The 2024 Winter-Stock-Up: Open To ALL, Sign Up Now

60 pounds of organic veggies for $100 - wholesale prices direct from the organic farm.

Circle Brook Farm Winter Stock-Up Share (picture is from 2020)

The “Winter Stock-Up share” is a single share, to be picked up on Tuesday 11/26/2024 (the Tuesday before Thanksgiving) and is available to everyone, regardless if you were a member of the regular CSA season in 2024 or not.

The Winter Stock-Up share contains mainly sturdy veggies that store well (think roots and winter squash), intended to last long and bring you through the winter, but also contains some leafy greens for the Thanksgiving feast that week. All of the veggies are certified organic and grown at Circle Brook Farm in Andover NJ using regenerative practices.

For many more details, read below what Farmer John himself wrote about this share:

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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 25th (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.  Winter squash will make up about a quarter of the share- acorn, butternut, sweet dumpling and kabocha. The share will include an assortment of root vegetables such as carrots, rutabaga, beets, parsnips, turnips, daikon, and radishes, which will comprise about 12 lbs. of the share. There will be about 15 lbs. of potatoes and onions in the share. The potatoes will include sweet potatoes, fingerlings, and an assortment of other varieties of potatoes. There will also be shallots, leeks, garlic, cabbage, Brussel’s sprouts, and greens such as arugula, kale, and spinach. We will also include broccoli and or cauliflower if available.

The cost of the stock-up share will be $100, which is an excellent value, equivalent to the wholesale price for the produce included.

The potatoes, onions, shallots, garlic, 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, leeks, greens, and cabbage are best 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 (Circle Brook Farm)

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HOW TO SIGN UP:

If you are interested in a Winter Stock-Up share from Circle Brook Farm this year and you would like to pick-up at one of the two Newark pick-up spots, let us know at: info@csanewark.com and we will send you instructions for payment and details on the pick-up.

Alternatively, you could contact one of our sister-pick-up locations, should they be closer to you - find them here.

Best, CSA Newark organizers Evelyn (Ironbound) and Alyssa (Forest Hill).