{"id":852,"date":"2020-12-23T21:56:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T21:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/?p=852"},"modified":"2020-12-23T21:56:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T21:56:55","slug":"farm-update-12-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/23\/farm-update-12-24-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm Update 12-24-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"http:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/images\/crossroads_smaller.png\" width=\"145\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFarmatG?lang=en\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/bc_twitter_logo.PNG\" width=\"39\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/crossroadsfarmatgrossmanns\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/bc_facebook_logo.PNG\" width=\"39\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/xroadsfarmliny\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/nlt_instagram_logo.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><center><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/volunteering\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/nlt_volunteer_button.png\" width=\"124\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/annualfund2019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/nlt_donate_button.png\" width=\"101\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/education\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/nlt_learn_button.png\" width=\"84\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/center>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 300px;\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #009900;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial,Helvetica; color: white;\"><a class=\"mediumlinks\" style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica; color: white; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/about-the-farm\">About Us<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"mediumlinks\" style=\"color: white; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/upcoming-events\">Events<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"mediumlinks\" style=\"color: white; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/\">Blog<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/center>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Crossroads Farm Board Members &amp; Staff would like to wish all of our supporters a Happy Holiday Season. We look forward to seeing you next year!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Special Thanks from the Crossroads Education team<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/Education%20Holiday%202020-21.png\" width=\"750\" height=\"629\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><b>Crossroads Farmers Market <\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The market will resume January 9th. Stay tuned for the 2021 winter schedule<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/winter-farmers-market%20(1).png\" width=\"750\" height=\"580\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pre-ordering Information for Pick-up on January 9th, 2021\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fink&#8217;s Farm<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Please note that Fink&#8217;s Family Farm is now taking pre-orders for truck side pickup in the farm parking lot on December 12th and 19th.\u00a0 They will also have products for browsing but in limited supply.\u00a0 They strongly encourage their customers <a href=\"https:\/\/finksfamilyfarm.com\/\">to place pre-orders<\/a> during the this off-season period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finksfamilyfarm.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"finks\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/finks_logo.PNG\" alt=\"finks\" width=\"250\" height=\"253\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">To place your order, visit their web site:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/finksfamilyfarm.com\/\">finksfamilyfarm.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Little Avenues Farm (microgreens)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LAF\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/catimage3.PNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">To Pre-order microgreens from Little Avenues Farm for pickup at the farm this Saturday, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/olshop\">here<\/a>\u00a0and choose the <b><i>Little Avenues Farm<\/i><\/b> category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Crossroads Farm Store and the Farmers Market will be closed December 23rd through January 8th<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The farmers market will resume Saturday January 9th, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Online orders can be placed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/olshop\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">CSA Booklets will be available for purchase<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/CSA%20Holiday%20Promotion.png\" width=\"750\" height=\"1061\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Online orders can be placed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/olshop\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Please remember to follow all NYS and CDC Covid-19 safety recommendations when visiting the farm. The farm is committed to keeping staff, vendors and the community healthy. Masks are required and social distancing is followed.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">We thank you for your cooperation when visiting the farm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Winter Hours: Farm Stand Store &amp; Farmers Market beginning January 9th, 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Saturdays 9 to 1 (farm stand and farmers market)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Please note that the farm store &amp; farmers market will be closed the rest of 2020 and will resume Saturdays beginning January 9th, 2021<\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Thank you for all your support to help Crossroads Farm continue to operate as a open space property,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">NOFA certified organic farm and an education center for children and adults. Without your support we could not do this.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">We have a generous $35,000 donation match in effect now from two anonymous donors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Any donation you make today will be matched.\u00a0 If you give $100, it becomes $200.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Give now before 12\/31\/2020 to make a fully tax-deductible 2020 fileing year donation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FH\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/frmhoop.png\" alt=\"farm hoop\" width=\"746\" height=\"238\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Please consider donating to the farm and taking advantage of this match so we can continue being a unique presence in our community!