Summer Shares Will Begin Soon (and how we got to this point)
The workings of any farm are a series of cycles and a pattern of rhythms, tweaked slightly from year to year but otherwise, certain tasks and events can be counted on every year.
The winter is a time for farmers to evaluate the prior year’s crops (failures, successes, improvements) and design the crop plan for the coming year. They evaluate equipment needs and repairs, building repairs, staff roles. There is always something going on behind the scenes.
What members see are winter pick-ups, sign-up forms for the summer, and then they wait, anxiously, to be told when summer shares begin.
Summer share pick-ups will begin on Monday, June 6 and Thursday, June 9. Both days from 2:00-6:30.
But how did we get here?
March
The propagation house (the heated greenhouse) opened on March 7 and onions were the first seeds in the pots. Each week another crop is seeded until the tables in the house are jam packed with trays of little green shoots.
·As of May 26, the greenhouse is largely empty since the plants have gone into the ground. A second round of seedlings has been started.
April
In April, direct seeding to the fields happens. Spinach, carrots, and beets are sown in rows and covered for warmth. At the same time, head lettuce, kale, cabbage, broccoli, herbs, and onions are transplanted to the fields. And the first beneficial critters were ordered to keep the bad bugs at bay!
Most of the seasonal staff returned. We had an all-staff meeting to go over policies, food safety procedures, etc. Volunteer workdays were announced. The winter share survey was distributed to members.
Irrigation lines are repaired and placed.
May
May transplants include baby lettuce, zucchini, yellow squash, more head lettuce, chard, more broccoli, more onions and herbs, flowers. Also in May, tomatoes go into the high tunnels and cucumbers are planted.
·While the planting continues, this year we had to repair the damaged hoop houses on the summer side of the farm. Repairs were completed and peppers were transplanted to all 6 houses.
·In the shop, tractors are inspected, hoses and gears are checked. All fluids and filters are replaced.
The farmer training program at UVM included a visit to the farm and the first work rotation began.
Bonnie Acker hosted Aziza Malik's 5th grade class from Champlain Elementary School at the farm to paint 18 new signs for the pick-your-own crops and the class also planted the Kids’ Garden. (See below.)
·Electric fencing is placed once crops are in the field.
The first volunteer workday was held and the corral fencing was pulled down.
And the weeding in fields started: flamers were used to kill surface weeds before planting and row covers were placed for warmth and to limit weeds.
The administrative tasks, behind the curtain, ramp up in mid-January and just keep going: it’s a lot of tweaking, balancing, communicating, informing, and orienting for 650 shares (and up to 1000 families.)
We are looking forward to seeing you and your families again and growing healthy food for you. See you in a very short time!
Volunteer Opportunities at ICF
For the third year, Board members Bonnie Acker and Mark Twery will be coordinating weekend work mornings for ICF and City Market members and volunteers.
Tasks will be both useful and enjoyable for everyone! Most weeks will entail weeding while there may be opportunities to tend some of the crops connected to the Abenaki Land Link Project.
City Market members may earn member-worker hours by contacting City Market for details.
The Particulars
WHERE: Intervale Community Farm is in Burlington just past Gardeners Supply. Follow Intervale Road downhill until the pavement ends. The ICF is the first driveway on the left. We'll meet in the parking lot right there!
TIME: 7:00-11:00am
Please feel free to come down for the entire time or any part. Every moment of your helping will be treasured!
DATES: Two weekends a month:
Saturday & Sunday: May 21-22
Saturday & Sunday: May 28-29
Saturday & Sunday: June 18-19
Saturday & Sunday: June 25-26
Saturday & Sunday: July 23-24
Saturday & Sunday: July 30-31
Saturday & Sunday: August 20-21
Saturday & Sunday: August 27-28
WEAR: Durable work-clothes and footwear, sun-protective hats, sunglasses and bug-spray are very helpful for farm-projects!
BRING: A water bottle, work-gloves, clippers and loppers if you have these but we'll have extra gloves and tools to share.
CHILDREN: All will be very welcome as long as there's an adult with them!
MASK-POLICY: The ICF will continue to be a mask-friendly place where everyone can feel free to wear one!
RSVP & QUESTIONS:
To sign-up or obtain more information, please contact ICF Board member Bonnie Acker.
