TENTATIVE DROP OFF LOCATIONS FOR 2012

Following are the drop off locations for 2012.  We have new volunteers and their locations aren't added yet but will be soon.  .  When you sign up, you choose the location that is best for you.  You can also change the location anytime during the season.  Just let me know and I can make that change.  Since some of the members from the full drop off locations have switched to other more convenient drop offs, there might be openings.  Let me know if you desire a drop off location that is already full.

FERGUS FALLS:

Bluebird Gardens ~ 26060 Co. Hwy 18                        

Don Braeger ~  737 So. Woodland Drive                       

Premiere Meats ~  306 No. Tower Road               

Ringdahl Ambulance (employees only)

Becky Boyd  ~  233 East Vernon

The Country Store ~ 1916 College Way

NORTH FARGO:

Border States Electric (Employees only)  105 25th Street No.

Jennifer Mastrud ~ 2857 No. 2nd Street

Rona Pfund ~ 1218 44th Ave No.

Lindsay Hagerott ~ 2513 Lilac Lane

Kristi Reich ~ 82 23th Ave No

Carly Jo and Tim Hager ~  521 1st St N

 

Flint Communications (Employees only) 101 N 10th St

 

SOUTH FARGO: 

Vintage Point ~ 1450 25th St. So.                                  

Total Health Chiropractic ~ 3003 32nd Ave So.  #4 

Anne Kaese ~ 3420 Birchwood Court  (Behind Waterford off So. University Drive)

LaDonna Carpenter ~ for Microsoft employees  ~ 3365 39th Ave So. 

Troy and Kristin Durham ~ 1007 6th St. So.  This is just four blocks from Olivet.

Tim Solberg ~ 4820 48th Ave So

Sue Brayton ~  263 Prairiewood Drive

Jennifer Guler ~ 4486 53rd St. So

EcoChic Boutique ~ 4955 17th Ave So  #106

USDA Farm Service Agency ~ 1025 28th St. So  open until 4:30  /Dan Janes

RDO  ~  (Employees only)  at 700 7th St So.

Olivet Church ~ 1330 So. University Drive   

Sun Dog ~ Employees only ~ 2000 44th St. SW  Floor 6     

Vogel Law Office (employees only)  218 NP Ave.

WEST FARGO:

Lisa Simon  ~  4871 51 St. So.

Chasity Seymour ~ 725 Wyndemere Drive  Charleswood

Chelle LeMier ~ 1051 42nd Ave West

Lorissa Lenertz ~ 202 3rd Ave E

Larry and Linda Ottesen ~ 906 Homestead Court

Don Kukla ~ 715 14th Ave East

 

MOORHEAD:

Donna Vance  ~ Village Green  ~  2812 30th St. So. 

Sydney's Health Market ~ 810 30th Ave So

Danielle Charlson ~ 1002 21st Ave So

Sharon Jorschumb ~ 977 18th Ave Circle No        

Dawn Aberle  ~  5233 18th St. No

 

BARNESVILLE:

The Cenex Store

Breckenridge/Wahpeton:

Interstate Engineering  ~1999 4th St. No.  Wahpeton

Dilworth:

Miranda Schlichting  ~  602 4th Ave NE 

Otter Tail:

Amor Pork  ~  35737 Co. Hwy 1

Perham:

Langen Chiropractic  ~108 Market Drive

Richville:

Wagon Wheel Grocery

Frazee:

Jane Young  ~  204 So. Lake Street

Vergas:

Vergas Gas at 121 W Linden St.

Lake Maud:

Julie Scothorn  ~  12146 Shorewood Beach Road, DL  (off of 59 north of Pelican Rapids)

 Detroit Lakes:

Julie Storsved  ~  520 W. Ave

Pelican Rapids:

Lynne Jensen  ~  709 1st St. NW

Underwood:

Underwood Quik Stop  ~  29346 State Hwy 210

Rothsay:

Faith Waldoch ~ 313 1st Ave NW

Battle lake:

Margaret Dahl  ~  36807 So. Silver Lake Road 

 

WHAT DOES THE DROP OFF HOST DO?

The drop off host provides a cool place for the boxes while they are waiting to be picked up.  This can be a garage, office.  It is nice if the drop off host is available when CSA members come to pick up their week's produce, but is not totally necessary.  In almost all cases, this will be a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.  We plan to deliver the boxes as early as possible each day.  The fine line we walk is that some items need to be harvested that very morning to be of the best quality.  But we also want to deliver early for your convenience.  So the likely balance between those two will put most deliveries in the late morning or early afternoon.  The CSA member has 24 hours to pick up their produce   If the member cannot pick up their box in that time, the host can decide what to do with that produce.  It can go to a food shelf, given to a friend or neighbor or used by the host.

WHO CAN BE A DROP OFF HOST?

In most cases, it will be a CSA member.  It can be a private residence and the boxes can be stored in your entry or garage.  It can be a business.  Some businesses who would like more traffic into their store may elect to be a drop off host.  They might not even be a member.  I really appreciate any efforts by CSA members to be thinking of good drop off sites.  You can email your suggestions to me right through this website or call me at 218-205-4739.

WHAT DOES THE DROP OFF HOST RECEIVE?

We very much value the willingness of host participation.  The host will receive a five dollar credit for their membership for every box they host for the season.  For example, if they host ten boxes, they will receive a fifty dollar credit off their membership.  If they choose, they can receive their credit as a check at the end of the season.  This applies for drop off hosts who allow the general public to come to their site.  For businesses, who are a drop off for employees only, the benefit for you is a drop off at your work site.  The five dollar credit per box won't apply in those cases. 

More and more businesses are rallying their co-workers to become Bluebird Gardens CSA shareholders so the drop off site is that work site.    I am most welcome to come and talk to any work site about becoming CSA members of Bluebird Gardens!  Just call or email me and I will come!