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The Houde Family Farm |
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Proud Member of Organic Valley Family of Farms |
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CSA share memberships run January through June and July through December. We are no longer taking new sign-ups mid session. Although we have a two payment plan where you can pay half before the session starts and half mid-way through we ask that you make the six month commitment and not use this as an opportunity to change or cancel your membership mid session. If we have a consistent demand we can plan on a consistent supply.
CSA Share prices for the first half of 2010 are as follows : $7.50 per pound for a 10 pound share for a total of $450 for six months ($7.50x10x6) $7.50 per pound for a 15 pound share for a total of $675 for six months ($7.50x15x6) $7.25 per pound for a 20 pound share for a total of $870 for six months ($7.25x20x6)
The shares are made up of veal, pork and beef consisting of approximately 50% better cuts (steaks, cutlets, hams, bacon, etc) and 50% lesser cuts (hamburger, stew meat). The shares will be different each month. Sometimes it will be more pork, sometimes more veal, etc. (We have added the option of choosing whether or not we include veal in your share so if you request us not to include any than your share will not contain veal.) We do occasionally purchase beef animals from like minded local farmers to supplement our supply. CSA shares are delivered once per month to homes in Andover, Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Lexington, Lynnfield, Lynn, Malden, Marblehead, Medford, Melrose, Nahant, Peabody, Reading, Salem, Somerville, Stoneham, Swampscott, Wakefield, Waltham, Wilmington, Winchester and Woburn in Massachusetts or you can pick them up at the farm. Individual shares are packaged in heavyweight paper bags to help keep the meats frozen during travel to your home once they leave our mobile freezer at the delivery location. We are also now offering overnight UPS delivery for an additional $1 per pound shipping charge to those in the Boston, MA and Burlington, VT areas that are outside our monthly delivery routes. (Please call us for details if this is something you are interested in.) We also sell beef and pork by the half or whole when available. All prices are hanging weight and include cutting and wrapping. Hanging weight is the meat hanging on the rails at the butchers. There is some loss due to bone, fat and gristle; anywhere from 25 to 40 percent loss depending on how it is cut (bone-in or not) and how lean the animal is. Prices for the first half of 2010 are as follows : Beef $3.75 per pound — approximately 600 pounds whole, 300 pounds for half Pork $3.50 per pound — approximately 200 pounds whole, 100 pounds for half
We take a lot of pride in our animals and think that this is some of the best meat you will ever eat and certainly it is some of the best for you. We try to get the meat cut as close to the delivery date as we can so you get the freshest meat possible. We are also listed on www.chowhound.com and www.localharvest.org.
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You can buy our meat products through the purchase of a CSA Membership (CSA shares) or by purchasing either a half or whole animal and specifying the cuts you’d like. We don’t sell individual cuts at this time, however, CSA members can order extra hamburger, stew meat, or sausage when available to be picked up with your share. All meats are USDA inspected and frozen. Members can also order maple syrup to be delivered with their shares. We get our syrup from David’s sister, Mary. When her syrup is gone we get our syrup from another small, family run, wood fire operation. |