Join our CSA and Share the Bounty!

CSA members get 10% off purchases at our farm store during their season!

We ask all CSA members to carefully read the following information.  These are the guidelines that keep our CSA running smoothly.You are responsible for knowing this information.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA):  CSA is a relationship one step above the simple convenience of a give and take of produce for cash.  It is based on mutual respect between the customers and the farmers.  Under the CSA model, subscribers pay in advance for the food they will receive. Reflecting the risk that the farm takes to plant, tend, and harvest crops.  Terry’s Berries is not a delivery service; your subscription is a contract to receive a minimum of one month’s worth of produce.

PAYMENTS:  We use a web-based software program called Farmigo to help manage the financial interaction between our customers and our farm.  With it, Terry’s Berries CSA members have online access to their own accounts.  Preferably, you can sign up for a share online and then pay at our farm store, or you can make a payment via Paypal or electronic check at the same time you sign up.  Having a balance in your account means that you have money in your account that is deducted each pick up day.

MINIMUM PAYMENTS: To join Terry’s Berries CSA, or for your first online payment, we ask for an initial payment of at least $150.  After that, the minimum payment is $100. 

You will receive an email when your account has one more pick up day on it, and another if there has been a hold put on your account because there has not been a payment to cover that weeks pick up.  Please make payments seven days in advance of your cut-off date, because the lists are made in advance.  Your account will be charged weekly, on your pick up day.

SHARE SIZES AND VALUES:  We offer two share sizes for your convenience.  The Small share has a value of $18. The Large share has a value of $30.  You can change your share size at any time, but you must give us seven days notice before doing so.  You will receive an email confirmation of the change.  Give us a call if you would like to understand how much produce constitutes a small versus large share.

INCENTIVES FOR LONG TERM COMMITMENT:  We provide bonuses for subscribers who make larger payments at our farm store.  This helps us finance the longer term operation of our farm.  The old seasonal system has been replaced with this one. 

For an in store payment of $300, get a 3% bonus.  Your account balance will be $309.

For an in store payment of $600, get a 4% bonus. Your account balance will be $624.

For an in store payment of $800, get a 5% bonus. Your account balance will be $840.

For an in store payment of $1,400, get a 7% bonus. Your account balance will be $1,498.

MANUAL PAYMENT:  We appreciate if you choose this option.  You will receive emails letting you know when it’s time to renew your balance.  We appreciate payments at the farm store.  It saves us finance fees!

COMMUNICATION:  Terry’s Berries will send a weekly newsletter to each CSA member.  The newsletter will announce any important changes in pick-up schedule, prices, policies, etc.  We will be getting the newsletter on our website shortly, so check back for that.  It is your responsibility as a CSA member to read the newsletter.

By agreeing to join our CSA, you are also agreeing to open and read email communications from us including: Payment due emails.   All billing issues your account will be emailed to you, including start ups and notice of suspension of service.

START ME UP:  Follow the Sign up link.  A confirmation of your account, pick up day(s) and start date will automatically be emailed to you.

REFERRAL CREDIT AND VACATIONS:  If you can’t pick up your share on a given week, why not tell a friend to pick up your share while you are gone.  If they sign up with us, we will give you an $18 referral credit.  Ask that your friend email me (Terry) when they join so I can thank you.

SUSPENSION OF SERVICE:  Your share will not be available if you do not have the money in your account to cover the cost of the share.  If we don’t receive a payment from you, you will receive an email letting you know that your service has been suspended.  If you make a payment after this time, you need to wait for email notification, or give us a call to see if we can accommodate you for that week.  Normally, reinstating your pick up day will take seven days because the lists are made in advance.  So, don’t expect a share for that week, unless you have received and email, or given us a call regarding that weeks share.

TERRY’S BERRIES TWO WEEKS OFF:  We take a vacation at the end of each year, for three reasons.  First, the end of December/ early January is a bleak time in terms of vegetables, so you won’t miss out much.  Second, a larger percentage of CSA members  take vacations during the same two weeks, which makes it convenient for you as well.  Third, we need a vacation from the rigorous schedule that growing and harvesting food for the demands of three hundred plus people!