Vibrant Farms Upcoming News & Events

Vibrant Farms Upcoming News & Events - May 2018

Published: Tue, 05/15/18

UPCOMING DELIVERY DATES

Did you know we deliver FREE to Cambridge & Kitchener to a drop-off location there? We also deliver to TORONTO & GTA for a minimal fee right to your DOOR! All orders must be pre-paid before delivery.

Upcoming delivery dates:

CAMBRIDGE - May 23, 2018
KITCHENER - May 23, 2018
TORONTO - May 19, 2018

Deliveries to Cambridge are dropped off at Top Market Family Farms store at 960 King St. E. in Cambridge. They are open Wed-Sun weekly so you can pick up your order anytime during their regular business hours. We also keep some cuts of meat in our freezer at the store there so you can drop by and pickup meat from our farm!

Deliveries to Kitchener are dropped off at Sage Naturopathic Clinic at 585 Queen St. S. in Kitchener. Orders may be picked up Tues-Thurs during specific windows of time. *only available for orders under 2 cubic feet due to limited freezer space.

Toronto deliveries are door-to-door on Saturdays between 10am-5pm usually. Email us for a quote to your area. We can also ship via Erb Transport across Ontario.

MINUTE WITH THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER'S

The farmer's daughters, Melissa & Laura Baer, focus on 'Who's Your TRIBE'? Enjoy their update as they discuss building a health TRIBE to help support you on your journey to OPTIMAL WELLNESS.

Fast Farm Minute with The Farmers Daughters Laura and Melissa

BULK BEEF PACKAGES

We have availability for bulk beef orders that will be available in mid-June timeframe! Packages start at Introductory Pkg (1 cubic ft approx of meat), then Quarter Pkg, Side Pkg & the Whole Pkg. Email us soon if you are interested in ordering and we would be pleased to assist you to make sure you get the right package for your household size, freezer capacity & budget. Orders submitted by end of May will have opportunity to customize beef cuts in their package (quarter, side & whole only).

**NEW You can add beef burgers to your customized order. Ingredients: beef, salt & pepper only.

INTERESTED IN ORGANIC PASTURED LAMB?

We may have an opportunity to offer organic, pastured lamb through Vibrant Farms. The animals would be raised by a nearby farmer on organic land. At this point, we are just looking to see if there is any interest in this meat offering.

Submit your feedback below (an email will open to send to us):

YES - I would be interested in purchasing lamb through Vibrant Farms in future

NO - I would NOT be interested in purchasing lamb.

*there is no commitment to purchase - this is just a poll to gauge interest at this point.

ONLINE STORE INVENTORY

You may notice our inventory is a bit low right now in our online store. This is actually a good sign - as we have been so busy this spring so far that we are almost completely sold out of everything!

We are still taking orders for bulk beef packages that will be ready in mid-June. And keep your eyes out as we will be starting to take pre-orders for our pastured organically raised meat chickens for early July & turkeys for Thanksgiving (we sell out every year!).

Did you know our poultry that we raise on the farm in the summer time eat NO corn? This is very rare in farming - however, we feel it provides a tastier bird and allows for a much more humane life for the bird too.

You can visit our online store by clicking here.

FARM CAMP at VIBRANT FARMS!

This is our second year of Farm Camp at Vibrant Farms and it will be held August 20-24, 2018 each day from 9am-3:30pm! This is a one of a kind experience for children ages 6-12 years old this summer. They will learn about plants and gardening, learn where their food comes from, and learn to care for the farm animals through daily chores and interactions with the animals.

To register call Laura Baer at 226.868.6083 or email lauraannbaer@gmail.com. Cost is $250/child +hst. There is a 5% discount for each additional child in the same household. Limited spots available.

We are looking for some testimonials from our customers to share through our various marketing avenues such as print, social media, website, newsletters and so on.

Have you purchased something from Vibrant Farms in the past 6 months and would like to provide a testimonial about your experience & the product? Testimonials are helpful to potential customers thinking of purchasing from us and help us to grow our business so we can continue to support local farmers in our area.

Click here to fill out a short testimonial form and provide feedback to help us ensure our customer experience & product is top quality! Thank you for your continued support of local food & farms.

WHAT'S COOKING in YOUR KITCHEN?

We love to get tagged on social media when our customers have cooked up some of our beef at home and share their photo's online.

If you've prepared some of our meat - tag it with #vibrantfarms and we might share it on our social media too. It's a great way for other customers to get new ideas on how they can prepare their cuts of meat at home too.

Here are two recent social media posts from Vibrant Farms customers who tagged us when they shared 'what's cooking' in their home kitchens:

LEFT: beef tenderloin by @cowboyscook RIGHT: rump roast by @foodiekmc

THE VEGGIE MARKET at Vibrant Farms

The Veggie Market is based on a Community Shared Agriculture model which offers for purchase a ' share' of the vegetables grown by farmers through the growing season. Members of the CSA pay a membership or deposit before the season begins so the farmers can buy seeds & supplies to grow your vegetables. CSA members pickup a selection of in-season fresh organically grown vegetables from the farm location every other week starting in June to October 2018.

The Veggie Market is operated by Laura & Ryan who will grow many vegetables this summer in the organic garden on the property at Vibrant Farms. They both have a lot of experience working with CSA's and organic methods of gardening.

Starting on June 29th, a bi-weekly mini market will be held where CSA members can pickup their 'share' of vegetables. Occasionally there will also be farm raised eggs & pastured meats for sale at the markets. There will also be various vegetables for sale to those who drop by (non-members) as these mini market are open to everyone to attend. Great way to kick-off each weekend all summer long!

The Veggie Market dates will appear on www.vibrantfarms.com on the events calendar so you know which weeks to drop by the farm.

To SIGN UP for the CSA with The Veggie Market, please contact Ryan at vibrantveggiemarket@gmail.com.

*The Veggie Market CSA is operated by Laura Baer and not Vibrant Farms.

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