ISU Student Organic Farm
CSA Member Form
Work Share Policies:
- Volunteers agree to donate 50 hours of work throughout the growing season.
- Three-hour work shifts will begin the week of May 9th, 2011. Hours can be logged during work nights, or at any other time when a farm manager is present at the farm.
- All hours MUST be logged in the binder in order to count towards your work share.
- In order to receive your weekly vegetable share, the week prior to each vegetable pick up (Fri-Thurs of delivery), the worker must have logged 3 hours of work or have met one of the following conditions:
- Work 3 additional hours during the 2 weeks prior to the week of absence.
- Contact a farm manager to notify of a substitute worker during the week of absence.
- Communicate with the farm manager to identify another plan.
- A minimum of one hour at a time needs to be logged in order for work hours to count toward the three-hour per week total.
- No more than three hours can be logged in advance (no banking of hours).
- Work shares may select 2 weeks during the summer in which they will not work (or have a sub, or make up in advance) and not receive veggies that week. If you know of such absences ahead of time, please communicate with the farm managers. After two veggie/work free weeks, you will lose your CSA work share.
Recommended Supplies to bring:
- Sunscreen
- Sun hat
- Water bottle
- Snacks
- Rubber boots
- Work gloves
- Your favorite weeding tool
- Remember – limited access to bathrooms!!!!
Rules for children:
- SOF holds no liability for anything that happens to your children while at the farm, but you may bring them at your own risk
- Children are not allowed in the shed, or near any equipment
- Hopefully, we will have a kids garden area this year, and we would prefer that the children stay in that general area
- When you are watching children at the farm you cannot log hours toward your work share or plot. We would however, like to arrange a schedule so that alternating weeks, one extra adult could be at the farm just to keep an eye on all the children, not to work
Community Plot Guidelines
The ISU Student Organic Farm
(SOF) is an important student-directed activity at the ISU Horticulture Station
(HORT). Community plots are one
aspect of the SOF, and individuals who mange community plots (plotters) have
rights and responsibilities. The
SOF is considered a project of HORT, and is required to follow all rules and
guidelines of HORT. Plotters will be responsible for knowing and following
these regulations. Violation of
guidelines and agreements may result in individual plotters being prohibited
from further participation in community plots at the ISU Student Organic Farm.
The Rules:
· Community plots will be managed following organic principles and guidelines. If you have questions about what is an acceptable practice, speak to one of the SOF officers.
· Plots are available only to people affiliated with Iowa State University.
· New This Year! Plotters are required to attend orientation before being given access through the gate and access to their plot.
· New This Year! Plotters will pay two checks of $25.00 per plot, one will be cashed at the beginning of the summer, the other will be help and cashed in November under two conditions:
o If you do not clean up your plot at the end of the season
o If you do not complete your 10 hours of service to the farm (see next bullet).
· In order to build community and help with the day to day maintenance of the SOF, plotters must volunteer 10 hours during the season towards overall SOF activities, as directed by the officers (in return for some veggies).
· Produce grown on individual plots may not be sold by entities other than the SOF. Community plots are for growing produce for personal consumption or donation only.
· New This Year! Plotters will keep their plots in neat and orderly condition. Once per month the SOF officers will inspect the plots, and if it is unkempt you will be issued a warning by email and a notice in your plot. You will have one week to clean up your plot, and if it is not completed, your plot will be mowed or tilled. Plotters forego any compensation for plant material or physical property that is damaged or destroyed by SOF farm mangers addressing untended plots.
· Swimming, fishing, hunting, camping, open flames, and the consumption of alcohol and/or tobacco products are prohibited on all HORT grounds including SOF.
· Individuals will obey posted signage—access restrictions, pesticide warnings, posted speeds, do not enter, and others.
· Plotters and other users of the SOF will not interfere with other projects and users of HORT. Roadways and facilities are shared rules of common courtesy must be followed. Personal vehicles must be parked so as not to obstruct traffic.
