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Sunflower
Fields
Farm Shares
What
You Give &
What You Get
It’s simple! You purchase a Vegetable Share in the size that meets your family’s needs. In your share, you will find a variety of vegetables each week, according to what is in season and ripe. You may also choose from a long list of locally-produced Optional Shares of fruits, baked goods, eggs, honey, herbs, tea, homemade soaps, and body care products from members of GROWN Locally. To supplement your vegetable and optional shares, you may order additional goods through our Additional Items Program called Add It!. Finally, children have the opportunity to participate in Rosie’s Growers, our Sunflower Fields Kids’ Club. You can choose to have your share delivered to your door, or you can opt to pick it up at one of two farm locations.
As you become more used to this way of “shopping,” you will find yourself becoming more connected to the cycles and circumstances affecting the way food grows. You may find yourself asking: How much rain have we had this week? How warm is it? To get broccoli in September, when do the seedlings need to be transplanted? What kind of equipment do farmers use to grow vegetables on a larger scale? As farmers, we are constantly asking and finding answers to these questions, and we love to talk with you about what we do.
We also like to hear your ideas and suggestions; we need to hear them so that we can continue to meet your needs. By the same token, we ask that you base your suggestions on a realistic view of what we do as growers. You can not expect more of us than our resources can sustain, and we cannot demand more of your resources than you can give. In short, we promise you a fair share of what we produce, in exchange for a fair share of the financial resources you can offer.
By becoming a member of Sunflower Fields Farm Shares, you get a season-long share of fresh, healthy vegetables, plus any optional shares or additional items you choose. But you get more than that; you have an opportunity to get to know the people who raise your food, you allow them to keep supporting themselves by raising food, and in doing so you secure your food supply. Finally, you get our commitment that, as a group of growers, we will do all we can to supply you the highest-quality, best-raised products possible.
In exchange for this, you give a financial or an in-kind contribution. But you will have the opportunity to give more, as well. You might contribute a favorite recipe for our newsletter. You might donate to our Share Partners fund to enable people with fewer resources to receive vegetable shares. You might have a great idea for our annual shareholder dinner. Or you might just be around for a nice chat as we deliver your share some summer evening.
We invite you to read on! Take a look at our share offerings and our programs, and choose a share that fits your family’s needs. Please don’t hesitate to call us if you have any questions, and we look forward to spending another growing season as your farmers.
A List of What You Can Expect from Your Farm Share
• a box of fresh, hand-tended vegetables each week
• a newsletter with each Vegetable Box
• the opportunity to order our vegetable reference book, Asparagus to Zucchini
• a website featuring Sunflower Fields and GROWN Locally including a recipe exchange
• to receive all the Optional Shares you wish to order
• the opportunity to Add It! - that is, order Additional Items through the
season
• delivery of your share to a place you choose
• a friendly, helpful delivery person
• a chance for your children to participate in Rosie’s Growers
• our new program called DINE Locally!
• a warm welcome when you visit our farms
• farmers - us! - available to answer your questions
• our best efforts in your behalf
• fair price for your shares
• our friendship