Bike Deliveries

In addition to selling our produce at the West Tisbury Farmer's Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays, we have sixteen CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) members who receive vegetables from us on a weekly basis for ten weeks during the summer.

Most of our members live on Chappaquiddick, the little island separated from Martha's Vineyard by a two-minute ferry ride, where we will be moving the farm in September. There are currently no vegetable production farms on Chappy, so residents in search of local veggies (who do not already have their own gardens) must take the ferry over to the Vineyard.


All except for our shareholders. For the eleven members we have on Chappy, we deliver vegetables weekly right to their doorsteps. Our delivery systems is pretty unique: Collins, a bike enthusiast, built us insulated bike trailers made out of plywood, old bed frames and insulation foam. We load all of our vegetables into re-usable bags, place the bags inside the cooler, and then pedal from Katama to the Chappy ferry, and over to our shareholders' homes. 


Although we use only one trailer for each delivery, two people are required for every trip. Most of the roads on Chappy are dirt. And in all this dry weather, dirt means sand. So at some points, it is as if the road has turned into the beach. With his hefty, fat tires and mad biking skills, Collins pulls the trailer the entire ride, which takes a couple hours. Then at the sandiest sections, the second person (usually Christian) is needed: he hops off his bike and pushes the trailer from behind. 


The road gets tough and the deliverers work hard, but the veggies stay cool and crisp inside their insulated cooler.