CSA Policies & Member Responsibilities

If you have any questions about how Gopal Farm Box CSA works, please stop your transaction at this time and contact us or return to the main “Indian Farm Box” page and review "How it works" in detail. By subscribing to the share, you agree that you have read through all relevant information for subscribing.

For Self-Pick-up: It is your responsibility to remember to pick up your Box share during the listed pick-up hours for the Pick-up Location you are assigned before the season starts as per your zip code. Gopal Farm does not reimburse for Box Shares missed because you forgot to pick up or did not follow instructions.

It’s very important to understand and follow our Pick-up Protocol and Policies, as they are meant to make the CSA experience a positive one and are integral to the successful operation of our program! Not following instructions leads to problems, and chronic abusers may be asked to leave our membership. Any Shares remaining at the close of pick-up hours may be donated by the site hosts, so be sure to pick up your Share during the listed hours on the correct day.

Delivery Policies 

• Our weekly delivery schedule is from Mondays to Fridays. We may not be able to accommodate your desire to customize the delivery schedules to your home as we deliver in pre-scheduled routes. 
• The box will generally be delivered any time from 7:00am - 9:00pm and will be left outside on your porch, apartment lobby, or apartment office (or you can add specific instructions for our Delivery drivers ). Our drivers will not be able to take the box up a flight of stairs or inside a building other than to the lobby. The drivers are on a tight schedule and they have to deliver boxes to other members the same day so everyone can receive their boxes  - fresh. So kindly do not request them to deliver the boxes in other locations. 
• We strongly advise that you keep a Cool Box in the location you would like our driver to deliver the box - on the porch, garage, lobby or office. So that your produce may remain fresh (especially in summer heat) if you are not home, remain free from contamination and be sanitary safe while awaiting your pickup. Please move the contents as early as you can to your refrigerator. You may buy these Cool Boxes in Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes etc. Please label your Cool Box with your Subscription Name, address and contact number prominently, especially in apartment buildings, so that there is no confusion with other members in the same building. And, please do not forget to keep ice bag(s) in it for the day of delivery. 
• The Farm Box is packed to handle the ride on the way. Our endeavor is to ship your produce securely as soon as we harvest it so that you can receive them fresh. Please do ensure that either someone is there at the home to receive the box or have the delivery driver drop your box in the designated Cool Box that is properly labeled and has ice. We will not be held responsible for vegetables not remaining fresh or wilting or contaminated after the box is delivered to your designated location. The Driver will take photos of the box - of the outside and inside of contents while and after placing it in the designated location / Cool Box. These photos will be available to you and to us so that there is no misunderstanding. 
• Within 12 hrs of delivery of box please contact us if you see any item missing or damaged with photos. If it is our fault, generally the credit will be issued the same day to your account. 
• You may Track your delivery ( Live Tracking ) by using the notification links that are sent to your Mobile Phone as well as Email to help you make arrangements for quick pickup. 
• There is a flat Delivery fee of $15. This fee is not included in the prepaid CSA subscription. We will bill you monthly. 
• We do appreciate if you include Tips for our delivery drivers. They work hard and their's is a hard job while we safely and conveniently receive our weekly produce at home.100% of the tips go to them.
• Combined Delivery to Temples/Community Centers: To save shipping costs, many temples and community centers act as delivery points. We can come and deliver minimum 50 boxes at each location with a flat rate of $5 for each Box. If you are interested to organize this, please contact us.

Communications

We communicate with our membership primarily through email and posts published on our web site. These emails and posts include information about what will be in upcoming share boxes and recipes. We also send email announcements to our CSA Community about upcoming Community Farm Days and other Farm Events.

As a member of our CSA program, you understand it is your responsibility to open and read the emails we send so that you stay informed.  If your email address or physical address changes, you need to update it by contacting us.

To help you receive and filter emails from us, we do our best to include either Gopal Farm or Gopal Farm CSA in the Subject line of our emails.  The address our member-specific alerts may be sent from – support@gopal.farm so please make sure to add this address to your contact list so our alerts reach your inbox. 

If you are not receiving these emails, check your junk/spam/promotion folders since emails sent through our CSA software service sometimes end up there (see above).

Subscription Policies

CSA subscriptions are ongoing and deliveries continue based on our Seasonal Delivery Schedules.

Alternatives to putting your subscription on hold are to share your CSA program with those who might be interested – have it delivered to your friend or neighbor while you’re gone, or give it to the person who house or pet sits for you while you’re away (please be sure they are familiar with these procedures); or you can arrange to donate it. You may accomplish this by having your box delivered to the other address. You may change the delivery address in your Account once created before the Subscription is started.

Please note: changes to your Delivery can be made Wed 8:00 AM – Fri 11:00 AM for the upcoming week. The system prevents changes during other hours while we run reports, prepare for deliveries and post them to member accounts.  Click here for instructions for changing your Location.

Food Safety Policy

All farm fresh products from Gopal Farm should be considered UNwashed. We suggest you always wash farm-fresh produce before consuming to ensure your own personal health and that of the people to whom you serve that product. 

Consumer Privacy Notice

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for www.gopal.farm. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following:

1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
Gopal Farm is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We only collect information that you voluntarily give us by means of the subscription sign-up. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information to process your subscription service.  We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to manage the CSA subscription (Farmigo), to fulfill an order (UPS), and such necessary tools.

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Your Access to and Control Over Information
You may opt-out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

• See what data we have about you if any.
• Change/correct any data we have about you.
• Have us delete any data we have about you.
• Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Wherever we collect sensitive information, such as credit card data, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the Web pages.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to serve you as a customer are granted access to personally identifiable information.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact our Operations Manager immediately via email.