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>Your gift is now doubled!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Choose a donation amount to get started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/nltdonation\/DonateNow?email=[email]&amp;amount=50&amp;code=zz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"give 50\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/button_50.png\" alt=\"give $50\" width=\"76\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/nltdonation\/DonateNow?email=[email]&amp;amount=100&amp;code=zz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"give 100\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/button_100.png\" alt=\"give $100\" width=\"88\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/nltdonation\/DonateNow?email=[email]&amp;amount=250&amp;code=zz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"give 250\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/button_250.png\" alt=\"give $250\" width=\"88\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/nltdonation\/DonateNow?email=[email]&amp;amount=500&amp;code=zz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"give 500\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/button_500.png\" alt=\"give $500\" width=\"88\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/nltdonation\/DonateNow?email=[email]&amp;amount=0&amp;code=zz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"five other\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/button_other.png\" alt=\"give other\" width=\"98\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/nltdonation\/DonateNow?email=[email]&amp;amount=0&amp;code=zz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"af\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/fund_1221.PNG\" width=\"455\" height=\"795\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Choose a donation amount to support this local treasure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/nltdonation\/DonateNow?email=[email]&amp;amount=50&amp;code=zz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"give 50\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/button_50.png\" alt=\"give $50\" width=\"76\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/nltdonation\/DonateNow?email=[email]&amp;amount=100&amp;code=zz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"give 100\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/button_100.png\" alt=\"give $100\" width=\"88\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/nltdonation\/DonateNow?email=[email]&amp;amount=250&amp;code=zz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"give 250\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/button_250.png\" alt=\"give $250\" width=\"88\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/nltdonation\/DonateNow?email=[email]&amp;amount=500&amp;code=zz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"give 500\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/button_500.png\" alt=\"give $500\" width=\"88\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/nltdonation\/DonateNow?email=[email]&amp;amount=0&amp;code=zz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"give other\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/button_other.png\" alt=\"give other\" width=\"98\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">With gratitude,<\/span><\/p>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"mailto:rwhite@nassaulandtrust.org\">Rick White<\/a>, NLT Chairman <\/span><\/address><address><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"mailto:evamschwartz@hotmail.com\">Eva Schwartz<\/a>, FAC Chairman<br \/><a href=\"mailto:leonorerussell@gmail.com\">Leonore Russell<\/a>, Education Director<\/span><\/address><address><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"mailto:nella@nassaulandtrust.org\">Nella Stranieri<\/a>, Operations Manager<\/span><\/address><address><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<center>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"SmallWrapper\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">480 Hempstead Avenue &#8211; Malverne &#8211; NY &#8211; 11565 &#8211; <a class=\"smalllinks\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=480+Hempstead+Avenue,+Malverne,+NY&amp;aq=0&amp;oq=480+hempstead+avenue,+malverne&amp;sll=42.746632,-75.770041&amp;sspn=7.332503,10.865479&amp;vpsrc=0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=480+Hempstead+Ave,+Malverne,+New+York+11565&amp;t=m&amp;z=17\">google map<\/a> &#8211; 516-881-7900 &#8211; <a class=\"smalllinks\" href=\"mailto:info@nassaulandtrust.org\">info@nassaulandtrust.org<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"smalllinks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/\">Store Hours<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/center>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/><center>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"10\" bgcolor=\"#ccff99\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/annualfund2019\">donate<\/a> to make a fully tax-deductible contribution. \u00a0Or click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/volunteering\">volunteer<\/a> to offer your time. \u00a0Our success depends on you, our extended farm family!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/volunteering\">\u00a0<\/a><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/volunteering\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/nlt_volunteer_button.png\" width=\"124\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/annualfund2019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/nlt_donate_button.png\" width=\"101\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/education\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/nlt_learn_button.png\" width=\"84\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/center>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">A stewardship project of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nassaulandtrust.org\/\">Nassau Land Trust<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; [profilelink] &#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"smalllinks\" href=\"[emailprivacyurl]\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/softsend_logo_tiny.png\" width=\"177\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 About Us\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Events \u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Blog \u00a0 \u00a0 Crossroads Farm Board Members &amp; Staff would like to wish all of our supporters a Happy Holiday Season. We look forward to seeing you next year! \u00a0 \u00a0 Special Thanks from the Crossroads Education team \u00a0 Crossroads Farmers Market The market will resume January &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/23\/farm-update-12-24-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Farm Update 12-24-2020&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855,"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions\/855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}