Signing-up helps us organize tasks and tools, notify you if a morning is cancelled due to challenging weather, and inform you if there is a limit on the number of participants. We're really looking forward to seeing you this summer!
Abenaki Land Link Project
In 2020, the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation partnered with the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) and Rooted in Vermont, a program of the Vermont Farm to Plate Network, to tackle the problems of food security and food sovereignty among native peoples in Vermont. The Abenaki Land Link project was then born. The idea was to distribute native seeds of Algonquin squash, Koasek Calais Mix corn, Calais Flint corn, True Cranberry beans, Skunk beans, and Vermont Mohawk beans to gardeners, homesteaders, and farmers around the state. They would then grow vegetables to be returned to Abenaki people via three food shelves as part of the food security program of the organization, Abenaki Helping Abenaki.
In its pilot year, 2020, the focus was to grow crops for seed, to increase the quantity of seeds available for these rare indigenous crops. Fifteen gardeners, homesteaders, and farmers from around the state were provided seeds from the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation. With such a successful first season, the program expanded to 40 growers in 2021.
In 2021, ICF was lucky enough to be a part of the project. We grew Algonquin squash, Calais flint corn, and True Cranberry beans. You may have unknowingly passed them on your way out to pick hot peppers and cherry tomatoes. With the help of volunteer community members on weekend work days, the farm grew and harvested over 800 pounds of vegetables to be given back to the Abenaki people. Our harvest, along with the harvests of the other 39 grower participants, were gathered and collected by the Abenaki Land Link Project. In early November, volunteers threshed and winnowed the beans as well as husked and shelled the corn. The squash was distributed fresh throughout the fall and what was left over was processed and frozen to be distributed throughout 2022.
To reinforce our commitment to the Abenaki people, we have worked with Chief Don Stevens to state our intention at each meeting of the ICF Board by reading the following statement aloud:
We are on the land which has served as a site of meeting and exchange among indigenous peoples for thousands of years and is the home of the Western Abenaki Peoples. The Intervale Community Farm honors, recognizes, and respects these peoples, especially the Abenaki, as the traditional stewards of the place where we gather today. In that spirit, we acknowledge that we are guests on this land. We need to respect and help protect the lands and waters within our use.
In 2022, ICF hopes to deepen its relationship with the Abenaki Land Link Project and the Abenaki people. The Abenaki people have been on this land, the land where our farm exists, for 1000’s of years. For millennia, the Abenaki grew food in the same soil where we grow food. The kale or carrots in your CSA share is grown on the same land where Abenaki people once grew Calais flint corn and True Cranberry beans to sustain themselves. The Abenaki Land Link Project has brought these indigenous seeds back to their home. We are honored and humbled to be able to grow these treasured seeds to produce food for native peoples throughout the state.
ICF Farmer Chris Spencer contributed to this story.
2022 Summer Share Sign-Up is Open: Join Us for Our 33rd Year
Dear ICF CSA member,
Though 2022 is off to a chilly and bumpy start, rest assured that the staff at Intervale Community Farm are hard at work busily preparing for a productive, restorative, and extraordinary 2022 summer season. Despite our human uncertainties, the vegetables, flowers, and herbs are primed and ready to grow. Share in the determination of a seed and sign up now for your 2022 summer share.
To sign up for a 2022 summer share, visit our website here. You can find out more specific information about the offerings on our Summer Share page. In 2021, demand for shares continued to rise rose, and we regrettably turned away many ICF CSA members who did not sign up in time. Avoid this fate and enjoy other benefits of being a co-op member-owner, by joining Intervale Community Farm Cooperative as a member-owner. See sidebar graphic for details.
A word about 2022 share prices: rising costs for inputs and supplies combined with a desire to improve farm wages has us raising share prices more than usual, around 7%, just shy of $2/week for small shares. We have also eliminated our paid-in-full pre-payment discount, as it generally favors those who can easily pay entirely up front. That said, we do appreciate full payment, and hope you will continue to do so if you are able.
Please watch for emails and information from Intervale Community Farm and please add kathie@intervalecommunityfarm.com to your allowed email. We will let you know what is happening on the farm and keep you informed about our upcoming summer season. Thank you everyone who contacted us after the recent vandalism of our greenhouse tunnels and the neighbors' beehives. We are truly uplifted by the outpouring of community support.
If you have friends, family, or colleagues who are interested in a summer share at ICF, now is the time to send them our way. Find out more information via the links above, call us at 658-2919x1, or email info@intervalecommunityfarm.com.
