Intervale Community Farm Monday 7/15/24 pickup is CANCELED

Volunteers harvesting potatoes Thursday as floodwaters flow in.

Thursday pickups will resume Thursday, July 18

Monday pickups will resume Monday, July 22

Update July 15: Please note: we have to suspend doubling up on missed shares until we can assess and replant.  If you are a Monday pick-up, please do not come on Thursday, 7/18.  We will figure out bread, eggs, and cheese shares as well. 

Thursday, July 11, the Winooski river inundated nearly all of Intervale Community Farm.  We were more prepared for this flood than that of last July 11th, saving thousands more  pounds of potatoes, onions, and other crops with the help of nearly 100 volunteers.  The outpouring of support for ICF and our neighbor farms is amazing and heartening.
 
All that produce our walk-in coolers will keep us all well fed for the next several weeks, along with our productive cucumber and tomato greenhouses, which weren’t affected by the floods. Many of our baby greens were also unaffected.  As we did in 2023, we will resume replanting as soon as it is safe to do so and expect to put together a solid summer CSA share, though later August will be thinner than we’d like.  We will have tomatoes for pick-up starting this Thursday.
 
Unfortunately, our losses are large, none more than our pick-your-own crops, which are likely a total loss except for flowers.  Based on 2023, the flowers proved tougher than expected, and it is likely we will have flowers to pick this summer after the floodwater subsides.  As such, all pick-your-own crops are closed until further notice.  We hope to reopen the flowers soon and begin replanting herbs and pick-your-own herbs when conditions allow.
 
The Intervale Community Farm Board and Staff truly appreciate the support and encouragement we have received from all of you and the wider community.  Expect further communications from us next week about ongoing operations and how you can help, if you are so inclined. While we may have specific tasks needing volunteers, for now all the farms are asking the community to register with the Intervale Center through their volunteer channel. They maintain a master list and when we have a need they put out the calls.  You will also find their Farmer Recovery Fund donation page here.