St. Pete Locally Grown “Intermission” Update

Valued Customers, Volunteers, & Growers:
No one is more eager than I to re-open our online Market on November 2nd with fresh fall produce! And we WILL still carry all products from The Dancing Goat! I wanted to let you know in advance about several changes to how our Market will operate regarding schedule and fees.

• We are cutting our Market timeframe by just two hours. We will open earlier on Monday at 3pm instead of 5pm. We will close earlier on Wednesday at 8am instead of noon. Based on past Markets, 99% of all shopping is completed by early Tuesday evening anyway.
• We will sell Certified Organic veggies from Geraldson Community Farm. In order for us to make it work with our schedule and theirs, you will be asked to order from them no later than Monday 8pm. That will give everyone FIVE hours to decide if/what they want from Geraldson’s and place an order. Even if it’s just a partial order, you can always come back later and place additional order(s) with other Growers before the Market closes.
• Our annual membership fee is changing from $90 annually ($7.50 per month) to $80 for the 8-month season ($10 per month). We will pro-rate memberships for fewer months, on request.
• New customers will get to try us once (instead of twice) before they decide to pay the $80 membership fee which gets automatically added to their second order. We will adjust & prorate the fee through the end of our Market season (June 2016) depending on when the second order gets placed.
• Delivery fees are increasing by $2. If you’ve been paying $4 then you will pay $6, and so on.

Please review our website at www.stpetelocallygrown.net with fresh eyes. We have changed a few graphics (finally) and updated it with new info. I want you to be as informed as possible whenever you share the great news of our lovely online Market with others.

We are looking for more urban growers to join our Market. Please contact me if you think you might be interested in selling an over-abundance of chemical-free veggies through our Market. If 10 farmers reserve 4 pounds of tomatoes for our Market then we have FORTY POUNDS to sell to the St. Petersburg Community. Talk about “home grown…”

The future of our Market depends on local dollars AND local volunteers. I am still looking for two volunteers needed every other week on Friday for 2 to 3 hours. Awaiting your call… 727-515-9469

Hope to see you at this month’s potluck social on October 24th. Look for your Evite and come help me celebrate turning 62!

To your Health & a successful Fall Season…
Tina, YOUR Market Manager
stpete@locallygrown.net
727-515-9469