Costs

1. Vegetables - $500 Full / $300 Half
2. Beef - $560 Full / $290 Half
3. Lamb - $230 Full / $120 Half
4. Chicken - $200 Full / $110 Half
5. Beef & Poultry Combo - $300 Full / $160 Half

Shares are available for vegetables or meat, or both. Meat shares are available year round in renewable six or twelve month shares. Cost for 12 month shares available on request.

Each allotment for vegetables will be a bag of fresh, organically grown vegetables from Dickson’s Organics’ farm in Timmonsville, SC. A full vegetable share contains roughly 6 pounds of fresh vegetables per weekly share. Each week the contents of the allotment will vary depending on what is in season and what is growing in abundance. Please note that the exact amount of each weekly allotment will vary depending upon what is harvesting at that particular time, but we will strive to ensure that each shareholder gets their fair value of the week’s harvest. The typical contents of an allotment will vary, and a list of anticipated veggies will be provided. Recipes and suggested cooking instructions will be available.

The meat is pastured and sustainably and humanely raised by Charlie Caldwell at Ovis Hill Farm or John Rogers at Hill Creek Farm in Darlington County, South Carolina. Meat shares are available as animal specific, beef or lamb, or in a beef/poultry combination. The idea behind a meat share is that the consumer is purchasing a virtual ¼ or ½ beef; a ½ or whole lamb; or chicken by case and will receive discounted bulk prices without having to take delivery of hundreds of pounds of beef, lamb and/or chicken. Customers will receive cuts of meat from all parts of the animal just as they do some of all the vegetables that are being harvested. There are a limited number of cuts (for example there are more sirloin steaks than filets, NY Strips, or rib eyes, so steaks received will vary) and because space limitations in the walk in freezer limit the possibilities for storing a particular ¼ or ½ cow per share we will likely use standard percentages to allocate distribution of cuts. Because we are operating on trust, with the aid of customer volunteers, a great deal of care will be used to guarantee fairness in distribution of the parts of the “virtual bulk purchases.” Our meats are truly excellent quality and have been available for several years at our markets and hopefully potential customers are familiar with them. Our grass fed and properly dry aged beef has excellent quality, is typically lean and more flavorful and with tender steaks (there is variation between cows). Lamb is mild, tender and wonderful. Our free range chicken is typically leaner, more flavorful, has more texture, and is excellent! Suggested cooking instructions and many recipes will be available. Please contact Charlie at Charlie@ovishillfarm.com or 843-992-9447 with questions about the meat.

The following are approximate allotment amounts for full 6 month shares (half shares are also offered):

BEEF SHARE: approximately 4#/ week – ex. Steak, roast, hamburger/stew.

LAMB SHARE: approximately 4-6#/month – ex. Chops, kabobs/leg, soup bones, grd. Lamb.

CHICKEN SHARE: total 6 whole chickens and 6 cut-up chickens – 2 approx. 4 to 4.5 lb. chickens per month.

BEEF/CHICKEN FAMILY PACK: 6 chickens and approx. 36# beef—assorted hamburger, boneless stew, and roasts (one assortment of chicken and beef, about 10lb per month).

Please also note that upon weekly pickup of a shareholder’s allotment, a great variety of other fruits, vegetables, grains, cheeses, meats, milk, and eggs will be available for purchase. Shareholders picking up shares at the Ovis Hill Farmers Markets will receive a 5% discount on grains, milk, cheese, eggs, etc. and market and farm volunteers will receive a 10% discount. Discounts are on additional purchases and may not apply to all items.

Shareholder payments are due no later than April 10, 2010. Shareholders are strongly encouraged to pay the full amount of their payment up front. This is necessary so that the producers can obtain their needed working capital for the season. If a shareholder is unable to make the full payment up front, please contact the CSA Board at PeeDeeCSA@gmail.com. For vegetables, payment by check or cash is preferred, but if you chose to pay by credit card you will be responsible for a minor service fee.