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MEMBER SOCIAL: Sept 30th @ our farm... plus Farm Shares for September 20, 2023

Posted on September 17th, 2023 by Janet Aardema

YOU'RE INVITED!  Our annual Farm Share Member Social is Saturday, September 30th from 2:00-4:00 here at our farm. Please join us to see where your food is grown, ask us any questions you have, and enjoy a guided tour of our fields. We'll have some humble farm snacks and beverages. Meet other members and enjoy the farm atmosphere for a couple of hours!

* We don't have a public restroom, so please prepare to be here for a couple of hours without facilities. :) 
Granted, if there's an emergency, we'll help you out. 

The photo above is, amazingly, from 3 years ago when we rescued a couple of kittens, but we don't think we've aged so we're using this pic as a reminder to you of what your farmers look like. We'd love to spend time with you on September 30th! 

--> Hard to read this email? Tough to customize on your phone? BOTH of these issues are solved by opening this email on a laptop/desktop. (And switching to "Dark Theme" on your phone makes it more able to be read.)

Fall Crops are making an appearance! There's lots of Arugula and Turnips and Kale available for you today. Scallions and a few Broccolini are also ready. PLUS our Tomatoes are still rolling beautifully, so you have an incredible selection today. 

We have a new crop for you this year! We've grown a variety of Korean Melon called "Golden Giant." It's like a sweet Cucumber. If you eat it thinking about a Canteloupe, you'll likely experience disappointment. But if you approach it like a sweet Cucumber crossed with a Honeydew melon, you'll love it like we do. We enjoyed it last week diced on top of tacos. It added a slightly sweet crunch to the tacos. And it's a really refreshing fruit to eat after a meal. Let us know what you think! NOTE: It's supposed to be crunchy. Crisp. And a little soft around the seeds. 

Want to share with us and your fellow members how you're enjoying these vegetables? Let us know what you're making!

Bread Share members: You just got a SEPARATE email to customize your bread share a few moments ago.  

To Customize Your Share: 
Each time you are scheduled to have a share, you'll receive an email from us 2 days prior. It should have subject line "Time to Customize Your Share." The software will create a default share for you (based on your indicated preferences and what we have available to harvest) and list those default contents in the email. The email also contains a link saying "Want to make changes to your share or add extras?" Click on that link to customize your share! Customization ends between 6 and 7 am on the day before your pick up day (depending on the time of year and thus how early we start harvesting). The cut off time is always specified in the email.

For Pick Up:

- Please remember to bring your own bags each week. 
- At Self Serve locations: Our vegetables are in plastic boxes at the pick up location, labelled with members' names. Find the box with your name on it. - Empty the vegetables into your bag and leave the empty box for us to collect.  
- Loaves of bread and bags of Tomatoes during Tomato season, for those who have ordered them, will be near the green boxes, labeled with your name. Pick up your bag(s) if you are due one or more. (Some people have purchased a Bread Share for a loaf each week of the season. Some people order a loaf when they please.)
- Same for cooler(s) at pick up locations with any cold items that aren't vegetables (eggs, fermented vegetables, etc...See below for more info.)
- At Staffed locations: One of us will be there to quickly gather your items for you to bag up and bring home.
- Preparation ideas and recipe suggestions are in your email. Also check out our Pinterest Page for lots of recipe ideas, organized by vegetable. 

EGGS: Ring-a-Bell Farm in Pamplin offers their eggs for sale through us. Their chickens live on pasture and are fed supplemental non-gmo feed from Sunrise Farms. Their eggs are fabulous and we trust their farming practices completely. You can purchase their eggs in our self-serve FarmStand at our farm and you can order them through the Harvie system "Extras" when you customize your share. 

Our FarmStand is at our farm and open every day of the week, 9am-dusk (or 7pm, whichever is earlier). Visit us to see where your vegetables grow and pick up some extras for yourself or a friend. We have vegetable and herb plants for your garden available in the Spring, in addition to a host of our vegetables, and we have flower bouquets most weeks of the summer. Driving directions here.  
 
You are also invited to shop for our goods at the farmers' market where we vend on Saturdays: Farmers' Market @ St. Stephens
 
Finally, we have a Facebook group for our members to share recipes ideas, etc. 
 
Any questions? Just reach out! And remember to log in and check your delivery days and location details

We so deeply appreciate the opportunity to farm for you. Thank you for being the most important part of our farm! We love you! 

With blessings on your meals ~
Janet, Dan, and the whole Broadfork crew (Julie, Siera, Leah, Erica, Alisa, Jen, Austin, Clara, Nathan, and the farm kids)