Veggie Shares

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Family size shares are about the right amount of vegetables for a family of four for a week, or two vegetarians who mostly eat at home. 

Single size shares are a little more than half as much, and are often enough for a couple who eats away from home some, or who has very small children.

Check out "What's in a Share" for photos of some weekly family size shares from previous seasons.  Start small in June, get more by October!

Pickup options include:

• Monday afternoons, 4:30 until 6:00, at the farm near Mt. Vernon, or
• Thursday afternoons, 4:30 until 6:00, at the farm near Mt. Vernon. 

You bring your own bags and boxes, and select the vegetables you want in the amount that fits your share size.  They call it "cafeteria style".

Our regular season is 20 weeks, probably starting the week of May 28 (depends a little on the weather), and ending the week of October 8.

Our half-season is 10 weeks, starting the week of August 6, and ending the week of October 8.  

Until we fill up, shareholders are welcome to begin their season any time. The share price can be prorated for late starters.

Family size shares for the full season remain at $500, or $25 per week.  

Single size shares for the full season are $300, or $15 per week. 

Family size shares for half season are $280, or $28 per week.

Single size shares for half season are $170, or $17 per week.

An initial payment of at least $100 at registration will hold your spot in the CSA.

Whooeee!  This is HUGE.  And it's free with your membership in Abbe Hills Farm CSA!  We partner with the chef at Local Thyme recipe service for this, and you're gonna love it! 

You'll get easy and delicious customized recipes and menu ideas to use the contents of your share every week.  Plus veggie ID, storage advice, a shopping list generator, and an extensive veggie-centric recipe bank to use any time during the year. 

Sometimes, money is tight.  Still, everybody needs and deserves good food!  Together, we can help.

Want to donate to the fund to help families afford their CSA membership? You can make a gift when you register.

Need a payment plan or a little help to join the CSA?  Contact Laura or make a note on your registration form.  You tell us what payment schedule you can manage and we'll make it work. 

About 120 Golden Comet hens live in a mobile henhouse that rotates around our hay fields. They produce tasty, healthy brown eggs, plus wonderful chicken manure for the compost pile.  Until we run out, you can purchase eggs when you come to pick up your vegetables at the farm on Mondays and Thursdays. $3.50 per dozen.

Watch this funny little video to see how the hens spend their days - on yummy pastures.  

That's not all!  On Mondays and Thursdays we've got bread bakers, apple shares from Buffalo Ridge Orchard, pork and beef from farmer neighbors.

While you're here getting your veggies, take a walk to the garden to pick your own cherry tomatoes and herbs.  Kids love it.

And of course, you get to pet Lucky and Kiwi, which makes them happy, too.

We LOVE kids at the farm.  Your whole family is welcome to come for a visit each week, especially children and grandchildren.  Although we try to keep the farm as kid-safe  as possible, there are still a number of ways that toddlers can get into a predicament, so please keep them with you.  Also, please, no pets.  With everything going on during pickup, even the pets on a leash or inside your car almost always cause more excitement than Laura can stand!  

We try to wash as few of the vegetables as possible.  For one thing, it  takes a lot of time and it's messy!  But more importantly, washing  sometimes decreases the storage life of certain vegetables.  So, you  will find some things washed, some still with a little field dirt on  them - but please remember that EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE WASHED AT HOME BEFORE YOU EAT IT!!!   Make Laura's insurance agent happy.  Wash your vegetables.
 

Sometimes, you get busy, or go on vacation, or just plain forget.  If your veggies are here when we close, we'll send them to a food pantry, so be happy knowing somebody will enjoy them.

If you know you're going to miss a week, the very best thing to do is to find a neighbor or relative to pick up for you.  

Second best, tell Laura by Sunday night and we'll bag it and keep it in the cooler for you until the following morning. 

Or by Sunday night, you can tell Laura you want to switch nights that week.

We like to donate food to those who need it. Planting extra is pretty easy, but sometimes we need help with weeding, harvesting, and  delivering food donations.  If you want to help, please let Laura know  what you would like to contribute.  We don't need lots of help, but when  we need you, we really NEED you.  Sunday school groups, college organizations, 4-H clubs and other groups can volunteer, too, to help  with projects that fit your schedules.