CSA
Trempler Family Farms' CSA is non-traditional and relaxed. You will request a box valued at $15-$30 per week that's tailored to you & your family's tastebuds. You can choose to add additional add ons as well. Read below for the nitty gritty details:
10/27/24 UPDATE: Trempler Family Farms' CSA is now full. If you already were on the waitlist before 10/27/24 or you were a member in 2023, you'll receive more information in the next few months. Please email tremplerfamilyfarms@gmail.com if you'd like to be on the waitlist list for the 2025 CSA, cancellations etc. Thank you!
As much as I would love to include everyone who wants to be part of the CSA, I cannot. Once the spots are filled, they're filled. Due to the nature of my CSA, if you're not a member, but want to be on the waitlist there are often 1 or 2 members a week who skip their share that week. At that point, I reach out to those on the waitlist. Additionally, sometimes life happens and a person needs to cancel their membership. If you'd like to be on the waitlist, please email me at tremplerfamilyfarms@gmail.com.
🍉New for CSA 2025🌽
🍒I know this is a long "terms and conditions", but please read it. There is a lot of information that is critical to a successful season and membership. Thank you! Please ask if you still have any questions!
🌞 I totally understand that sometimes you may forget to pick up your CSA; however, I cannot re-harvest produce for you. Please text me by 6am the day of your scheduled pickup if you need to make a change. If you forget to pick up your CSA you have a a choice: You may pick it up on another day with the same produce or a friend/family member can pick it up for you. The coolers usually keep the ice frozen for only around 24 hours. IF I HAVE ALREADY PACKED YOUR CSA AND YOU CHOOSE TO CANCEL FOR THAT WEEK OR NEVER SHOW, YOU WILL NEED TO PREPAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON. You'll need to prepay by 8pm on Thursday. As always, I understand emergencies-please contact me.
🌱I reserve the right to cancel your CSA membership if you skip more than 4 weeks in a row without prior approval or do not answer texts for more than 2 weeks in a row. I want you to have the freedom to skip, go on vacations, and I know medical situations do arise, but please contact me so I can get a waitlist member on board during those skipped weeks.
🌮 Trempler Family Farms and CSA members use an app called Padlet to share recipe information. If you'd like to be involved please download the app and email the email address you registered to tremplerfamilyfarms@gmail.com so I can add you!
Full CSA Description:
🍎A traditional CSA or Community Supported Agriculture program consists of a farmer offering a certain number of CSA shares to the public. You pay a large sum upfront and throughout the growing season you will receive a weekly box of seasonal produce. Traditionally, you have no choice of what's in the box. With Trempler Family Farms' CSA you pay weekly (no large lump sum), you can customize, and you are able to skip up to 6 weeks.
🌱I reserve the right to cancel your CSA membership if you skip more than 4 weeks in a row without prior approval or do not answer texts for more than 2 weeks in a row. I want you to have the freedom to skip, go on vacations, and I know medical situations do arise, but please contact me so I can get a waitlist member on board during those skipped weeks.
🐓 Due to my CSA membership increasing, I can no longer accept cash that isn't in exact change. For example, you order a $15 CSA and give me $20 in the money slot. Because I want you to be prepared, I will text back your amount due so there's no confusion. I understand that sometimes mistakes happen so I will never take extra money from you, but please try and have exact change. Alternatively Cash App and Venmo are easy to use.
How it works:
🍅 I will text you a list of available produce that week, usually on Wednesday. You text back and tell me if there's anything you don't care for or are allergic to by Thursday evening. I prefer to text so that I have a written record that I can reference while making your box. Please text back even if you don't want a box that week as it will help me plan accordingly.
🍒You pick up at the farm stand on a day that is convenient for you (Friday - Tuesday 10am-10pm). Your box (cooler) will be marked with your name. Please bring your own box/cooler etc to transfer your produce into. You are allowed to take everything home, but my coolers and the icepacks. Please return mesh bags, jars, plastic tubs and other containers the following week.
🌞 I totally understand that sometimes you may forget to pick up your CSA; however, I cannot re-harvest produce for you. Please text me by 6am the day of your scheduled pickup if you need to make a change. If you forget to pick up your CSA you have a a choice: You may pick it up on another day with the same produce or a friend/family member can pick it up for you. The coolers usually keep the ice frozen for only around 24 hours. IF I HAVE ALREADY PACKED YOUR CSA AND YOU CHOOSE TO CANCEL FOR THAT WEEK OR NEVER SHOW, YOU WILL NEED TO PREPAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON. You'll need to prepay by 8pm on Thursday. As always, I understand emergencies-please contact me.
