Bonus Market

Dear CSA-ers,

We have some exciting news! This week we will be having a “Bonus Market” to celebrate the launch of the 2020 season! The bonus market is open now, you may place your orders between now and Tuesday evening. The bonus market bags will then be delivered this coming Thursday, January 30th.
The bonus market is a nice surprise made possible by relatively mild January temperatures. Low light levels, both in daylight hours and from cloudy skies make predicting harvests at this time of year difficult. Hopefully, we will have a few more bonus markets before the official start of the season. So, keep your eyes peeled for further emails about additional bonus markets! The farm team is certainly tired of all the dreary days and is ready for the chance to get out harvesting some the beautiful vegetables that were planted last fall.
Weekly CSA deliveries will begin the first week of March. This year, the “full season” will be 40 weeks. We’ve made a couple minor changes to how the CSA website functions with the goal of making it an easier and better service for you! Most notably, we’ve gotten rid of the clunky “delivery fee item” and replaced it with an automatic 20% delivery surcharge. On orders between the $20 minimum and $25 this actually saves you a bit of money, and on larger orders, it helps us pay for the additional packing materials and labor required. It is our hope that this change makes placing a custom order easier than ever.
We would also like to announce this year’s incentives for pre-loading an account balance. If you pay $237.50 we are offering a 5% credit ($250 even, 10 week equivalent), if you pay $450 we are offering a 10% credit ($500 even, a 20 week equivalent), and if you commit to the full 40 week season equivalent by paying $800 we are offering a whole 20% credit to bring your balance to $1000! Any money preloaded in this way will be added to your existing account balance.
Buying these options really helps us get the ball rolling. The beginning of the year is always the most , financially difficult time for the farm because the bulk of our expenses occur (seeds, planting labor, and so on) yet our newly planted vegetables take time to grow and there are no farmers’ markets to bring in additional income. If you are able to support us in this way, we would be so grateful for your investment in our farm.
Overall, we are looking forward to a great year, full of healthy vegetables grown using organic practices. We have a lot of exciting things planned, including offering a first-come-first serve supply of fresh eggs, produced right here on the Magney Farm by our small flock of heritage breed chickens. We hope to expand the variety of vegetables on the CSA website this year, including some totally new ones. We are so grateful to be a part of this community, and look forward to serving you, our customers and friends this upcoming year.

Thank you so much for your support,
The Magney Legacy Ridge Farm Team