15 pick-ups November through May. Full list of schedule dates HERE.

First 3 weeks in a row, then the schedule moves to every-other-week.

OMNIVORE OR VEGETARIAN

10 to 15 items per pick-up

Mix of produce, canned goods, frozen veggies, pasta, eggs, prepared items (soups, quiche, etc.), and pasture raised meat (omnivore option only)

Starts at $51.50 per pick-up

CARNIVORE

5 to 7 items per pick-up

Meat lovers pack filled with a variety of beef, pork, chicken, duck and turkey cuts

Think of this as buying a whole side of freezer beef/pork, and having it split into smaller deliveries

Starts at $51.50 per pick-up

MINI

4 to 5 items per pick-up

Smallest package size, with $325 store credit included in package price to customize your share

Starts at $40 per pick-up

If you're new to Winter with Fresh Fork, you might be wondering what we could possibly have during the coldest months of the year-- but there is plenty, in fact!

Apples, pears, cabbages, cauliflower, carrots, potatoes, winter squashes, Brussels sprouts, onions, radishes, lettuces and greenhouse-grown greens, frozen & fermented summer produce, cheeses, eggs, maple syrup and honey, butter and yogurt, baked goods and granolas, dried beans, fresh pastas, organic flours and grains.

Omnivore shares will feature 1 - 2 pasture raised meat items per week, as well as some larger beef and pork roasts that we can budget for in the winter that we aren't able to feature during the summer.

In addition to the variety of produce items listed above, Vegetarian shares will get plenty of eggs, dairy, dried beans, pastas and more. To look at all the bags from last year, click here.

Winter Season is similar to the Summer Season, and also still very different at the same time:

Similarities:

• Same great local produce from our network of farmers who have been planning for months now and making room in the root cellar for storage crops.
• We still setup shop outside, all winter long, with 13 area pickup locations
• Flexible payment options - upfront or weekly payments
• Customize your bag by shopping in our online shop for extra produce, meats, cheeses and more

The Differences:

• After the first 3 weeks, winter season goes every-other-week until May
• Bag contents are less perishable in the winter, giving you more time to work through your bag (in addition to extra time with the every-other-week schedule)
• Smaller membership and Different Products . We restrict our membership to just 33% of summer. This allows us to focus on filling the bag in the toughest months - such as March thru May - with prepared items like soups, ratatouille, quiche, and much more.
• Carnivore Share. We only offer our meat-only share in the winter. This gives you 15 deliveries of pasture raised meats.
• You can opt into both the regular Winter Omnivore/Vegetarian/Mini bag + Carnivore share.
• Mid-winter bags become more like meal plans at times for the omnivore/vegetarian options, with pre-made meal necessities and accompanying sides.

OMNIVORE SHARE EXAMPLES

VEGETARIAN SHARE EXAMPLES

UPFRONT PAYMENT

OMNIVORE, VEGETARIAN & CARNIVORE: $772.50 by check ($795.68 by credit card)

MINI: $600 by check

($618 by credit card)

WEEKLY PAYMENT

OMNIVORE, VEGETARIAN & CARNIVORE: 15 payments of $54

MINI: 15 payments of $42.50

*Check discount available for upfront payment only. Weekly payments will automatically be charged to the card on file. Best way to get a check to us at this point is to drop it off at any of our summer locations this week (time + location details HERE) and must be received by Nov 2 to receive the discount. Credit card autopay will process on Nov 3.

The inspiration behind the Carnivore Bag design was traditional farming – small family farms, selling some product to market and the rest for the subsistence of their family. For centuries, farmers have harvested their hogs and cattle in the fall, cutting the meat when the weather is cold, eating the center cuts first, canning cubed and ground meat, and curing and smoking whole muscles to provide meat for remainder of the year.  Because they worked so hard for it, nothing was wasted. Even the fat was turned into lamp oil, candles, soaps and lotions. 

The modern adaptation of this is “freezer beef” and “freezer pork,” in which a consumer contracts with a farmer to buy an entire animal or a side of an animal, pays for it all at once, and stores it in his or her freezer for the year. This takes a lot of money upfront and freezer space.

The Carnivore share is inspired by that concept of putting up a whole hog or whole beef...but without the need to store it or pay for it all at once. We spread out the "harvest" over 15 deliveries, November thru May. Flexible weekly payments are available.

HOW MUCH MEAT WILL I GET?

~ 40# of Beef (approx 1/8 steer)

~ 40# of Pork (approx 1/2 hog)

~ 25# of Chicken (approx 7 chickens)

~ Assortment of sausages, ground product and patties (1 item from this category each week)

~ Variety of Pantry Staples for hearty, winter cooking - cooking fat (lard), stock/bone broth, eggs, and more

WHAT WILL A WEEKLY SHARE LOOK LIKE?

Each bag will include at least 5 different items. Depending on the size and cost of an item, you may receive 1 item per category, or 2. Some weeks you will receive a Beef Roast (2.5-3#) and another week you may receive Ground Beef + Stew Meat. Some weeks are also more valuable than others, such as when you get 2 ribeye steaks.

THE FINE PRINT

Due to the limited volume and nature of the CARNIVORE share, there are some different rules/process points that are important to call out.

• You can only pick-up at your primary pick-up location. We don't have extra meat available to send on various routes on various days. We appreciate your cooperation with this.
• No refunds or cancellations. Think of this as a commitment to purchase a whole side of beef or pork. You're committed to all the product -- it's just being delivered to you in 15 installments. Plus, to make this program work and to be able to offer premium items like steaks and roasts, not all weeks are created equal. But, by the course of the season you will have received the amount of meat listed above -- some weeks may just be heavier than others.

Address details for each location can be found HERE.

**Winter locations have a different time schedule than Summer.**