CSA on Franklin this spring/summer/fall

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the long delay -- we were waiting to hear back from Just
Food so we would have more info to share with you. We are very excited
to report that we officially have a farmer and will be meeting with
him in a couple of weeks! We will be working with Sang Lee Farms, a
certified organic farm in North Fork Long Island,
www.sangleefarms.com. They are already working with the CSA in Dumbo
and provide partial AND full shares. It will be 26 weeks long and a
full share will be about $585 and a partial share $375 (these numbers
are not yet set in stone). A partial share means that you basically
get the same number of items as the full share, but just less of each.
(Go to http://www.sangleefarms.com/resources/2006CSA_2.htm to get more
details on what you'll get each week.)

The drop off will be on Tuesday evenings. The majority of folks voted
for the Ronald McNair park so we will have a drop off site either
there, or at a nearby community garden on Franklin and Eastern
Parkway, about a block from Ronald McNair. If we work with the
community garden, we don't have to deal with the bureaucracy of the
parks department, and the garden is near the entrance to the Franklin
Ave. train, which is convenient. We are awaiting confirmation from the
garden folks.

There is also a possibility of having a 2nd drop off site at St. Marks
Church (Union & Brooklyn Ave). If we can get enough people interested
in that site the farmer would probably be willing to drive to both
places. But the garden/Mcnair drop-off site is a definite go!

We now have about 20 people who have expressed interest, so if each of
you finds one person in the hood who would want to join we are good to
go! That sounds feasible doesn't it? We still need to get enough
people to buy up about 40 full shares (or the equivalent in partial
shares), and we need to start collecting membership agreements and
fees soon after we meet with the farmer (around March 10th or so).
Also, if you are interested in helping us do other outreach (we were
thinking of flyering, going to some of the larger apt. buildings in
the area, etc.), please let us know! And please let us know if you
want a partial share or a full share so we know what our numbers are
looking like.

We are so excited that this is really getting off the ground. Let us
know if you have any other ?'s and please please please tell your
neighbors about this!!!

Thanks

Daniella and Mary