Dear Farm Supporters,
We hope your year is off to a great start! 2010 has already proven to be a busy year for us as we have been diligently making improvements on the farm and upgrading our packing facilities in anticipation of spring. We’ve got an exciting line-up of produce planned for the Spring/Summer season, and we can hardly wait for the first signs of warmer weather.
As a part of our winter efforts, we have been adding new drop sites throughout our distribution area. We are pleased to announce the addition of the following public sites: Woodley’s Garden Center in Irmo and Columbia, The Plant Depot in Orangeburg, and Whole Foods Market and I’On Health in Mt. Pleasant. Several of our drop sites are close to filling up, so if you have not yet made your reservation for spring, now is the time to do so!
In signing up, you will notice that we have made a few changes to our website. Many of our members had issues with the Paypal payment system, so we are now accepting credit cards directly on our site. We hope this will improve your online ordering experience! There will be many more changes to come including a Recipes section and an enhanced Community area in which we hope to bring you all together with the latest news, photos, and events on the farm.
We are also happy to announce that Pinckney’s Produce is now on Facebook. Be sure to “Become a Fan” of our farm, so you can receive regular updates as they occur. We hope you will use this outlet to talk to one another, share recipes, and offer feedback about your experience.
Speaking of feedback, we will be sending out our very first farm survey in the next few days. If you were a subscriber to either of our 2009 harvest seasons, we invite you to participate! As a special treat, we will draw the names of two lucky participants who complete the survey, and they will win a FREE small share for the Spring/Summer 2010 season. This drawing is retroactive, so if the winners have already signed up for our next season, we will send them a $170 credit.
In closing, I’d like to mention that we will be participating in the Southeastern Wildlife Expo next weekend in Charleston as a part of the SC Department of Agriculture exhibit. If you are in the area, please come say hello! We’d love to meet you.
Once again, thanks for being a supporter of Pinckney’s Produce. We’ll be in touch again soon with the latest from the farm.
Regards,
Jody
