$2.50/bunch
|
$7.50-$10
|
|
Collards
|
3-4
bunches
|
$2/bunch
|
$6-$8
|
|
Corn
|
2
dozen (1/2
dozen for four weeks)
|
$5/dozen
|
$10.00
|
|
Cucumbers
|
10.25
pounds
|
$1.25/pound
|
$12.80
|
|
Eggplant
|
11
pounds
|
$2/pounds
|
$22.00
|
|
Escarole
|
1
head
|
$1.75/head
|
$1.75
|
|
Fennel
|
2-4
bunches
|
$2/bunch
|
$4-$8
|
|
Garlic
|
.5
pounds
|
$10/pound
|
$5.00
|
|
Garlic
Scapes
|
2
bunches (12-15 pieces)
|
$1.75/bunch
|
$3.50
|
|
Specialty
Greens bunches/heads (tatsoi,
mizuna, broccoli raab, bulls blood, komatsuna, radicchio, bok choi and more)
|
14
bunches/heads
|
$2.00/bunch
or head
|
$28.00
|
|
Herbs
(cilantro,
dill, sage, parcel, savory, parsley—not including basil)
|
8
bunches
|
$2/bunch
|
$16.00
|
|
Hakurei
turnips
|
6
bunches
|
$2.00/bunch
|
$12.00
|
|
Kale
|
6
bunches (not including pyo)
|
$2.25/bunch
|
$13.50
|
|
Kohlrabi
|
2-4
bunches
|
$1.50/bunch
|
$3-$6
|
|
Leeks
|
5.50
bunches
|
$2.25/bunch
|
$12.40
|
|
Lettuce
|
30
heads
|
$2.25/
head
|
$67.50
|
|
Melons
|
1
pieces
|
$2/piece
|
$2.00
|
|
Onions
|
6
pounds
|
$1.50/pound
|
$9.00
|
|
Parsnips
|
2
pounds
|
$1.50/pound
|
$3.00
|
|
Peppers,
bell
|
13
pounds
|
$2.50/pound
|
$32.50
|
|
Peppers,
sweet
|
6.50
pounds
|
$2.50/pound
|
$15.00
|
|
Peppers,
hot
|
1
pound
|
$2.50/pound
|
$2.50
|
|
Potatoes
|
21.50
pounds
|
$1.50/pound
|
$32.25
|
|
Pumpkins
|
2
pieces
|
$2.50/piece
|
$5.00
|
|
Purple
Top Turnips
|
2
pounds
|
$1.25/pound
|
$2.50
|
|
Radishes-bunches
|
6
bunches
|
$1.50/bunch
|
$9.00
|
|
Rutabaga
|
1.5
pounds
|
$1/pound
|
$1.50
|
|
Scallions
|
8.5
bunches
|
$2/bunch
|
$17.00
|
|
Spinach
|
4.5
pounds
|
$4/pound
|
$18.00
|
|
Summer
squash
|
16
pounds
|
$1.25/pound
|
$20.00
|
|
Sweet
potatoes
|
6
pounds
|
$2.50/pounds
|
$15.00
|
|
Tomatillos
|
1/2
pound
|
$2.50/pound
|
$1.25
|
|
Tomatoes
|
40
pounds
|
$3/pound
|
$120.00
|
|
Turnips,
purple top
|
1.5
pounds
|
$1.25/pound
|
$1.25
|
|
Winter
squash
|
7
pieces
|
$3/piece
|
$21.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total share Value without
Pick-your-own:
|
|
|
$696.35
|
The total value of PYO
crops offered was $202.75. That is an
average of $10 per week over 20 weeks. We
know that you didn’t always make it out to the fields to participate in the
pick-your-own part of our CSA, so you probably didn’t take home all $202.75
worth of PYO produce this season. But,
most of you spent time picking and we are proud to have a CSA that continues to
provide the opportunity for you and your friends and family to get your hands
dirty, find joy in picking your favorite bean, and bending low to get that last
pint of husk cherries.
Below is our Pick-your-own report for 2012:
|
PYO crop
|
Units Distributed
|
Price per unit
|
Value in Share
|
|
Bush
beans
|
16
quarts
|
$1.50/quart
|
$24.00
|
|
Chard
|
15
bunches
|
$1.75/bunch
|
$26.25
|
|
Cherry
tomatoes
|
12
pints
|
$3/pint
|
$36.00
|
|
Cilantro
|
3
bunches
|
$1.50/bunch
|
$4.50
|
|
Dill
|
4
bunches
|
$1.50/bunch
|
$6.00
|
|
Fava
beans
|
2.5
quarts
|
$2/quart
|
$5.00
|
|
Hot
peppers
|
4.25
pints
|
$2/pint
|
$8.50
|
|
Husk
cherries
|
5
pints
|
$3/pint
|
$15.00
|
|
Kale
|
4
bunches
|
$1.75/bunch
|
$7.00
|
|
Peas
|
8
pints
|
$3/pint
|
$24.00
|
|
Strawberries
|
3
pints
|
$3.50/pint
|
$10.50
|
|
Flowers
|
12
bouquets
|
$3/small
bouquet
|
$36.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Popcorn
Stalks
|
unlimited
|
|
|
|
Herbs
from herb garden
|
unlimited
|
|
|
|
Raspberries
|
A
few handfuls
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Value PYO Crops:
|
|
|
$202.75
|
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| we had some big sweet potatoes this season! |
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| the awesome crew with those delicious pumkins! |