Local Food – Open Meeting
Posted on | April 30, 2011 | No Comments
Thursday 12th May at 7.30 pm at Take Five
This will be an opportunity for anyone to come along and find out more about Norwich FarmShare. We’ve decided this so suddenly and without consultation in order to get it in the Transition Bulletin.
Joining FarmShare’s community supported agriculture scheme isn’t just about buying vegetables. We’re a community of people from Norwich and Broadland working together to create a more resilient food supply while taking care of each other and of the land we use. We invite you to join us in our regular social events; to contribute to occasional workdays; and to share the effort of getting the vegetables from the farms to your kitchen.
- A share of the harvest
As a member of our community, you’re entitled to a share of all the vegetables and salads we grow on our two farm sites (Postwick and Hewett). Naturally at some times of the year there will be more produce, and more variety, than at other times (though we’ll do our best to make sure there are always good things to eat). We ask you to join with the intention of sticking with us for at least one whole year at a time so that we all share in the abundant times and the leaner times, and our grower can plan the year knowing she has that financial support.
- Veg share prices
We offer 2 different sizes of veg share Size of share price (per Month) Large (usually enough for a small family)£53.50
Small (usually enough for 1 or 2 people)£37
Please note, we do not offer a weekly payment option. Please ask if you are interested in paying annually for your veg share.
- Social Membership fee
This goes towards the running costs of the scheme such as the monthly newsletter and recipe sheet, social events, insurance for members visiting the farm sites etc. Type of membership price (per Month) Works out as … Per Year Standard £2 £24 Concession £1 £12
Concessions for low income individuals and families, pensioners, or anyone on other benefits (we do not need to see evidence as we work on a trust basis)
- Collecting your share of vegetables
We invite you to help with the work of getting the produce from the farm sites to your kitchen. Our grower plans to harvest once a week and to bring the produce to a single point in Norwich. We aim to help our members to group into clusters based on where they live or work, and to work together to collect the cluster’s shares from the central point. (Similarly members in Postwick, Brundall etc will hopefully collaborate to collect produce from the farm site at Postwick).
SCHEME DESCRIPTION
- Payment
Payment will normally be by monthly standing order direct to FarmShare. However, as we haven’t yet got our bank account set up, and also we’re not sure exactly when we’ll be starting (it’ll be sometime in June), we’re asking you to send your first month’s subscription by cheque, made out to East Anglia Food Link. Please add up the veg price and the social membership fee and send a cheque with your completed form. We’ll then send you a standing order form as soon as we can.
- Helping with the work
As well as your payment, we also ask that for each Vegetable share taken up, you also try to contribute three 3-hour work shifts throughout the year. You will be able to do these shifts on any of our work days throughout the year. This will mainly involve manual work in the vegetable fields, weeding, harvesting etc. If, however, you do not feel you would be able to do such physical work, there are other options open to you, e.g. helping out at social days, delivering leaflets etc. Please let us know if you feel this applies to you; we can then work out together what other activities may suit you better. Also, a limited number of work shares will be available. These involve doing more regular work instead of paying for your veg share. Contact Tully if you are interested in this option.
- If you should need to cancel…
As noted above, we ask you to join with the intention of being part of the scheme for at least a year. Should you however need to cancel your veg share subscription with us, we ask for 2 months notice. This is to allow enough time to ensure that we have someone else to take up your share.
Tully Wakeman, Norwich FarmShare, norwichcommunityag.blogspot.com, 07717 471 396
tully@eafl.org. Tully
Norwich FarmShare, part-time grower – job vacancy
The role will be a supporting one and involves working with the head grower. Experience of field scale veg production, both outdoors and in protected cropping, is ideally preferred. Drivers license essential.
The applicant will need to be flexible with their time during the week and throughout the seasons. Hours are negotiable but 3 to 4 days a week will be required from March until October dropping to 1 to 2 days a week in the winter months. £6.08 per hour (with a view to increasing this over time).
Email Laura at lauracreen@gmail.com for more details and a full job description. Application deadline – May 6th. Interviews pencilled in for 11th of May to start mid-June or as soon as possible thereafter.
For more info about the scheme visit: http://norwichcommunityag.blogspot.com/2011/04/job-vacancy-at-norwich-farmshare.html
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