Happy Holidays to one and all!

We are so grateful for your patronage that enabled Heavens Harvest Farm to have a successful 2008 CSA.
We grew from 295 members to 597 from 2007 to 2008.  Much of that phenomenal growth stemmed from the addition of new sites in Harvard, Reading, Salem, Marblehead, Cambridge, Jamaica Plain, Weymouth, Milton, Bedford, Waltham and Hingham.  With the addition of these new locations we now serve 21 sites and are continuing to expand as interest is quite high.
2009 CSA Program Highlights
During these economic hard-times we at Heavens Harvest Farm recognize the difficulty facing our members and the public at large, with how to best budget their hard-earned income for food purchases.  We would like to remind everyone that a healthy body enables one to do better during times of stress and under difficult circumstances.  Our pledge remains rock-solid - the production of sustainable, local and certified organic vegetables and fruit and also IPM managed fruit from local established family owned orchards.  Our increasing variety needs and continued quest for optimum quality regarding all of our products has brought us to the place of becoming a significant collaborative venture.  We will be utilizing the best of a number of area certified organic farms that traditionally are more wholesale oriented.  We have shared produce with many of them and bought for our CSA at some point from all of them.  As we see it, no one farm can do everything regarding variety, availability and price effectiveness, especially for 500 plus clients.  So that we can serve everyone most effectively, we will continue to buy and sell collaboratively with the following farms:

All along the Connecticut River in Western Ma - Organic Certified
               Riverland Farm - all as needed
               Czajowski Farm - corn, winter squash
               Plainville Farm - green & yellow beans
               Full Bloom Market Garden - all greens, cukes, peppers, tomatoes, early zucchini/yellow squash
               Enterprise Farm - all as needed
               Warner Farms - corn, cukes, peppers 

You can be assured that with our refrigerated truck and cooler that all products will be picked, packed and delivered no later than 3 days.  Most will be delivered within 2 days, a far cry from the 7-10 days for most retail store.  Heavens Harvest Farm will continue to grow 70-%80% of what you receive each week on average.  What is most important still regards the certified organc status of 95% of your weekly delivery.

Therefore, as a way to thank our existing clients and also to attract new members and sites, we will not  be raising our 1/2 share price and will only raise our full share fee $25.  Most communities will then reflect a price structure of $575 for  a full share and $375 for a half share.

2009 CSA past member incentive

Any 2008 CSA member that pays in full by January 15th 2009 will receive a 5% discount off of their share price which will equal $30 savings on the full share = $545 and $20  = $355 for the half share. (Results in a net savings over last years price)
All other returning members are asked to pay in full by February 15th 2009 to maintain their 2008 members price freeze.  As of February 16th all shares for 2009 will be priced at $25 more thank 2008 making the full share fee $600 and the half share $375.  Please take advantage of your substantial discount, even if you need time to make the payment we will gladly accommodate on a case by case basis.  We are here to help in every way to allow all interested members to continue to receive their share for 2009.

This also allows us to market new location areas after we have cared for and taken care of the needs of our returning loyal members. 

We anticipate a jump up to 1000 members this year even in these hard times.  We will help anyone who seriously desires to eat better and care for themselves and their family by investing in a local, family owned and operated business. Any inquiries for financial help should be directed to the farm. 


We will deliver 1/2 and full shares in recycled plastic totes similar to the ones used for curbside use.  This will allow us to have many years of usage and allow for sanitizing as necessary each members container.  Storage for site coordinators will be significantly easier as these are easily stacked inside of each other.  We will also provide each member a recycled bag (like an LLBean tote) to use in transportation of their vegetables and fruit from pick-up site to their home.

As always, may the Lord bless each and everyone of you.  We look forward to serving you during the 2009 season.

*Winter Shares are available as well as organic citrus fruit at a price you won't believe.  Email coming soon to explain!


PRICES ARE:
OLD MEMBERS: $545 FULL SHARE, $355 HALF SHARE
NEW MEMBERS: $575 FULL SHARE, $375 HALF SHARE
DUE BY JAN. 15TH
OR OLD MEMBERS $575 FULL SHARE, $375 HALF SHARE DUE BY FEBRUARY 15TH
MAKE CHECKS OUT TO: HEAVEN'S HARVEST FARM



Ashley & Ethel Howard
Heavens Harvest Farm
Organic Vegetables & Fruits
965 Oakham Road
New Braintree Ma
508.867.9577 Farm
508.864.0899 Cell