WHERE: The drop-off will be at the Community Christian Church at the corner of College and Encanto, across from Daley Park. 1701 S. college Ave Tempe. This site is only three blocks away from ASU campus (walking/biking distance) and has much easier automotive access and more space than anywhere on campus

WHEN: Our drop off day is on Thursday from 4pm to 8pm.

WHAT: Please see our products pages. We offer fresh produce, goat cheese, bread, eggs, tamales, and coffee.

HOW:

1. Sign-in
Sign next to your name on the sign-in sheet.
When you are unable to pick up your produce on pickup day, we recommend that you ask a friend or neighbor to pick up for you. They should provide their name in your place on the sign-in sheet.

2. Gather your produce
Each week we will bring 8 items of seasonally available produce designated to comprise your share. Your weekly share portions will be listed at the Tempe CSA pickup site. BRING YOUR OWN BAGS to gather your produce.

The produce will be in various crates in the church. Take the indicated portion from each crate. You may wish to bring a cooler and ice pack to keep your produce in if your produce will be sitting at work all day.

The amount of produce available on any given pickup day is weighed and counted to be divided evenly among all shares. Share portions of loose items will be pre-bagged, and counts of larger items will be specific. This avoids the need for weighing and extra handling on-site. Please do not pick through items to get the best looking or the largest item. Heirloom vegetables are bred for flavor, not for looks or shelf life, therefore, they tend to bruise and spoil very easily if handled repeatedly. Your produce will last at least a week if handled gently.

3. Trading Basket / Donations
A designated Basket will be provided with a few extra portions of each item. You may trade one portion from your share with one portion from the Trading Basket. The opportunity to trade is limited to what is in the Trading Basket, or private agreements you might make with other members. Your favorite veggie will not always be available. You are supporting the diversity of farm produce, which supports the health of the soil, the farmer, and yourself. Use this opportunity to try new, old (heirloom), and climate/environmentally appropriate crops!!

Please trade ONLY with items available in the trading basket; do not trade among the pickup crates or the surplus basket. In addition, please trade by portions (portions are the quantities indicated): if today’s share includes 6 potatoes and 2 onions, 6 potatoes should be placed in the trading basket and 2 onions taken out of it. Please do not trade partial portions.

If you don’t want your share of potatoes and there is nothing in the trading basket for which you want to trade, please leave your potatoes in the trading basket for another member’s enjoyment.

SPLITTING A SHARE: If you would like to split a share with another member e-mail me tawnyscrawnylions@yahoo.com . When you do fill out this contract, I would recommend that you advise those members that you share your produce with that there is a newsletter which goes out every week and the only way to get the newsletter is to be a part of the yahoo!group. I would also recommend that you include everybody's email address on the contract so that I can get in touch with you all personally if there is a problem.

VOLUNTEERS: I am also recruiting volunteers to help me with the CSA in every capacity we can.