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Volunteer Welcome Back Gathering – This Saturday March 24th

 

 

  
      

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It’s Almost Here!

  “Welcome Back Gathering”

for Crossroads FarmVolunteers

Saturday, March 24  

10:30 am-12:00 pm

 

Spring is here! Hmm…well it is!  Please join us and your fellow volunteers for a “welcome back” gathering to catch up and discuss plans for the upcoming farm season. There is a lot to do and a lot of fun to be had! 

We’ll be serving a light breakfast and refreshments to welcome you back too!

We’ve made some enhancements to our volunteer program to improve your volunteer experience. We’ll fill you in at this “welcome-back” event. 

Of course, there’s still many of the same  activities including field work, educational activities, and fundraising events, so much of which will be much more successful if you join us!  We’re also using biodynamic farming principles this year, so there’s lot of new farming techniques to learn and apply.

As you know, the farm depends on volunteers…please try to join us as we start the new farm year!

Please sign up here to join us.

There’s also a volunteer work activity directly following the breakfast. We’ll be seeding up trays of flowers in the greeenhouse. Please sign up below to participate in that and future volunteer activities. To see all the activities, please click the down arrow to the right of the activity on the sign-up page.

Click here to sign up.

 

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

 

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!

 

 
      

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Crossroads Farm Seeking an Education Department Coordinator

 

  
      

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Seeking Part Time – Education Department Coordinator

 

Crossroads Farm seeks an Education Department Coordinator. This person will be active in every aspect of the Crossroads Farm Education Program and reports to the Education Co-directors.

Please read the description below and forward your cover letter/resume in .doc or pdf format  to education@nassaulandtrust.org. Thank you!

 

Job Summary

 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Schedule and staff school trips (reviewed by Education Co- directors)
  • Use Google calendar for scheduling and transfer to the Softwhite system for data.
  • Keep track of all education registrations and contracts
  • Arrange meetings for education team
  • Learn about the “field” organic and biodynamic farming and gardening, farm-based education
  • Through active outreach, solicit and build  relationships with schools, girls scouts, boy scouts, youth groups and other community groups to increase bookings
  • Develop adult and family oriented education opportunities
  • Coordinate Summer Sunshine Days
  • Help care for the Teaching Garden
  • Work under and learn from education gardeners and Field Manager
  • Work with Adelphi interns
  • Help out (seeding, harvesting, etc.) wherever there is an immediate need if education work is completed.

 

Skills:

  • Effective educator who enthusiastically engages  students in experiential learning
  • Organizational skills to coordinate and plan educational experiences
  • Good communication skills for telephone, email, and office interaction.
  • Creative graphic arts skills for making fliers, website entries, invoices.
  • Photographic skills to account for education  activities both on and off the farm

 

Education degree and experience preferred, but not required.

9 months (March- November 2018), 20 hours a week on site.

 

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!

 
      

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Reminder – Volunteer Welcome Back Gathering – Saturday, March 24th

  
      

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*****REMINDER*****

Calling all Volunteers for a “Welcome Back Gathering”

Saturday, March 24  

10:30 am-12:00 pm

 

Spring is fast approaching.  Please join us and your fellow volunteers for a “welcome back” gathering to catch up and discuss plans for the upcoming farm season. There is a lot to do and a lot of fun to be had! 

We’ll be serving a light breakfast and refreshments to welcome you back too!

We’ve made some enhancements to our volunteer program to improve your volunteer experience. We’ll fill you in at this “welcome-back” event. 

Of course, there’s still many of the same  activities including field work, educational activities, and fundraising events, so much of which will be much more successful if you join us!  We’re also using biodynamic farming principles this year, so there’s lot of new farming techniques to learn and apply.

As you know, the farm depends on volunteers…please try to join us as we start the new farm year!

 

Please sign up here to join us.

 

There’s also a volunteer work activity directly following the breakfast. We’ll be seeding up trays of flowers in the greeenhouse. Please sign up below to participate in that and future volunteer activities. To see all the activities, please click the down arrow to the right of the activity on the sign-up page.

 

Click here to sign up.

 

 

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

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!

