By far the most common comment/criticism of the CSA survey was the lack of lamb and goat in the CSAs. To address such, we need to acknowledge several blunders on our part.

     1. Some of the printed and web site CSA information reads "Each installment includes..." while other info reads "Each installment may/can include..." The latter is the correct version, and until I received numerous lashings for such, I had never seen the error. While some of our information said such, it was never the intent to state that each and every installment would include both lamb and goat. Relative to the other species, the lamb and goat are a small part of our operation and the volume is not yet present to include these meats as a substantial part of the CSA.

     2. What we sell is a true CSA with members receiving a share of what has been harvested. In "good" years there is more, in "bad " years there is less. Due to the severe droughts in 2007 and 2008, the 2008 and 2009 kid and lamb crops were less than half of normal years. Instead of twins and triplets, the ewes and does had singles. This cut our expected harvest in half. Also bear in mind that we only process the males.

     3. When Brenda and I talk about the CSAs at the markets, the universal response to the lamb and goat is, "EEEEEWWWW!!!!" Because of this, I made a very erroneous assumption that most people did not look forward to the lamb and goat and were relieved to not see it; so I made no effort to explain the absence of it as part of a regular, monthly installment. Mea culpa.