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How much does a produce subscription cost and how does it work?
Do I have to order every week?
What if I go on vacation or travel often on business?
How much is this really going to cost?
Can you give me an idea of a typical weekly order?
How long is the produce season?
How does your Flower Bouquet subscription differ from your Produce subscription?
Do you offer any meat products or eggs?
Where are the weekly pick-up locations?
How do I sign up?
How much does a produce subscription cost and how does it work?
For only a $50 annual membership fee, our produce
subscribers order "a la carte" from an email-based
menu each week, and then are invoiced in aggregate at
the end of each calendar month for those products (vegetables,
fresh and dried herbs, and cut flowers) ordered during
the preceding month.
Subscribers order what they want, when they want it,
and in the quantities they want, and all produce and
flowers are delivered within 24 hours of harvest.
Do I have to order every week?
What if I go on vacation or travel often on business?
We do not impose a minimum weekly order, nor
must you order every week. We've attempted to structure
the subscription so as to maximize flexibility as well
as to empower the consumer.
How much is this really going
to cost?
Can you give me an idea of a typical weekly order?
Our unit prices are based on retail produce price
indices that we consult regularly, as well as our variable
costs of production (for example, taking into consideration
the labor involved to harvest a squash as opposed to
a pound of salad greens or baby spinach).
A household can order a substantial amount of produce
each week for $20 or $25. A typical weekly order in
August is as follows:
Cucumber (1) = $1.50
Eggplant (1) = $3.00
Heirloom tomatoes (2 lb.) = $6.00
Onions (1/2 lb.) = $1.00
Salad mix (1/2 lb.) = $5.00
Snap beans (1 lb.) = $3.00
Summer Squash (2) = $3.00
Sweet Peppers (1/2 lb.) = $2.50
Total = $25.00
How long is the produce season?
The core produce season is 15 weeks long (beginning
in early June), plus an 8-week-long pre-season of early-season
greens from our greenhouse beginning in April, and some
season extension into October, depending on the weather.
How does your Flower Bouquet
subscription differ from your Produce subscription?
We grow over 100 varieties of cut flowers, which
we arrange into mixed flower bouquets for delivery to
our subscribers.
Flower Bouquet subscribers have the option of a weekly,
biweekly, or monthly delivery of a small, medium, or
large bouquet over a 20-week-long season beginning in
mid-May.
The cost of the subscriptions ranges from $50 to $400,
depending on the size of bouquet and frequency of delivery,
as follows (for small, medium, and large, respectively):
Weekly: $200, $300, $400 (delivery fee = $50)
Biweekly: $100, $150, $200 (delivery fee = $25)
Monthly: $50, $75, $100 (delivery fee = $15)
[6% sales tax applies to all subscriptions]
Please note that the delivery fee is waived for produce
subscribers, and for those flower subscribers who pick
up their bouquets at one of our established pick-up
locations.
Do you offer any meat products or eggs?
We partner with other local farms to make their naturally-raised
beef, chicken, pork, and eggs available to our subscribers,
also on an "a la carte" basis, for no additional
membership fee.
For example, in the 2006 season, we partnered with
So'Journey Farm and Toboggan Hill Farm, both located
in nearby Greene County.
Where
are the weekly pick-up locations?
Subscribers' orders are available at various Pittsburgh-area
pick-up locations each week, including Cherry Valley
(near Burgettstown), Crafton, McMurray, Mt. Lebanon,
and Sewickley, and other locations will be considered
on a case-by-case basis.
How do I sign up?
Call 724-777-0790 or email
to ensure that we are still accepting members for the
current season and to confirm the amount due.
Then, to reserve your subscription, just mail your
check to:
Cherry Valley Organics
518 Joffre-Cherry Valley Road
Burgettstown, PA 15021
Thank you for your support of local, organic agriculture!
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