Green gorgeous salad, malabar chestnuts, flying yams, tomatoes… It must have been April fools – Farmer Luca thought the greens were done but the fields said OH KALE NO! So now THIS might be our last reservation Wednesday for this season – you never know what the weather will do – so reserve a shopping time or just come 5:30-6pm!
We ditched the long farmstand lines during COVID for a reservation system: Use the link below to reserve a scheduled pickup time and minimum order; early birds get first dibs adding an ever-changing seasonal array of always organically and sustainably grown extras, fruit and veggie seasonal items: fruits, greens, veggies, herbs, root veggies, specialty ingredients and other stuff. Today’s list and farmshare choices below. If you missed this signup, feel free to JUST SHOW UP in the last half hour and we’ll fit you in for extras – PLUS there will be another signup in a couple of days. Detailed instructions, and questions answered HERE if you’re new. Welcome!
ARTfarm NEEDS:
• an experienced Linoleum Flooring Installer. The World Central Kitchen project continues. We’ve knocked out the mechanical end of the 40′ container to recover an extra foot of space. Luca and the volunteer crew cut channels between the compartments to prevent thermal transfer and filled in the T-channel flooring with a combination of insulating foams to help the cold air stay in! Still need a helper with linoleum flooring experience to help us finish out the floor. Send us a contractor!
• ON-FARM VOLUNTEERS. Brisk farm workouts or zen seated handwork in peaceful breezy nature for volunteers (non smoke/vapers). As brief as two hours at a time. Weed, schlepp, spin salad, split seedlings meditatively at a shady table, hoe and rake yourself a sweaty six-pack! Help out with the livestock! Or deliver our produce to local restaurants! Could convert to part-time employment depending on skills, uptake and efficiency. Read HERE about the experience of volunteering at ARTfarm!
Farmshare choices for Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024:
We will have 46 timeslots/farmshares available for scheduled pickup. You can also order and specify a neighbor, friend or family member to pick up your order and theirs. The minimum order is one farmshare, and you can order more than one farmshare. At the farmstand, you can choose from remaining add-on extras and we’ll total your order. We require a minimum farmshare purchase because we are chronically understaffed and need to keep farmstand hours brief; but we’ll do our best to make substitutions as needed; we want you to be happy!
Please note: Produce (including tomatoes) labeled “seconds” should be used/refrigerated immediately.
LARGE sweetarugu’matochoy farmshare, $33, will include:
- 1 bag of SWEET salad mix
- 1 bag of baby ARUgula
- 1 lb. TOMATOES (slicer/heirloom mix)
- 2 baby BOK CHOY
MEDIUM spicycherry farmshare, $18, will include:
- 1 bag of baby SPICY salad mix
- 1 pint CHERRY tomatoes
SMALL sweetsweet farmshare, $16, will include:
- 2 bags SWEET salad mix
YAMMY YAM farmshare, $10, will include:
- 4 lb. potato-like white YAMS (prepare like potatoes but healthier!!)
BOK CHOY BABY farmshare, $10, will include:
- 3 heads of tender BABY BOK CHOY
Extra Add-Ons (non-reservable – first come first served during your pickup slot):
early birds:
- CHERRY TOMATOES by the pint
- HEIRLOOM and SLICER mixed tomatoes 1 lb. bags
- baby SPICY salad mix
- farm pastured EGGS
- POMEGRANATE fruits
- FENNEL
- SWEET peppers
- tender baby salad TURNIPS with green tops, $3/bunch
- French pink breakfast RADISHES with green tops
- white DAIKON radishes
plenty:
- SWEET salad mix
- Malabar CHESTNUTS
- CARROTS with green tops for juicing
- PUMPKIN whole and slices
- purple SWEET POTATOES
- large white YAM
- BABY BOK CHOY tender and yummy!
- baby GINGER and baby TURMERIC
- ONIONS with green onion tops!
- assorted HERBS bunches: $2 each
Herbs for this distribution
(Available as EXTRAS)
- Cilantro
- Dill
- Kaffir lime leaves
- Lemongrass
- small leaf OREGANO
- Parsley
- Rosemary
- Scallions
Please contact us immediately by text and/or phone at (340) 514-4873 if you have reserved a farmshare and cannot pick it up. Supply is limited, demand is extremely high and someone else will gladly purchase your share, if given enough time to respond. We have limited time for distributions and they are scheduled. Our produce is harvested fresh and needs to go home with you same day. This is an honor system since we are not collecting payment until pickup. We do not have cold storage for uncollected shares.
The signup form will show you a “Thank You” page and send you a confirmation email if submitted successfully. If you don’t find it, please check your spam/junk, inbox tabs, and ‘All Mail’ folders for the confirmation email, as this has been a common problem for several customers and with a little searching they typically find it. (And then, add us to your address book!) For more tips, visit our Help page.
Need help with the pre-order signup form? (Click here):
Q: I can’t seem to order more than one item.
A: We have designed our order form limit any one customer from cleaning us out. Sharing is caring. If you’d like extra of something (beyond what you could reserve through our order system), put it in the comments with your order, and remind us at your pickup time: if we can supply it to you we’ll do our best. If you are in the food service industry and looking for bulk availability, please contact us; our order form is for individuals and families to place a single order for a scheduled pickup.
Q: My order isn’t going through.
- if the automated confirmation email is not immediately found, check your spam folder and the ‘all mail’ folder
- make sure all required fields are filled/selected
- just try again
- use a cellular device (smartphone or tablet) that isn’t using WiFi internet
- restart your browser/device
- clear your cache and cookies in your browser/device
- reboot your router (unplug it for a minute and plug in again)
- visit our “help” page for additional tips
Q: The form says I didn’t enter my email, but I did.
Our pre-order form requires everyone to type their email in twice, and makes sure the two match exactly. We had a lot of customers in such a rush to get their order in that they’d spell their own email incorrectly and then complain that they could not find the confirmation email. Our ‘type it in twice’ system ensures that you’ll find any email mistakes before you submit the pre-order form.
Q: I ordered before, but I’m not getting your emails.
Our pre-order form does NOT automatically sign you up for an ARTfarm email subscription. Do that HERE!
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