On behalf of the Intervale Community Farm staff and Board,
Andy Jones, Farm Manager
Wrapping up 2021: Annual Crop Review
Farm Manager Andy Jones summarizes the highs and lows of our recent growing season.
With the 2021 outdoor growing season in the rearview mirror, I can say I am grateful that Intervale Community Farm was able to have a fairly normal year, despite ongoing adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seeing members picking strawberries, cutting flowers, chatting with farmers, was a happy sight after 2020. The busy sandbox and plastic-car traffic jams in the courtyard were a big emotional lift. Thank you all for sticking with ICF through a challenging and uncertain time; your enthusiasm and support have been a big lift to the staff and board.
As usual some crops did very well: strawberries (remember those?) were the best we’ve seen in a decade, with good productivity, a longer season, and excellent quality. Onions were well above average, and the flowers were beautiful and bountiful. Our aim to extend the picking windows for cucumbers and peppers bore fruit, churning out fruit for long stretches of the summer. Going into winter share 2021-2022, we have full stores of nearly all of our storage roots and such, with baby greens, kale, and herbs, all looking good.
While some crops did well, others flirted with or fully embraced failure. We struggled with many of our “B” crops this year: basil, beans, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts. I could tell you a long and sad tale about each of them, but the common thread through all were insects and/or weather. ICF saw more insect pressure overall than any other season in recent memory, and wetter summers and autumns always foster foliar diseases.
Share values for our 2021 summer share and 2020-2021 winter share were right around our targets. Though these analyses are only reflective of the aggregate experience, not the individual share that you selected off of the tables and out of the fields, it does show some relationship to the wider produce pricing arena. The following charts show the sticker price of a full-price share in blue, with the additional value of produce beyond that price in red. For the summer share this includes a portion of the pick-your-own crops, as many people do not pick all of the available PYO.
2021 ICF Board Election Results
We are pleased to announce the results of the recent Intervale Community Farm Cooperative Board Elections. Almost half of the eligible cooperative members voted for incumbents Lis Mickenberg and Mark Twery and for newcomer Mandy St. Hilaire. Their new terms will begin in January 2022.
Thank you to all of the candidates willing to run for the board of Intervale Community Farm Cooperative. Your willingness to serve on the board is what has built ICF into a strong community farm. Thank you also to the members of Intervale Community Farm Cooperative for taking the time to vote in the election and demonstrating your enthusiasm and support for ICF.
Not a co-op member? You can become one here.
Reminder: Vote for the ICF Board of Directors
Intervale Community Farm is owned and controlled by the 300+ members of Intervale Community Farm Cooperative. ICF Co-op is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors. Three board members are elected annually to serve a three-year term.
The candidates prepared videos which were played at our virtual annual meeting on November 3. You can see the videos by clicking on a candidate name below.
Kathy Connolly
Lis Mickenberg (incumbent)
Mandy St. Hilaire
Mark Twery (incumbent)
Only members in good standing of the Intervale Community Farm Cooperative are eligible to vote in this election and received an electronic ballot. If you are unsure of your status please contact Kathie.
If you would like to become a member of the Cooperative go here for more information.
2021 ICF Cooperative Annual Meeting: Recording is Now Available
If you missed our virtual annual meeting on November 3 you can Watch the entire meeting here.
We have posted a recording of the meeting which includes the slideshow and annual report from Farm Manager Andy Jones, Board of Directors Candidate videos for our current election, and several other tidbits.
You can review the videos of the Board candidates directly below:
Lis Mickenberg (incumbent)
Mark Twery (incumbent)
If you are a member in good standing of the ICF Cooperative you received a link to the ballot via email. If you did not receive a link or are unsure of your co-op status, please contact Kathie.
It’s not too late to become a member of the Co-op! Find out more here.
2021 ICF Board of Directors Elections
Immediately following the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Intervale Community Farm Cooperative electronic ballots were emailed to all co-op members in good standing. To be in good standing, your equity contributions must be paid in full ($200) or current to 2021 (at the rate of $25 per year since your date of joining the cooperative.)
If you think you should have received a ballot and did not, please do the following:
check Spam folder
check Promotions folder if you have a Gmail address
contact Kathie to check your co-op status.
