Community
Supported Agriculture
Membership
Agreement
between Opdahl Gardens
and ____________________________________________________________
(Please print your
name(s) here)
This membership agreement pertains to the market season of
2014: from May 1st to October 15th. By filling out and signing this
form you will become a member of the Opdahl Gardens (OG) CSA. This agreement
will grant the exchange of resources between CSA members and OG. Members will
provide capital and/or (under special circumstances) labor resources in
exchange for garden produce, honey and/or any product available from OG.
Purpose
To engage with one another in a mutually beneficial
relationship that ensures the sustainability and prosperity of local food
production on our farm and the availability of wholesome food and a connection
to agrarian traditions for the community.
The Other Purpose
The concept of CSA grew out of a need for farmers to gain
access to capital during a time of year when they are not earning very much. By
acquiring up-front “seed money” from known customers, it gives the farmer an
opportunity to remain (relatively) un-indebted to banks. Instead, the farmer is
indebted to his/her members, who are repaid with the fruits of the farmer’s
labor. Without access to this seed money, small-scale farming would be even
more challenging, and we would not know you nearly as well!
Terms
OG will provide vegetables, fruit, honey and other products
at North Prairie Farmers’ Market, Harvey Farmers’ Market, by special delivery
arrangement or from the farm to all its CSA members during the main farmers’
market season (May 1st to
October 15th) in exchange for a contribution starting at $100 in $100
increments, dependent on the members expected need. For their contribution, members
will receive an equal amount of credit redeemable for OG products. Credit will
be tracked by OG at the point of sale.
10% of contribution will be added to the customer credit (IE. $500 membership = $550 customer credit).
OG will produce several vegetable varieties and a few fruit
varieties during the growing season. However, the weekly availability of
vegetables and fruits will vary due to the climate, biology, and other
unpredictable variables. OG cannot promise the delivery of any certain item on
any specific date far in advance of market. Members will receive an electronic
mailing of product availability 1-2 days before each market or can call for
availability of products. Products may
be reserved by contacting OG in advance, however reserved products not picked
up by the end of the market will be charged to the members account. Members not reserving product will be
expected to shop for products along with the general public, and products will
be sold on a first-come-first-serve basis. It should be noted that members are
not obligated to purchase anything during any given week of the market season. However,
it is up to you to spend all of your purchased credit before the last Farmers’
Market Day in 2014. Any remaining credit will not be refunded! CSA
Form 2013
Member Information
I have read all of the above and understand
the membership agreement.
[Please fill out the following contact
information (Please print and make legible) and send signed agreement with your
check to the address below].
Name:
_______________________________________________________________________
Address:
____________________________________________________________________
Phone Number(s):
_________________________________________________________
Email:
_______________________________________________________________________
Signature:
__________________________________________________________________
Date:
________________________________________________________________________
Amount of contribution
($100 increments) $ ________________________________________
Thank you for supporting Opdahl Gardens. If
you have any questions or concerns, please contact us. We look forward to
working with you over the course of this market season!
Kent and
Angel Opdahl - 701-341-7230
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Suggestions for vegetables you would be interested in
purchasing in the 2014 farming season.
It would be a great side for Asian dishes, of course. Or just a side for chicken or steak. Anything that tastes good with soy sauce and sesame. ~Elise
Hi Emily, Sometimes when you work with large, tough, outer ribs of celery, it helps to peel the outer side of them to remove the strings. I don’t remember doing that with this celery, probably because we had already used the outer ribs for some other dish. ~Elise
Sure, you can cook celery this way. It won’t have the extra flavor of the soy sauce and sesame though. If you try it plain like you suggested, please let us know how you like it. ~Elise
Nancy uses either high quality rapeseed oil (canola oil) or a light sesame oil. I think that we used rapeseed oil and then added a little dark sesame oil at the finish, just to get a little more sesame flavor. ~Elise
Hmm. Soy sauce can really be variable in its saltiness. I’ll adjust the recipe to say 1 – 2 Tbsp (to taste). Thank you for the feedback! ~Elise
I do think it’s weird that some people look at what to me is obviously a photo of a red chili and see it not as a chili, but as an insect. The chilies are not optional. That said, they do grow and sell chili roasted grasshoppers in Oaxaca, Mexico which are quite delicious, in a crunchy, spicy way. Feel free to add those if you have them. Me, I’ll pass. :-p ~Elise
looks like a great recipe! Would it work if I used fresh chili peppers instead of dried ones?