Friday, July 28, 2023

Farm & Fork Society Buying Club

How it works:

A google sheet, like this one, will be emailed out with what is available.  (Sign up for newsletter to get buying club order sheet.  It will not be posted here -- sign up form below.)

You will see that items come in bulk and a split up by count.  There are A LOT of items on the list and it will trim down. You can even order CSA boxes which includes a mixed variety of seasonal items (8-9 varieties).

For example, Organic Blackberries minimum order is 12 pints.  We will need all 12 pints sold to order that item.  
Gala Apples if minimum order is 40 pounds we will need all 40 pounds sold (or as close to) to order that item. Add how many pounds you want. If we get a totally of 40 lb, Gala apples will be ordered.

To order, put your name, email and cell number in the sheet and the quantity you want to purchase. (Examples in the chart.)  
It is important that you put your all your contact information on the chart.  

Orders must be place by 10 AM the Monday prior to pick up. However, if items are marked LIMITED this means that the farm only had limited quantities of that product and the sooner the farm gets the order the more of a chance we will get them before it sells out.

Meat (Chicken, Pork, Beef, and Lamb) is sold by the pound and it may be possible to only have a single person ordering an item as quantities are smaller.  

Organic eggs will be ordered every time, so there will always be fresh eggs with each order.  You still need to put the quantity you want just in case additional eggs need to be ordered.  

Beverages come by the case -- order on case per person.

Payment is via venmo/zelle.  Your totally will be texted to you prior to pick up.  After Monday 10 AM, you are responsible for the payment of your order. There are no cancellations after that time.

As for the chart, abbreviations are OG (organic), IMP (Integrated Pest Management). Sold by ct (count), CS (case), EA (each), LB (pound)

Ordering window usually begins Friday before with deadline Monday morning by 10 AM.

Pick up is every other Wednesday (with some exceptions but you will be notified in advance of ordering any changes)

Pick up time is 12-6 PM with evening times available on request. 

Any questions, email farmandforksociety@gmail.com


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Saturday, March 6, 2021

2021 Season! Sign up today!


Farm & Fork Society is back!  It has been a crazy year so I decided to do something different.  I hope you all like the new changes!

(1) All shares will be delivered to your doorstep.

(2) There is no membership fee.

(3) There are no volunteer requirements.

(4) You can purchase weekly or biweekly shares.

(5) Season starts the end of April and runs for 27 weeks for vegetable shares.

(6) Fruit share season is 21 weeks and starts the beginning of June.

(7) Delivery day is tentatively Wednesday but can change with the amount of members. Delivery day may be split by towns. 

(8) To join you can just use this link for the new Farm & Fork Society Market store!

Any questions, please email me at farmandforksociety@gmail.com.

Eat Well, 

Melissa 


Farm & Fork Society Store





Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Letter from John Krueger (After CSA and more details on what was in the stock up share)


Hi Everyone, 

I must confess that having written thirty farm updates this season I am not really excited about writing another one! But I wanted to give you the rundown on what you will encounter in your stock up shares. I have already begun to receive phone calls and texts with photos of strange, unknown vegetables. What is it and what the heck do I do with it? I can help with what it is and how it should be stored. As for how to prepare it -that’s what Google is for, n’est-ce pas

The share consists of a box and a bag. The box contains bags with 2 different types of fingerling potato and 3 bags with red skin, gold, and russet potatoes. One bag of onions with some heads of garlic, and a bag of sweet potatoes. Loose in the box is an assortment of winter squash, most of which you will likely already be familiar with. Acorn, butternut, buttercup, delicata, etc. There are two that you may find that you do not recognize. The first is called Autumn Frost and look like a squat butternut with a somewhat frosty or musty skin. It can be used the same as butternut. The second is a new variety called Tetsukabota. It is dark green, ribbed and round and has a very tough skin which makes it an excellent keeper. The flesh is deep orange and has sweet, nutty flavor. Johnny’s seed catalog describes it as “the squash of choice for the apocalypse”; and it could be that it has made a timely arrival (sorry if you are offended by the dark humor). All the items in the box should be stored in a cool dry place

The bag consists of various bags of root vegetables most with 2 types per bag. This may help you identify one item if you know what the other is: Parsnips with rutabaga, daikon with watermelon radish, carrots with beets, radishes with turnips. The only tuber that is not mixed with another is Yacon, a member of the sunflower family native to South America. It is brown and looks like a sweet potato, which is why we put it in the bag and not the box- so you would not confuse it with one. It is juicy and sweet and has a slight orange tint and carroty flavor. The sugar it contains is a fructo-polysaccharide which can not be metabolized and hence is good for dieters and diabetics. It can be cooked but I like it best chopped or grated raw into salads. It oxidizes and turns black quickly after peeling, so prepare it immediately before consumption or spritz it with some lemon juice. If you research it online, you will find that it has a long list of health benefits. It will keep for quite a few weeks in the fridge.

The bag also contains: Brussel‘s sprouts, Napa and green cabbage, spinach, salad turnips with tops and baby rainbow carrots with tops. There are also a few small heads of lettuce and either some fennel or some leeks. All the vegetables in the bag should be stored in the refrigerator in bags. If you are not going to use the turnips or the baby carrots immediately , you should remove and toss the tops(or eat them in the case of the turnips) as they will draw the moisture out of the roots and make them rubbery.

So that is all the wit and wisdom I have to impart to you for this season. Thank you all for your support and for enduring my strange sense of humor. I wish you all Happy Holidays and a safe and healthy winter. Here’s hoping that our next trip around the sun won’t be as challenging and bizarre as this one has been. 

Bon Appetit! 
Farmer John