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Signup for ARTfarm Pickups Wednesday January 25th! 4 pm – 5:45pm — SOLD OUT —

Sweet salad mix and tomatoes are ramping up and baby spicy greens are back! We’re open for scheduled pickups on Wednesdays. Still splitting up the crowds with pickup times: Click to sign up below for one of 52 ‘health-bubble’ pickup timeslots, for Wednesday starting at 4 pm! If you missed this signup, there will be another one next week.

Please wear a mask at the pickup table. Instructions below if you’re new. Welcome!

A closeup of pico di gallo, a fresh raw tomato and herb dish
This is the time of year for pico di gallo and other fresh treats using all the tomatoes!

Wednesday afternoon choose from four different preorder ‘farmshare’ selections that include bags of sweet salad mix, zucchini, herbs and tomatoes. See details below.

Extras to add on at your pickup time will include: more sweet salad mix, Japanese cucumbers, more zucchini, beautiful bunched white and pink mild radishes with edible green tops, red-stemmed turnips, and assorted fresh herbs including cilantro, Italian basil, garlic chives, lemongrass, kefir leaves, baby ginger, baby turmeric.

In more limited quantities, customers with earlier pickup times will also find sweet Mediterranean figs, baby spicy salad mix, extra cherry tomato pints, lettuce heads, dandelion greens, baby bok choi, carrots, both sweet and hot peppers, and flat green beans. Reserve an earlier pickup time to catch these first-come-first-serve items.

World Central Kitchen project ongoing! We’re still chipping away at ARTfarm’s new World Central Kitchen funded processing center, with lots of banging and clanging, and the help of some fantastic volunteer helpers. This decommissioned 40 foot refrigerator shipping container is getting a retrofit as energy-efficient and storm-resilient walk-in coolers and workspace.

Brisk farm workouts in peaceful breezy nature available: We’re looking for volunteers (non smokers). Luca could use a hand even if it’s only for two hours at a time, mainly to do final garden bed preparation. This is a great ab and full body workout, mostly standing using rakes and hoes. There is also sifting of compost with a whimsical homemade electric tumbler, hand weeding, late day transplanting and more. You’ll learn about market gardening, construction and/or food prep. Fast walkers encouraged as there’s always a lot to do. Could convert to part-time employment depending on skills and efficiency.

A harvesting tray is full of dark green zucchinis and bright yellow round summer squashes.
The squash vines are kickin’ out lots of zukes at ARTfarm! We grow different varieties and colors, but they all can be used the same way in the kitchen.

Farmers Luca and Christina want to take a moment to encourage everyone to support local farmers. If you can’t make it to our farmstand, don’t forget about Sejah Farm, another wonderful mom and pop farm/market that sells their own produce plus lots of produce from all over St. Croix. They have a wide selection and are open more hours and days than we are, and run amazing educational programs too. There is also the Saturday producers’ market at the Department of Agriculture grounds where you can buy directly from farmers. And there are many farms with a stand out front including Grantley Samuel and Mr. Smithen the Cane Man on Centerline Road.

Remember the best way to support agriculture in the US Virgin Islands is to buy produce directly from farmers.

Hop down to the South Shore and see Farmer Luca!

New to ARTfarm? HOW TO ‘ORDER’:

During COVID times we switched to a pre-order system instead of open farmstands: Order/reserve at least one farmshare (minimum purchase) ahead on our website; check for your confirmation email so you know your name will be on the list! Please arrive in our parking lot on time but not more than 10 minutes early to prevent traffic jams and longer wait times. We appreciate your cooperation!

At the stand, please bring a mask. We’ll call your name during your timeslot in order of signup. Let the farmer handle the produce for you; Choose extras from first-come-first-served availability; Wait to bag until we’ve totaled up your items; Bring change, cash or check and pen; drop payment in the blue bucket, we will not handle cash.

Please note: With all the flu and viral infections circulating and effects of the “tripledemic”, some of which we have experienced, and Farmer Luca caring for his elderly folks who are immune compromised, we’d appreciate if all customers would help us stay healthy and working, and PLEASE wear a mask and maintain social distancing when interacting with us at the ARTfarm stand this winter season. We shall do the same! We are all one! Grateful for life!!

ARTfarm is a tiny mom and pop family farm who have been growing food with sustainable organic and permaculture methods on St. Croix since 1999. See our FAQs for more info!

Thank you!

