Night Owl CSA Dynamite Harvest Farm (2024 Season)

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Original price was: $500.00.Current price is: $475.00.

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Dynamite Harvest’s CSA is a lump sum payment that helps us focus on growing food for you to eat instead of spending time and money on advertising. Keep reading to learn more!

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Become a member of our CSA and purchase Dynamite Harvest’s Farm to Family Produce Plan!

Dynamite Harvest’s CSA is ‘market-style.’¹ That means you never get a bunch of stuff you don’t want or don’t know what to do with, but you get exactly what you want in the quantities you desire!

Every week, our farm manager will send an email to each member of the CSA finding out what the subscriber wants. Don’t worry, we’ll throw in some of what is in season, at no extra cost!

Overwhelmed by all the choices? Just let us know, and we can create a share of that week’s produce.

The regular cost for our Farm to Family CSA is $500.

If you were an early bird, you could have received a much higher cash discount on the plan and a higher retail discount, too. But since you are a night owl, you get….

SPECIAL OFFER:

Sign up for our F2F/CSA before June 1st, 2024, and get 5% off! You will still get the same amount of produce, but it will cost you $475 instead of $500! And you still get the 20% retail discount. (confused? see below)

A sampling of our produce.

More of what we grow…

a good old fashioned ghost pepper…

​HOW THE MARKET-STYLE CSA WORKS


In this model, the pre-payment serves as a credit towards the purchase of our produce, pegged to the retail price of the produce. That is, how much we charge for the item at farmer’s markets, and so on.  However, our CSA members receive a 20% discount off the retail price of the produce. So, the $500 membership actually delivers $600 worth of produce.

Our members will be told in advance what produce is available, and they will be able to decide precisely what they want, and we will try to accommodate their schedule for pick-ups and deliveries.

If you so desire, we can simply pack your box and bag with produce chosen at our discretion, and you can pick it up. The appropriate deduction is made from the ‘credit.’

Note:  These are annual plans.  They expire as of Dec. 31st of the year following.  (These early bird plans are in effect for Jan 1st, 2024 to Dec 31st, 2024. Credits do not carry over to the following year.)

Please note, if you pay by credit card, a processing fee of 3.5% (max $20) will be applied.


The above plans are Dynamite Harvest’s versions of a CSA.

What is a CSA?  According to this site:

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a production and marketing model whereby consumers buy shares of a farm’s harvest in advance. Consumers become CSA members by paying an agreed amount at the beginning of the growing season, either in one lump sum or in installments. The annual cost, generally ranging from $400-$700, depends on the length of the harvest season and the variety and quantity of products provided. This upfront payment helps buy the seed and other inputs needed for the season and provides the farmer an immediate income to begin the season. By paying at the beginning of the season, CSA members share in the risk of production and relieve the farmer of much of the time needed for marketing. This allows the farmer to concentrate on good land stewardship and growing high quality food.

 

For a comparison with how another Wisconsin farm runs their CSA program, go here.

We prefer the ‘market-based’ style of our Farm to Family plans because that way people get exactly what they want, and not a lot of stuff they don’t want.