Order now, pick up Tue 11/22: The 2022 Winter-Stock-Up Share, Open To All
Circle Brook Farm Winter Stock-Up Share (picture is from 2020)
Every year, after the final share of the 24 season, Farmer John offers an optional “Winter Stock-Up Share.” This is a single share, to be picked up on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving (11/22). It contains mainly sturdy veggies that store well (think roots and winter squash), intended to bring you through the winter, but also contains a few less sturdy greens for the Thanksgiving feast that week. All of our veggies are certified organic and grown at Circle Brook Farm using regenerative practices.
This optional share is a great value - basically wholesale prices for organic veggies, and it is open to all, not just those of us that were members of the CSA this year, so please fell free to forward to your friends and neighbors!
But please read on for many more details from Farmer John himself below.
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CIRCLE BROOK FARM END OF SEASON “STOCK UP”
We will be offering one additional share to be delivered during the week of November 21st (Thanksgiving week). This will be a “stock up” share and will include various vegetables that store well, so that you will be able to enjoy produce from the farm well into the winter months as well as provide veggies for your Thanksgiving feast. The total weight of this share will be about 60 lbs. Approximately a third of the share will be an assortment of butternut, acorn, buttercup (kabocha), delicata, and sweet dumpling squash. The share will also include an assortment of root vegetables such as carrots, rutabaga, beets, parsnips, turnips, and radishes. I expect that the root crops will comprise about 12 lbs. of the share. We had a decent potato crop this season and a tremendous winter squash crop. There will be about 15 lbs. of potatoes, onions and garlic in the share. The potatoes will include some fingerlings and an assortment of other varieties of potatoes. Also included will be cabbage, and whatever greens we still have in the field at this time, such as arugula, kale, lettuce and spinach. It is possible that there will be cauliflower and very likely Brussels sprouts. The cost of the stock up share will be $100, which is an excellent value, equivalent to a wholesale price for much of the produce included.
The potatoes, onions and squash can be stored in a cool dry place such as an attached garage or enclosed porch, where they will not freeze. The root vegetables and cabbage will best be stored in your refrigerator. I know that this final share will not work for everyone, but I hope that many of you will be able to participate. Doing so will help us to make use of the produce that we have in storage, utilize what remains in the fields, and finish the season with enough money in the bank to pay the bills during the winter months.
Farmer John of Circle Brook Farm
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HOW TO SIGN UP: If you are interested in a Winter Stock-Up Share this year, picking up in Newark (Ironbound or Forest Hill), drop a line to: info@csanewark.com and we will send you instructions for payment and details on the pickup.
Alternatively, you could contact one of our sister-pick-up locations, should they be closer to you for pickup - find them here.
Best, CSA Newark organizers Evelyn (Ironbound) and Alyssa (Forest Hill).