Tom Meyers, Executive Director of Community Services Agency Mountainview shares his enthusiasm for a strong partnership.

My name is Tom Meyers, I’m the executive director at Community Services Agency Mountain View, (CSAMV) and I am a member of the community-supported agriculture at Hidden Villa. One of the things that I am the most proud of is something that started about 20 years ago, and that’s the partnership between Community Services Agency and Hidden Villa. It began with a conversation about 21 years ago. I was asked, “Would CSAMV like some overage from the farm at Hidden Villa? And I said, ‘Absolutely, let’s, let’s make that happen!” 

Fast forward 20 years, and we still get deliveries regularly from hidden villa. This, amounts to 10s of 1000s of pounds of food every year, and this is an incredibly important partnership. CSA relies on food donations from the community, from Second Harvest Food Bank, grocery stores, and so forth. But one of the relationships I’m the most proud of is our relationship with Hidden Villa, so much so that my husband and I are members of the community-supported agriculture program at Hidden Villa. We get a weekly delivery of produce from Hidden Villa, and it is put to good use. So I can’t say enough good things about the partnership between Community Services Agency Mountain View and Hidden Villa, but also I can’t say enough good things as a member of the CSA at Hidden Villa. It’s a great partnership that I’m very proud of.“