Delivery/Pick-up Locations, Days, Times
 
Deliveries will begin the week of May 12th.  Each member will receive their weekly harvest "share" in a waxed produce box with their name on it.  It is important that you remember to bring your empty boxes back with you each time you pick up your share (so we will have a box in which to pack your next week's share!)

If you are not able to make it to the pick-up place at the time designated, please arrange to have someone else pick it up for you so that we can stay on time for the next delivery location.

We've tried to select delivery locations, times and days that will be as convenient for all of the members as possible.  Please review the delivery addresses and the pick-up specifics below and let me know if you need to switch locations.  (cindy@sandersridge.com)

Delivery Times:
Note that the delivery times below are when I’ll be there dropping off shares.  You don’t have to be there right at that time - but we do ask that you pick up before dark – for everyone’s safety and convenience…  

Mount Airy:  Mondays,  6 pm
Foothills Family Practice

Whole Foods: Tuesdays, 4 pm to 7:30 pm
41 Miller St Winston-Salem, NC 27104 (336 722-9233)
Go to the customer service desk and let them know you are there to pick up your Sanders Ridge CSA box and they will retrieve it for you. (Your name is on your box)  Leave your empty box with the them at that time too...

West End:  Tuesdays,  4:30 to 5:00PM
638 N. Spring Street 27101 (Home of members Alex and Marty Flowers, 336 761-0108) 

Washington Park:  Tuesdays, 5:15 to 5:30
321 Gloria Ave (Home of Rebecca Hutcherson 336 978-4134)

Sherwood Forest:  Tuesdays, 6:00 to 6:30
109 Shadylawn Drive 27104 (home of members Jim and Christine Toole, 336 768-1847)

Lewisville:  Tuesdays, 6:45 to 7:15
1260 Forest Wood Drive Lewisville 27023 (home of members Shannon and Bryan Reavis 336 946-2845)

Farm: Tuesdays after 3 pm or Saturdays after 9 am
The shares will be in the (right-side) refrigerator - located in the packing shed (which is a free-standing aluminum carport situated between the farm house and the big white church building. OR they may be in the large walk-in fridge if the little fridge is full. Chances are we'll be there when you come, but often way back in one of the fields and might not hear you come in.

If you are planning a vacation during the season or will not be able to pick up your share on your delivery day -
Part of your membership agreement is that you will arrange to have someone else pick it up - to either store for you (or given to them as a gift!) If you are unable to arrange to have someone else pick up your share,  we will either donate the contents to a family in need or sell it to another family on our waiting list. We ask that you let us know a minimum of a week in advance if possible, so that we can plan accordingly… 

Bring back your empty box when you pick up your share each week: 
It would also be helpful if you could go ahead and unfold it so it will be flat.  This will better accommodate the space available at the drop-off locations as well as the bed of my truck!

Food Guild/CSA Membership - and Agreement Overview

* There will not be a delivery or pick-up the week of the Annual Farm Gathering. Harvest that week will be 
   prepared and served to the members attending the gathering

Membership Benefits and Features include:

• 21 Deliveries (or pick-ups - if chosen) of freshly harvested, USDA Certified organic produce
  The Delivery schedule and exact locations will be determined once all of the memberships have been filled.  Be sure to indicate your preferences on the application below.
   
• Two brand new waxed produce boxes will be purchased for each member at the start of the season.  (Members will exchange an empty each week for a full one!)
   
• Weekly Notes from the Farm newsletter with photos, recipes, descriptions about what has been happening on the farm, vineyard and winery -  and what expect in your weekly share box.
   
• Community Outreach.  $5 of each yearly membership share will help towards providing community outreach services and activities directed at helping other farmers learn about and transition to sustainable agriculture and in finding local markets for their products.  Our mission is to promote a healthier environment as well as a strong, stable, local economy by encouraging mutually beneficial relationships between local farmers and community members interested in supporting a regional - sustainably produced and distributed food supply.
   
• Annual Farm Gathering (date to be announced just as soon as we get a handle on when the winery and restaurant will ACTUALLY be opening!)  This 1st Annual Farm Gathering will be hosted here at the farm for the 2008 Sanders Ridge Food Guild Members.  It will be a chance for us all to relax and enjoy a day of good company as well as good food (and maybe some wine?)
   
• Farm Visitations We welcome you to visit the farm and roam freely Monday - Saturday 9am to 6 pm.
  (its a good idea to call ahead - to make sure someone will be here to welcome you.  (It helps the farm dogs to get to know you better if you are introduced first!)
   
• Sanders Ridge Wine Club Membership  Your Food Guild Membership will entitle you to the following Wine Club Membership benefits through 2008:
  • Free wine tasting each time you visit the winery (for 1 member and one guest)
  • 10% discount on case wine purchases (12 bottles or more)
    10% discount on one lunch or one dinner for two at Home Place restaurant - quarterly
  • Member discount on facility reservations for private events (weddings, birthdays, anniversaries etc), or corporate functions at the Sanders Ridge Winery, Vineyard, or Home Place restaurant
  • Invitations to upcoming winery, vineyard, and restaurant events, festivals and special promotions
  • Monthly Newsletter from the vineyard and winery

Memberships are accepted on a first paid for - first served basis.  Past members are given an opportunity to renew before new member payments will be accepted.   We will notify each member by email once payment has been received.  In the event that your payment comes in after all membership spaces are filled, we will let you know and your check will be mailed back to you.

The Sanders Ridge Food Guild is a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture).  Individuals contract with us at the beginning of the season to grow a weekly share of food for them.  At the beginning of each growing season we determine a yearly budget for the distribution costs, investments for seeds and tools, and other associated expenses - for the core group of members for whom our farm has contracted to grow.  Members pay for their membership share at the beginning of the growing season, enabling us to purchase the materials required and provide useful information and appropriate activities to strengthen and enhance our member/grower relationship and each member's farm experience...

In return for their share investment, each member receives a box of fresh organic produce once a week for the number of weeks included in the Membership term.  As crops rotate throughout the season, contents of the weekly shares will vary by size and variety, reflecting our local growing season and conditions. 

Members understand that the primary risk we all share is damaging weather and pests (like the flock of tomato tasting mocking birds we experienced last spring!) and that we minimize risk of crop loss through many preventative measures and techniques - including  extensive drip and overhead irrigation systems, seedling protection in our 96 foot greenhouse and field row covers, and succession planting...

Membership Agreement
All members accept in advance the same risks to the harvest and their investment as WE face for circumstances beyond our control - and understand that refund or adjustment of membership payment cannot be made.  Members also agree to help us with our commitment to reduce waste by taking good care of the 2 new waxed boxes given to them at the start of the season - and making every effort to remember to bring their empty box to the pick-up location each.