 
      

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Volunteer Orientations for the Spring Season at Crossroads Farm

 

  
      

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Volunteer Orientations for the Spring Season

Sat. April 14th and Sun. June 3rd

 

 

 

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 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! We will be enhancing our volunteer program to increase your knowledge of farming. We’ll also teach you some biodynamic principles to use on the farm and apply at your homestead.

Two orientation dates have been set up for the Spring season:  Sat., April 14th and Sun, June 3rd at 10:30 AM.   At these orientations you will learn about the farm and the different activities and opportunities you can participate in.  Please click the link below to sign up.

 

If you can’t make these dates, we are in the process of creating an orientation video and package that you’ll be able to access via Crossroads website or at the farm. Stay tuned!

 

 

Please sign up here to join us.

 

 

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!

 
      

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“Welcome Back” Event for Volunteers on Saturday, March 24th

  
      

About Us  |  Events

 

Calling all Volunteers for a “Welcome Back Gathering”

Saturday, March 24  

10:30 am-12:00 pm

 

 

 

Spring is fast approaching.  Please join us and your fellow volunteers for a “welcome back” gathering to catch up and discuss plans for the upcoming farm season. There is a lot to do and a lot of fun to be had! 

We’ll be serving a light breakfast and refreshments to welcome you back too!

We’ve made some enhancements to our volunteer program to improve your volunteer experience. We’ll fill you in at this “welcome-back” event. 

Of course, there’s still many of the same  activities including field work, educational activities, and fundraising events, so much of which will be much more successful if you join us!  We’re also using biodynamic farming principles this year, so there’s lot of new farming techniques to learn and apply.

As you know, the farm depends on volunteers…please try to join us as we start the new farm year!

 

Please sign up here to join us.

 

There’s also a volunteer work activity directly following the breakfast. We’ll be seeding up trays of flowers in the greeenhouse. Please sign up below to participate in that and future volunteer activities.

 

Click here to sign up.

 

 

 

 

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

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!

 
      

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A Call For Artists

  
      

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Calling All Artists!

The Malverne Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring it’s second annual Art Walk this June. Crossroads Farm is excited to again be a stop on this year’s art walk! The Chamber is seeking work from community and local artists to display in Malverne’s businesses during the two week exhibition. Please see details in the flier below.

 

 

 

 

 

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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!

 
      

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Become Part of Crossroads Farm’s Team!

 

  
      

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Become Part of Crossroads Farm’s Team!

We are seeking a farmhand to assist with field and greenhouse work. Experience in farming, horticulture, or environmental sciences is a plus, but willingness to work hard, take direction, and learn from our farm managers is essential.

Please read the description below and forward your cover letter/resume in .doc or pdf format  to judi@nassaulandtrust.org. Thank you!

 

 

Position:             Farmhand – (Full-time –Seasonal – March 2018 through Nov. 2018 – 5 Day Weekly Rotational Schedule)

Reports To:       Farm Managers

 

Job Summary

 

Works under the direction of the Farm Managers in the day to day farm operations with a concentration on field preparation, cultivation, machine maintenance in accordance with NOFA-NY organic farming guidelines. The Farmhand takes direction from the Farm Managers.

 

Job Responsibilities

1.      Farm Responsibilities

 

  • Seeds and grows in Crossroads Farm’s greenhouse.
  • Sows seeds directly in the fields.
  • Assists with the maintenance of perennial beds (raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, herbs), the Teaching Garden, and the apple and pear orchard. This includes sowing seeds, weeding, transplanting, pest control and harvesting.
  • Informs Farm Managers of crop and field progress and any issues.
  • Performs temperature logging of off-site compost used at Crossroads farm per NOFA requirements.
  • Willingness to learn and employ biodynamic principles.
  • Prepares and applies compost, cover crop and crop rotation plans.
  • Plows and prepares fields.
  • Operates tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, hog brushes, and other machinery to maintain the farm and fields.
  • Able to lift and carry 50 lbs.
  • Transplants seedlings in a timely manner.
  • Uses appropriate action to control pests and weeds in the fields.
  • Irrigates and cultivates crops.
  • Harvests vegetables, herbs, berries and fruit in a timely manner.
  • Repairs, maintains and stores all necessary farm equipment.
  • Performs record keeping tasks related to the farm field and greenhouse operation.
  • Must have valid drivers license

 

2. Development Responsibilities

 

  1. Keep abreast of organic farming techniques, local sourcing and sustainable food practices by attending conferences/workshops and reading books and journals available in the farm library.
  2. The Farm Managers will institute and maintain a system for providing feedback on the job responsibilities and performance of the Farmhand.
  3. Create and implement a plan for your own growth and development.

