This afternoon we hosted a small meeting at our community hall with folks who have expressed an interest in our proposed farm box program or CSA. It was really heartening to be with people who really get it and want to demonstrate their love of local food by more directly supporting our farm.
Even though we (and particularly I) love farming and growing food, it can be lonely, unforgiving work. I’m excited to be sharing more of our farm and our farming more directly with part of our community. It may seem like such a small first step – 10 shareholders that we keep supplied with veg. and fruits for 25 weeks (the length of our main growing season) – but it’s huge for us; for our family and our farm. We hope this is just one more important step in the agrarian reawakening that seems to be gripping our wee island community. I’m certainly looking forward to this season.
Congrats on reaching your goal of 10 shareholders for the first season!