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Happy New Year!

Welcome to Fair Shares Season 15 Wk42

We'll see all Full Share, Mini Share, and EVEN-week Half Share members this week. We'll also see any Thursday ODD-week half shares who arranged to get their snow day share from Dec. 19th.

LOGIN HERE to make your trades (or don't and we'll put together your standard share). Select your time and ADD it in your cart (or don't an you might have to wait for us to put your share together). Make sure that you receive your order confirmation email, or your order didn't go through.

Note that you may update your cart as many times as you like. Your share will be packed for you whether you select a time or not, it just helps us have it ready when you arrive.

Share Holds Must Be Made By 8:00 a.m. Mondays!

Homemade Ricotta

HELP US NOT WASTE MILK! We ended up with a lot of extra milk because of the pre-holiday weather fiasco. It's not past it's Sell By date, but if nobody buys it, we'll be stuck with more than we can possibly use, so please check the store and buy some milk and heavy cream to make yogurt, quiche, or this easy ricotta cheese...

Caramelized Onion, Mushroom and Gruyere Quiche with Oat Crust The picture here shows a quiche with a morel mushroom decorating the top, but it would be equally pretty with a chanterelle or a shiitake. Wow your family, they're worth it. Preparation Recipe courtesy Ellie Krieger on the Food Network. For the crust: * Cooking spray * 3/4 cup rolled oats …

🎶 Oops I did it again 🎶 I overcooked my spaghetti squash and it didn’t ‘spaghetti’. I used it like other winter squash in an enchilada casserole with buttonwood farms chicken I cooked in my crockpot, del Carmen black beans, and prepared enchilada verde sauce... Read more

Timpano

This is one recipe for timpano. Every time I make it, I do it differently, but basically, it's meat, pasta, veggies, cheese and sauce in a big baked drum of pie dough or pasta. Everything inside is pre-cooked, so you bake it together to cook the dough on the outside and melt all the cheese on the inside.

It's showy and delicious, and we recommend making your own ricotta to add in--did we mention we have extra milks that need using...

Don't Despair about Your Share!
This time of the year isn't very abundant in the fresh produce department, so now is the time to explore the wonderful world of "value-added foods" we offer from the St. Louis region. This utterly unappetizing term is the industry name used for all the lovely produce that has been processed and canned or frozen or dried for our winter shares. Jams, salsas, pickles and condiments are all items that enhance our menus and support our local vendors.
Embrace the apple cider vinegar!

Let the Countdown Begin

While we're all warmed up from the New Year's countdown, we thought it might be good to keep everyone primed for Fair Shares Season 15 countdown! Please mark your calendars for the following dates:

Final pickups: Season 15, Wk. 50, Mar. 1 & 2

Fair Shares Break: Mar. 8 through 23

Mid-break Shopping Day: Wed. Mar. 15, 3-6p.m.

Fair Shares Season 16, Wk. 1: Mar. 29 & 30

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Thanks to everyone who shares their love of Fair Shares to help us get new members! We appreciate all your positive posts on social media and encourage anyone who hasn't yet to review us on localharvest.org and Google -- every review helps potential new members find us. ❤️

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Notes on Trades and Orders

If you have questions or an issue to resolve, please email info@fairshares.org rather than replying to the email or we may not see it.

The share clipboards below include the fresh produce on your list, but the cart in your Farmigo account lists only the tradable items in your share. You must spend the total credit value in your cart but you are welcome to buy extra.

Note regarding "Choice" items in your shares: The tradable "choice" items will be in your cart, and you can click the item to see what choices it mentions in the description, then make your selection via the online store by placing your choice in your cart and deleting the "choice" from your cart. For the produce wildcards and choices, we can't always guarantee whether you'll get to make the choice or we do--that's the CSA aspect of our program.

Here's a video demo on how to make trades. Here's the link to LOGIN.

Please check the descriptions of items! Some things are sold by the pound so the actual price will be different from what's listed in the store. If what's in your bag is not what you were expecting, give it back. If you're at the Mothership, you may be able to choose something else.