Bulk Orders of produce
Bulk Orders are a great way to get lots of produce for "putting by" or feeding a crowd!
We like to offer everyone the chance to order produce we have in abundance for preserving, storage, or parties. Our system is not yet perfect for organizing the many small orders that come in, so please bear with us, though we do a pretty good job with it!
Bulk Items Available:
TOMATOES - for canning, some minor blemishes, Specify red slicing types, mixed heirlooms, or paste/saucing types, $30 per half bushel, Heirlooms $35 per half bushel (about 20 lbs). - Paste Tomatoes not available week of 9/6, though red and heirloom tomatoes are available.
WATERMELONS or MUSKMELONS - specify type, $40 per bushel, which is ballpark 8ish medium icebox(which are the smaller types that we grow) watermelons.
CUCUMBERS - $35 per half bushel (about 20 lbs) - Not available currently.
DILL - $1.50 per bunch
GARLIC - $1.50 per head
GRAPE LEAVES - $1.50 for 10 leaves (for use in fermented pickles)
BASIL - $7.00 per LB
SUMMER SQUASH/ZUCCHINI - $35 per half bushel (about 20 lbs) (limited supply).
HUSK CHERRIES - (aka Ground Cherries) $32 per flat of 12 half-pints
For Apples, Corn, Beans, and Peaches, order by 8am Monday for delivery that week, orders placed later than that come the next week.
APPLES - specify variety: Gala, Ginger Gold, Paula Red, Macintosh (more varieties later), $35 per bushel box (about 40 LBs). Honeycrisp, $42 per bushel box. Not organic, grown using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) methods.
CORN - Organic $35 per 5 dozen bag, Conventional $25 per 5 dozen bag.
GREEN or YELLOW BEANS - $40 per 25LB box (from Plainville Farm, Hadley, OG).
PEACHES - (not organic, but IPM) $40 per 25 LB box.
Local organic flowers for events and celebrations. We can do flowers in bulk that you arrange, or bouquets of flowers. Here is this season's flower selection by color. To set up a flower order, please contact us at wholesale@redfirefarm.com.
Please check back as we will have items periodically. Please call and ask if you're interested in bulk ordering any seasonal produce that's not on the list.
How to Order:
Info to include in your order:
Please e-mail us your order to bulkorders@redfirefarm.com and be sure to include in your message:
- your name
- phone number
- the items you want
- how much of each thing you want
- and your share pickup location
All bulk orders must be picked up during one of our CSA share distributions (or at a farm stand during May-October).
Ordering in time for a CSA pickup:
If you get your order
in two days before pickup, we'll bring it then, as long as supplies last; if it comes in later (or we run out of produce that week), it will come
the next week.
(Place orders by Monday pm for Wednesday distributions; by Tuesday pm for Thursday distributions; by
Wednesday pm for Friday distributions; and by Sunday pm for Tuesday
distributions)
Orders are first-come first-served until we run out of the bounty.
Please make sure to note if you want us to contact you in the case that
we can't fill your order (and leave your contact info).
How to Pick Up:
Bring
a check or the exact amount in cash to your CSA pickup!
The
coordinators don't have a way to make change, so please bring the exact
amount for your order.
Checks are best. Then ask the coordinator for your order and give them your payment.
Please don't forget to pick up your bulk order,
because it will end up going to food relief, you'll lose the veggies,
and we'll lose produce we might have been able to sell elsewhere.
If You're Not a CSA Member:
You can order bulk veggies and pick them up at any of our distribution locations during the distribution hours, just let us know which one, and make sure to be there.
If items are in short supply, we'll fill CSA member orders first.
Thank you!