Squeezepenny Sustainable Farm (SSF)
    is more than PROUD to present and host:
    Collin County Economic Opportunities
    "CCEO" or as I like to say, "Double CEO".
     A rural, urban and new urban, carbon footprint
    reducing local agricultural and economic plan.
    Currently proposed to the estimated approx.
    812,226 residents of Collin County, Texas.
    With a specific challenge to the approx. 141,000
    city residents of McKinney, TX and our
    surrounding rural communities, towns and cities
    that for one reason or another they refer to
    McKinney as their "Hometown" too.

    This small family farmer, a rural Collin County resident for
    over 30 years, realizes that we all promote ourselves
    whether in our own industries or areas of personal interest.
    However, in this instance, I believe our efforts should be
    directed towards one anothers' well-being
    and mutual benefit.
    You know, it's called social responsibility.

    Squeezepenny (SQP)
    Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
    Program has an agrarian approach to fair valued,
    fresh, safe and healthy food
    for our rural, urban and new urban neighbors.

    Squeezepenny CSA bi-weekly plans
    offer year round support to our area's Local Farmers,
    Ranchers and Producers. Reaching out to work with our
    current suppliers of Fresh, Healthy, Local, Organic or
    Naturally Grown, Raised and/or Produced Texas
    Agricultural products such as: vegetables, herbs, fruits,
    meats, dairy, poultry, olive oil, honey, farm fresh eggs
    and etc...

We are planning to sprout new

    Please help us to grow our more convenient
    member assisted, Farm-to-Neighborhood (FTN)
    delivery system* with new drop off sites in
    Allen, North and South Frisco, Garland,
    East and West McKinney, Murphy, Downtown Plano,
    West Plano, Richardson and Sachse, TX.
    * new locations to be considered.

    Our Members' Referrals Welcomed!
    We would be most happy to consider any of our
    Squeezepenny CSA Members' referrals
    to be considered as new members to join us
    during our next SQP CSA 10-week plan.
    In honor of 2013, we will reward the first 13 of our
    "Current" Members who refer a "New" Member!
Just a small token of our appreciation,
a Loofah Fun TM brand Organic Loofah Sponge!


    We hope to include all new members in our
    upcoming 2013 harvests, so hurry and join now!  
    We ask that you allow us at least 12 weeks to work
    you into our members' "tentative" bi-weekly
    distribution schedule.
    Those joining us in early April 2013 should start
    receiving their fresh produce distributions during
    our Summer harvesting season.

    At the present time we plan to offer to prepare our
    subscribing Squeezepenny CSA Members' fresh
     produce spring distributions and offer for them to pick
    up at the farm beginning the end of the first week of
    April.
    Half our members will be offered one week
    and the other half the following week.
We will do our very best to allow you to select
every other Saturday,
or every other Tuesday,
or every other Thursday.
    Our North Texas weather will determine how far into the
    calendar year our fresh produce distributions are
    physically possible.
    We hope to offer at least until the week before
    Thanksgiving 2013.

    We will gladly resume our Farm-to-Neighborhood (FTN)
    and Farm-to-Door (FTD) deliveries as soon as possible.
    Until then we will be asking for the help of one member
    of each group to take turns visiting our farm and picking
    up for the other members.
Squeezepenny
Sustainable
Farm           
McKinney, Texas 75071
(972) 838-3869
Check out our Farm's other pages for
additional information.
Call or Email Us Today!

Please contact us anytime! We look forward to
hearing from you and answering any questions  
you might have. Check back often for updates.
"Let us give it a go !"
Penny- Your Squeezepenny Farmer
2013







Our heartfelt "Thanks" go out to our
subscribing Squeezepenny CSA Members
and their families, all of our
SQP CSA's Co-Producers
and their families as well as the farm's
beneficial insects for a fantastic
first three and a half years together!








Although our CSA simply attends as any
other guest and not as a local vendor, we
encourage you all to seek out and shop
at ANY Farmers Market to show your
support for ALL of our area's local
farmers/ranchers/producers.

