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Welcome to Fair Shares Season 16 Wk13

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

Your assigned pickup day is [Delivery Day], but if you ever need to switch the day or location, reply to this email before 10a.m. Wednesday.

LOGIN HERE to select your time and ADD it in your cart. Your share will be packed for you regardless, selecting a time just helps us organize and have your bags ready when you arrive.

You may update your cart as many times as you like. We run a report at 10:30 am Wednesdays which includes the latest update,

Pro Tip: You can browse the store when it's "closed" by logging out of your account, but keep in mind that we update the store inventory on Tuesdays just before sending out the newsletter.

Important Notes for Members...

Kirkwood Members: Our porch host will be away through this Thursday, 6/22, but is allowing us to use her porch for pre-arranged pickups only. She will not be there to monitor missed pickups, so any shares not picked up at the church that have not been pre-arranged for porch pickup will be returned to the Mothership. Any pre-arranged porch pickups who do not pick up their shares will not get a reminder alert. Please set an extra notice to yourself to make the Kirkwood pickups in a timely manner.

4th of July Week:

Because the Independence Day holiday falls in the middle of the week, we'll need to skip the shares since so many staff and members are taking the holiday. This raises some concern for us and our farmers since it's a big revenue loss in high-produce season, so everyone is invited to come shop at the mothership that week to support us and the farmers and vendors on Thursday July 6, Week 15.

Your share will be on hold, but we will have a Shopping Day at the Mothership (5021 Northrup Ave.) from 1-6PM. Come build your own share and shop for the fresh produce to spend your share value or just what you want. Bring your friends and family--everyone is welcome!

If you know you are coming, please let us know so we have an idea how much produce we may want to order.

We will not be sending shares to Kirkwood and UCity, and we will be closed on Wednesday July 5th. All shares are on hold for that week. We will order produce and have your favorites available (we hope) for you to come shop at the Mothership on Thursday the 6th, 1-6PM.

If you won't be in town for the holiday week, you can help by purchasing extras the week before or the week after. We appreciate your help.

Anyone who is feeling particularly generous and would like to donate their share that week can just take your share off hold or send us an email and we would gratefully do so for you.

Note that this is for Week 15, an ODD week, so members picking up this week, June 21 & 22, on Week 13 should order extras for any holiday needs!

Summer Vacations

We would like to encourage everyone to offer your pet and house sitters your Fair Shares pickup a part of their payment--it helps us keep our promise of steady weekly purchases from our farmers. Just tell them your pickup name/group, date, location and pickup time window (they don't have to select a specific time). If you wish to share your login info and tell them how to make trades, you are welcome to do so.

This email is how we communicate with members. Please at least scan it so you know any important information. If you have questions, just reply to this email.

Week 13 Produce Report 🫐🍅🍒 🥬

We will have Blueberries, Raspberries, and Tart Cherries (a surprise harvest) in the store this week! Lots of Fresh Basil in the shares and we even have Heirloom Tomatoes for the store (as well as some mozzarella...) We still have Chinese Cabbage coming in, but much smaller heads this week compared to last week.

Summer Lasagna

by Beth Sorrell

I make variations of this all summer long as we have zucchini and squash in abundance.

A good radish sandwich can be nothing more than sweet butter spread on bread and topped with sliced radishes and sea salt. But the different variations can take it from a simple lunch to an elegant hors d'oeuvres fit for a fancy party. Here are a couple ideas to get you started eating your new favorite sandwich. Read more

Garlic Scapes Pesto

Binomial Name: Allium sativum L. When we found out the garlic scapes were ready, we were fairly giddy with excitement, what with garlic being our favorite vegetable and all. Garlic scapes are the above ground stalk and seed head of the hardneck garlic bulb. Scapes are often harvested about three weeks before the head of garlic reaches … Read more

Notes on Trades and Orders

If you have questions or an issue to resolve, please email info@fairshares.org. We get nearly 400 order confirmation emails in the orders@fairshares.org account and WE DO NOT ALWAYS CHECK THEM, so if you want a reply, use info@fairshares.org, which goes to both Jamie and Sara, and one of us will see it.

The share clipboards below will 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.

Here's a video demo on how to make trades. Note that Farmigo has updated their system to allow you to click the items in your cart that have variations for you to select. Here's the link to LOGIN.

Please check the descriptions of items! Some things are sold by the pound (indicated by /lb. in the item name) 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. This is particularly important on items like bulk chicken breasts, where the item price shows the price per pound, but the package weight may be five pounds.

Pro Tip: You can browse the store when it's "closed" by logging out of your account.