We have two pick-up locations for summer shares:
On-site pick-up - Wednesday evenings between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at Feiner Gardens (6426 Church Hills Road, Quincy, IL – call or email us for directions). While there, you are invited to walk around the gardens and the pond and pick up “extras” when they are available.
In-town delivery - Wednesday afternoons between 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the side entrance of the Unitarian Universalist Church (1479 Hampshire Street).
You are always welcome to come to the farm on Wednesdays between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to pick up extras or feed the alpacas and llama.
How much does it cost?
Summer Egg Share: $54.00 for 18 dozen eggs ($3 per dozen); 2 dozen eggs delivered every 2 weeks. (The delivery dates are: June 1st, 15th and 29th, July 13th, and 27th, August 10th and 24th, September 7th and 21st.)
Summer Chicken Share: $8.75 per chicken available every 2 weeks. Delivery dates are the same as the egg shares.
Vegetable shares: A full share is $450. This provides enough produce for a family of 4 or two hungry vegetarian over the 18 week season. A 1/2 share option costs $340.
2011 Winter Egg Share: $36.00 for 12 dozen eggs ($3 per dozen); 2 dozen eggs once a month. (The delivery dates are: December 14, 2011, January 11, 2012, February 8, March 7, April 4, and May 2.)
2011 Winter Chicken Share: $99.00 for 12 chickens ($8.25 per chicken); 2 chickens once a month. Delivery dates are the same as the egg shares.
How many shares are available?
Membership enrollment is accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
When does the summer season start and end in 2012?
The summer share pick-up day is every Wednesday, from June 6th through October 3rd, 2011. The 4th of July falls on a Wednesday, so we will have the pick-up on Tuesday, July 3rd.
Pick-up for the egg shares are every other week, starting June 6th, 2012. The dates are as follows:
June 6th
June 20th
July 3rd
July 18th
August 1st
August 15th
August 29th
September 12th
September 26th.
Thanksgiving Turkey Shares
For the Thanksgiving turkey share, one fresh turkey ready for pick-up just in time for thanksgiving. Available at: 6426 Church Hills Road on Tuesday, November 2oth from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. We will send out an email regarding cost. We are looking at a per pound share with small, medium and large options.
We aren't sure we'll offer the heritage breed. Heritage birds are also natural birds, not hybrid. They can naturally reproduce and don't have to be artificially inseminated. The common white broad breasted turkey was bred for its quick feed to meat conversion. From what I've been told, for this reason they often are very top heavy and become lame more easily and cannot reproduce. These birds are getting more rare and raising them helps to increase genetic diversity.
They do cost more. The poults (baby turkeys) cost about 4 times as much. They also have a lower survival rate, so not as many make it to full maturity. It takes more feed to convert to pounds on the bird and it takes about 2 months longer to raise them to maturity.
Winter Shares (December through May)
For the Winter Egg Share, once per month we offer 2 dozen farm fresh eggs. The Hochstetlers don't use any antibiotics and they grow their own feed from non-GMO corn and beans with no chemical pesticides, herbicides, nor fertilizers.
For the Winter Chicken Share, once a month we offer two approximately 3.5 pound chickens, plucked, quickly frozen, and packaged in a plastic bag with the giblets, heart, and liver inside the chicken.
The Hochstetlers don't use any antibiotics and they grow their own feed from non-GMO corn and beans with no chemical pesticides, herbicides, nor fertilizers.
Winter Shares are available at: 6426 Church Hills Road, Quincy, IL 62305. Pick-up dates are:
February 8, 2012
March 7, 2012
April 4, 2012
May 2, 2012
How do I become a member?
It is customary for members of a CSA to pay for their shares in advance. This enables the growers to buy seed and equipment before the season begins, thus reducing the burden of up-front costs for the grower. In order to guarantee your participation in our 2011 season, the signed membership agreement and your payment must be returned to us as soon as you are ready to commit.
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