One great thing about farming is that we are always “working from home”. However in this time of Social Distancing and public safety we really want to create some choice as to how you access our farm produce. Now bear with us - there will be errors because we are farmers on a very small farm so forgive us in advance for our bumbling attempts to send squash to screen and make our blueberries binary! Here is the link to our online farm stand: https://anneth-farm.square.site/
This site has its limitations. It is run by “Weeble” and is contracted by “Square” which is our point of sale provider. Therefore we feel it is secure when it asks for your information. Having said that - the only form of payment available when you order on this site is a credit card. If you choose to do this - you can have it record your information and this is called “Square Pay”, making it much easier the next time you place an order with us. it really helps us stay organized as it manages our inventory so we don’t sell you food we dont have!
Of course we know that nothing online is completely safe and that many people are not comfortable with ordering online so here is what you do if you want to place an order and pay when you get to the stand:
We will be opening our farm stand from Monday to Thursday from 4 pm to 6 pm starting June 1st. (9420 West Saanich Road). During that time one of us will be there to meet and serve you. If you do not wish to order online, we would suggest you use the online store link to see what produce we have available on that day and then pre order by e mailing us your order to annethfarm@gmail.com. We can then send you an invoice and you can pay one of several ways:
1) Just follow directions and pay using the “Square” invoice
2) Send us an etransfer to annethfarm@gmail.com. (We have autodeposit)
3) Pay when you get to the stand - we have “tap” and can take credit cards or bank cards
4) Pay us cash when you come to pick up your order.
Of course if you just want to drop in between 4 and 6 Monday to Thursday - we will be there and you can shop the old fashioned way, although we do ask you to respect 2 meters of social distancing.
We will be at the North Saanich Farm Market https://www.facebook.com/North-Saanich-Farm-Market-114647165219152/ every Saturday morning from 9:30 to 12:30 and you can also arrange to pick up your pre orders there. The market will be quite different this year with only food, no music or crafts. We will be asking that you shop and depart promptly in order to keep everyone safe and allow everyone time to get their produce. The address is 10990 W Saanich Rd, North Saanich, BC V8L 5P6.
We encourage you to try some of these new ways of ordering. We are pioneering this together. If you choose to email us for your pre order please remember that we then have to manually manage our inventory so there will be times when the food you have ordered may be sold out - if that happens we will offer you a credit toward your next purchase or offer a substitute.
Regardless of how we connect you with your food, it is still the relationship we have with you that we value most; sharing recipes, knowing who you are feeding at dinner tonight, what you are celebrating around the dinner table. So stay in touch!
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