You can join the ICF Co-op at any time! If you join before the expiration of the 2021 voting period on November 17, you may still vote in this election. Go here to find out more about becoming a member of the ICF Cooperative.
Winter Shares Begin on November 4 (Group 1) and November 11 (Group 2)
We have been harvesting the storage crops and filling our coolers for a couple of weeks or more. Think of nearly 15,000 lbs of cabbage waiting to be distributed during the cold winter months…and all the meals you can create using the produce you know and love.
Below are a few details and reminders about winter shares, the ICF Cooperative Annual Meeting this week, and becoming a Co-op member.
See you across the street at 282 Intervale Road for the winter shares. Follow the signs!
If you need a reminder of your group dates, go to our calendar widget and add the dates to your calendar.
Whether you are new to the winter share process or a returning member, it's always good to review the general guidelines for picking up and more in our Member Guide.
If you have not ordered your bread, eggs, and cheese add-ons, please do so now. We'll have limited items available for purchase on site.
If you want to order other add-ons through our partnership with the Intervale Food Hub read more here and create an account. The order window for November 4 is closed now, but set up your account for future use.
Our Covid-19 adaptations have been updated here. Please note we are requiring masks for everyone inside of the building.
Don't forget the ICF Cooperative Annual Meeting(virtual) is this week, November 3, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. All are invited to attend. Please register here.
Members in good standing of the Intervale Community Farm Cooperative will receive an electronic ballot to elect a new board. Not a member of the co-op? You have time to sign up by going here.
If you have any questions about your co-op status, the annual meeting, or your winter share, contact Kathie.
End of Summer Share Reminders
The final summer 2021 pick-up is on October 28 . If you have missed weeks it's your final day to catch up.
At the end of every season we ask for your input on the season for our future planning. If you have not completed the current survey on the summer share season, please do so before October 30. Go here.
As we transition to the winter shares, we'll hold our ICF Cooperative Annual Meeting on Wednesday, November 3, 7:00-8:00 via Zoom. To register, go here. We have a slide show and report of the year, hear from the candidates running for the ICF Board, and more.
Members in good standing of the Intervale Community Farm Cooperative will receive electronic ballots to vote for board candidates. It's not too late to catch up on your equity contributions or become a new member of the co-op by going here. The major benefit of becoming a co-op member? You can elect to be signed up for summer and winter shares before the web forms are active.
ICF is Collaborating with the Intervale Food Hub
New this year! We are partnering with the Intervale Food Hub (IFH) to offer Intervale Community Farm members a wide selection of Vermont proteins, dairy, and provisions to round out your meals. Shop online at the Intervale Food Hub and collect your order at your ICF winter share pick-up. There is no order minimum or requirement to place an order every week. IFH has over 200 products from over 80 Vermont producers available in their online marketplace.
Featured products in this program include:
Dairy: Milk from Sweet Rowen Farm, Butterworks Cream, butter from Ploughgate Creamery and Vermont Creamery, and cheeses from von Trapp Creamery, Sweet Rowen, Shelburne Farms, and Stony Pond Farm.
Meat/Seafood: Wild-caught Alaskan salmon from Starbird Fish and Honeywilya Fish, pastured pork from Pigasus Meats, grassfed beef from Grass Cattle Co and Health Hero Farm, and chicken from Misty Knoll.
Plant-Based Proteins: Beans and bean burgers from Vermont Bean Crafters, New Deal Seitan, tofu from Vermont Soy, tempeh from Rhapsody Naturals, and cashew milk from Nutty Life.
Bakery: All Souls Tortilleria corn and flour tortillas, bread from Red Hen, granola from Butterfly Bakery, and crackers from Castleton Crackers.
Pantry and Provisions: Coffee from Brio and VT Coffee Co, tea from Free Verse Farm, chocolate from Lake Champlain Chocolates, Butterfly Bakery and Pitchfork Farm hot sauces and ferments, flour and cornmeal from Nitty Gritty Grain Co., dressings and vinegars from Eco Bean + Greens and Red Wagon Plants, jam from V Smiley Preserves, and much more.
Logistical Details
Browse the offerings, set up your account now, and place your orders as follows:
Group 1 may place orders starting October 28
Group 2 may place orders starting November 4
Food Hub orders will be available to pick up with your normal winter share group
Orders must be placed by 6:00 a.m. Monday preceding your Thursday pick-up
Product selection, packing, billing, and questions are handled by the Intervale Food Hub
intervalefoodhub@intervale.org
Orders must be placed via this link only or your food will not be available to pick up with your winter share.
select "pick up"
select your ICF group
The Intervale Food Hub is a social enterprise of the Intervale Center delivering proteins, produce, and provisions from over 80 local producers in the greater Burlington, Vermont area.
