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Welcome to Fair Shares Season 15 Wk48

We'll see all Full Share, Mini Share, and EVEN-week Half Share members this week.

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!

What's New?

Please note that we've started a new method for distributing the newsletter, which may require a bit more clicking through to access your info. We now send the link to the newsletter on the website via an email alert through Farmigo. Due to the alerts scheduling timeline, the newsletters will come out early Tuesday morning, before we can be sure everything comes in as planned.

We ask that you wait until 3:00p.m. before reading the newsletter, so we can adjust anything that changes in the shares or that needs to be communicated.

The online store will have consistent hours of 4:00p.m. Tuesday - 10:30a.m. Wednesday.

For those still following Sara and Stephen's adventures of moving onto the sailing catamaran in Argentina (www.sailwiththehales.com), our move date is approaching quickly (Feb. 27th), so we're making these adjustments to make sure we're still able to get the weekly info out while she is out of the country.

CSA Week - Refer-a-Friend

National CSA Week is Feb. 20-26 and we'll have a special offer for members who encourage friends and family to join (either directly, or after a trial share at the start of Season 16)!

Initial signups will need to take place by March 3rd, but we're finalizing the specifics--so check out next week's newsletter and Facebook posts for all the details, and start thinking on who you know who might be a good match for Fair Shares!

Super-Simple Refried Black Beans

For those of you still working on perfecting your nachos recipe after the Super Bowl, here's a recipe from Beth Sorrell to step up your game…

Harvey Yoder offered us some chickweed this week, and with the dearth of fresh greens at this time of year, we took him up on it. Some of you may recognize this somewhat common plant, maybe you've even tried it. The following website tells all about it, and states:

Chickweed is a not only a super plant in terms of its nutritional acclaim, but it’s also delicious.

The flavor is often compared with corn silk. It’s pleasant and mild. Chickweed is excellent raw -- use it like sprouts; eat it in sandwiches, wraps, etc. And of course it’s a great base for salad.

https://www.wildedible.com/chickweed

Beet Soup in Roasted Acorn Squash

Beet Soup in Roasted Acorn Squash A great winter warmer. It was way too stunning a presentation for a weeknight, but we're worth it. The secret to the stunning presentation is in the toppings. Preparation For Squash: 4 small or 2 large squash olive oil and salt For soup: 1 sm./med. red onion, chopped 1 T. olive oil 3 med. …

Winter Soup There's just something so satisfying about soup in the cold weather. It warms the body and the soul. And right now, with all the winter root veggies, it's easy to make a hearty, healthy pot full of all-local deliciousness from whatever share you get each week. Preparation Ingredients · 8 or more cups chicken or veggie stock (smoked chicken stock …

The Countdown Continues

Fair Shares Season 15 ends on Week 50. After this week's pickups there are TWO weeks remaining before the three-week break. 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.