The CSA is one week away! Please read your

SUMMER CSA HANDBOOK

thank you for choosing us to feed your home! We’re glad to be your farmers

Please note: This newsletter goes out to our entire newsletter listserv and is not indicative of whether you’ve joined this season, or if you have a 23 week vs an 18 week veggie share. If you’re unsure, reply to ask :)

FREE CHOICE, PACK YOUR OWN PICKUPS
Wednesdays 3-7 at Stick and Stone Farm - begins 6/8
Thursdays 3-7 at Press Bay Parking Lot - begins 6/9
Fridays 4-6 at Salt Point Brewing Co - begins 6/10
Saturdays 10-1 at Youth Farm (3 Swallows) - begins 6/11

BOXED SHARES - HOME DELIVERY & PICKUP
Thursdays - delivered by 3pm - first shares 6/9
(click here to see pickup window and details for your location)

If you have an 18 week share (if you joined after 5/1)
your first pickups will be 7/13-7/16. you may use the u-pick beginning now, details below

WHAT SHARES BEGIN WHEN?

WEEK 1, 6/8-6/11
Full Plate, Remembrance Dairy, Snow Farm Cheese, Wide Awake Bread

WEEK 2, 6/15-6/18
Fruit Bowl, Food & Ferments, High Ground Gardens

Later on…
Double E Mushrooms begin late June date TBA, Van Noble Farm begins July 20th

FREE CHOICE PICKUPS

Bring your own bags (and some for salad greens, etc.)
Your share size is approx. 1 paper grocery bag brimming full, but custom pack for your household. Take what you will use that week! Do not take for freezing, preserving our sharing outside your household.

STICK AND STONE FARM | Wed 3-7 pm | 1605 Trumansburg Rd (NYS Rt 96)
FIND US in the barn
PARK in the lot, do not block farm roads. Or take TCAT Rt. 21
Please leave spaces closest to the door open for accessible parking.
PLEASE no dogs.

PRESS BAY | Thu 3-7 pm | 116 West Green St.
FIND US in the parking lot at Geneva & Green St.
WALK, BIKE, or take the bus to us on Green St. PARKING is available on-street only
PLEASE DO NOT park in the Press Bay lot. PLEASE DO support Press Bay businesses!

SALT POINT BREWING | Fri 4-6 pm | 6 Louise Bement Ln, Lansing
FIND US in the side yard of the brewery alongside Louise Bement Ln
PARKING is available in the lot and on-street

THE YOUTH FARM PROJECT | Sat 10 am-1 pm | 23 Nelson Rd., off 96B
FIND US in the barn
PARK in the lots by barn & across the road.
Please leave spaces closest to barn open for accessible parking.
PLEASE DO NOT park on the road.

Thank you to the Youth Farm Project, Salt Point Brewing & Press Bay for hosting us!

BOXED SHARES - pickup & home delivery

ALL BOXES WILL BE DELIVERED THURSDAY BY 3PM
It may take a few weeks for us to streamline our route, timing will vary a bit. Thank you for your patience.

PLEASE RETURN YOUR BOXES
Flatten and neatly stack your returned box at your site each week when you pickup your next share. Here’s how to unfold them gently. Please also return any blue quart and pint containers. Waxed boxes are reusable but NOT recyclable.

IF YOU ARE MISSING YOUR SHARE ON DELIVERY DAY
Call (607-379-2866) or email Molly . We'll arrange a replacement! We keep extra boxes until Friday at noon.


HOME DELIVERY
- For the best share, we strongly recommend leaving a cooler out to protect your share from heat and squirrels. Be sure it can fit the 13x11x10 CSA box.
- If you have special instructions for where to leave your box please email Molly.
- We cannot provide specific time estimates but you can expect a relatively consistent delivery time once we get into the rhythm of our route.

