Stearns Farm CSA Policy on Splitting Shares
We are aware that sometimes Sharers find a full share to be too large for their use and decide to divide their share with people outside their household. We do our best to accommodate Sharers and give them the most satisfying CSA experience possible, but we do want to address some of the problems that share-splitting has caused in the past.
The alternate week share was created to eliminate the main reason for splitting shares (the regular share being too large), while minimizing problems that split shares have caused: overuse of farm facilities (parking lot overflow, congestion at the farm stand), and extra administrative and management work for staff and volunteers.
In allowing the practice of splitting shares, we respectfully ask for your cooperation in avoiding any extra administrative work for the Farm or extra use of the Farm’s resources. In other words, splitting a share is something that you do privately, without involving the Farm officially. Please refer to the specific guidelines below.
Sharers are persons who have enrolled and paid for a regular share, an alternate week share, or a work-for-share for the current season, plus members of their household. Households who benefit from splitting a share with an enrolled sharer are NOT considered Sharers themselves. Only enrolled Sharers may vote and serve on the Board of Directors. Additionally, if an enrolled Sharer who is splitting their share leaves the farm or terminates their agreement with a sharing household, the non-enrolled household does not have priority to purchase a share in their own name over someone on the wait list.
SPECIFIC GUIDELINES for SHARE-SPLITTING:
- Because space is limited for parking and at the pickup stand, we ask that only sharers OR their designees—NOT BOTH—come to the farm on pickup days. Please do not divide your share with someone at the stand, in the fields, or in the parking lot. As a sharer you may, of course, do whatever you wish with your share once you have left the farm property.
- You may designate another person to pick up your share for any of your assigned pickup days, but you are responsible for making sure they know how a pickup is done. We encourage you to bring your designee with you to the annual Sharer Orientation/Refresher session. Please ask your designee to pick up your whole share and in the correct amounts.
- For special farm activities (Spring Festival, Harvest Festival, etc.), Sharers are welcome to bring non-sharer guests. Parking is limited, however, so we encourage carpooling.
- As a Sharer you may ask someone else to do work hours for you. You are responsible for making sure that person signs off on your work hours. Ultimately, it is your job to make sure your hours are completed.
- As a Sharer you may ask to have additional email addresses added to your account to receive email notifications (e.g. newsletter notification). Please include the name and address of the person associated with that email. Stearnsfarmcsa.org User IDs/Passwords are only given to staff and Sharers; please do NOT share this confidential information.
Revision 5. Last edited Fri 15 Apr 2011 12:53pm by TomYelton