Farmshare choices for Wednesday, January 25th, 2023:

Beautiful crisp sweet lettuce heads harvested same day just for you!

We will have 52 timeslots/farmshares available for scheduled pickup Wednesday. 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 are chronically understaffed and need to keep farmstand hours brief; add-ons and extras are not currently available independently of a farmshare minimum purchase.

SWEET SQUASHY farmshare, $34, will include:
  • 2 bags of sweet salad mix
  • 1 lb. zucchini (summer squash)
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes
  • 1 lb. slicer tomatoes
  • 1 bunch pink radishes with ‘cooking green’ tops
SPICY GREENS LOVER farmshare, $30, will include:
  • 2 bags of sweet salad mix
  • 1 bag of baby spicy salad mix
SWEET ARU farmshare, $28, will include:
  • 1 bag of sweet salad mix
  • 1 bag of baby arugula greens
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes
TOMATO farmshare, $10, (can be ordered with another share) will include:
  • 1 lb. heirloom tomatoes
  • 1 lb. slicer tomatoes
Extra Add-Ons (non-reservable)

(Must accompany farmshare purchase, these items cannot be purchased individually. No reservations on these items, they are all first come first served during your pickup slot):

early birds:
  • Mediterranean FIGS
  • more SWEET SALAD MIX, $8/bag
  • BABY SPICY salad mix
    fresh LETTUCE heads
  • DANDELION greens
  • baby BOK CHOI
  • flat GREEN BEANS
  • sweet and hot PEPPERS by the bag
  • baby CARROTS
plenty:
  • Japanese heirloom CUCUMBERS
  • TOMATOES
  • HEIRLOOM tomatoes
  • CHERRY tomato pints
  • sweet tender ZUCCHINI and/or yellow squash for baking, frying, sautees, raw
  • young tender sweet salad TURNIPS with green tops, $3/bunch
  • mild white and pink RADISHES with green tops, $3/bunch
  • assorted HERBS bunches: $2 each
  • baby GINGER: $3.50/bag ($7 half pound)
  • baby TURMERIC: $3.50/bag ($7 half pound)
  • PINEAPPLE slips to grow-ur-own: $2-3 each as sized
  • NATIVE TREES in pots, priced as marked by size/variety
Herb bunch choices for this distribution

(Available as EXTRAS or included in farmshare)

  • Italian (Genovese) basil
  • Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Garlic chives
  • Kafir lime leaves
  • Lemongrass

Please contact us immediately by text and 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.

Signup form for
WEDNESDAY PICKUP
January 25th, 2023!

During this flu and cold “tripledemic” season, due to family members and customers who are immuno-compromised, we’d appreciate everyone wearing masks at ARTfarm during pickups. We went maskless for a while, and hope to loosen restrictions again soon, but for now please help us protect our family and friends!

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. 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!

Sign up for ARTfarm Scheduled Pickups Wednesday January 18th! 4:15pm – 5:45pm

In addition to the sweet salad mix and a few tomatoes coming in, enjoy the veg-of-the-moment, zucchini! A few slicer tomatoes are available for early birds but more are starting to ripen! We’re open for scheduled pickups on Wednesdays. Still splitting up the crowds with pickup times: Click to sign up below for one of 47 ‘health-bubble’ pickup timeslots, for Wednesday starting at 4:15pm! If you missed this signup, there will be another one next week.

Please wear a mask at the pickup table. Instructions below if you’re new. Welcome!

Sungold cherry tomatoes ripening at ARTfarm in January!

Wednesday afternoon choose from four different preorder ‘farmshare’ selections that include bags of sweet salad mix, zucchini, herbs and pints of cherry tomatoes. See details below.

Extras to add on at your pickup time will include: more sweet salad mix, japanese cucumbers, beautiful bunched white and pink mild radishes with edible green tops, red-stemmed turnips, and assorted fresh herbs including cilantro, Italian basil, garlic chives, lemongrass, kefir leaves, baby ginger, baby turmeric.

In more limited quantities, we’ll also have extra cherry tomato pints, lettuce heads, more sweet salad mix, carrots, both sweet and hot peppers, and young scallions. Reserve an earlier pickup time for these items.

World Central Kitchen project ongoing! We’re still chipping away at ARTfarm’s new World Central Kitchen funded processing center, with lots of banging and clanging, and the help of some fantastic volunteer helpers. This decommissioned 40 foot refrigerator shipping container is getting a retrofit as energy-efficient and storm-resilient walk-in coolers and workspace.

