Summer CSA Membership Agreement

Songbird Haven Farm 2024 Summer CSA Membership Agreement

CSA

The Songbird Haven Farm CSA uses a traditional CSA share model.

By making a commitment to purchase produce in the beginning of the season you enable our farm to cover the early season expenses needed to grow the delicious and diverse variety of vegetables you’ll receive throughout the summer and fall.

In turn, we commit to working hard to grow beautiful veggies using organic practices that improve soil health. We provide you with a twice a month vegetable share filled with 7-9 items that are in season and freshly harvested.

Sharing Risk and Rewards

There are many uncertainties inherent in producing food. Pests, weather, and seed variation can all impact our production. For example, hot weather in August might cause a bumper crop of tomatoes, but our lettuce might struggle.

As a CSA member, you’ll experience those highs and lows with us. When there is bounty, you’ll receive it in your boxes. However, if a crop doesn’t thrive, we won’t be able to provide it.

We grow a wide variety of crops to be as resilient as possible.

Pick Up Locations and Dates

Greenlake, Licton Springs, Meridian Park and Ridgecrest

We have four Sunday evening pick up locations for the full season CSA:

* Greenlake (in Seattle near N 65th St and Woodlawn Ave N)

* Licton Springs (in Seattle near N 95th St and Wallingford Ave N)

* Meridian Park (in Shoreline near N 165th and Meridian Ave N)

* Ridgecrest (in Shoreline at the Drumlin)

The pick up window for these sites is Sunday evenings between 5pm-8pm.

Woodinville

We have a Monday evening pick up location for the full season CSA at the farm in Woodinville (16215 140th Pl NE, 98072). The pick up window for this site is Monday afternoon between 4pm-6pm.

Pick Up Calendar: There are 10 CSA share deliveries June – October.

Week 1: June 9 (June 10 for Woodinville)	Week 6: August 25 (August 26 for Woodinville)
Week 2: June 23 (June 24 for Woodinville)	Week 7: September 8 (September 9 for Woodinville)
Week 3: July 14 (July 15 for Woodinville)	Week 8: September 22 (September 23 for Woodinville)
Week 4: July 28 (July 29 for Woodinville)	Week 9: October 6 (October 7 for Woodinville)
Week 5: August 11 (August 12 for Woodinville)	Week 10: October 20 (October 21 for Woodinville)

Unavoidable situations such as weather, wildfire smoke, or farmer illness may require us to cancel or reschedule. a pick up date.

Splitting the CSA

We encourage those who are new to CSAs, who have their own garden, or aren’t sure they can use a full share to split the CSA with a friend or neighbor.

We’re happy to send the CSA newsletter to both households.

Missed Pick-ups

Our aim is to get farm fresh veggies to you. We keep your produce fresh by harvesting close to delivery and keeping them cool in the walk-in cooler at the farm. We don’t have cold storage once we leave the farm, so we cannot accommodate alternative pick up arrangements.

There are two options if you cannot pick up your CSA:

1. Give your CSA share to a friend

2. Let us know ahead of time and we can donate it to a local food bank

All bags not picked up during the pickup window will be donated.

Payment

The CSA costs $350 (by check or Venmo) or $360 (by credit card). We charge a higher price to pay by credit card to offset the 3% fees for credit card processing.

We rely on the commitment of CSA members to plan our production schedule. Once a share is purchased, there are no refunds, either full or partial, for CSA memberships. If you are unable to continue receiving your share for whatever reason, you are free to cancel your membership at any time, or transfer it to another person, but will not receive a refund.

Bags

We deliver each share in insulated bags that are reused throughout the season. Please return the prior bag at the next pick up so that we have enough bags to pack the next share.

We wash and sanitize bags before the next use. Please remove all produce from the bags before returning them.

Some CSA members have found it easiest to bring another reusable bag or backpack to the pick up location so that they can transfer the veggies to their own bags and leave the insulated bag behind.

Respecting Our Farm Neighbors

If you pick up in Woodinville, we are thrilled that you can pick up at the farm. We share this space with other farmers so we ask that you take particular care to follow the parking and pick up instructions. Please do not wander around the farm without prior arrangements with us or bring unleashed animals to the farm.

We are happy to give tours and show you around the farm at a time that works well for both of us.

CSA Newsletter

Before each CSA pick up you’ll get an email with the expected produce, recipes, storage and preserving tips, and news from the farm. We welcome feedback. Let us know what other information would be helpful.