Immune Booster CSA


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.

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Just like last year, we will be offering a collaborative Immune Booster box for weekly pickup which will be followed in the summer months by our offering of the Tantre Produce Box to opt in or opt out each week along side the Summer CSA.

As Valentine’s Day nears this weekend, we are thinking of our loved ones.  As you look over this menu, hopefully you will find some intriguing items to share with others either as value-added items or especially as our own gift of feeding each other. Our Immune Booster CSA-Week 230 menu is ready for sign up for pick up on Saturday, February 14, at the Washtenaw Food Hub or Agricole Farm Stop. Registration closes by midnight on Wednesday, February 11. 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.

SAVE THE DATES:
STILL SPACE!  COMMUNI-TEA TABLE AT THE WASHTENAW FOOD HUB with BARBARA WILSON’S “MAKE YOUR OWN VALENTINE BON BONS” on Wed., Feb. 11 from 5 PM – 6 PM: Hot tea choices and mug are provided for a suggested donation of $5 or more. Please feel free to bring your own mug and favorite tea. We’ll gather to sip, share stories, and hear what others in the community are up to. Each week features a special host and theme to spark conversation, but you’re welcome to bring any topic to the table related to food, sustainability, or community life. Join us Feb. 11, when Barbara Wilson of Mindo Chocolates, will help folks create a box of handcrafted macadamia nut caramel bon bons, piping silky milk chocolate ganache into pre-made shells, decorating, and taking home five chocolates to share. This family-friendly class is open to all ages. Register online in advance to reserve your spot. Boxes are $16 each, and you may purchase more than one—perfect for a sweetie or someone special.
**You can check out our Food Hub calendar for all future events here: https://www.thewashtenawfoodhub.com/events/washtenaw-food-hub-events/    
***If you are interested in sharing your skill or talent related to food, sustainability, or community please contact us at sunflowerfarmmarket@gmail.com.

WINTER TREE ID at Tantre Farm – Feb. 21 from 12 to 1:30 PM: Tree ID is important to finding herbs and mushrooms, as well as the trees themselves. If you can only ID trees with their leaves on, you can’t scout during the winter. But if you can ID them without their leaves, you can scout all year round. To ID trees in the winter, you need to look at characteristics other than their leaves. Rachel Mifsud, founder of Will Forage for Food, will be leading this class, and we will look closely at several different trees and shrubs and discuss how to identify them based on characteristics such as bark, branching pattern, and winter buds. This is an outdoor class for $25 followed by another optional class called Non Woody Id from 1:30 to 3 PM for $25. If you attend both classes they are discounted to $45. Please dress for the weather. Please register at https://www.willforageforfood.com/store/p/winter-plant-id

NON-WOODY PLANT ID at Tantre Farm – Feb. 21 from 1:30 to 3 PM: Similar to Winter Tree ID, except this class with local foraging expert, Rachel Mifsud from “Will Forage for Food”, we will focus on herbaceous plants. There are several plants that remain green all winter, even under the snow. So we will spend some time talking about those. But we will also spend time learning to ID dead plants Why? Because the “skeletons” of dead herbaceous plants can tell you where to look for roots and where you should look for things during the growing season. You would be surprised at how much you can ID in the winter. Please register with $25 or if you If you attend above class as well they are discounted to $45. Please dress for the weather. https://www.willforageforfood.com/store/p/winter-plant-id

THIS WEEK’S IB Week 230 MENU:

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 – 5 PM) 4175 Whitmore Lake Rd., Ann Arbor **New Extended Hours!
    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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