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Share Descriptions
The vegetables you will receive through Sunflower Fields Farm Shares and GROWN Locally Food Basket are fresh, in-season, and picked the same day they are delivered to your door. The vegetables are grown by natural methods, without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides. All of the produce comes to you - after being chilled and washed - via our refrigerated truck or another cooled delivery vehicle. You will receive your produce in a waxed box that can be recycled back to us the following week.
Shareholders will receive a box of vegetables each week from late May until mid October. We design our shares by estimating what different-sized families eat in a week. That is, we aim to fill our smallest box with approximately the amount of food a single person who eats most meals at home would use in a week. That said, we know people’s appetites and schedules vary widely. A single vegetable-loving person with a big appetite (like Michael, for example) might eat a large share in a week. So please use our share descriptions only as a guide for choosing the right share size for your family.
Each of the box sizes can be configured as a “Standard Box” or a “Greens Enhanced Box.” The Standard Box is packed with a full complement of non-leafy vegetables plus spinach and lettuce when available. The Greens Enhanced Box is packed with lots of tasty green leafy items as well as all the non-leafies. The price is the same and the boxes weigh equal amounts.
single person share (small)
dsigned for people living alone, maybe those who wish to supplement their own gardens or those whose appetites are not too big. You will receive approximately 6-7 pounds of produce weekly, averaged over the season.
family share (medium)
designed for two adults and perhaps small children. You will receive approximately 8-10 pounds of produce weekly, averaged over the season.
large family share (large)
designed for big families, big eaters, and for people who want to freeze some food or share it with friends from time to time. You can expect 12-15 pounds weekly, on average.