Wednesday, January 25, 2012

CSA FARM SHARES Available NOW!


Radical Roots Farm is pleased to announce the availability of 2012 CSA Farm Shares! Please click here for a "fillable" registration form.

(Click here for a pdf version of the registration form.)
While we offer two kinds of shares - we are now sold-out of our Market Basket Shares. 
Pre-Pay shares are still available!

PRE-PAY FARM SHARE
A “Pre-Pay Farm Share” means you will receive a credit to purchase whatever vegetables, herbs or flowers you want every Saturday at Rutland’s Farmers Market. By making this upfront investment in our farm, we are able to offer you an additional 10-15% value on your money.

--- Pre-Pay $200 and receive a season's credit of $220
--- Pre-Pay $300 and receive a season's credit of $340
--- Pre-Pay $400 and receive a season's credit of $460

A Pre-Pay Farm Share gives you the advantage of being able to choose whatever you want, whenever you want it. On vacation? No problem - your pre-pay credit is good all season long!  Having company one weekend? You can get as many veggies as you need to feed a full house!  Not a fan of zucchini? With a pre-pay farm share you only take what you like!


MARKET BASKET FARM SHARE:
WE ARE NOW SOLD OUT OF OUR MARKET BASKET SHARES - Thanks to everyone who is a member!

A “Market-Basket Farm Share” means you receive a “basket” of mixed vegetables (and even some herbs and flowers) every week for 22 weeks (Monday, June 4th through Monday, October 29th). Each week, this “basket” will contain a generous mix of the crops we harvested that week including some "member choices" as the harvest permits. By making this upfront investment in our farm, you receive 20% more value for your money.

Market-Basket Shares are picked up at the farm on Creek Road in Rutland (1.8 miles south of the College of St. Joseph) on Mondays (between 4-7pm) or as prearranged. (NEW THIS YEAR: We are offering delivery to a small number of Rutland City workplaces, with a minimum of 3 shares per site and a $25 fee for the entire season's delivery. If you are interested in finding out how your workplace could become a delivery location, please let us know by calling Carol or Dennis at 802-775-4994.)

EXCITING NEWS: Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center is ready and willing to be a delivery site for our farm shares. If three of more people register to have their shares delivered to Pyramid, we are happy to deliver there every Monday afternoon!

--- Large Market Basket Share
The Large Share costs only $450 and provides over $550 worth of vegetables (and even some herbs and flowers). It feeds a family of 4 (or 2 big veggie eaters) and runs for 22 weeks (June 4th - October 29th).
--- Small Market Basket Share 
The Small Share costs only $250 and provides over $300 worth of vegetables (and even some herbs and flowers). It feeds a family of 2 (or 1 big veggie eater) and runs for 22 weeks (from June 4th through October 29th).

Registration for all Farm Shares ends May 1, 2012, All registrations must include a $50 deposit. Upon receipt of your registration form, you will receive a confirmation email and an invoice for your deposit. All Farm Shares must be paid in full by May 1, 2012.

You can download and complete this registration form and email it to RadicalRootsFarm@gmail.com or you can print it out and mail it, along with your $50 deposit, to Radical Roots Farm, 74 Baxter Street, Rutland, VT 05701. If you have any trouble downloading the form, please let us know.

Thank you so much for considering becoming a Farm Share Member of Radical Roots Farm.  If you have any questions at all - or if you want to speak with us about how your Rutland City workplace can be a delivery location - please contact us via email (RadicalRootsFarm@gmail.com) or by phone (802-775-4994).
Carol Tashie and Dennis Duhaime

WHAT DO SHARES RECEIVE?
While every season is different, Radical Roots Farm Share Members received more than 40 different vegetables (including some herbs and flowers) over the course of the 2011 season.

Most of these veggies were the Vermont standards (tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, spinach, basil, potatoes, peas, green beans, etc.) but our share members also received a sprinkling of the more “exotic” veggies we grow on our land (artichokes, escarole, collards, etc.).


Here is a list of what shares received last year. For a complete listing, click here.








Thursday, January 19, 2012

Radical Roots Farm in Local Banquet


The winter issue of Vermont's Local Banquet included a nice article about Radical Roots Farm and parsnips! Click here to read the article!