 

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

 

 

 

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!

 

 
      

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Groundhog Day Breakfast On Friday at Crossroads Farm

 
  
      

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Groundhog Day Breakfast at Crossroads Farm on Friday, Feb. 2nd at 7:15 AM

Will Malverne Mel see his shadow? Are we in for a long winter, or is spring just around the corner?

Please join us at Crossroads Farm on Friday, February 2nd directly after the ceremony at the Malverne gazebo, for a light breakfast of bagels and breakfast pastries. We’ll also have coffee from Kookaburra Coffee Company, opening very soon in Malverne.

We want to extend a warm thank you to Danny’s Bagels and Kookaburra Coffee Company for donating to the breakfast.

Some of our farm staff will also be here, so please feel free to ask about the upcoming season!

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.  We are motivated to sell! We have more than we can use at the farm. Please contact our Farmstand Manager – Martha at martha@nassaulandtrust.org.

Support Crossroads Farm and Purchase Your 2018 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.

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!

We are making some upgrades to our volunteer program to improve your volunteer experience. Stay tuned, we’ll have orientation dates and details about the the exciting changes coming to our volunteer program in the near future.

The Farmstand is CLOSED for the season!

 

Look for us to re-open in April!

 

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

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!

 
      

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Weekend Farm Update: December 8, 2017

  
      

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Crossroads Farm Matching Challenge Grant: Make Twice the Impact!
 
 
We are a 3rd of the way there, but we really need your help! Every dollar raised by our local community will be matched by our anonymous donor – up to $35,000!!! We would love to take full advantage of this potential donation.

 Please consider making a year-end, tax deductible donation to help keep our local Crossroads Farm alive and available for all to enjoy. This challenge grant is a wonderful, limited-time offer to double the impact of your donation.

 We greatly appreciate our friends who have helped support the farm through volunteerism, donations and simply by being a regular patron of the Farm. Every little bit helps us keep the Farm open and operational for our local community to continue to enjoy.

 Thank you for your consideration. We wish you a very happy and healthy holiday season!

Friends of the Farm Membership

 Become a Friend of the Farm by December 31st and your membership will count towards our matching fundraiser.

 Member benefits include exclusive member events, discounts on major events and special offers.

 Your membership helps to support our education program, local organic food production, sustainable farming and open space.

 Membership Levels (use the button below to sign up and double your donation):

 

 $250 includes $50 CSA booklet:

 

 $500 includes $100 CSA booklet

 

 Can you help now?  Every gift helps, no matter how large or small.  Click a button below to make a tax-deductible donation. Your donation will be doubled if made before the end of the year!

            

 Even the smallest donation helps, please give what you can!

 

 

Taste of the Holidays this Saturday at Crossroads Farm!

Enjoy hot apple cider and live holiday music from Lori Summerhayes. They’ll be local vendors with gift items and samples, and gingerbread house building and decorating. Stop in to shop and have some holiday fun!
 

See What’s at the Farmstand This Weekend!

 This Weekend from Local Farms:

 
Vegetables: Red & yellow onions, cauliflower, broccoli, loose red beets, mini spaghetti squash, butternut squash, delicata squash, acorn squash, russett potato, sweet potato  and crimini mushrooms
 
Fruits: Sweetie, Mutsu, McCoun, McIntosh & Golden Supreme apples
We also have artisanal foods, pies and cookies, breads, handmade soaps and lotions and toy trains and trucks with Crossroads logo. Try a new hot sauce from local vendor – ” Rosie’s Hot Sauce”.
 
There’s also plenty of “Jericho Cider  Mills”  apple cider on hand.  Purchase in quart, half-gallon, and gallon sizes. 
 
 We also have  “Jericho Cider Mills” apple cider donuts for the last time this season! 
 
