CSA Info - How Many People Will One Share Feed?
Take the Share-Sizing Questionairre
You May Want to Consider Splitting if ...
I've Decided that I Want to Split my Share with Someone Else. Now What?
Take the Share-Sizing Questionairre
Take the test below to determine whether you can use a full share. If
one share is too much for your household first consider preserving
some for the "Seven-Other-Months" of the year and then consider
splitting with a friend, neighbor, or co-worker.
We think that one adult can use a share if you answer yes to the first
question below and at least two other questions.
We think that two adults can use a whole share if you answer yes to
the fist question below and at least one other question.
If you have a larger family (up to four adults or four adult-sized
appetites) and answer yes to one or more of the questions below, you
may need to supplement with other vegetables at times. If you answer
yes to two or more questions you may be able to use two shares.
Do you plan to prepare the majority of your meals at home each
week based primarily on ingredients in the share?
This probably means cooking three to five dishes a week plus
salads, perhaps packing leftovers for lunches. This also means that
you do not plan on regularly going out for more broccoli, red peppers,
zucchini, or other items that are not in season at the farm on a given
week.
Are you interested in cooking vegetable centered meals (where
meat is more of a side dish or condiment)? And are you comfortable
sometimes throwing out the recipe and adding and subtracting
ingredients based on the local, seasonal ingredients available to you?
Soups, stir-fries, salads, and plain old "concoctions" are useful
for making short work of a share. Our Shareholder Handbook and
newsletters will provide tips and recipes to shareholders.
Do most members of your household enjoy eating fresh salads
with most meals or for lunches?
If you love fresh, salads there sometimes may only be
enough lettuce and salad greens for two adults to eat salads all week
long.
Do you imagine yourself having the time, interest, and tools
for preserving small amounts of produce here and there to save for
other times of year?
We help with this by giving tips on how to
freeze, dry, can, and store items in homemade root cellars. We will
also be planning several food preservation workshops throughout the
year.
Do you find yourself frequently cooking for guest or large
groups?
Your share will assure you that you.ll always have some
wonderful fresh vegetables on hand.
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You May Want to Consider Splitting if ...
You like to cook strictly by a recipe and plan to go shopping to
supplement the share.
You eat away from home more than 3 days a week or rely
on some prepared foods.
You plan to be away for several weeks of the season. Your splitter
can have the whole share when you are away.
You are unavailable to pickup your share every week on a
Tuesday or Friday. Splitters can take turns picking up the veggies or come up with
other arrangements that help work the share into both parties' schedules.
You dislike some of the veggies that will make regular
appearances in the share. See: What types of vegetables should I
expect each week?
Your household will not eat a lot of salads in a given week.
You will not eat cooking greens like chard, kale, and Chinese
cabbage, even with more information about how good they are for you
and tips on how to cook them in ways that your family will like.
You cook traditional "meat and potatoes" meals that treat vegetables
as more of a side dish than the main event.
You want a "test run" of the share with a smaller amount of veggies.
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I've Decided that I Want to Split my Share with Someone Else. Now What?
We have a lot of families who share a share for one reason or
another. We find that splitting works best when you find your own
splitter and make informal trades as opposed to splitting everything
(literally) down the middle.
The share is not always distributed in a way that makes it perfectly
dividable (Click here for some sample shares).
We ask that shares be picked up at the farm as one whole
share and be split off-site to reduce confusion at the barn. Some
people choose to do this at the kitchen table or at the office if you
are splitting with someone at work.
We encourage you to ask around in your neighborhood, at work, or in
your circle of friends to see if there is someone who you see (or want
to see) on a regular basis who would be interested in splitting the
share with you.
If you know that you plan to join the CSA, but are still working on
finding a splitter, send your application with a partial payment and a
note that you are still working on finding a splitter. When you do,
that person can send in the other half of the share payment. Just be
sure that they note that they are splitting with you.
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