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Welcome to the Fair Share Farm Member Services page. This part of our site has been developed to help you get the most out of your CSA experience. It includes information you will need before coming out to the farm on the day of your work shift (Farm Workday Guidelines), an archive of newsletters for your perusal, a list of the tasty vegetables you can expect during the year, and other useful information.
Sign Up, Farm Work and Distribution Work Info
Partner and Specialty Vendors
General Info
Farm News
Sign Up, Farm Work and Distribution Work Info
Sign up Meeting Materials
Links to copies of materials reviewed
at the sign up meeting are listed below.
CSA Organizational Flow
Chart
Veggie
Voucher
and Sliding Scale Description
CSA Description
Farm Workday Guidelines
One of the aspects of the Fair Share
Farm CSA that most members enjoy the most is their work shift at the farm.
To make your morning at the farm safe and enjoyable, please take the time
to read our farm guidelines.
Farm
Work Schedule 2011
Forget what day you signed up to come out to the farm to help us harvest? A copy
of the schedule is here.
It is your responsibility to find a replacement if you cannot make your shift.
Contact your fellow CSAers at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fairsharefarm.csa.
City
Distribution General Info
Wondering what you need to know to pick up your share on Wednesdays in the City?
Click here.
Yahoo!
Groups
In order to make communication among members
and with the farm simple, we have set up a Yahoo! Group. Our goal is to have
all of our members in the group. Click here for info
on how to join..
Partner and Specialty Vendor Info
Fair Share Farm CSA seeks to benefit both its members by connecting
them with local sources for healthy
food not available through the CSA and to help local
farmers who follow sustainable and/or organic
growing practices reach those consumers who most value their products.
CSA Core Group member Kathi Whitman works as a liaison to find
and interview prospective vendors interested in supplying our members
and to coordinate how to help those
farmers meet CSA member and Fair Share Farm (FSF) distribution needs.
At present, FSF offers two types of vendor opportunities: Partner Vendors
and Specialty Vendors. A detailed description of this program, is available
here. A summary is presented below.
Partner Vendors
A Partner Vendor supplies a predetermined, pre-ordered
“
share” on a regular basis to FSF distribution sites. Current
Partner Vendors are Parker Farms (meat, poultry, eggs)
and Bread of Life (bread, rolls, granola, pizza crust).
These vendors can choose to supply weekly, every other
week, or monthly and set the price and product limitations
they need for a “share.” Members sign up for these
predetermined shares based on their selected distribution
site and contract with the vendors directly at Spring
Sign-up. Partner Vendors handle all packaging and
delivery to distribution site(s).
Parker
Farms Egg
and Meat Shares
Want to expand your local
eating? Sign up for meat and egg shares from Parker Farms.
These shares can be ordered from Parker Farms, and will be distributed
with the Fair Share Farm produce. Click
here for
a sign-up and deposit form, as well as information on Parker
Farms. Click here for their
FSF vendor informaton form.
Bread
of Life Bread Shares
Want to further expand your local eating?
Sign up for bread shares from Bread of Life Bakery. Click here for a description
of options. These shares can be ordered
from Bread of Life, and will be distributed with the Fair Share Farm produce.
You can place your bread order with them at the Sign-up meeting on March
19, 2011.
Of
the Earth Fruit Shares
This year we are happy to announce the addition
of a local fruit share option for our members. Jim and Pat Pierce from
Of the Earth farm in Richmond, Missouri will offer shares of apples and
pears from mid-July until the end of the season. Click here for
more information.
Specialty Vendors
A Specialty Vendor supplies product to CSA members on
an “as-available, as-ordered” basis. When these vendors
have produce or other product to offer to FSF members,
they can communicate that nformation through the Farm’s
weekly blog. More info here.
General
Info
Brochure
We look forward to our members letting
other people know the benefits of joining the Fair Share Farm CSA. You
can spread the word with our brochure.
Crops List
At Fair Share Farm we have taken on
the task of growing as many different fruits and vegetables as possible,
to provide our members with a flavorful and interesting mix in their
weekly share. This produce selection is based on input from our members,
growing conditions at the farm, and our attempts to create a nice balance
of seasonal fare.
Wish
List
We are in the process of purchasing our equipment for 2011. The Core Group
has suggested that we circulate a Wish
List to the membership for some of the types of items folks may have around
the house that they want to get rid of anyway. If there is anything else that
comes up in your new year’s cleaning that you think could help us at
the farm, let us know. If you have any questions, contact
us.
Bulk
List
Bulk items for the week are now posted on our blog.
Check out the "What's in
The Share" section.
The
Farm Blog
Our weekly newsletter is in the form
of a farm blog. You
can view it at http://fairsharenews.blogspot.com/ for
information on the week's share and goings on at the farm.. You will
need to get a Google account to post comments.
Newsletter
The archive of newsletters from 2004 through 2007 is provided for our members
to allow you a convenient way to access this information. If you have
any problems accessing them let us know