Don't miss out on your chance to see where this summer's super delicious, fresh veggies will be coming from! Join us on a field trip to Sang Lee Farms and experience first-hand where the magic happens. Meet with farmers Fred and Karen, enjoy a delicious cooking demo, taste the latest selections from Sang Lee Kitchen, and learn everything you need to know about growing your own vegetables, herbs & flowers. Meet Sang Lee partner farmers and enjoy live music while relaxing on the beautiful farm.
The farm is holding an "open house" on Sunday May 19 from 11am-4pm. Crown Heights Farm Share Members have the opportunity to catch a ride on a chartered bus directly from Georgia's Place to Sang Lee Farms for $10/person. We'll leave at 9am and return at around 5pm. Bring a bag lunch, snack on the tastings, or pick up some of the tasty food for sale at the farm.
Sign up here.
This is one field trip you won't want to play hooky from.
Come to our Season kickoff event at Georgia's Place on Sunday May 6, 2-5pm!
Pay your balance
Find out how to fulfill your mandatory volunteer requirement
Check out the rooftop garden Farm Share members helped to create and for which they volunteer through the season
Meet other members, and our farmers, Fred and Karen Lee, from Sang Lee Farms in Peconic, New York
Sign up for the farm trip
Need to pay your outstanding summer balance? Head here -- https://chfarmshare.org/summer-2012-balance-payments
We figured you might want to know about Crown Heights Farm Share this summer. Registration just opened, sign up today if you want to join.
This year we're offering a few new things, like cheese and butter, alongside the great vegetables from Sang Lee farms on Long Island. Read on for instructions about signing up, or head straight to the website and get started.
**How do I register?**
Check out the price list below, then complete the easy online process.
All of the shares we offer require payment up front in full, unless you qualify for a subsidized share.
In order to reserve your share you must pay a deposit of $100 right away, and then pay the balance in full by the middle of April. We'll let you know exactly when. If you can pay the whole amount now, that'd be great, as Sang Lee has tons of up front expenses and the more we can pay them earlier, all the better.
**Summer 2012 shares and prices**
In addition to offering vegetable shares we offer fruit, cheese, and new this year, butter and yogurt.
Full Veggie Share from Sang Lee Farms, of course.
23 weeks, $612
Partial Veggie Share from Sang Lee Farms.
23 weeks, $392
Fruit Share from Briermere Farms.
18 weeks, $185
Cheese Share from Mecox, Catapano, Harpersfield, and Goodale Farms
18 weeks, $185
Butter Share from Goodale Farms
23 weeks, 4 oz./week, $135
Greek Yogurt Share from Goodale Farms
23 weeks, 16 oz./week, $155
Use our online registration form to sign today.
What's in a share?
For the amount and variety of vegetables in each share, please check our website for examples of summer 2011 shares, these will give you a good sense of what we get from Sang Lee.
Sang Lee Farms is our farmer (from Peconic, out on Long Island) -- Fred and Karen and family have been delivering beautiful organic vegetables to us for the past three seasons of the Farm Share.
**What are subsidized shares?**
These are offered to low income residents of our community -- if you have questions about whether you might qualify for a subsidized share, please email alison@crownheightscsa.org.
**Distribution time and location**
The season will run from June 5 – November 6. Distributions will continue to be on Tuesdays, from 5-8 PM, at Georgia's Place, 691 Prospect Place (corner of Bedford).
**Spread the word!**
Because registration is open to everyone now, please feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested in joining the Farm Share.
June is just around the corner. We can't wait!
- The Core Team
Here's the email newsletter, for the 4th winter share pickup (only two left after this...)
Keep an ear open for details of summer registration, opening mid-Feb.
Just Food is a volunteer effort in the northeast to promote a holistic approach to food, hunger and agriculture issues. The annual conference is Fed 24/25, worth attending if you care about these issues. More details at http://justfood.org/events.
In case you missed it over the holiday season, here's the email update for January 3rd.
And here's the bumper crop of veggies, plus Fred's note.
Tuesday, November 15th
3 pm until sundown
Mama Dee's Garden, St. Marks & Bedford Ave
Free and open to the public
Come learn urban composting methods with staff from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and hear about Mama Dee's Garden's new composting project. Sign up to volunteer or to put your name in for garden membership next year.
Catch up with all the news from the Farm Share in our weekly newsletter.
No shares currently. See a list of past ones.