Brisk farm workouts in peaceful breezy nature available: We’re looking for volunteers (non smokers). Luca could use a hand even if it’s only for two hours at a time, mainly to do final garden bed preparation. This is a great ab and full body workout, mostly standing using rakes and hoes. There is also sifting of compost with a whimsical homemade electric tumbler, hand weeding, late day transplanting and more. You’ll learn about market gardening, construction and/or food prep. Fast walkers encouraged as there’s always a lot to do. Could convert to part-time employment depending on skills and efficiency.

Early morning sweet corn early in the season, ripening on the stalk!

Farmers Luca and Christina want to take a moment to encourage everyone to support local farmers. If you can’t make it to our farmstand, don’t forget about Sejah Farm, another wonderful mom and pop farm/market that sells their own produce plus lots of produce from all over St. Croix. They have a wide selection and are open more hours and days than we are, and run amazing educational programs too. There is also the Saturday producers’ market at the Department of Agriculture grounds where you can buy directly from farmers. And there are many farms with a stand out front including Grantley Samuel and Mr. Smithen the Cane Man on Centerline Road.

Remember the best way to support agriculture in the US Virgin Islands is to buy produce directly from farmers.

Hop down to the South Shore and see Farmer Luca!

New to ARTfarm? HOW TO ‘ORDER’:

During COVID times we switched to a pre-order system instead of open farmstands: Order/reserve at least one farmshare (minimum purchase) ahead on our website; check for your confirmation email so you know your name will be on the list! Please arrive in our parking lot on time but not more than 10 minutes early to prevent traffic jams and longer wait times. We appreciate your cooperation!

At the stand, please bring a mask. We’ll call your name during your timeslot in order of signup. Let the farmer handle the produce for you; Choose extras from first-come-first-served availability; Wait to bag until we’ve totaled up your items; Bring change, cash or check and pen; drop payment in the blue bucket, we will not handle cash.

Please note: With all the flu and viral infections circulating and effects of the “tripledemic”, some of which we have experienced, and Farmer Luca caring for his elderly folks who are immune compromised, we’d appreciate if all customers would help us stay healthy and working, and PLEASE wear a mask and maintain social distancing when interacting with us at the ARTfarm stand this winter season. We shall do the same! We are all one! Grateful for life!!

ARTfarm is a tiny mom and pop family farm who have been growing food with sustainable organic and permaculture methods on St. Croix since 1999. See our FAQs for more info!

Thank you!

Farmshare choices for Wednesday, January 18th, 2023:

Beautiful crisp sweet lettuce heads harvested same day just for you!

We will have 47 timeslots/farmshares available for scheduled pickup Wednesday. 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 are chronically understaffed and need to keep farmstand hours brief; add-ons and extras are not currently available independently of a farmshare minimum purchase.

SWEET SQUASHY farmshare, $26, will include:
  • 2 bags of sweet salad mix
  • 1 lb. zucchini (summer squash)
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes
GREENS LOVER farmshare, $16, will include:
  • 2 bags of sweet salad mix
SMALL farmshare, $10, will include:
  • 1 bag of sweet salad mix
  • 1 fresh herb bunch, your choice
RED & PINK farmshare, $17.50, will include:
  • 1/2 lb. heirloom slicer tomatoes
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes
  • 1 bunch pink radishes with green edible tops
  • 1 lb. cucumbers
    Extra Add-Ons (non-reservable)

    (Must accompany farmshare purchase, these items cannot be purchased individually. No reservations on these items, they are all first come first served during your pickup slot):

    early birds:
    • cherry TOMATO pints
    • more SWEET SALAD MIX, $8/bag
      fresh LETTUCE heads
    • TOMATOES
    • HEIRLOOM tomatoes
    • sweet and hot PEPPERS by the bag
    • young CARROTS
    plenty:
    • Japanese heirloom CUCUMBERS
    • sweet tender ZUCCHINI and/or yellow squash for baking, frying, sautees, raw
    • young tender sweet salad TURNIPS with green tops, $3/bunch
    • mild white and pink RADISHES with green tops, $3/bunch
    • assorted HERBS bunches: $2 each
    • baby GINGER: $3.50/bag ($7 half pound)
    • baby TURMERIC: $3.50/bag ($7 half pound)
    • PINEAPPLE slips to grow-ur-own: $2-3 each as sized
    • NATIVE TREES in pots, priced as marked by size/variety
    Herb bunch choices for this distribution

    (Available as EXTRAS or included in farmshare)

    • Italian (Genovese) basil
    • Cilantro
    • Dill
    • Garlic chives
    • Kafir lime leaves
    • Lemongrass

    Please contact us immediately by text and 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.

