Use Facebook to Communicate with the ICF Board
Hello to our wonderful membership from your ICF board!
Do you know what I missed most about this past growing season?
It wasn’t the food – the ICF staff did a phenomenal job as always of offering us the best produce Vermont has to offer.
It wasn’t the farm - I was so grateful to be able to drop down to the Intervale, pick in the PYO fields, and walk the neighboring trails.
It was YOU, our ICF community! While I tend to be a bit shy in crowds, I love coming out of my shell at ICF pickups. I already know that we have a shared love (the farm), shared interests (the food) and shared things to talk about (what’s today’s bouquet style, for one?).
But standing safely distanced, wearing masks, following rules, is not the easiest place to spark a conversation (and apologies to the person who I tried to introduce myself to thinking you were someone else… masks, am I right?)
Our 30th anniversary party was a perfect example of the wonderful community that ICF has cultivated (farm pun intended) :food, music, smiles, kids.
I have been working with our board members to strategize ways for us to foster connectedness. There is no replacing in-person on-farm connectedness, but we’re giving digital a try with a new Facebook group for friends and members of ICF!
Goals & Purpose
Foster conversations about shared interests, including recipes, preservation techniques, farm memories, and sustainable food system news in a private digital location.
Introduce ourselves to one another so that when we are back chatting away and lollygagging about at pickup, we might recognize each other! Meanwhile we can converse with more of our community in a private, digital setting.
To learn more about what it means to be a cooperative, how we can take part, and how we can all support each other and govern the farm according to our shared mission.
Tactics
Join the Intervale Community Farm Friends and Members Facebook group!
Let us know who you are!
Get social! What’s going on in your kitchen, upcoming events, on your mind?
Questions?
Is this the same kind of thing as the ICF Facebook page? No, this is a different page, although also on Facebook. There are three major differences. 1 - This page exists in order to promote community dialogue, sharing and understanding, while our business page exists to provide reminders, member information, and other logistical details. 2 - All posts inside of this group are private and cannot be seen or shared outside of the Facebook group. 3 - This page is managed by the ICF board as a volunteer effort purely to foster communication.
What if I’m not on Facebook? Being on Facebook is your personal choice and we acknowledge and respect that it’s not for everyone. If you are on Facebook, we hope you’ll join the group! If you want to join the group and need to sign up for Facebook, you can follow these steps.
More questions? Email ME personally or hop in the Facebook group and ask the community!
See you in there!
Diane Abruzzini, Board Member