It is always a pleasure to show off the farm to those CSA members who attend our one or two spring farm tours (weather permitting) or the showcase autumn tour. The spring tours are filled with a heightened anticipation of all of summer's bounty yet to come. In the autumn, every row boasts of summer's waning gift or the promise that the garden will yet sustain us through coming winter months. People often express sympathy with the risk and uncertainty we face as producers of food, but the autumn farmscape always bathes us in a sense of nature's true security. You, as eaters, are no less dependent on the generosity of our soil than are we.

We are able to schedule a limited number of formal farm tours because most of our effort must be focused on a six-day production week and resting on the seventh. In order to accommodate those members unable to attend scheduled tours and to increase the transparency of our operation, the farm is open to informal, self-guided, walking tours during regular business hours for any members who wish to see their food being grown. We ask you give us a day's notice so we will know when to expect you and who is on the farm. We hope this opportunity will increase your sense of connectedness to your food shed and security in how it is being managed. -Tom and denesse Willey