Pay in cash, Venmo, Cash App, or credit. Let me know if you have another preferred way to pay.
🍏If you're going to be out of town, no worries! Just text me back, let me know, and I will text you the following week. You do not lose any money because you did not pay upfront. If I am going to be out of town, I will let you know ASAP so you can plan your meals accordingly.
🍐The CSA season runs from May to October. Mother Nature is unpredictable. I can usually count on having at least $15 worth of produce for you weekly; however, if I can't provide that amount of produce we can adjust the amount to a $10 CSA. Alternatively, if there is an abundance of produce and you would like to up your CSA from a $15 to a $20 or $20 to $25 etc for one or multiple weeks, I can do that for you too.
🕷One of the fun things about a CSA is getting foods you've never seen before or never have seen just picked (for example, cauliflower is actually yellow not white-I need to cover the heads so they're white). If you definitely like one or two items, I can accommodate you, but I can't always guarantee $20 of, for example, cucumbers and raspberries. We may have to drop the price (and quantity) of your CSA that week.
CSA members get first dibs on the best produce and add ons!
What you can expect each season:
1. Spring:
Months of April, May and June. Spring is green leafy veggie heavy.
-Mostly greens, some broccoli, peas, radishes, possibly early tomatoes, strawberries, herbs etc
Example $15 Week: 1 gallon sized bag of salad mix, head of broccoli, pint of strawberries
Example $20 Week: Kale bunch, radish bunch, 1 gallon size bag of pak choi, pint of strawberries, pint of sugar snap peas, dill.
2. Summer:
July, August, September, 1st 2 weeks of October
-Tomatoes, Peppers, Summer Squashes, Winter Squash, Pumpkins, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Beans, Chiles, Herbs, Garlic, Fruits (may include grapes, apples, pears, figs, and plums), etc
Example $15 Week: 1 pint of cherry tomatoes, 1 pound heirloom tomatoes, 1 cucumber, 1 zucchini, 1 summer squash, a clove of garlic, 3 Gravenstein apples
Example $20 Week: 1 pint of cherry tomatoes, 1 pound heirloom tomatoes, 1 cucumber, 1 pint of green beans, 3 Bartlett Pears, 1 pound new potatoes,
3. Fall:
Middle of October until the season ends (typically the last weekend of October) and as produce is available.
Greens, Onions, Garlic, Radishes, Cabbage, Winter Squash, Pie Pumpkins
Example $15 Week: Lettuce Mix, Cabbage, Onion, Acorn Squash
Example $20 Week: Lettuce Mix, grapes, daikon radishes, 1 Delicotta squash, Butternut Squash, Garlic
Example of Farmer/CSA Customer Text Interaction:
Farmer Lindsey: This week I have tomatoes, potatoes, onions, summer squash, cucumbers, garlic, apples, pears, eggs, broccoli, eggplant and green beans.
You: I don’t like eggplant and I just bought garlic but I really would love extra cherry tomatoes. I would like a $20 CSA with an add on of a 22oz jar of honey and I can pickup on Friday.
Farmer Lindsey: No problem, see you Friday! Your total is $35.
Then you'd see in your $20 box: honey (the extra $15 noted above) 2 pints cherry tomatoes, 2 apples, 2 pears, 1 summer squash, 1 pint potatoes, 1 yellow onion, and a bundle of kale.
🍓Because of the smaller amount of CSA customers, I can spend more time customizing the CSA box to fit your needs.
You won't always get everything that I list in the text, but you will always* be able to customize it.
*If you don't want anything but one or two items, I can still do that, but I may not have $15 worth of those few items.
🍐I send out the produce list to everyone at the same time-Wednesday afternoon. For produce that is in limited quantities, I first split it between everyone and then it goes to the first person who contacts me. For example: I have 10 pints of cherry tomatoes and 15 CSA shares. I will give 1 pint to the first 10 customers to contact me. However, the other 5 customers will still receive a full box of beautiful delicious produce--just no cherry tomatoes.
🍄 I would love to be able to remember everyone's preferences, but unfortunately, I cannot. Please tell me if right away if I've included an item you didn't like etc. I'll make it right. Additionally, I may not remember you like to pick up on Fridays so please tell me each week when you're picking up. Thank you!
🌶Do you still have questions? Email me at tremplerfamilyfarms@gmail.com or Call/Text 231-750-9321