Summer Share Survey is Ready and Summer Shares Will Be Ending
Fall is here. The leaves are changing, the light is changing, the smells in the air are changing. Root crops are being harvested in the fields for winter shares.
At the conclusion of every share season we ask for your input and feedback in a survey. The 2021 Summer Share Survey is ready and will be available until October 30. Please tell us what you liked or didn’t like about your experience.
Other dates to note:
Summer Shares: the last Monday pick-up will be October 25. The last Thursday pick-up will be October 28.
Winter Shares: iIf you have signed up for a winter share, the first Group 1 pick-up will be Thursday, November 4. The first Group 2 pick-up will be Thursday, November 11. Please remember that winter pick-ups are on Thursdays only, 2:00-6:00, and are every other week.
Unfortunately, we are starting a waiting list for winter shares. You may continue to sign up here but please do not send in any payments until you are confirmed.
Thank you for a wonderful summer!
Pumpkin Day RESCHEDULED TO Sunday, October 3, 10:00-2:00
2021 Pumpkin Day is RESCHEDULED to Sunday, October 3, 10:00-2:00 on account of rain. See you there!
Please join our annual pumpkin patch picking, always one of our favorite days at ICF! Meet at the summer pickup area and hop a tractor-drawn wagon for the 15-minute ride to our field of jack-o-lanterns, pie pumpkins, and decorative gourds. This is included in your ICF CSA share.
We may limit the number of unrelated people per wagon and require masks during the ride in accordance with evolving public health recommendations.
Walking to the pumpkin patch is also a lovely stroll past our greenhouses and salad crops, and we will happily transport your pumpkins back to the pick-up area so you don’t have to carry them.
If you do not attend Pumpkin Day, you may pick-up your pumpkins from the courtyard during our regular pick-ups, beginning Thursday, October 7th.
Summer Shares Will Be Ending
Fall is here. The leaves are changing, the light is changing, the smells in the air are changing. Root crops are being harvested in the fields for winter shares.
Sadly, all these things mean that the summer shares will be ending this month.
The last Monday pick-up will be October 25. The last Thursday pick-up will be October 28.
If you have signed up for a winter share, the first Group 1 pick-up will be Thursday, November 4. The first Group 2 pick-up will be Thursday, November 11. Please remember that winter pick-ups are on Thursdays only, 2:00-6:00, and are every other week.
Unfortunately, we are starting a waiting list for winter shares. You may continue to sign up here but please do not send in any payments until you are confirmed.
Thank you for a wonderful summer!
The 2021 Annual Meeting of the Intervale Community Farm Cooperative is November 3, 2021
Please join the Intervale Community Farm board and staff members for our 2021 Annual Meeting to celebrate the harvest and meet the candidates for the ICF Cooperative Board. All ICF CSA members are welcome and encouraged to attend our Annual Meeting: agenda and details below.
We’ll be meeting virtually again this year by Zoom on Wednesday, November 3rd, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Register for the Zoom webinar here.
Intervale Community Farm Board Elections
Love Intervale Community Farm and want to help us thrive? Please consider running for the ICF Co-op Board of Directors, the governing body of ICF, working with staff to set long term goals and direction, while monitoring current activities. Thirty years of board members have given their time and talent to help make Intervale Community Farm the farm it is today. Shape ICF’s future and earn a free share for your efforts!
As Board member Mieko Ozeki puts it, “Joining the ICF Cooperative Board is a wonderful opportunity to get a full view on the farm operations and initiatives. The commitment is flexible and the Board welcomes diverse perspectives to further the mission of the ICF. Chat with a Board member to learn more about becoming an ICF Board member.” You may also look here for more information about the ICF Board and elections.
Candidate nominations are due to Farm Manager Andy Jones no later than October 18, 2021. Please speak with Andy at an ICF pick-up, via email, or call 802-658-2919 x4.
If you are not sure about your status or whether you are a co-op, please contact Kathie. You can still complete your equity contribution or become a co-op member in time to run and/or vote in this election. To become a new co-op member, go here.
