Our first year has ended and we have read the surveys that you filled out and have begun planning crops and programs for the next growing season.
Before we move from this year, however, we wanted to cover a few areas that we felt were important. First, our growers supplied produce to Stone’s Throw valued at $20,480 this past summer, based on the average retail prices of produce in our area during 2007. As the total amount of revenue produced by share sales was $19,200 we are confident that our shareholders received appropriate value for the money they invested.
Of course, CSAs are about much more than a return on your share investment since so much of belonging to a CSA has no monetary value: helping to preserve open land by making agriculture a viable means of support, providing income for small family farms in your local community, and assuring your family of fresh, nutrient-dense local food that you help to produce.
Thank you for a great first season, and be sure to look for more details about the 2009 program.
Sincerely,
Stone’s Throw Steering Committee
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