Here is the link to Well Vittled Sleepy G Farm's CSA companion. To follow the link you have to click on "read more" in this email to be taken to the archive. ENJOY!
Everyone! - Please note: if you are picking up your share in Thunder Bay, we will be set up at the Oliver Road Community Centre on Wednesday from 3 to 6pm
Thanks for joining us for our cold season CSA! Throughout our 10 pickups over 20 weeks you will have access to Sleepy G potatoes, onions, shallots, cabbage, beets, parsnips, carrots, leeks, winter radishes, squash and some other surprises will appear along the way. Our crew has carefully harvested, washed and stored the harvest to be distributed to you this fall and winter. We are still in the field harvesting the last of the root vegetables for the next two or three weeks or until the ground freezes. The last few days it has become quite cold and we have even noticed a few flurries blowing around the farm. It won't be long until we have all the veggies stored safely in our cellar and the cows tucked back into the barn for the winter.
This winter we are continuing to offer Rose N Crantz coffee beans, fresh bread and bake-at-home croissants from the Bakeshop on Boundary. You can subscribe to receive these items at every pickup or select them through the Harvie customization process. We are excited to now be offering local maple syrup from Nor'Wester Maple Co! We have cute 250ml bottles that we will pack right into your veggies share when you select it from the available extras.
For the handful of members that are new to Harvie (our CSA platform) here's a few quick notes and links that you'll find helpful as we go through the season.
- E-mail is our primary means of communication, please make sure you've linked your order to an email address where you'll see messages. (Check your junk to ensure emails don't end up there). Every time you get a customization e-mail, we'll be packing a pre-determined share for you unless you log in and change something.
- With Covid 19 we will be packing your share for you at the pickup for you to transfer to your own bags or box. Please note there will not be an opportunity to select or trade items at the pickup. Box customization happens ahead of time.
- Each delivery you can expect two e-mails from Harvie:
- "Time to customize" will let you know what we've pre-filled in your share, should you want to swap anything now's your chance just click the link. The e-mail will let you know the customization time window, and when customization closes so we have time to pack up your boxes. If you decide you need to cancel, reschedule the share or pick it up at another spot, now's your final chance to do so.
- "Your CSA is on the way" will be sent as we're packing up the vegetables, to let you know what we've packed for you as well as the details for your chosen pick-up location. Your final payment for each delivery, if applicable, will be charged at that time.
- You can log into Harvie at any time to do things like edit your preferences, reschedule your share by either changing the date or location for pick-up, update your contact information, and see your payment history.
- There's a handy FAQ page here for Harvie which covers topics like setting your preferences, swapping items after your share has been pre-filled, adding extras or putting your share on hold. It is a little bit of a learning curve but you can do it!
- Preferences are what Harvie uses to fill your share, so if you find you want more or less of a certain item, just tweak your preferences as we go through the season. If you love or like something, you're more likely to get two of that item before getting something that's just "I'll eat it". You'll never get items that you mark as "Not for me". If you're not a big fan of the whole computer thing, just set your preferences and relax, we'll pack your veggies based on that.
- To customize week by week, you get to swap items and Harvie's got a handy step by step explanation of swapping. Note that there's a spot on the left where you can see the amount that your card will be charged if you've swapped above the value of your box. If you don't want to pay more, just change out one of your items for a lower priced one or select "not for me", although I recommend just setting your preferences instead so you get more of what you want filling automatically!
- Adding "Extras" is the second step of customization, for when you'd like to buy a little more one week. We're more than happy to share the harvest with you if you'd like to eat more veggies than the default share. Harvie shows you what's left over after filling everyone's boxes. First come first served on any extra produce!
- You can customize as many times as you like till the customization window is closed, so if you change your mind just log in and adjust your order. If you want to check what's currently in your box go to My Shares.
- Your credit card on file may be charged when you get the "Your share is on the way" e-mail. The amount will be based on whether you're on the payment plan, or paid in full, if you swap above your value, or if you choose to purchase extras and will be updated while you customize your box.
- Take a moment to check "My Deliveries" to re-arrange them around any planned holidays. I recommend changing the delivery to another day right away, instead of using hold. Change location is for just that, change date applies if you're keeping the same location and only changing the date. There's a full explanation of how to rearrange your deliveries here. If you wait to the last minute to cancel (which you can do from your customization e-mail) the default is to reschedule to the following delivery meaning you would get double next time unless you change the date.
- Please get in touch with us if you have a question, a recipe to share, a newsletter topic to suggest or anything else.
