Winter Share Overview
It is an exciting time as we prepare to offer winter shares for the first time at Stearns Farm.Winter Share Details:
- The cost for a winter share is $120.00.
- There will be three pickups, one per month in November, December, and January. (The Winter 1 group pickup will be the first Friday of each month: November 7, December 5, and January 9. The Winter 2 group pickup will be the third Friday of each month: November 21, December 19, and January 23.)
- The pickup time is 12:00pm to 4:00pm. Due to the challenging nature of winter weather, there is no flexibility with this. Any food not picked up during the specified time will be donated to charity. Come to the greenhouse to pick up your share.
- There will be approximately 25 pounds of food included with each pickup. The share will be comprised of roots from the root cellar, greens from greenhouse, and some crops left in the field. A typical pickup will include about 3 pounds of cabbage or broccoli, 15 pounds of roots such as parsnips, leeks, potatoes, carrots, beets, celeriac, turnips, sweet potatoes, scallions, onions, shallots, garlic; 4 pounds of winter squash, and 3 pounds of greens including spinach, Asian greens, kale, lettuce, Bok Choy and herbs. The food will be pre-bagged for each sharer.
- There is a FOUR HOUR WORK COMMITMENT as part of the share which must be fulfilled before November 7. We need your help harvesting the root crops for storage. You can sign up for your work hours using the online system you have used all season. There will be a clipboard in Kathy's office for you to check off your hours. There is also the option to pay $8.00 per hour in lieu of working in the fields. If you choose this option, please pay for your hours ($32) when you sign up, for a total of $152.00. That way we will know how many people to expect in the fields.
Enrollment Process:
- Enrollment will open on August 26. You must be a current Stearns Farm member in order to enroll. The enrollment form is included with this newsletter and also available at the table in the tent or online at the Stearns Farm website (www.stearnsfarmcsa.org).
- Send (or drop off at the farm) your enrollment form along with a check for $120.00 so that it arrives at the farm by September 18. We must have your enrollment and payment in hand on September 18 in order for you to qualify for a winter share.
- The maximum enrollment is 100 sharers. If there are more than 100 people that sign up, a lottery will be held on September 19.
- You will be notified by email no later than September 27 regarding your status. Pickup dates will then be assigned.
We appreciate the phenomenal effort that took place in order to make this opportunity available to the Stearns Farm community!
Revision 1. Last edited Sun 26 Oct 2008 9:40am by TomYelton