Here are just a few Farmers Markets
and their 2013 opening dates:

Four Seasons Markets April 6th
Keller Farmers Market May 4th
Coppell Farmers Market April 6th
Denton Community Market April 6th
Denison Farmers Market April 27th
Frisco Farmers Market May 4th
McKinney Farmers Market April 6th
White Rock Local Market April 13th
2nd & 4th Saturdays only
Lakeside Farmers Market April 6th
1st & 3rd Saturdays only
Grandma's Farm Girl
has a tattoo on her cheek.
2010 Snow in Squeezepenny!
Above and below are pics of 2 our member's Crop Boxes
each containing a fresh produce distribution of
One and one-half (1 & 1/2) 2012 Summer Shares.
The one below has potatoes hiding under the tomatoes
with an Add-on: Desert Creek Honey's One lb. Honey Jar.
Squeezepenny CSA
April 2013

Hold on to your
hats folks,
spring has arrived!
_____

Please first call
(972) 838-3869
to schedule a brief visit
with Farmer Penny to
tour her small family
farm's garden on
Wednesdays
late afternoon
or early evening.
_____

We are now accepting
"New Members" and
offering them Summer
and/or Fall 2013 Shares.
_____

"Future Shares"
Offered for the first time,
in order to help us grow
to be able to include you
and your family, friends,
etc... inquire for details.
_____

This year our 2013
Spring, Summer & Fall
Shares are being offered
as follows:

First to our
"Current" Members and
"Returning" Members

Next to our "Future"
Share Holders

Then to any "Current"
Member's "referral(s) for
new membership"

As always, we welcome
back any "Past" Member
Please contact
Farmer Penny
as you may even have a
2013 beginning credit
balance.

Then any and all
remaining Share(s) will
gladly be offered to
inquiring
"New Members"
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Papa's tractor in
Grand-Dad's barn.
Snow down in the woods 2011
My favorite fence post!
SSF's Mint in bloom
SSF's Heirloom
Lemon Cucumbers
SSF's Sweet Genovese Basil
Farmer Penny truly apologizes for her "long silence"
and looks forward to hearing from you all very soon.
She truly owes her
miraculous survival to our Lord, God.
Please feel free to inquire in person for any updates
on her continued recovery.
She and her family thank everyone for their
countless prayers and kind thoughts this past year
and a half.
Coming very soon... an update to
Farmer Penny's Post
While growing up my Grandfather, Papa, always told me that I could
go outside and play just as far as I wanted, until I got to a place a
where I no longer recognized the leaves on the trees. It had to do
with indigenous trees, temperature zones and micro-climates,
etc...You see my Papa was not only a farmer, he was a Land Steward.

I have always kept that in mind while raising my children and
babysitting my grand-daughter. I have always told her, that she
could go and play where ever she wanted just as long as she stayed
on the grass to get there. A few years ago at a drop site in West
McKinney she looked at me very seriously and asked, "Grandma
Penny, where is the rest of the grass for me to play on?" From the
mouths of babes; a simple, unreasoned and innocent question.  I
was left with no justifiable explanation to give her and answered,
"It's gone, sorry baby, this is just about all they saved from what
was once another family's ranch with plenty of grass to play on."
Braley's well house before and after!
The well is approx. 100 years old.
Yes, there really is a place named Squeezepenny.
It is a rural Collin County, Texas community.
It is home!
Do you
see who
I see?
Just one of
SSF's
many
Ladybugs!
SSF's Brussell Sprouts
Spring 2013

Grand-dad Braley
built this top
30 yrs ago!
See how they grow
on trellised vines.
2009
Bryan's upgrade
                2012
We need to make sure that there
is plenty of grass left for our
future generations to live, work,
play, produce and prosper on!
It's called
"Sustainable Development!"
                                       The old well house
                                            rebuilt in 2013
         
             Farmer Penny's
         Wishing Well is back!
Of course it works, just look below.
Don't believe me? I wished for
SSF's 1st Production House.
Our "Grand Opening" will be very soon!