**PLEASE READ THE FARM HAPPENINGS***
This is where we let you know of upcoming events, important and sometimes urgent updates, special happenings & basically anything we want you to know for the upcoming share week.
Hello Everyone!
Current Updates:
Where Does all of the meat come from?
- After we get our cuts back from the butchers (beef, pork and chicken) they get to hang out in the walk in freezer! They don't stay long as meat is always coming in and then going into members shares and out to retail.
- Fun Fact: Because it's so hot in the summer, we get all bundled up (see maddy pictured above) and make all of the shares inside the freezer!
Why Brown Paper?
Sometimes we get asked why our meat is wrap in brown paper and not vacuum packed in plastic.
- The brown butcher paper is compostable! You can put it in your green bin. The plastic wrap does not.
- Vacuum packs have a tendency to break really easy. This means we can't sell these items and they sometimes go to waste.
Some things to Expect From Your Shares: (which ever share you've signed up for)
Variety of Cuts in Each Shares:
- Beef: 32 different cut options- only certain amount of cuts per animal (eg. 5 tenderloins/cow vs. 26 flatirons/cow )
- Pigs: 12 different options- smaller animals means not as many cut varieties
- Cows 700lbs+ of meat to cut from vs. Pig 250lbs meat to cut from.
- Chickens- range from 3.5 to 4.5lbs
Return Red Freezer Bags, Mason Jars & 12 hole Egg Cartons
- Yes you can return these items! We like to reuse as much as we can :)
- You can leave them out your next delivery for the driver to get when they drop of your next order. If you are a pick up, you can leave the items at that location and we will grab them.
- If your red bag has a water bottle in it, do not empty it & leave it in! It's an icepack to help keep the items frozen during delivery. We refreeze them and use them multiple times.
How to Return your items:
- Remove the stickers from the red cooler bags.
- Quickly clean them and leave them outside for the delivery driver to grab or leave them neatly at your pick up location.
- If you pick up at the Farm store, we have a spot for you to leave them.
- Egg Cartons & jars can be left with the box as well.
If you &/or your family are currently quarantined, Please keep your items for now.
The Farm Happenings
(Fun Stuff Happening at the Farm)
We Sometimes Miss Items...
- We do a lot of counting & packing during the week & sometimes we miss putting an item in a box or in an extras order.
- Just email us! We have accepted that we are only human and mistakes happen.
- If we miss something of yours, we will get those items to you.
SET YOUR PREFERENCES!
- Please log into your account and set your preferences for every item we have (yes every item!). This is how the program customizes your boxes. Plus we use these preferences in cases where we need to manually make up your share.
- Use the 'preference' tab at the top of your profile on your HARVIE account tog get to the SET preferences page.
Your HARVIE account has your answers!
- What is in my share this week?
- Payment plan charges. **
- When are my next deliveries?
- How to reschedule or change locations.
- Change or update preferences
- Check out your profile. :)
- Check your junk email sometimes if you believe your customization emails didn't come in.
Here is a How To Video on how to make changes to your shares, swapping, rescheduling, shopping the extras & more!
How to navigate the customization page for your shares!
**Home Delivery Members***
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ITS HOT OUTSIDE:Please leave a cooler box or bag out for us to put your freezer goods in to keep it safe from the warm summer weather!
- MAKE YOUR HOUSE NUMBERS VISIBLE. :)
Online Farm Store for Non-Members
- If you have friends & family that are looking to shop with us but not want to sign up for csa, we have some items available on our new online store. https://cooperscsafarm.square.site/. For pickup at our farm store only.
- We are low on stock are are hoping to get stocked up soon!
Visiting the Farm: We are getting closer!
- U-Pick:
- To-be-determined. We plan to have it open- we just don't know when or how it's going to operate so stay tuned.
- 10 Acre Corn Maze:
- We have a game plan! We are still waiting to see what numbers we can have on the premises durning a day- then we are going from there.
- We are cutting the corn maze this year! It may look.... less artistic. But there will be corn to walk through.
If you want to see more of what we're up to, you can follow us:
- Facebook: Coopers CSA Farm page
- Instagram: @coopscsafarm
- Twitter: @CoopersFarm
Wishing you and you family the best!
-Steve, Lisa & The Cooper's Farm Family