 Christmas Trees and Holiday Decorations Have Arrived! New Items Being Added Daily.

Get all your Winter holiday decorations here at Crossroads Farm. We have fresh cut trees and wreaths, white pine roping, kissing balls, evergreen planters, holly & evergreen branches, white birch twigs, and much more. Christmas tree prices are listed below.  The farmstand will be open extended hours during this season. See farmstand hours below.

Come to Crossroads Farm to make your home beautiful for the holidays!

  

Support Crossroads Farm and Purchase Your 2018 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.

Farmstand Hours
 
Farmstand hours are extended this holiday season!
 

Store Hours:

Tues , Wed, & Thurs. 10AM – 6PM

Friday & Saturday  10AM -7 PM

Sunday: 10AM – 6 PM

Closed Mondays

Christmas Eve open 10 AM – 3 PM

 

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!

 
      

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Weekend Update – December 1, 2017

  
      

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We Need Your Help: Crossroads Farm’s Challenge Grant Ends December 31, 2017!
 
 

We need your support today to operate Crossroads Farm tomorrow!

Crossroads Farm is very fortunate to have been offered a $35,000 challenge grant from an anonymous donor. It must be matched by 12/31/2017.  In other words, every dollar you donate to this effort will be matched dollar for dollar up to $35,000 – whatever you give will be doubled. Anything we raise above our $70,000 goal will be dedicated to our 2018 operating budget.  

We receive no public funding and depend on private contributions to meet the farm’s $300,000 annual operating budget.  Having raised about $230,000 to date, we need your help to raise the $70,000 balance.
 If you’d like to donate to to the Challenge Grant, please click here.Please make your tax-deductible donation today.  The challenge grant is an amazing limited-time offer to double the impact of your gift.  Crossroads Farm is a project of the Nassau Land Trust, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation.

 
 
Join in the Fun at Crossroads Farm: Taste of the Holidays on December 9th from 12:00 – 5:00 PM
 
 

See What’s at the Farmstand This Weekend!

 Crossroads Farm’s Own Produce

Kale is in season. It tastes best when there’s a nip in the air, and it  can’t get any fresher than just picked at Crossroads Farm!

From Our Fields:

  • Kale 
  • Mizuna Loose Leaf Lettuce
  • Arugula

This Weekend from Other Local Farms:

Vegetables: Red & yellow onions, green &red cabbage, cauliflower,  broccoli, loose red beets, rainbow chard, mini spaghetti squash, butternut squash, Delicata squash, acorn squash, russet potato, sweet potato, crimini mushrooms
Fruits: Sweetie apples, Mutsu apples, Macoun apples, McIntosh & Golden Supremes. Conventional Gala & Honeycrisp apples.
 
We also have artisanal foods, pies and cookies, breads, handmade soaps and lotions and toy trains and trucks with Crossroads logo. Just in,  a new hot sauce from local vendor – ” Rosie’s Hot Sauce”.
 
There’s also plenty of “Jericho Cider  Mills”  apple cider on hand, another local favorite!
 

Christmas Trees and Holiday Decorations Have Arrived! New Items Being Added Daily.

Get all your Winter holiday decorations here at Crossroads Farm. We have frsh cut trees and wreaths, white pine roping, kissing balls, evergreen urns, holly & evergreen branches, white birch twigs, and much more. Christmas tree prices are listed below.  The farmstand will be open extended hours during this season. See farmstand hours below.

Come to Crossroads Farm to make your home beautiful for the holidays!

Seasoned Firewood Available

 
 
There’s a chill in the air, time to get  firewood for your backyard firepits, fireplaces, and wood burning stoves. You may purchase firewood by the cord, 1/2 cord, 1/4 cord and bundle. Pick-up at the farm.
 
Prices:
 
Full Cord: $175
Half Cord: $95
Qtr Cord : $55
Bundle: $8.99
Support Crossroads Farm and Purchase Your 2018 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.

Farmstand Hours
 
Farmstand hours are extended this holiday season!
 

Store Hours:

Tues , Wed, & Thurs. 10AM – 6PM

Friday & Saturday  10AM -7 PM

Sunday: 10AM – 6 PM

Closed Mondays

Christmas Eve open 10 AM – 3 PM

 

 

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!