19 February 2009

Greetings 2008 Saratoga CSA Members,

I hope you are wintering well. This February sunlight always renews my spirit and puts a little skip back into my step. January through March on the farm is a surprisingly busy time for us. We have crop plans to create, supplies and seeds to order, last year's bookkeeping to put to bed, conferences to attend, equipment to repair, and long discussions to immerse ourselves in about which direction the farm should be moving. Weekly we have been going to the Saratoga (in January) and the Troy Farmers' Market. By the beginning of March, the greenhouse will be fired up and seeds planted.
We hope you will join the farm again for the 2009 season if you have not yet signed up. The CSA is very important to us both personally and as a major component of our farm business, for we value greatly the partnership and commitment we all share in creating a workable and sustainable system. This season we are excited to offer 2 distributions in Saratoga – one on Wednesday at a gracious CSA Member's home on Warren Street (near to East and York) from 4-8:00 and the other distribution is at the Saratoga Farmers' Market on Saturday from 9-1:00. All shares are boxed and at the Wednesday pick-up, in addition to the vegetable share, we will be able to offer both the egg and fruit shares. We expect to have the available shares filled by mid-March and so I am encouraging you to sign back up soon. If you have friends or neighbors who may be interested, please give them our website address or have them call.
The simplest way to join for the 2009 season is to go to our website:
www.denisonfarm.com

Click on "Join the CSA". Fill out the membership agreement form online, print, and send it to us with your full or partial payment.
And to all who have already signed back up for another season, both Brian and I are very grateful.

Thank you and take good care - Justine