09/17/2015
Bishop's Orchards Farm Market
"IF SATISFIED TELL OTHERS, IF NOT TELL US"..And we hear you loud and clear!
We've been a family-run farm for 144 years, yet we still learn lessons...every day.
After months of discussions and consulting with industry advisors, this past weekend, we instituted an orchard/maze entrance fee to try to cover the rising cost of providing wagon rides at pick your own and losses caused by less respectful visitors to our farm.
However, we learned that our efforts to protect the farm and keep costs down, made the apple-picking experience out of reach for families... just like ours... and there's no way that could continue.
So, we met in the barn this morning and decided to waive all fees to enter the orchard this year, period. We will work in other ways to educate our customers to minimize wastefully picking and behaviors which rob others of a fun and rewarding experience.
This year is one of our largest and best crops, with our signature variety, Macouns ready this weekend. We have added more wagons to reduce waiting times, and upgraded our checkout system to 4 lanes due to checkout delays at peak periods.
From our family, to yours, thanks for your patience and we look forward to seeing you this coming weekend.
Keith, Sarah, Carrie and Jonathan Bishop.
