Community Supported Agriculture

The recent champagne and fine dinner at Harvest, the Hotel Hershey's newest restaurant, prove that this is a big deal.  A barn sized big deal.  We accomplished what we set out to do - start our own CSA program.  WHAAAAT!  Am I dreaming?  This is amazing!  It's a time to celebrate, but not rest on our laurels.  We have exactly one shareholder.  It happened so quickly.  It happened like this:  we received a call Saturday afternoon from a woman who is currently unhappy with the share she's been receiving from the CSA program she signed up with this year.  She called saying she'd like a full share, starting now.  There's still ten weeks left in the season, kiddies.  Plenty of time to eat well.  An hour later she came to our farm, took a tour, and signed up on the spot.  We picked her first share; we picked our first share.  She'll be picking up fresh herbs, a fresh-cut flower bouquet and 8 - 10 different vegetables every Friday morning.  After seeing the harvest she received, I sort of want to become a shareholder here, too.  Anyway, our lovely lovely shareholder found out about us by picking up our brochure at the local health food store.  A lot can happen in one day.  What in December 2006 seemed like a wild, unachievable dream came true last Saturday.  It's beautiful.  It's exciting.  It's hard to believe.  And it's just the beginning.  Awww, yeah.  No more champagne, for I have some celery to go plant.