Choosing a Sliding Scale Payment

At Good Rain Farm one of our guiding principles is Food Sovereignty - that is, it is our human right to healthy and culturally relevant foods, that are grown and produced with traditional, ecological and sustainably sound methods. And that we define our own agricultural and food systems. This includes how food gets to our community and that it is both financially accessible to those we feed and financially sustainable so that the farm business can continue to feed our communities for generations to come.

Sliding scale pricing is our way of actively participating in creating economic justice in our food system. Through sliding scale payment options, we can all participate in economic solidarity! We provide mutual support around the cost of growing vegetables to our Farm-ly!

Together we assess what is best for our individual needs, our communities needs and our farmers needs. Payment puts value to the hard work our Farmers put in to grow the colorful abundance that nourishes us. We are modeling fair compensation for farmers, maintaining dignity in farm work and keeping the Farm financially sustainable while simultaneously creating various ways to access the food grown. 

The ultimate goal is that everyone is spending the same percentage of their income on food. Take a moment to reflect on the additional considerations that prompt us to take a detailed inventory of our various levels of financial and social privilege. We understand that each person’s financial needs are unique, we don’t intend to add stress, pay what feels best to you and fits best with your experience.

Our Sliding Scale is calculated using these percentages:

• Lower Income: -20%,

• Market Value is Full Priced

• Higher Income: +20%

• Contributor share is priced +40%

Sliding Scale Pricing is applied to out Summer CSA shares ONLY for the time being.

Additional Considerations: Wealth & Privilege

Some additional factors to take into consideration that are not just financially are the social privileges or disadvantages that impact our ability to build or to access capital that would facilitate our financial wealth creation. These historical privileges or disadvantages affect how people experience the world and include characteristics such as age, physical & mental abilities, sexual orientation, gender, religion, race, ethnicity, color or place of origin or you don’t speak the dominant language such as English in America, citizenship status, class background, or have been impacted by state violence; examples include experiences of intimidation, threats, refugees, asylees or have experienced injustices of the criminal system.