    Signup form for
    WEDNESDAY PICKUP
    January 18th, 2023!

    During this flu and cold “tripledemic” season, due to family members and customers who are immuno-compromised, we’d appreciate everyone wearing masks at ARTfarm during pickups. We went maskless for a while, and hope to loosen restrictions again soon, but for now please help us protect our family and friends!

    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. 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!

    ARTfarm Pickups Wednesday January 11th! 4:30pm – 5:45pm

    The 2023 crop of tomatoes is imminent, and cherry T’s are starting! We’re open for scheduled pickups on Wednesdays. Still splitting up the crowds with pickup times: Click to sign up below for one of 40 ‘health-bubble’ pickup timeslots, for Wednesday starting at 4:30pm! If you missed this signup, there will be another one next week.

    Please wear a mask at the pickup table. Instructions below if you’re new. Welcome!

    Beautiful sweet ripe figs for the early bird customers! Pick an early time slot for these.

    Wednesday afternoon we’ll have preorder ‘farmshare’ selections that include bags of sweet salad mix, zucchini, herbs and pints of cherry tomatoes. See details below.

    Extras to add on at your pickup time will include: more sweet salad mix, beautiful bunched white and pink mild radishes with edible green tops, red-stemmed turnips, and assorted fresh herbs including cilantro, Italian basil, garlic chives, lemongrass, kefir leaves, baby ginger, baby turmeric.

    In more limited quantities, we’ll also have sweet Mediterranean figs, extra cherry tomato pints, romaine lettuce heads, both sweet and hot peppers, sugar apples, young scallions, and small sweet potatoes. A few dozen pastured eggs from our subsidiary on-farm chicken wrangler, Mongoose & Zinnia!

    World Central Kitchen project ongoing! We’re still chipping away at ARTfarm’s new World Central Kitchen funded processing center, with lots of banging and clanging, and the help of some fantastic volunteer helpers. This decommissioned 40 foot refrigerator shipping container is getting a retrofit as energy-efficient and storm-resilient walk-in coolers and workspace.

    Brisk farm workouts in peaceful breezy nature available: We’re looking for volunteers (non smokers). Luca could use a hand even if it’s only for two hours at a time, mainly to do final garden bed preparation. This is a great ab and full body workout, mostly standing using rakes and hoes. There is also sifting of compost with a whimsical homemade electric tumbler, hand weeding, late day transplanting and more. You’ll learn about market gardening, construction and/or food prep. Fast walkers encouraged as there’s always a lot to do. Could convert to part-time employment depending on skills and efficiency.

    Yellowish green, pinecone-like sugar apples (sweetsop) of various sizes in a basket.
    Yellowish green, pinecone-like sugar apples (sweetsop) are eaten fresh and ripe. Kids love the sweet flavor, and the seeds are large, hard and shiny. Like watermelon seeds, they’re perfect for spitting at your sister.

    Farmers Luca and Christina want to take a moment to encourage everyone to support local farmers. If you can’t make it to our farmstand, don’t forget about Sejah Farm, another wonderful mom and pop farm/market that sells their own produce plus lots of produce from all over St. Croix. They have a wide selection and are open more hours and days than we are, and run amazing educational programs too. There is also the Saturday farmers market at the Department of Agriculture grounds where you can buy directly from farmers. And there are many farms with a stand out front.

    Remember the best way to support agriculture in the US Virgin Islands is to buy produce directly from farmers.

    Hop down to the South Shore and see Farmer Luca!

    New to ARTfarm? HOW TO ‘ORDER’:

    During COVID times we switched to a pre-order system instead of open farmstands: Order/reserve at least one farmshare (minimum purchase) ahead on our website; check for your confirmation email so you know your name will be on the list! Please arrive in our parking lot on time but not more than 10 minutes early to prevent traffic jams and longer wait times. We appreciate your cooperation!

    At the stand, please bring a mask. We’ll call your name during your timeslot in order of signup. Let the farmer handle the produce for you; Choose extras from first-come-first-served availability; Wait to bag until we’ve totaled up your items; Bring change, cash or check and pen; drop payment in the blue bucket, we will not handle cash.

