Opening Day at the Farm!

 
  
      

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Opening Day and Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 22nd at Crossroads!

What better way to celebrate Mother Earth than to join in the celebration and activities at your local organic farm. They’ll be plenty of family friendly activities, food, beverages and much more. Mark your calendar, more details to follow soon!


Last season Crossroads farm embarked on a huge undertaking using biodegradable paper mulch to reduce weeds and moisture loss in our fields. Paper mulch adds carbon back into the soil as it degrades and there’s no waste like when using plastic mulch. The drawbacks were that it had to be manually applied and was hugely labor intensive.
This year Crossroads Farm’s own Innovator – Brian Lewis has fabricated equipment that will make it much easier to apply paper mulch to our fields. We are grateful for all of Brian’s ingenuity, hard work, and commitment to the farm again this season!
 


New Kitchen Building:  We Broke Ground!

   

The blueprints are off the drawing board, the foundation is poured, and we are underway! The farm will have a new warming kitchen and rest room building in 2017 — with your help.

We still need to raise some funds.

This is a great way to make a difference with a financial contribution to something tangible and permanent.  This structure will upgrade our physical plant and will allow us to host catered affairs, do light food and meal prep for the store and events, provide the modern conveniences for staff and visitors, and more.

Click the link below to help us build in 2017! 

You can also mail a check to the Nassau Land Trust, 2417 Jericho Turnpike, Garden City Park, NY 11040.  All contributions are 100% tax deductible.  The NLT is a New York State 501(c)(3) non-profit.  We receive no public money for running the farm and must therefore raise all funds necessary for operations and capital improvements.  Our break-even annual operating budget is about $250,000.


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Want to get involved?  Want to make a difference at the farm and in your community?  We have a vibrant and well organized volunteer program.  Maybe this is the year for you to get get your hands in the dirt and to help sustain this unique and exciting project.  Without volunteers, we couldn’t get all the work done.  We are truly a community effort!

Click below for more information and to sign up.  Join us at our first volunteer orientation in 2017 on April 8th at 11 AM.

And welcome back all of our veteran volunteers!  Feel free to join us that day to help us welcome the new volunteers.


We Are Hiring!

We are now accepting applications for a Farm Worker and Education Coordinator to start in the spring.  For more information about these exciting and challenging jobs, please click here.  Please do not call us about this job.  All applications must be by email with a resume attached.


Attention Landscapers and Home Gardeners: We Have Compost!

We produce high-quality organic compost at Crossroads Farm in conjuction with the New York Equestrian Center.

We have large volumes available at very competitive pricing.  Please email us for more information.


Support Crossroads Farm and Purchase Your 2017 CSA Booklets Today!

Support your local farm by providing revenue before the next growing season. This revenue goes towards the purchase of soil, seeds, and other farming supplies.

Here’s how Crossroads Farm Consumer Supported Agriculture (CSA) works:

  • Purchase your CSA booklet at $50 and receive $55 worth of coupons.
  • Purchase your CSA booklet at $100 and receive $110 worth of coupons.
  • Use your CSA coupons for purchases in the farm stand.

Additionally, customers using their CSA booklets get a 10% discount on all their farm stand purchases.

You may purchase your CSA booklets on-line by by clicking the link below or in the store at Ground Hog Day on February 2nd or in the store when we open in the spring.


Spring Seedlings

As always we will be selling our own organic seedlings at the farm in the spring.  The number of varieties will be bigger than ever.

Are you a professional gardener, a school garden manager, a landscaper, or just an avid home gardener?   We are now taking wholesale pre-orders of 24 or more seedlings.   We will grow the plants you need for delivery when you need them!  For more information and inquiries, please email us and let us know what you need.


The farm store is re-opening Saturday, April 22nd.

Store Hours:

Monday: Closed

Tuesday – Saturday: 10 – 6

 


480 Hempstead Avenue – Malverne – NY – 11565 – google map – 516-881-7700 – info@nassaulandtrust.org – Store Hours


Click donate to make a fully tax-deductible contribution.  Or click volunteer to offer your time.  Our success depends on you, our extended farm family!