Now that our season is right around the corner, and our seeds have arrived, and our field plans are nearly complete...it's time to start spreading the word about our membership sign up opportunities!
Our big news this year is that we've been awarded a USDA grant to help us expand our farm membership program. We're honored and grateful for the support we'll be getting from the USDA as we dig into an exciting new season here at the farm. We'll be growing in so many ways: cultivating more vegetables, building farming careers, and serving new members seeking healthy lifestyles and delicious produce.
One of the main components of our expansion project is to offer a home delivery option for the communities we currently serve. All of the brainstorming, planning and grant writing for this project took place last winter, before coronavirus was a household word and household burden. But here we are a year later, and there is a greater need than ever to provide families with healthy, local food and easy delivery options. And we are more prepared than ever to meet that need. Many thanks goes to the USDA for the funds awarded to us that will help us grow and thrive. And just as importantly, many thanks goes to each of our farm members. Your annual commitment to eat our vegetables is why we're able to farm using diversified, organic, and sustainable practices.
The basics of our produce memberships will remain the same as last season. We continue to offer a Small Share (feeds 1-3) and a Large Share (feeds 2-5) with the same pricing as last season ($310/$485). Both of these shares provide you with 20 weeks of produce (a weekly, mixed box of in-season vegetables), June-October. We have the same great neighborhood pick-up locations (no additional charge), and the new home delivery options (one-time $50 charge covers all 20 weeks of delivery). Our pick-up/delivery days are different from last season. Here is an updated list, also available on our website:
Communities with Home Delivery Option:
City of Plymouth - Wednesday or Friday
City of Sheboygan Falls - Wednesday
Kohler - Wednesday
Mequon (53092) - Friday
Bayside - Friday
Fox Point - Friday
Whitefish Bay - Friday
Neighborhood Pick Up Sites, Days, and Times Open for pickup:
On-Farm Plymouth Pick-Up… WEDNESDAY 1-8pm
On-Farm Plymouth Pick-Up… FRIDAY 1-8pm
Goodside Grocery Sheboygan… WEDNESDAY 12pm-close
Goodside Grocery Sheboygan… FRIDAY 12 pm-close
Sports Core Kohler… WEDNESDAY 11am-close
NOURISH Farms on Miley Rd, Sheboygan Falls… WEDNESDAY 11am-close
Mequon, Mequon United Methodist Church on Oriole Ln…. FRIDAY 2pm-6pm
Port Washington, residence near Wisconsin and W. Walters St. (Residential*)…FRIDAY 4pm-7pm
Fox Point, residence near Lake Dr and Calumet Rd. (Residential*)…FRIDAY 3pm-7pm
Shorewood, residence near Larkin St. and Olive St. (Residential*)…FRIDAY 3:30pm-7pm
*Residential addresses will be given after sign up.
We will also continue to do partially customized shares each week, with the same format as last season. Using an online form each week, you'll have the option to choose 1-4 vegetables that will be included in your box. The remainder of your box will include 4-8 staple crops that are in-season that week. The staple crops in everyone's boxes include most popular items like carrots, lettuce and potatoes, while the items you choose each week will be among the more contentious vegetables like beets, eggplant and fennel. For a complete list of the vegetables we grow (30+ crops!), visit our website's Produce Page.
Ready to sign up for your share of Old Plank Farm's produce? You can go to our website to become a member today. After submitting your sign-up form, we will get in touch via email to confirm your membership. Either Angelica or I personally email/invoice each one of you, this is not an automated confirmation, so please give us a day or two to respond!
I hope that our vegetables will be a delightful and delicious part of your lives. Growing them is always the highlight of each year for me! I look forward to being your farmer,
Stephanie Bartel, Old Plank Farm owner since 2009
