The Immune Booster CSA is for those of you, who are looking to support our community of local farmers and food businesses and also supplement your supplies with fresh produce and value-added products. We provide a different, weekly menu for you to opt in our out of every week with registration open on Mondays through Wednesdays. These boxes are also perfect to bring along if you are driving to your vacation cabin for the weekend or as a gift for someone who has done something kind for you, and you can’t think of what else to give them.
As Earth Day and Easter loom around the corner, we are thinking of new life and awareness of long term ecological sustainability. An Immune Booster CSA box is a good way to support local farmers and food producers, who are also committed to sustainability and environmental protection. In celebration of that, we are offering 2 golden tickets hidden in 2 random shares (1 at each of our distribution locations!) for 2 Immune Booster Gift Baskets that you may receive when you open your share upon pick-up to see if you are a lucky winner. Hopefully, you will be able to go home with a beautiful gift basket of items from various local farms and local food artisans this coming Saturday!
With that in mind, our Immune Booster CSA-Week 215 menu is now ready for $79 with pick up on Saturday, April 19. Registration is now open and closes by midnight on Wednesday, April 16. As always, we have a wonderful line-up of local, fresh produce, healthy prepared foods, and artisanal treats to share, especially from some of the original vendors from those first few weeks over 200 weeks ago.
With each share you will receive an email on Friday with a newsletter describing how to use and store each item along with recipe ideas on how to combine certain items. Please pay careful attention in your confirmation email to which location you choose when you sign up. Choose the Pick Up Protocol button above for details or see below in the Pick Up Location details.
THIS WEEK’S IB #215 MENU:
- Fresh Basil from Sell Farms and Greenhouses
- Organic Pea or Sunflower Shoots from Garden Works Organic Farm
- Fuji & Pink Lady Apples from Kapnick Orchards
- Organic Rainbow Carrots from Second Spring Farm
- Mushroom Mix 5-oz from Two Tracks Acres
- Potato Mix (blue, yellow, red) from Tantre Farm
- Spinach from Tantre Farm
- Organic Butternut Squash from Second Spring Farm
- Fresh Casarecce Pasta 16-oz (vegan) from Carosello Pasta Ingredients: organic semolina (from durum wheat), water
- Pomodoro Sauce 16-oz (vegan) from Dave Makes Pasta Ingredients: roma tomatoes, onion, garlic, olive oil, and salt
- Asian-style Spinach Salad (vegetarian & gluten-free) from Harvest Kitchen Ingredients: spinach, lentils, cabbage, radishes, sunflower seeds, nori, ginger, garlic, shallots, olive oil, sesame oil, tamari, Dijon mustard, honey, apple cider vinegar, fermented black beans, green onions, salt & pepper
- Rustic Italian City Baguette (vegan) from Zingerman’s Bakehouse Ingredients: organic wheat flour (organic wheat, malted barley), water, sea salt, yeast
- Mini Dark Chocolate Bunnies 3-oz (vegan & gluten-free) from Harvest Chocolate Ingredients: organic cocoa beans, organic cane sugar, natural marshmallow flavoring
PLEASE NOTE: Substitutions are available upon request for those with dietary restrictions or allergies ONLY. Substitutions will be in the form of additional farm produce based on availability. Please let us know your dietary issues in the Comments section of the registration or by emailing us at info@tantrefarm.com.
Pick up is every Saturday. Choose your pick up location:
- Washtenaw Food Hub (9 AM – 12 PM) 4175 Whitmore Lake Rd., Ann Arbor
Please come to the first building you will see with a round “sun window”. When you arrive at the distribution location, please park your car in any of the parking spaces in front of the porch under the sun window or across the parking lot from the porch. At this point, please come inside the farm market to pick up your share in the reach in coolers inside the market. Please remember to check off the contact person’s name on the Sign In List. You may unpack your box into your own carry containers or you may return the box the following week. You also may take some time to look around and find other items from the market such as eggs, maple syrup, honey, bread, oats, dried beans, sauerkraut, frozen meat, gelato, cheese, yogurt, snacks, soap, jams, coffee, etc. that you need for your household. - **WINTER LOCATION: Agricole Farm Stop (9 AM – 12 PM), 118 North Main St, Chelsea
Simply come inside Agricole and ask a friendly Agricole or Tantre staff member to check off your name on the Pick Up List. You may have to go to the front counter to ask for help. Then they will show you where your box is located. If you are uncomfortable coming into the store, please call the Agricole store number (734-562-2840), and a staff member will bring your share out to you. Agricole staff can answer limited questions. Agricole is not responsible for shares left unclaimed, unless prior arrangements have been made, so contact Deb at 734-385-6748 if something has come up.
*Please review the PICK UP PROTOCOL prior to your pick up date.
Payment Options:
Credit card payments using PayPal (online transaction with an online fee) are suggested. This helps streamline some very time-consuming data entry for our staff, since PayPal is set up with our registration system. Another option is that you may also pay with Check, Cash, or Venmo. Please note if you choose to use the COD option, you may bring a Check or Cash in a labeled envelope on Saturdays or make a Venmo payment to @Deb-Lentz ahead of time.
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