    Please note: With all the flu and viral infections circulating and effects of the “tripledemic”, some of which we have experienced, and Farmer Luca caring for his elderly folks who are immune compromised, we’d appreciate if all customers would help us stay healthy and working, and PLEASE wear a mask and maintain social distancing when interacting with us at the ARTfarm stand this winter season. We shall do the same! We are all one! Grateful for life!!

    ARTfarm is a tiny mom and pop family farm who have been growing food with sustainable organic and permaculture methods on St. Croix since 1999. See our FAQs for more info!

    Thank you!

    Farmshare choices for Wednesday, January 11th, 2023:

    Freshly dug sweet potatoes at ARTfarm.

    We will have 40 timeslots/farmshares available for scheduled pickup Wednesday. 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 are chronically understaffed and need to keep farmstand hours brief; add-ons and extras are not currently available independently of a farmshare minimum purchase.

    SWEET SQUASHY farmshare, $26, will include:
    • 2 bags of sweet salad mix
    • 1 lb. zucchini (summer squash)
    • 1 pint cherry tomatoes
    GREENS LOVER farmshare, $16, will include:
    • 2 bags of sweet salad mix
    SMALL farmshare, $10, will include:
    • 1 bag of sweet salad mix
    • 1 fresh herb bunch, your choice
    Extra Add-Ons (non-reservable)

    (Must accompany farmshare purchase, these items cannot be purchased individually. No reservations on these items, they are all first come first served during your pickup slot):

    early birds:
    • SUGAR APPLES
    • fresh Mediterranean FIGS
    • cherry TOMATO pints
    • fresh ROMAINE lettuce heads
    • small SWEET POTATOES $4/lb.
    • sweet and hot PEPPERS by the bag
    • young SCALLIONS
    • pastured EGGS from Mongoose & Zinnia (@ARTfarm)
    plenty:
    • sweet SALAD MIX, $8/bag
    • Japanese heirloom CUCUMBERS
    • sweet tender ZUCCHINI and/or yellow squash for baking, frying, sautees, raw
    • young tender sweet salad TURNIPS with green tops, $3/bunch
    • mild white and pink RADISHES with green tops, $3/bunch
    • assorted HERBS bunches: $2 each
    • baby GINGER: $3.50/bag ($7 half pound)
    • baby TURMERIC: $3.50/bag ($7 half pound)
    • PINEAPPLE slips to grow-ur-own: $2-3 each as sized
    • NATIVE TREES in pots, priced as marked by size/variety
    Herb bunch choices for this distribution

    (Available as EXTRAS or included in farmshare)

    • Italian (Genovese) basil
    • Cilantro
    • Dill
    • Garlic chives
    • Kafir lime leaves
    • Lemongrass

    Please contact us immediately by text and 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.

    Signup form for
    WEDNESDAY PICKUP
    January 11th, 2023!

    During this flu and cold “tripledemic” season, due to family members and customers who are immuno-compromised, we’d appreciate everyone wearing masks at ARTfarm during pickups. We went maskless for a while, and hope to loosen restrictions again soon, but for now please help us protect our family and friends!

    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. 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!

    Staying Healthy in the Virus Times – Ginger and Turmeric

    The farm share signup post will be up at 10am! Just wanted to share some extra health inspiration this morning…

    The COVID-19 pandemic is a terrible crisis, but the silver lining might be an opportunity to slow down, reprioritize and focus on health. Already the shutdown has slowed pollution in some major cities. We feel lucky that we have so many holistic (big picture) health practitioners on St. Croix to help us be proactive about health. We wanted to share a couple of simple ginger and turmeric drink ideas, and some timely health reminders from one of our longtime customers, Rhonda Pessin, who happens to be a Certified Nutritional Consultant, Board Certified Massage Therapist, yoga instructor, and sprouts farmer at Alive and Well in Five Corners, St. Croix USVI.

    Ginger Tea

    This is the simplest recipe. Ginger tea is warming and refreshing at the same time. Ginger is being studied for its anti-viral qualities. A ginger tea is great for the beginning of a sore throat, for the start of a cold, and for treating and soothing congestion. Simply boil fresh water and pour over thinly sliced ‘coins’ of ginger root. Add a little local honey for a cough. Breathe in the gingery steam and then enjoy it as hot as you can stand. Crunch up and eat the ginger coins at the bottom of your cup when you’re done. For a bad cold, alternate making this sweet spicy tea with a savory version: add minced onion, rub the inside of your cup with a cut clove of garlic, and add a spoon of miso for a healing, soothing, quick broth.

