Big Banana CSA Weekly Shares available

[SIKSUKR]

I hear you loud and clear.I didn't realize it was a non profit.I knew I should have minded my own business.

[PapaDon]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

I hear you loud and clear.I didn't realize it was a non profit.I knew I should have minded my own business.

Well, it was a good learning experience for us, anyway.

While the individual farms are for-profit (or maybe breakeven - you know how dependent farmers are on growing conditions!), the CSA itself is not set up to make a profit. The Big Banana CSA buys in bulk from the farms at a good price, using almost all the $s we bring in to do so - a small amount pays for website, paper, ink, etc. Much time is donated by the admins to keep it going. Last year, Franklin Savings Bank in Gilford was a sponsor, letting us use their parking lot for free for the Saturday a.m. pickups and this year providing reuseable shopping bags for a $2 donation to Baby Threads, a local 501c3 charity.

Thanks to all for supporting us as we try to help families get organic produce and other items from local and regional growers and producers at a reasonable price.

[PapaDon]

This past Saturday, our CSA items included some items from winter storage: potatoes, onions, rutabagas, and parsnips. Fresh items included a salad mix of Spring greens; rhubarb; and alfalfa sprouts.

This coming Saturday, we expect to have hydroponic tomatoes from Vermont (had to go a bit further away than usual to find them), along with onions, rutabagas, Spring greens, spinach (if all goes well with the crop), and alfalfa sprouts.

With Spring finally showing up, we hope to have more and more fresh items "soonly".