Annual Meeting Agenda
Since 1994 members have gathered for the annual meeting of the Intervale Community Farm Cooperative to hear about the season. While this year we are unable to dine together, we do look forward to sharing what 2021 has grown at ICF! We will feature:
Farm report from Farm Manager Andy Jones
Our annual slideshow, featuring highlights of 2021
Report from the Intervale Community Farm Board of Directors
Introduction to candidates running for the Intervale Community Farm Cooperative Board of Directors and board election process
Q&A from ICF members
Pumpkin Day at ICF is October 2, 10:00-2:00 - please check here for weather updates Saturday morning
Pumpkin Day. Saturday, October 2, 10:00-2:00.
Rain date Sunday, October 3
Please join our annual pumpkin patch picking, always one of our favorite days at ICF! Meet at the summer pickup area and hop a tractor-drawn wagon for the 15-minute ride to our field of jack-o-lanterns, pie pumpkins, and decorative gourds. This is included in your ICF CSA share.
We may limit the number of unrelated people per wagon and require masks during the ride in accordance with evolving public health recommendations.
Walking to the pumpkin patch is also a lovely stroll past our greenhouses and salad crops, and we will happily transport your pumpkins back to the pick-up area so you don’t have to carry them.
If you do not attend October 2nd, you may pick-up your pumpkins from the courtyard during our regular pick-ups, beginning Thursday, October 7th.
Senior Farm Share at Intervale Community Farm
Summer Tuesdays are special days at our Farm. Each week, ICF farmer Sarah Howe packs a selection of produce for 274 households living in sixteen senior housing sites in Burlington and nearby communities. In the more than 20 years since the program began, ICF has supplied local participants with over 3000 10-week shares!
The Senior Farm Share program is a collaborative effort between the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) and the Vermont Department of Aging and Independent Living, with funding from the US Department of Agriculture, aiming to get high quality fresh produce direct from Vermont farms to Vermont seniors by delivering mini-CSA shares during the summer.
Sarah notes, "Everyone is so grateful for this food, and we love to provide tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables we have learned are appreciated. "
As a bonus, once each summer each participant also receives a bouquet of fresh flowers cut and arranged by long time Board and Farm member Bonnie Acker. "Making up each bouquet, I'm always thinking about the joy it will bring to someone. A few years back one of the seniors sent a note, 'Thank you dear farmers. This was the first time in my life that I ever received fresh flowers.' I will think of that gratefulness forever."
2021-22 Winter Share Sign-up is Open
It’s that time again and already!
You can sign up for your winter shares now on our web page and then just sit back and wait!
Order your bread, eggs, and goat cheese supplemental products at the same time as your winter share. For more information and an order form for the products go here. We will have a limited number of items for sale on site so it’s much better to set up a pre-order.
As always winter pick-ups are every two weeks on the opposite side of the road from the summer area. You’ll have selections of root veggies, plus squash, cabbage, and weighed greens.
Group 1 will start November 4 and go until May 12. Group 2 will start November 11 and go until May 19. Please note that Group 2 has two date changes to Wednesdays around the holidays. Check out the calendar widget here so you don’t miss any of your dates!
Watch our web site, blog, and Facebook pages for any winter share updates, revised Covid procedures, and reminders of the first pick-ups.
We’re looking forward to seeing you in the snow!
Annual Meeting, Cooperative Board Elections, and Autumn Potluck: POSTPONED
The September 12, 2021 Intervale Community Farm Cooperative Annual Meeting, Board Elections, and Autumn Potluck have been postponed.
Recognizing the increasing threat posed by Covid-19 in the greater Burlington community, the Intervale Community Farm Cooperative Board opted to cancel our previously scheduled, Sunday, September 12th Annual Meeting and Autumn Potluck and make the Annual Meeting a virtual event later in the autumn. Dates and details will follow.
In conjunction with revamping the event, the ICF Board also postponed the Board electoral period, scheduled to begin on September 13. Any interested candidates can still contact an ICF board member or Farm Manager Andy Jones for more information or to express interest.
The good news is that you still have time to catch up on your co-op equity payments or become a new co-op member! Contact Kathie to find out your status or become a co-op member here
Given the outdoor setting of our summer CSA pickups, we are not currently changing other ICF requirements, though this may change at any time.
Thank you for your patience and flexibility, and your long standing support of Intervale Community Farm!