    Turmeric Golden Milk

    This is an ancient recipe with many variations. Turmeric, when consumed with black pepper, has anti-inflammatory compounds and may inhibit viruses. It is one of those roots that changes its flavor profile when cooked, so don’t be deterred by its earthy profile when raw. We like to take fresh or frozen turmeric and grate it with a microplane into a small saucepan, about an inch of root per 8 oz. serving or to taste. Add either fresh, canned or powdered coconut milk. Add water (if using powdered milk), a dollop of honey or molasses if desired, a pinch of salt and black pepper, and heat through until just steaming. For an extra anti-inflammatory kick, add a few thin slices of cayenne or chili pepper as a garnish on top.

    COVID–19: Rhonda’s Ten Tips for Staying Well

    Rhonda Pessin, Certified Nutrition Consultant and ARTfarm customer!

    1. Reduce your stress. Chronic stress weakens your immune system. Take a break from news, phone, internet etc. and unplug for a little while every day.
    2. Exercise. Boosts immune system – 30 minutes a day of walking, swimming, yoga etc., is enough to make a difference.
    3. Sleep. Get 7-9 hours a night.
    4. Eat the rainbow. Colorful fruits and veggies are full of antioxidants. These guard against free radicals that can harm your cells. Try eating a wide range of leafy greens, berries, oranges, carrots, peppers, red grapes, beets etc.
    5. Minimize sugar and junk food, which can greatly lower the function of your immune system.
    6. Laugh. Find ways to laugh and stay positive. Having a positive outlook will do more for your immune system than stress or worry.
    7. Reach out. Stay connected to support. Use care providers, family and friends to get support if you need it. Staying well is a group effort.
    8. Take good quality supplements. (Many of these are out of stock but will be replenished soon hopefully.)
      • Supplements may possibly reduce symptoms of coronavirus.
      • No supplements at this time are known to prevent it.
      • Read all labels and do your research to make sure supplements are compatible with any medications you are taking.
      • Vitamins and minerals can help especially if you are not getting enough. High stress increases requirements for B, C and others.
      • Multi-Vitamin & Mineral- choose good quality. The most absorbable by the human body are whole food organic fermented vitamins (made wholly from food), like Organixx or New Chapter. “Food-based” vitamins may have a “base” of food ingredients, but contain primarily synthetic vitamins.
      • Vitamin C – 500 mg twice a day or more to tolerance – may upset stomach in large doses.
      • Vitamin D – may help respiratory infections – 2000 IU.
      • Zinc – 20 mcg – up to 50mcg if symptomatic.
      • Probiotics – 25 billion. I like Garden of Life. Do not waste $ on cheap options.
      • Reishi or medicinal mushrooms. Follow label instructions.
      • Colloidal silver – follow product label.
      • Quercetin – found to inhibit wide variety of viruses including SARS – there are current clinical trials in China to see if it affects COVID-19 (according to consumerlab.com) – dose 50-1000 mg. Headaches and nausea can occur over 500 mg.
    9. Use healing herbs.
      • Elderberry extract – has been known to shorten the flu. No evidence yet on COVID-19. Follow label.
      • Virgin and extra virgin coconut oil – 3 Tbspn daily. Known to have anti-viral effects, being tested.
      • Curcumin and Turmeric – can inhibit viruses. Protects lung tissue with anti-inflammatory effects. I recommend Root 2 or Garden of life. Follow label for dosage.
      • Echinacea – has been shown to inhibit other viruses but not yet tested.
      • Garlic – has been shown to inhibit other viruses but not yet tested.
      • Astragulus, licorice root, olive leaf, oregano oil, ginger, green tea, ginseng and dandelion- all have anti-viral qualities.
    10. Eat well. Prepare delicious, healthy meals with love and RELAX when eating them. Take a few breaths, take in aromas and say a prayer of gratitude. This will help your nervous system switch from sympathetic (fight or flight, work!!) to parasympathetic (relaxation, digestion).

    You can reach Rhonda for additional recommendations. Reach out for an appointment or consultation by phone: (340) 277-4006 or via e-mail.

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