What the heck is a CSB Share?!
CSB stands for "Community-Supported Bakery". Built on the model of a CSA (community supported agriculture) plan, our CSB retains the localized attention to food availability while strengthening direct customer to producer relationships. Generally, the CSA model requests early payment for promised goods as a way of balancing small business fluctuations; allowing the farmer, or the baker in this case, to minimize big shifts so that they can consistently offer healthy and reliable goods to their communities. This translates well to baked goods as we can help support sustainable (and local) agriculture and honor adaptive traditional practices.
So how does this work then?
Simple. Ish...
Patrons sign up for bakery share (scroll to the bottom of this page to sign up!). A traditional CSA share is seasonal and based on the growing seasons and cycles of the farm. Our bakery is not held to these seasonal shifts and so our shares are a simple 6 month cycle starting on the day you sign up.
A 6 month share of $50.00 includes the commitment to purchasing (in addition to the share fee) a minimum of $5 of goods each week. We also offer a "Summer Share" for July through September for $25.00. Same commitment, same great benefits, just a shorter commitment for those folks visiting for the summer months.
Our “pay-as-you-go” model gives patrons the flexibility to customize their share each week via our online store or receive a Baker’s Choice share as the default. Payment for custom orders is made directly through the Shop on the website. Baker's Choice shares will be invoiced at the end of each calendar month in which they occur.
This model requires a much lower payment upfront than a traditional CSA, which lowers the barrier for participation, making food more accessible throughout our communities. At the same time, the $50 member fee helps support our efforts to live and work intentionally with and within local Maine economies and communities.
Baked Goods are are available for pick up at our Water St. shop or delivered every week to our member's designated drop locations. We are currently supporting drop off/pick up locations in the Portland and Augusta areas. We are working to set up more drop locations throughout both these areas.
It is our goal to aggregate deliveries in as few locations as possible but we are also willing to work with you to make sure you can get your order in a timely fashion with as little inconvenience as possible.
Patrons sign up for bakery share (scroll to the bottom of this page to sign up!). A traditional CSA share is seasonal and based on the growing seasons and cycles of the farm. Our bakery is not held to these seasonal shifts and so our shares are a simple 6 month cycle starting on the day you sign up.
A 6 month share of $50.00 includes the commitment to purchasing (in addition to the share fee) a minimum of $5 of goods each week. We also offer a "Summer Share" for July through September for $25.00. Same commitment, same great benefits, just a shorter commitment for those folks visiting for the summer months.
Our “pay-as-you-go” model gives patrons the flexibility to customize their share each week via our online store or receive a Baker’s Choice share as the default. Payment for custom orders is made directly through the Shop on the website. Baker's Choice shares will be invoiced at the end of each calendar month in which they occur.
This model requires a much lower payment upfront than a traditional CSA, which lowers the barrier for participation, making food more accessible throughout our communities. At the same time, the $50 member fee helps support our efforts to live and work intentionally with and within local Maine economies and communities.
Baked Goods are are available for pick up at our Water St. shop or delivered every week to our member's designated drop locations. We are currently supporting drop off/pick up locations in the Portland and Augusta areas. We are working to set up more drop locations throughout both these areas.
It is our goal to aggregate deliveries in as few locations as possible but we are also willing to work with you to make sure you can get your order in a timely fashion with as little inconvenience as possible.
Why CSB?
As a Stone Broke Bread CSB member you are providing a reliable market for our products and in exchange we deliver you really good bread. The benefits of this relationship add up quickly for your health, the health of our business, the local economy, and the environment, as we are able to offer our bread at a competitive price thanks to customer direct sales with fewer road miles, less handling, and less overall waste.
Do I have to buy a share to get your bread?
Nope. But a Share Membership comes with a number of benefits. Share members receive a discount on all bakery products, access to specialty breads, crackers, and other items not available to non-share members and discounts on products from many of our friends & partners including Farm House Coffee Roasters Whole Bean Coffee, Sweet Monkey Business Cookies and Granola, Local Cheeses and more. Share Member discounts extend to our Brick and Mortar location in downtown Gardiner as well. We even offer Member-Only book sales on Full Moons and other seasonal/celestial events!
That sounds great! How do I sign up for a share?
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To become a customer, simply purchase a share to the right (or below if you are viewing this on a mobile device). Once we you have done this we will send you a login for our online store and detailed instructions for ordering. Share Members can renew their shares directly through the online store when the time comes.
For more information contact us directly via the contact page on this site. |