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What is the Bed-stuy Farm Share?
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The Bed-Stuy Farm Share delivers fresh vegetables, fruit, and eggs from local farmers straight to Bed-Stuy once a week for 22 weeks out of the year, starting in June.
This year there are THREE separate locations and times for picking up your share:
Wednesdays: 4PM to 8PM
Quincy Street btw Marcus Garvey Blvd. and Throop Ave.
Wednesdays: 6PM to 8PM
366 Lewis Ave (@ Tin City Store)
Saturdays: 10AM to 12PM
YMCA - Bed-Stuy Branch
Bedford Ave. and Monroe St.
(Courtyard entrance on Bedford)
The Bed-Stuy Farm Share is a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project. It is a mutually beneficial partnership between local farms and our community. The farm brings fresh, seasonal, affordable produce to Bed-Stuy and we provide a stable, financial base for the farm. Bed-Stuy Farm Share prioritizes purchasing produce from local farmers of color. |
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What's in a Share?
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Members can purchase different products to include in their weekly or bi-weekly “share.” We currently offer shares in vegetables, fruit, eggs and coffee.
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Vegetable
shares: Two
different farmers’ cooperatives supply us with vegetables.
Saturday shareholders receive produce from African
Zion Organic Roots Farm, Circle
Mountain Farm, and Guerilla
Grown Farm. Wednesday shareholders receive
produce from Conuco Farm and Brook
Farm Project. Members will receive 6-10 different
vegetables each week that they pick up their shares,
and the varieties will change with the seasons. All
of our farmers use organic growing methods and provide
chemical- and pesticide-free vegetables. Our farmers
grow: Asian greens, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots,
chard, collard greens, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic,
green beans, herbs, kale, lettuce, mustard greens,
okra, onions, peas, hot and sweet peppers, potatoes,
radishes, salad greens, sprouts, summer and winter
squash, tomatoes, tomatillos, turnips, watermelon, & zucchini. |
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Fruit shares: Wilkow
Orchards provides us with peaches, plums, apples and
other stone fruits. If they have a good berry harvest,
members may also receive raspberries & blackberries. |
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Cage-free and hormone-free eggs. |
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Members sign up and pay for a Farm-Share in the early Spring. We do this so that the farmers can have the money she or he needs to purchase seeds, hire labor and get the season started without having to take out high interest loans. Also, members volunteer 4 hours of their time over the course of the harvest season to help the Farm-Share keep running. All of our shares for the 2011 have been sold, but please contact us here on our website to be put on a notification list for 2012.
Join the Farm Share Now!
You can also DOWNLOAD and print out a
2011 membership agreement as a PDF.
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How much does a Share cost?
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Share
cost are different for each product and our vegetable share
is based on household income. Upper income members pay slightly
more in order to subsidize shares of folks who cannot afford
to pay as much. Members who buy “full shares” pick up every
week, and members who buy “half shares” pick up every other
week. It is important for the farmers to get payment upfront,
but members who cannot pay upfront and members who pay with
food stamps may set up a flexible installment plan that best
fits your needs when you sign up for the Farm Share.
We accept cash, food stamps, WIC checks and a combination
of any of these types of payment.
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Vegetable
Share Prices |
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Full
Share Option |
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Income above $25,000 |
$575 |
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Income below $25,000 |
$475* |
Half
Share Option |
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Income above $25,000 |
$325 |
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Income below $25,000 |
$250* |
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Fruit
Share Prices |
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• Full
Share Option |
$230 |
• Half
Share Option |
$125 |
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Egg
Share Prices |
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• Full
Share Option
(1 dozen per week)
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$100 |
• Half
Share Option
(1 dozen every other
week)
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$50 |
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Administrative Fee |
$25 |
Covers the cost of printing, postage, transportation, tents, scales, and supplies used in the distribution of shares. |
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We have a limited number of shares for low-income households,
for which we prioritize over people on fixed income and/or with
public benefits, such as food stamps, SSI, unemployment
and those living in public or subsidized housing. |
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Bed-stuy Farm Share CSA TERMS OF USE
By signing up with us, you commit to membership in the Bed-Stuy Farm Share for the 2011 harvest season. As a member, you commit to supporting the farm with timely payments and a total of at least 4 hours volunteer time per household to be completed by the end of October 2011. If you are unable to complete your volunteer hours you agree to pay an additional fee of $10 for each missed hour.
In addition, You commit to pick up your weekly or bi-weekly delivery at your chosen distribution site location and time period during the harvest period (22 weeks June – October). You understand that if you do not pick up your share it will be donated. You do not expect your share to be saved and you understand that there will be no refund for missed pick-ups.
One aspect of the Bed-Stuy Farm Share is that members support their farmer by sharing in the inherent risks of agriculture (poor weather, drought, disease, early frost, crop failure and so on) and rewards (the bounty of a good season). Farmers purposely plan for such contingencies, and use growing techniques that protect the harvest, minimize risk to members, and optimize rewards; growing a wide variety of crops that thrive in different types of conditions; cover cropping, crop rotation, and irrigation.
On the whole, members will get a wide variety of certified naturally grown vegetables, generally 5-10 seasonal vegetables per week. You understand shares will vary in size and weight depending on the time of the season and that there is no guarantee of the exact amount or type of produce you will receive.
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