Farmers To You Starts Roslindale Service

“Farmers To You” Announces Roslindale Service Starting August 1

For Immediate Release

Calais, Vermont. July 23, 2012

Farmers To You, a partnership between Boston area families and Vermont farmers, is pleased to announce the addition of Roslindale to their served communities starting August 1.

The Roslindale Congregational Church will be the pick up site. Located on Cummins Highway just a few yards from the village center, it is well suited for a community centered site.

“We have been looking for a Roslindale site for a while” says Will Forest, Director of Outreach and Communications. “What is essential in making a successful community partnership is a committed site host and a location that sees the benefits of what Farmers To You can bring to Roslindale. We are very grateful to Branwen Cook and the Chruch trustees Committee for allowing us to use their site”.

The local site hosts for Roslindale will be Holly Carmen and Christine Wenc.

Roslindale residents who order online by Sunday can pick up their orders at the Congregational Church lot between 5:15 and 6:30pm on Wednesdays starting August1st.

With weekly delivery to hundreds of families in Cambridge, Somerville, Newburport,
Beverly, Lexington, Jamaica Plain and Arlington, Farmers to You is looking to add partners to existing locations as well as serve new communities. Expanded membership will enable Farmers To You to include more delivery areas in the greater Boston metro area.

“We are looking for families and individuals who place a high priority on knowing where there food comes from, who produces it and how it is produced.” , says founder and owner Greg Georgaklis. “We have all felt betrayed by the deceptive information we continue to receive about the true methods of producing our families’ food, and the consequences of ignorance are becoming very unhealthy.”

“Farmers To You creates a regional partnership by enabling Boston area
families to reconnect to the land through the food they eat and benefit from
the delicious and nutritious bounty of Vermont, “ continues Georgaklis. “This partnership supports Vermont area farmers and producers, who create superior food, lovingly
steward their land, and enrich their communities.”

Different from traditional CSA’s (Community Supported Agriculture), Farmers to You members select their items on a weekly basis on line by Sunday. Their order is picked up directly from partner farms on Tuesday and delivered to their neighborhoods Wednesday and Thursday. Choices include milk, cheese, eggs, vegetables, fruit, meat and other items that make it possible to feed their family with food that comes directly from small family farms who are mostly organic and all use highly sustainable practices.

Farmers to You’s partnership with Metro Pedal Power, expands the reach of delivery and offers the added convenience of door to door delivery to home or office, They service Cambridge, Somerville and Boston.

Other pick up sites, times and contact information can be found at the Farmers To You website

Wednesday
Beverly 2:00-3:00pm
Newton 2:00-3:30pm
Newburyport 5:00-6:30
Somerville 1:00-5:00pm
Jamaica Plain 5:00-7:00pm

Thursday
Lexington 1:00-3:00pm
Arlington 4:00-5:00pm
Cambridge (Porter Square) 5:30-6:30pm

Contact Will Forest for more information

Will Forest [email protected]