Traditional CSA Shares
Biweekly Shares
Note: Biweeklies can be complicated to set up in GrownBy! Please reach out to us so that we can talk this through with you! Many farms distribute biweekly, or every other month, either as a means of providing a “smaller” share size to customers, to ...
Rolling/Unending Subscriptions
GrownBy can support an unending subscription. This article will help you learn how to set up and manage such a subscription. We will walk through some of the foundational decisions that you have to make to determine how best to set it up in GrownBy. ...
Transitioning Your CSA from One Season to the Next
Transitioning Your CSA from One Season to the Next You may ask yourself: What do I do at the end of a year? How do I transition my GrownBy set-up from one season to another? How does the way I set up my GrownBy influence the data I can get from ...
CSA Groups
What is a CSA Group? GrownBy has many tools to support CSA groups and subscription sales. Currently, all shares or subscriptions MUST be associated with a CSA group. Before creating subscriptions through shares, please set up a CSA group. A share or ...
Making a Private Shop on GrownBy
On GrownBy, you can create a “Private CSA Group” any time you want to offer certain products/prices to certain customers. The group or shop is only accessible via a specific link and is not visible to the general public. This might be for the ...
Share Templates
How to use share templates Share templates are a way to group together similar types of shares for CSA farmers. They allow you to offer a variety of shares but streamline how shares appear in reports. Templates must be created BEFORE creating the ...
Vacation Weeks
Here is a video on vacation weeks, farm credit, and rescheduling: What is a vacation week? Vacation weeks are a very popular feature for consumers on GrownBy. When a customer claims a vacation week, they will be given Farm Credit for a future ...
Balancing shares in GrownBy 3.0
How to balance bi-weekly or other shares that need to be balanced by location If you offer bi-weekly shares, you may find yourself wanting to balance them to keep distribution numbers equal. Here are some steps in that process Check to see sales per ...
Subscription Payment Configuration and Proration
Subscription Payment Configuration and Proration This article covers the different types of billing options available for subscriptions in GrownBy. Additionally, it provides details about proration. Note: If you allow customers to sign up after a ...
How to Add a Free Share for a CSA Customer
A farm may have donated or free shares, perhaps for site coordinators or community member volunteers, or you want to run a promotion for first time members who receive a free week of produce. You can either create a coupon with a promo code, or if ...
Adding a Share or Subscription
See how to add a CSA share to your market: What is a share? Shares are products that are sold on a subscription basis. A popular example of share is a CSA “box” or “share” that is distributed on a weekly basis throughout a season. Farmers offer ...