· Harvesting or consumption of produce from, and trespassing into other user’s areas are prohibited. Many studies at HORT examine the impacts of potentially dangerous compounds on fruit and vegetable material. Gleaning of produce or other material from the HORT compost areas for personal use is prohibited.
· The HORT attempts to limit the presence of deer, raccoons, and other wildlife that may damage crops. Plotters will work to support these efforts by closing gate(s) behind them.
· New This Year! NO sprinklers in plots.
· Plotters will have access to one 20 ft x 20 ft (more or less) plot of ground at the SOF.
· Plotters will have access to the hand tools of the SOF outside of previously scheduled and announced workdays—farm managers and farm business have first right to tool use. Please remember… the tools at SOF are shared by many people and proper maintenance and storage of the tools is essential. After use of tools, clean the tool and return the tool to the tool shed.
· Plotters will have access to irrigation water.
· SOF farm mangers will attempt to roto-till community plots once in the spring and provide compost and mulch (if available) for plotters’ use.
· Retention of a specific plot from one year to the next by a specific plotter will be encouraged provided that the plotter meets listed requirements and continues to participate in farm activities.
The Rules:
· Community plots will be managed following organic principles and guidelines. If you have questions about what is an acceptable practice, speak to one of the SOF officers.
· Plots are available only to people affiliated with Iowa State University.
· New This Year! Plotters are required to attend orientation before being given access through the gate and access to their plot.
· New This Year! Plotters will pay two checks of $25.00 per plot, one will be cashed at the beginning of the summer, the other will be help and cashed in November under two conditions:
o If you do not clean up your plot at the end of the season
o If you do not complete your 10 hours of service to the farm (see next bullet).
· In order to build community and help with the day to day maintenance of the SOF, plotters must volunteer 10 hours during the season towards overall SOF activities, as directed by the officers (in return for some veggies).
· Produce grown on individual plots may not be sold by entities other than the SOF. Community plots are for growing produce for personal consumption or donation only.
· New This Year! Plotters will keep their plots in neat and orderly condition. Once per month the SOF officers will inspect the plots, and if it is unkempt you will be issued a warning by email and a notice in your plot. You will have one week to clean up your plot, and if it is not completed, your plot will be mowed or tilled. Plotters forego any compensation for plant material or physical property that is damaged or destroyed by SOF farm mangers addressing untended plots.
· Swimming, fishing, hunting, camping, open flames, and the consumption of alcohol and/or tobacco products are prohibited on all HORT grounds including SOF.
· Individuals will obey posted signage—access restrictions, pesticide warnings, posted speeds, do not enter, and others.
· Plotters and other users of the SOF will not interfere with other projects and users of HORT. Roadways and facilities are shared rules of common courtesy must be followed. Personal vehicles must be parked so as not to obstruct traffic.
· Harvesting or consumption of produce from, and trespassing into other user’s areas are prohibited. Many studies at HORT examine the impacts of potentially dangerous compounds on fruit and vegetable material. Gleaning of produce or other material from the HORT compost areas for personal use is prohibited.
· The HORT attempts to limit the presence of deer, raccoons, and other wildlife that may damage crops. Plotters will work to support these efforts by closing gate(s) behind them.
· New This Year! NO sprinklers in plots.
· Plotters will have access to one 20 ft x 20 ft (more or less) plot of ground at the SOF.
· Plotters will have access to the hand tools of the SOF outside of previously scheduled and announced workdays—farm managers and farm business have first right to tool use. Please remember… the tools at SOF are shared by many people and proper maintenance and storage of the tools is essential. After use of tools, clean the tool and return the tool to the tool shed.
· Plotters will have access to irrigation water.
· SOF farm mangers will attempt to roto-till community plots once in the spring and provide compost and mulch (if available) for plotters’ use.
· Retention of a specific plot from one year to the next by a specific plotter will be encouraged provided that the plotter meets listed requirements and continues to participate in farm activities.
