· Money for cheese, bread, honey, maple syrup, etc.
·Compost for our compost piles
What can be included in your compost?
Food scraps, especially vegetable and fruit trimmings, eggshells, tea bags, and coffee grounds
Yard, garden wastes, including leaves, small twigs, pruned branches, small weeds, or mulch
What should not be included in your compost?
Meat and dairy scraps, including bones, cheese and milk products
Greasy foods
Diseased or invasive plants
Times, location, and parking:
Member pick-ups will be at the Josie Porter Farm.Farm distributions are held on Tuesday’s and Fridays from 4:00-7:00 p.m.Click here for directions.
In the Distribution Shed, How to Pick-Up Your Vegetables: When you first walk in, there will be a large dry erase board listing the vegetables and quantities of vegetables in your share for this week as well as which pick your own (PYO) crops can be picked.
The vegetables in your share (all except PYO) will be in bins on tables, clearly labeled and scales will be nearby.Some items will be bunched; most you will weigh out for yourself.
We hope to establish a weekly/monthly newsletter (click to view) with your help that will be posted on our website. Let us know if you do not have Internet access and we can make paper copies available.
Finally, picking up your produce is meant to be an exciting, leisurely, grateful time.Take a moment to get to know other shareholders, exchange recipes and greet the farmers.
If you can’t make it to distribution:
If you are going to be away on your distribution day, you are responsible for arranging with a neighbor, friend or relative to pick up and/or use your share.Or, if you need another day to pick up your share, please let us know a week ahead of time by calling 570-992-0899 or emailing cvcsa@ptd.net.Otherwise, we’ll donate your food to a local food bank, non-CSA member volunteers or soup kitchen.
Please don’t expect us to have a share for you if you haven’t notified us that you will not be there.All food that is left unaccounted for is donated, composted, or fed to our chickens.
How To Pick Your Own
Pick your own (PYO) crops will include cherry tomatoes, green beans, hot peppers, flowers, and herbs.These items will change location frequently for crop rotation, but we’ll have signs to lead you in the right direction.You can pick during the hours of distribution, so you may want to come early to allow yourself enough time.
How to pick your own: Please first check in at the distribution room for what pick your own crops are available and how much. Also grab a bag and scissors for harvesting herbs (or flowers).
Cherry Tomatoes: Grab the tomato by the stem and pull.
Green Beans: Hold the plant with one hand and grab the bean with the other and pull.
Hot Peppers: Grab the fruit and twist upwards while holding the main stem or snip with scissors; be sure and wash your hands after handling hot peppers.
Herbs (and flowers): Cut stems with scissors and place in fresh water container if you have one, when you get home trim the ends at an angle for ample water absorption.
