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Almost every luncheon I host here at the herb farm I have people asking me if I sell the bread, or the salad dressing, or the dessert. Sometimes I will have made and packaged extra salad dressing to sell and I have in the past sold a variety of fresh breads on an occasional basis. To my knowledge there is no place in our East Texas area that bakes high-quality, artisan bread equal to what we bake here at the herb farm, and I want to make our bread more available to those who want it. And from the inquiries I get there are quite a few of you who want it.
As I was reading an article about Community Supported Agriculture the thought occurred to me: Why can't I do that with fresh bread? Why can't I have "subscribers" who commit to purchase at least one loaf of fresh bread on a regular basis? And I could offer add-ons to the bread such as our house salad dressing, our very popular lavender cookies and other items as well. The more I thought about the idea the more it made sense.
The program will work like this: those interested will commit to a loaf of freshly-baked Pineywoods Herb Farm bread every two weeks. The "commitment" is on a monthly basis so it will really be a commitment to two, and possibly three, loaves of bread each month. To deliver, we will be at a specific location in Lufkin, Nacogdoches, and Crockett for about 30 minutes and subscribers can pick up their bread at that time. For a small additional fee will can deliver to a home or place of business.
The cost: $8.50 for a freshly baked, absolutely wonderful, large (1 1/2 to 2 pound) loaf of bread. It could be a whole grain loaf one week, a loaf of rosemary bread the next time, ciabatta, pumpernickel, cinnamon-raisin, the list goes on. At the beginning of the month I will send out an email to subscribers letting them know what type bread will be available that month. I will also list the "add-ons" that can be ordered such as salad dressing, lavender cookies, a dozen of our unbelievable cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing, even some fresh produce from our organic gardens in the spring, summer and fall. Add-ons are optional and will be priced separately.
If you are interested in this program PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL. I will provide complete information and you can decide if you'd like to participate. I expect this to be a popular program and I can only take a limited number of subscribers so if you have an interest don't delay. This program will begin the first of February.
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