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Peacework Farm CSA (for Members in Wayne & Ontario Counties)

Peacework Farm operates a CSA separate from GVOCSA for residents of Wayne and Ontario Counties who live within a half-hour's drive from the farm. "Local" CSA members pick up their weekly shares at the farm. The CSA runs for the same 26-week season as the GVOCSA main season. No winter shares are offered at Peacework Farm. Pick-up days are Thursdays or Sundays.

**Please note: Peacework Farm CSA members receive a copy of the GVOCSA newsletter but please do not be confused by information in the newsletter that pertains to Rochester-area GVOCSA members who pick up their shares at Abundance Cooperative Market. Peacework Farm CSA members do NOT deliver produce for GVOCSA shares to Abundance and they do NOT work distribution shifts! They DO work farm shifts (see below).

Peacework Farm
Mailing address: Greg Palmer & Ammie Chickering, PO Box 48, Newark, NY 14513-0048
Phone: 315-398-4007 (cell) or evenings at 315-365-3439 (Greg & Ammie's home number).
E-mail: (Please note: Greg & Ammie prefer phone contact to email, especially during the growing season.)
Physical address: 2231 Welcher Road, Newark, NY
Newark is in central Wayne County about halfway between Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes.

2010 Sign up meetings at farm: orientation for new members.

New members: please attend one of the 2010 sign-up orientation sessions at the farm:

Wednesday, March 24 from 5–6:30 PM
Monday, April 19 between 5–6:30 PM

Returning members: If you have already paid a $50 deposit, we will send a contract for the upcoming season. Please fill out two copies: one for yourself and one for the farm. Mail the farm's copy to the above address with your first installment, or you may choose to pay the entire fee in one lump sum. Please stop by the farm to sign up for farm work slots on the schedule in the packing shed (on blue desk) or email Greg & Ammie with the dates you prefer to work.

Fees: You may pay all at once or in four installments. Full share fees are on a sliding scale, depending on what you can afford. If you pay at the higher levels, you help people who can only afford the lower levels. Partial shares are not offered on a sliding scale. Subsidized shares are available and Food Stamps are accepted. Please contact Greg & Ammie about these options.

Full Share (sliding scale): 4 installment payments of $100 ($400 total); or 4 payments of $120 ($480 total); or 4 payments of $135 ($540 total); or 4 payments of $170 ($680 total)
Partial Share: 4 payments of $75 ($300 total)
$5 membership fee per household to cover mailings and other costs.

Make checks payable to Peacework Farm and mail to PO Box address shown above.

Payment schedule: If you have any problems, please contact Greg & Ammie.

$50 down payment at the end of the season reserves a share for the next season
1st installment payment due when you sign up or mail in your contract
2nd installment due June 1
3rd installment due July 1
4th installment due August 1.

Pick-up times at the farm:

Thursdays: 2:30 PM through Saturday
Sundays: 2:30 PM through Tuesday

**Shelf space is limited in the cooler and shares left too long are hard to manage. If you know you're going to miss your pick-up (you can't pick up by Saturday or Tuesday evening), please arrange to have someone take your share or write "away" on those dates next to your name on the pick-up checklist and we won't make a share for you. Shares left too long will be donated to people who need the food. We can't guarantee the quality of food left more than 3-4 days.

Pick-up clusters:
We recommend arranging a pick-up schedule with other members who live near you. The farm can provide you with a contact list of local members and we will also post the list in the packing shed. If you form a cluster, please give us the names of the cluster members and a copy of your pick-up schedule.

Work shift requirements:
Full shares work three 4-hour shifts at the farm; Partial shares work two 4-hour shifts. If you come with 2 parents and an able-bodied child willing to work 4 hours, a Full share work requirement can be met with just one visit to the farm. Many people really enjoy working at the farm. You are welcome to volunteer your time beyond your work shift requirement on any Thursday or Sunday morning during the CSA season. We also have "Special Vegetable Action Team" (SVAT) work days if you would rather work then instead of on a regular CSA day. They are one-time jobs that require lots of hands like setting up and taking down the pea fencing, harvesting the garlic, etc. Contact Greg & Ammie if you are interested in SVAT jobs. If the weeds get ahead of us, we will issue an alert on the GVOCSA Yahoo email group for extra help. If you'd like to join the group, click Contact Us/Join our email list for how to apply.

Work days:

Thursday: 8 AM till noon
Sunday: 8 AM till noon

Members often stay for a picnic lunch at noon. If you'd like to stay, please bring some food to share. We will make a big seasonal salad and we have plenty of plates, cups, and utensils at the farm.

Children are always welcome on CSA days but parents are responsible for supervising them (see more on children).

See Farm Work for more details on how to dress, etc.

How to make the best use of your share: The GVOCSA Yahoo group posts recipes. We also have a Food Book for sale at the farm, which is a compilation of recipes in a loose-leaf binder collected from members over many years.