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Hi there,
We started Howling Fresh in 2020, and the years since have been some of the most frustrating and most rewarding I've had. The hardest part has never been the growing — Alabama heat, humidity, and pests will humble you fast, but you find your way. The hardest part is the last mile. Getting fresh, hand-harvested produce from our fields in Huntsville into a local kitchen takes a network of people who care enough to open their porch. That's you.
Every box that lands on your porch each pickup is a small, real fight against the long, anonymous food chain — and a win for the families picking up at your site. You're the reason our harvest reaches them.
We've designed the Porch Host experience to be as simple and supportive as possible, and we're grateful to have you as part of this community. There are a few helpful things to know, which we've outlined in the sections ahead. Please review them, and if you ever need anything, we're here to help.
With gratitude,
Farmer Ryan
Hosts with 10+ members at their site eat free! With great rewards comes great responsibility. Being a Porch Partner means you’re agreeing to the following when you host a pickup site:
🧹 Bi-Weekly Site Check
Make sure your pickup area is clean, safe, and accessible on pickup days. In bad weather, ensure boxes are covered or under shelter if possible.
📋 Box Check & Grace Period Support
At the end of each pickup day, check if any boxes are left behind. Send a quick message to Farmhand with a list of members who still need to pick up (they’ll send out a reminder on your behalf).
🚪 Help Members Feel Welcome
Occasionally, new CSA members may ring your doorbell or knock because they’re confused about where to find their box. A friendly wave, pointing them to the right spot, or a quick explanation goes a long way.
💬 Communication & Feedback
Let Farmhand know if anything comes up—missed deliveries, concerns about quality, or if your availability ever changes. We’re here to support you, and keeping the communication open helps make the CSA better for everyone.
Best for: printing a stack to leave on your porch, mail to neighbors, drop in mailboxes, pin to a neighborhood bulletin board, or hand out at HOA meetings. Letter-size, fits in a manila envelope.
Best for: slipping in your pocket and handing out — school pickup, church, the gym, neighbors who stop to chat. Business-card size. Print double-sided.
Best for: posting to your story when your porch pickup launches or any week the bag lands. Tap “share to story,” upload the image, add a link sticker to howlingfreshfarm.com/csa. Vertical 9:16.
Best for: posting to your Instagram or Facebook grid. Two variants — Announcement for when the season opens and Mid-Season for peak harvest weeks — each in 1:1 (square) and 4:5 (vertical) so it looks right on every feed.
Best for: the caption box on Instagram or Facebook when you post one of the images above. Written in your voice — like you're sharing, not selling. Tap Copy, paste, edit anything that doesn't sound like you, and post.
Best decision we made this year — our porch is officially a Howling Fresh CSA pickup site for the season. Heirloom tomatoes, rainbow chard, sourdough, pasture-raised eggs, the whole Tennessee Valley harvest, every other week March through December. Want in? howlingfreshfarm.com/csa
Our porch is on the Howling Fresh route this year ✓ If you live nearby and want farm-fresh produce dropped a few houses down every other week instead of a grocery run, here's where to sign up: howlingfreshfarm.com/csa
A season of farm-fresh produce headed to our porch starting soon. We're hosting a Howling Fresh CSA pickup site — if you want in, howlingfreshfarm.com/csa
Howling Fresh bag just landed. Going to be a tomato sandwich kind of week. howlingfreshfarm.com/csa
Huntsville produce hits different in peak season. Our porch is a Howling Fresh pickup site if you want in. howlingfreshfarm.com/csa
If you see me on the porch with a Howling Fresh bag, I'm not bragging — I'm hosting. Join us: howlingfreshfarm.com/csa
People think a CSA means a box of mystery vegetables. Howling Fresh is way more flexible than that — you build your bag: veggies, sourdough, pasture-raised eggs, a pound of meat, local honey. Skip any week you need to. Members-only events. First dibs on Thanksgiving turkeys. We host the pickup right here on our porch — howlingfreshfarm.com/csa
Reasons we host a Howling Fresh CSA pickup: (1) the produce, (2) the sourdough, (3) the eggs, (4) the meat, (5) the honey, (6) we can skip whenever life gets busy, (7) Thanksgiving turkey first dibs. Want in next year? howlingfreshfarm.com/csa
Quietly the best subscription we pay for. Howling Fresh delivers a biweekly bag right to our porch — produce, sourdough, eggs, the works. Ryan and the crew grow it themselves down on Tumpkins Lane. howlingfreshfarm.com/csa
First bag of the season just hit the porch.
Howling Fresh porch perk just landed ✓ hosting season pays off
CSA pickup day. North Alabama neighbors incoming.
Thank you for stepping up as a Porch Partner.
Because of you, more families will eat fresh, local food this season. We're honored to support you, and feel free to reach out any time!
