Seeking volunteers to host CSA dropoff site in NoPa

Eatwell Farm, a 70 acre organic farm located in Dixon, CA, operates a Community Supported Agriculture program where they deliver boxes of farm-fresh produce and eggs to various sites in San Francisco. Subscribers to the CSA then pick up their box each week. Eatwell is interested in starting a new pick-up site in our neighborhood. Can you help?

(More information about Eatwell Farm and the CSA is available at http://www.eatwell.com/.)

In order for Eatwell to open a new site, there are a few requirements. The site must have enough room for at least 10 produce boxes and a small cooler for eggs, be sheltered from the rain and sun, and be convenient to our established delivery route. We also need to have at least six boxes delivered to the site in order to open it. If you think your home or business could fit these requirements, we will come by your place to evaluate the situation for our needs. You determine the hours you're willing to have members retrieve their boxes. If all looks well, your site could be opened in just a couple of weeks!

What are the benefits to being a host? First of all, your CSA box arrives directly at your house or business, which is pretty exciting. Also, if there are at least 10 boxes consistently arriving at your site, you will get either a free every-other week produce box subscription OR a half-priced weekly produce box subscription. If there are at least 15 boxes at your site, you will receive a free weekly produce subscription.

What does Eatwell expect from you? They just need to make sure you are at least somewhat available to our members (by phone or email), just in case they need to set up an after-hours pickup. Also, we need to retrieve the empty boxes and egg coolers each week, so it would be your obligation to ensure those are easily found.

If you think your place might work, or you have questions, please email Molly at organic@eatwell.com. They are particularly interested in finding a site to replace the Laurel Heights location (Lyon and Geary), which will be closing at the end of August 2007.