Fall/Winter Share 2011/2012

Wednesday* deliveries - Oct 19th to February 15th

Vegetable Offerings

The same weekly veggie assortment are provided for both Veggie Only and Localvore Shares.

Though the Fall/Winter period can be an interesting and challenging period of the year to provide a diverse array of produce, with each passing year we get better at doing so. This year we are better prepared than ever. For the first few weeks of the share period we will still be harvesting much of the produce from the field, and there will be plenty of hardy greens like spinach, chard, kale and Asian greens as well as brussel sprouts and other green Fall crops. Remnants of summer such as greenhouse tomatoes and peppers may appear, but by mid-November the offerings will be distinctly Fall-like. Our root cellar will be overflowing with potatoes, cabbage, carrots, and beets, and our onion storage will offer 5 types of onions, shallots and garlic. We intend to provide something fresh and green nearly every week this winter.

Farming year-round here in Vermont is very much a learning experience. Over the past few years we have increased our knowledge about how to best utilize our mobile greenhouses for winter growing. This year we will begin harvesting indoor baby greens in late Fall, and when the real cold weather sets in, we will make the switch to our soil grown sprouts salad which blends a hearty salad green mixed with sunflower, radish and pea sprouts.

We have also been getting better each year at preserving the summer harvest. At this writing we have already put away beans, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, corn, red peppers, watermelon with winter squash puree and other crops still coming in. With the Fall crops mix, the frozen summer crops, the storage and roots crops and the winter salad mix, this will not be a boring winter share!

Read these disclaimers to avoid disappointment!
The Fall/Winter share is heavier than others on root crops, especially in January and February when the field harvests are over. We do intend to provide something fresh and green nearly every week of the share, along with the roots and storage crops and the frozen summer items. And the potatoes, carrots, onions, turnips, beets, cabbage and other storage crops taste great, are nutritious, and are excellent fuel for the body and soul.  Along with the other items we will provide the combination will make for a nutritious, diverse, local, organic winter diet. But if you really don't care for root crops, this share may not be for you.

Please check our yearly produce availability chart (pdf version) for more information.

Localvore Offerings

Each week we include 2-4 localvore items as part of the Localvore Share or Pete's Pantry Share.

Localvore Offerings
We work with dozens of localvore producers in the area to help your family enjoy a balanced local diet year round.  We are blessed in Vermont to have such a talented group producing a great array of local goods.

This period’s offerings may include free range eggs from Pa Pa Doodles Farm(owned by our washhouse manager Deborah Rosewolf) supplied approximately every other week; bread from Elmore Mountain Bakery and Red Hen Bakery; items from Pete's Greens on-farm kitchen (see below for more info); many varieties of apples and cider from Champlain Orchards; several types of yogurt, cream, cornmeal, and dried beans from Butterworks Farm; flours from Gleason Grains, Aurora Farm, and Meunerie Milanaise; organic maple sugar; organic apple cider vinegar; Maine sea salt; Vermont Soy tofu; an array of  Vermont sheep, cow and goat cheeses; organic oyster and shiitake mushrooms; sunflower oil from Stateline Farm; popcorn, rolled oats, tamari and miso from several Quebec farms; cranberries and cranberry juice; and local organic raw honey. Most items are organic and those that are not are raised/grown adhering to very high standards.  Roughly once a month the share may include chicken broth. Vegetarians will receive vegetable broth or tofu instead.

Localvore perishable items such as apples, yogurt and cheese will be provided more often, while long storing staples such as flour and beans will be provided in greater quantity but less frequently.

Pete’s Greens Kitchen Products
We started our on farm kitchen in order to preserve the bounty of summer and increase the diversity of our winter diet.  The building we built this year after our fire has a huge walk in freezer which will allow us to freeze summer crops and other kitchen products to our hearts content.  We continue to refine recipes in our on-farm kitchen, developing prepared items such as tomato sauce, pesto, applesauce; chicken broth made with Misty Knoll bones and vegetable broth made with our veggies; roasted red peppers, kimchee, sauerkraut and other lacto-fermented specialties.  This year we hope to go a bit deeper into the prepared food realm. In our Kitchen Products we only use local ingredients where at all possible.

Our CSA Share Types

Veggie Only Shares provide a weekly selection of seasonal organic vegetables from Pete's Greens. Price is $493 for 17 weeks* worth of local, organic vegetables.

Localvore Shares provide the same vegetables combined with a weekly assortment of localvore products from our favorite nearby food growers and producers and from our on farm kitchen. Price is $765 for 17 weeks*.

Pete's Pantry Share provides the localvore items but not the vegetables. This share type is for folks who are splitting a vegetable share, but both parties want their own localvore products. Price $272 for 17 weeks.

Payment Plan Options

The Localvore Share cost can be split into four payments, Veggie Only Share and Pete's Pantry Share may be split into two payments.

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Because many people travel for the Thanksgiving holiday and others like to get started with their cooking early, we will deliver on Tuesday Nov 22nd (instead of Wednesday Nov 23rd) before Thanksgiving.

*We will not be making a CSA delivery the week after Christmas (December 28th). So though the share is actually 18 weeks in calendar length, we will only be making 17 weeks of deliveries.  

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