NOTES FROM THE FIELD
Dear CSA Friends,
I’m Cristy, the Development Manager here at Small Places! While my role doesn’t often put me in the fields or behind the counter at the Farm Store, I spend much of my time building relationships with the wonderful people and organizations who support our work.
Our team always shares that so many of you look forward to visiting the farm, opening your boxes of fresh goodies, and seeing what’s in season. It reminds me why I love what I do. Our Farm Store is such a special place, and it’s the people who visit that make it so.
This week we are hosting our annual Fireside on the Farm, which kicks off our year-end fundraising campaign! We’re inviting our community to help sustain everything happening here, from growing fresh food and supporting local farmers to providing access for our East End neighbors who need it the most.
The impact of a gift goes further than you might think! A $100 contribution can provide a month’s worth of fresh produce, meat, and eggs to a family in our Neighborhood Food Access Program, where we deliver to a neighbor in need every other week. The 70 households enrolled in this program usually have intergenerational family members, seniors, folks with mobility issues, and/or problems with transportation. A $500 gift can provide four months of grocery assistance to a family shopping at the Farm Store, while $2,500 can cover seeds and compost for an entire growing season at Finca. There’s also an opportunity to have donations matched!
Whether you’ve been eating Finca veggies for years or this is your first season, thank you for being part of this community. I hope to meet more of you soon!
With gratitude,
Cristy
What’s in this week’s share
For our full share friends, turnips, collard greens, Chinese cabbage, misome, cilantro, habanero peppers, garlic, grapefruit, lettuce, and beets.
For our half share friends, you’ll find radishes, curly kale, mustard greens, mizuna, dill, onions, apples, zucchini squash, and lettuce.
