Finca SeremosCallicoon Center and Northern Manhattan
SNAP at sign-up, then every delivery
Today SNAP members choose “pay off-line” and get their card swiped at every distribution. On Farmhand, EBT sits right next to cards at sign-up, and a SNAP sign-up link only shows the choices that will work, so a family never hits a dead end at checkout. These are real Farmhand screens.
- At sign-upEBT shows up as a payment method next to cards.
- Each deliveryEBT is charged one delivery at a time, the way federal rules require.
- What qualifiesA SNAP badge marks eligible items, like produce and Channery Hill eggs, in the shop, the cart and on invoices.
- Split paymentIf a fee or non-food item is in the total, EBT pays the eligible part and a card covers the rest.
- RefundsThey go back to the EBT balance, with a compliant receipt to the member.
Built with Friendly Neighbor Gardens in Linville, Virginia, so the SNAP households in their community could join the CSA like anybody else. Their setup with Forage, step by step: How to accept SNAP EBT online.
Your SNAP list, honestly
In October you told Ari exactly where SNAP sign-ups break. Here’s where each one stands on Farmhand today.
- Live nowOnline SNAP at sign-up and each delivery, through Forage.
- In progressThe rest of your list, in the order it’s being built.
- DatesAri will walk you through timing for each one.
Free choice, with limits where you need them
Members pick their items each week from what you bring. High-demand crops carry their own limit, and the add-ons you buy in from neighbors keep their own price, off the sliding scale.
- Free choice6 to 10 items for a full share, 3 to 5 for a half.
- LimitsStrawberries one quart a share, cherry tomatoes two pints. The store stops there.
- Add-onsChannery Hill eggs and Agrarian Feast mushrooms at their own price.
- Skip or donateMembers skip by Tuesday at 6:30, or donate the week, and your policy tells them it goes to the community fridge.
Example week. Limits and add-on prices are from your CSA page.
Thursday uptown, Friday in Liberty
Every pickup site gets its own list, its own cap and its own count of who’s paying with SNAP, so the people at your staffed tables know who’s coming.
- InwoodWhen it fills, it closes on its own while Washington Heights stays open.
- Liberty8-week spring, summer and fall shares, sold on their own.
- Sign-out sheetIn Spanish if your crew wants it, with first-time members flagged at each table.
- Your numbersMembers by tier and by payment, ready for the data page you already publish.
- Head lettuce96
- Strawberries81 qt
- Garlic scapes64 bunches
- Salad turnips52 bunches
Spanish reports were built with Farmer Tom and the Live Earth Farm crew, who harvest and pack mostly in Spanish. The board above uses example numbers; we’d set it up from your real sites and crops.
Both languages, in your words
You already send a bilingual update. Pickup reminders, running-late texts and event invites go out the way you write them, in English and Spanish.
- Pickup dayOne text to everyone at that site, both languages.
- EventsWork days and DĂa de Muertos with RSVPs on Farmhand Events.
- NewsletterThe sign-up form on your site isn’t connected right now, so those names go nowhere. On Farmhand they land on your list.
- HandbookNew members get your Member Handbook link in their welcome text.
Finca SeremosPickup today 4 to 6:30 at Word Up. Strawberries are back, one quart per share!Recogida hoy de 4 a 6:30 en Word Up. ¡Ya hay fresas, una caja por membresĂa!
¡Gracias! Llego a las 5.
Monday, October 26DĂa de Muertos and chili competition at the farm, Sunday Nov 1. RSVP here.DĂa de Muertos y concurso de chili en la finca, domingo 1 de noviembre. Confirma aquĂ.
Example messages, written by you.
Your CSA page, sliding scale and all
The scale, the sizes and SNAP explained once, with sign-up at the bottom. Two things on the current page are worth fixing either way: the SNAP FAQ still says the incentive grant ends August 31, 2024, and it sends SNAP members to a “Middle Income” option the scale no longer has.
Scroll inside the frame. The tier graphics and prices are your own.
Fresh food for every household, on a sliding scale
Free-choice vegetables from our farm in Callicoon Center, for members in Washington Heights, Inwood and Liberty, including families paying with SNAP.
Find your place on the scale
Reflect on where you fall, then choose. Every tier gets the same share.
Two share sizes
Pay in full, in monthly installments or with SNAP each week.
Full share
6 to 10 items a weekfrom $450Half share
3 to 5 items a weekfrom $330Full, with SNAP
Charged each pickup week$16/wkHalf, with SNAP
Charged each pickup week$9/wkPickup sites
“Y por amor seré, serás, seremos.”
And through love I will be, you will be, we will be. Brenda and Chris started Finca Seremos to feed and organize their uptown community, upstate and uptown.
Questions
2027 sign-up opens soon
Join the wait listMoved before 2027 sign-up, with no one dropped
Your 140 members, their tiers, sizes and pickup sites come with you. Online SNAP on Farmhand runs through Forage, and we fill out that application with you. You check everything, then 2027 sign-up opens on Farmhand.
Members get one email and text from you, in both languages, with how to log in.
- CSA sign-up and payments
GrownByFarmhand- Online SNAP/EBT
GrownByFarmhand, through Forage- 2027 wait list
Airtable formFarmhand, with invites- How to pay with SNAP
Google DocBuilt into sign-up- Newsletter sign-up
Unconnected formFarmhand- Event RSVPs
RSVP formFarmhand Events
What it costs
Business Pro is the plan built for a CSA your size: sign-up, SNAP, the weekly store, unlimited email and text and $1,000 of marketing credit. Join this fall and the credit renews in January, so your first year comes with $2,000.
- Farmhand Business Pro
- $200 a month
- Marketing creditA 2027 sign-up campaign, bilingual member emails and an event page
- $1,000 when you join, $1,000 each January
- Farmhand service feeCovers support and unlimited email and text
- 3% of online sales
- Card processingBoth fees can be passed to members at checkout
- 4% card, 1% ACH
- Switching
- No contract or setup fee