GROUP SITE DELIVERY
- Pickup Thursday afternoon for the freshest, best share
- Most group sites are self-serve, just check off beside your name and grab your share(s). Some group sites keep your share refrigerated, just ask at the counter
- Friday morning pickup available, but please note group sites do not have refrigeration. Pickup deadline is Friday at noon, all boxes donated after this time.
- Thank you for respecting the posted COVID guidelines at any local business pickups.
Click below to see your sites hours & location:

“SWITCHEROOS” & VACATION OPTIONS

1) “Switcheroo” to another pickup that week (free choice pickup members only)
no notice needed, just sign the Switcheroo sheet on the check-in table.
Please ask Molly about availability of limited crops if it is not your regular pick up.

2) Have a friend or house sitter pickup your share
no notice needed

3) Donate Your Share
Free Choice Members: no notice needed, this is the default
Boxed Share Members: email Molly by Monday and she will facilitate donation

4) Hold your share and double up another week
All members: you must email Molly by Monday of the week you will be away!

YOU MAY NOT JUST MISS A SHARE AND REQUEST A DOUBLE LATER. If you do not notify us not to harvest for you in advance, we cannot harvest double for you later.

FINGERLAKES FRUIT BOWL - same options as above! Fruit quantities are more specific so we cannot guarantee switcheroos, but are usually able to make it work, just ask!

REMEMBRANCE FARM DAIRY - Switcheroos possible only with advance notice, email Molly by Monday to swticheroo. Otherwise options are same as above.

PAYMENT PLANS

If you paid in full, you're all set for the season! For payment planners:

PAYMENTS ARE DUE:
23 week share members: 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15
18 week share members: 7/15, 8/15, 9/15

ALL PAYMENTS ARE $120 ($59 for HFFA members)

PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE:

1) BY CASH OR CHECK (preferred)
Save time! Write all of your checks now and date them for 6/15, 7/15, 8/15 and 9/15. We'll deposit them on or after the date on the check.
Send to: Full Plate Farms, PO Box 6898, Ithaca, NY 14851
or just bring your cash/check to your Free Choice Pickup

2) ONLINE on our website here

3) VIA EBT AT GREENSTAR
Send us a copy of your receipt for EVERY EBT payment made (or bring it to pickup)

Having trouble making payments?
Your agreement with us is for the entire season, DO NOT just stop coming and expect that we will stop counting on you to pay for your share. Life happens - just be in communication and we'll do our best to work out a plan that works for you :)

U-PICK GARDENS

OPEN TO ALL FULL PLATE VEGGIE MEMBERS!
u-picking is included in all of our vegetable CSA memberships. the gardens are not open to the public and not included in Side Dish CSAs

We'll update you when crops are ready for harvest via our weekly newsletter

THE DETAILS
Open during 7 days/wk during daylight hours for unlimited use
BYO scissors, a container, sunscreen and water
PLEASE DO NOT bring dogs, block farm roads, or play on/with farm equipment

STICK & STONE U-PICK GARDENS - now with FOUR gardens
1. The Perennial Garden (herbs and flowers ready early in the season)
At the far end of the roadside garden behind the hedgerow
1. NEW! The Creekside Garden (tomatoes, herbs, more!)
beside/behind the perennial garden
3. Behind the Barn (peas, raspberries, rhubarb & more)
4. the Roadside Garden (flowers, )

PICK NOW: bachelor’s button, elderflower and perennial herbs like mint, oregano, chives and lemon balm are ready at Stick and Stone!

YOUTH FARM PROJECT U-PICK GARDENS
1. Main Garden (tomatoes, peppers, herbs, flowers, okra, tomatillos, more)
Across the street from the barn, follow the short path on your left up the hill
2. Perennial Garden (bee balm, chives, mint, oregano, lemon balm, more)
In front of the greenhouse. no picking in greenhouse

QUESTIONS ABOUT FULL PLATE, FRUIT BOWL OR REMEMBRANCE DAIRY SHARES?

contact Molly at csa@fullplatefarms.com or 607-379-2866

QUESTIONS ABOUT A SIDE DISH CSA? CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY:

Wide Awake Bakery
Snow Farm Creamery
Double E Mushrooms
VanNoble Farm
Food & Ferments
High Ground Gardens