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$20 Regular Box
Strawberries double order
(2 pints ~OR~ 1 quart)
Field Lettuce (1)
Green Kale (3/4 pound)
Potatoes (2 pounds)
Vidalia Onions (2)
$30 Large Box
Everything in the $20 box plus:
Another pint of Strawberries
Sweet Potatoes*
~Orange or White~ (2 pounds)
Carrots (bunch)
$40 Extra-Large Box
Everything in the $30 box plus:
Another pint of Strawberries Cilantro (bunch) Another head of Lettuce
*Contents may change prior to delivery based on Farmer harvests. Sorry we cannot make substitutions on Farmer Pick orders!
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One of the best things about our Online Market is that you only order when you want to get another box of our farmers' Good Food! Here are the basics on placing an order:
1. Farmer Pick Box - Choose from our $20, $30 or $40 boxes. We also offer other packages based on availability including Soup & Salad Box, Dinner Packages and Meat Packages. These count as a "Farmer Pick" order type.
2. Farmer Pick with Add-Ons - You can add as many extra items to a Farmer Pick Box as you like from our Online Market, we're already packing the box for you!
3. Custom Choice Order - Or you can fully customize your order for a $5 Custom Choice Fee. (Custom Choice orders get priority if we are short on an item and are individually packed so they get VIP treatment!)
Here are some more ways we make it easy for folks to order:
A great way to start enjoying Local Food especially if you forget to order each week! We'll deliver ten weeks of Farmer Pick boxes (choose from $20, $30 or $40 sizes).
Benefit from this program by earning 3% - 6% return, depending on the level you choose. Check out the details:
Our Basic $500 level Investor gets a 3% spending return. Supporting $1000 level accounts enjoy a 5% dividend. Sustaining Investment accounts ($2500) have 6% added to the spending credit for a great return on your local food dollars. That's a delicious deal! Investment Members get special offers throughout the year (including two-for-one tickets for Farm events), preferential order packing, and a great Thank You Goodie Bag! _____________________________
CONTACT US REMINDER
Please always call us ASAP if there is a timely question about your order (especially on pickup days). We do not receive text messages on the farm and spend as little time in front of the computer as possible so emails may not reach us for some time. If you cannot find your Pickup Location, your order or part of your order please call us right away so we can help! It is rare that we cannot resolve problems or questions quickly but we can't help if you don't call. 256-282-7889
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Our Lovely Orders This Week
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We are so happy to get the main growing season rolling, our group of farmers are busy planting Summer crops and harvesting a terrific variety of Spring foods for our Members! Mother Nature is taking care of us right now with weekly rains, we'll see what Friday brings but the forecast for the weekend is splendid. No major changes or problems happened with the farm harvests for this week's orders, we did end up sending some folks White Sweet Potatoes instead of "regular" Sweet Potatoes for $30 and $40 Farmer Pick boxes but otherwise all went just as planned. We hope you enjoy this week's Recipe: our Strawberry Cilantro Salad is truly delicious and really different, a fresh and tasty melding of flavors to surprise the eaters at your table.
Mama Frida's Twin Girls So of course Mama Goat Frida had her two girls last Thursday night just before the storm hit. Since she is named after the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and they were born May 4th we decided to call them Cinco and Mayo so we won't forget their birthdays! She had them just in time for our first series of live streamed "Farm Tours" on Friday with kids at Morrow Elementary, we had a blast.
Support Your Pickup Location!
We are so happy to announce Wild Heaven Beer is now hosting our Decatur deliveries. Pickup your box, enjoy some local beer, life is good. Also the new Vinings location Canoe Restaurant starts with next week's deliveries! We have worked with the wonderful chefs at Canoe for many years and are happy they offered to host us for their neighborhood. Pickups are Wednesdays or Thursdays from 2pm - 5pm.
Heads-up! Three or four times a year we have to take a hard look at Pickup Locations that are lagging for orders (we really need at least 10 orders per week to support the delivery costs for each site). We are conducting our Spring Site Review and we have to say that East Cobb Cook's Warehouse nosedived after rallying the last time we scrutinized it and Arbor Montessori is not doing well, either. These have both been long-term sites but if you don't order we can't keep coming! This week East Cobb had four boxes and Arbor had five. Help us out and tell your friends if you want to keep these locations! We'll make a decision in the next few weeks. It's a simple math problem: we lose money if we are only delivering a couple of boxes each week.
We have heard from some folks that they are waiting for Summer Vegetables: folks, our farmers work full-time year-round. If you want local, fresh, organically-grown food we need our Members to eat local year-round, too!
Farmhouse Supper Club
 Enjoy a Sunday drive in the country, get up-close and personal with our Goats and Chickens and enjoy meeting some new folks at one of our upcoming Farmhouse Supper Clubs! Put in your Reservations now for Sunday June 11th, sorry but Mother's Day is sold out. Miss Guinness' two little kids are ready for snuggling and Mama Frida 's two girl kids are cutie patooties.
(For planning purposes we don't have Supper Club for the months of July and August since it's so darn hot so the next ones after June will be September, October and November.)
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Saturday Farmers' Market
Come see us! We can be found every Saturday from 9am - 1pm at The Carter Center. We always have a great selection of items from our Online Market: Banner Butter, Atlanta Fresh Yogurt, Wright Dairy Cheeses, Pecan Point Granola and Pecans, Grateful Bread Co. Crackers, Beech Creek Strawberries(!) Apples & Vegetables, our own Hot Sauces, Chicken and Duck Eggs, Granny Linda's beautiful handmade Potholders and of course Big Daddy Dog Biscuits
(all the doggies love us!).
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Weekly Recipe:
Strawberry Cilantro Salad
Each week we
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highlight some of the ingredients from our boxes with one of our own Farmhouse Recipes. This is the way we cook here on the Farm with our limited kitchen time but love of Good Food. We hope to inspire you to try something new, even if it's just one All-Local Meal a week! The Full Recipes are in the Wednesday Weekly Newsletters.
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This delicious salad can be enjoyed as a light meal or side dish: the Cilantro compliments the Strawberries so well, you will surely be surprised and the Vidalia Onions add a terrific savory balance to our Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing. Fresh, light and delicious.
1. Wash, trim and tear or chop Salad Greens (we used Lettuce and Swiss Chard, save the Chard stems and chop finely for the salad).
2. Trim and chop 1/2 cup Vidalia Onion. A mild Sweet Onion is best to compliment the berries so Green Onions would work, too.
3. Wash, trim and chop 1 cup Strawberries and 5-6 stems of Cilantro.
4. Make Balsamic Vinaigrette: put ingredients in a jar with a lid (1/2 pint canning jars or jelly jars are great for dressings) 1/2 cup Olive Oil, 1/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar, 1 Tablespoon Honey, salt and pepper to taste.
5. Mix together the Onion, Strawberries, Cilantro and chopped Chard stems, add just enough dressing to coat. Chill in the refrigerator for 10 minutes or so, this salad should be prepared and served fresh* so the Cilantro doesn't get wilty. Arrange Salad Greens on plates, scoop Strawberry Cilantro Salad on top and serve.
*If you want to take this salad for your lunch the next day just hold off on the dressing and combine with the salad ingredients just before enjoying.
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We want to hear from our Members: let us know what you think about our new Online Market website, share your recipes prepared with our yummy ingredients, let us know what's going on in your world. We'll post about latest Farm Critter News and let you know when we're out and about in Atlanta.
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We are honored to be Voted Best CSA in Atlanta
by Creative Loafing Readers!
2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 
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