Produce Pack Info

Weekly Deliveries of Freshness from Our Farm to You

The Produce Pack brings the very best of our farm’s harvest to you.  Every week from May to November, we meet you, our customers at pick up locations in Bedford, Flemming Park, and downtown Halifax.  Bins of produce are laid out for you to choose from.  Local fruit and real pasture-range eggs are also included.

Signing up is a choice to base your diet on healthy and delicious garden-fresh produce.  A chance to eat like someone who grows their own food.  We harvest perishable crops like greens, peas, and beans the same day we deliver them.  To ensure you have lots of variety every week, we plant over forty different kinds of vegetables, herbs, and flowers.  Most of the vegetables and herbs we offer are familiar favorites like tomatoes, beans, carrots, basil, and lettuce. We also grow unusual crops like arugula, ginger root, and garlic.  We also offer the popular “Swap Box” where you can leave items you don’t want, in exchange for items you do want.

The fruit comes from local farms near us.  We buy chemical free fruit whenever possible, if we must buy low-spray, we’ll let you know.  The goal is to include some fruit with every delivery and have extra available for baking and preserving by special order.  Strawberries, cherries, raspberries, blueberries, peaches, plums, apples, and pears are expected to be included this year.

David and Jen Greenberg have both been farming for over fifteen years.  We are passionately committed to growing the very best food for our table and yours.  We are also delighted Bruce Glass has joined the farm team.  This will be his second year.

Abundant Acres is located in the Avon River Valley in Centre Burlington, Hants County.  We are one hour from Halifax.  As produce pack customers, you are invited to visit our farm on Open Farm Saturdays once a month.  On the farm we have a Native Tree Nursery, gardens, greenhouses, chickens, sheep, cattle, and walking trails.  You are welcome to enjoy the farm and see how your food is grown.

How much does it cost and how much do I get?  The Produce Packs include vegetables, fruit, and eggs.  They come in two sizes.  The larger size is $45 per week.  This  should be enough for a family to eat lots of vegetables every meal of the week.  A typical pack in August might have the following items:  2 lbs tomatoes;  2 lbs green beans;  3 large bunches spinach;  1 head of lettuce;  large bunch of basil;  1 bunch parsley;  1 bunch carrots;  1 large bunch chard;  2 pints sun gold cherry tomatoes;  2 heads garlic.

The medium size is $35 per week.  This size is best for singles and couples.

We are convinced that anyone can enjoy a $35 pack in a week, but if you are not committed to home cooked meals, the Produce Pack may not be right for you.

Eating and cooking healthy food can be a challenge, especially at the beginning.  To help you succeed, we go the extra mile to ensure high quality and a wide selection of produce in the packs.  We have several greenhouses for extra-early harvests of summertime favourites like tomatoes, beans, and basil.  We also have a very good irrigation system to ensure good harvests even if we don’t have enough rain.

What if I go away for a week?  If you will be gone for a week or two during the season, just let us know the week before and we will take your name off the list and you won’t have to pay.  Or you can arrange for a friend to pick it up, or for us to donate your pack to a local food bank.

Where are the pick-up locations?  We have two pick-up locations.  One is on Thursdays from 4-6 pm at Victoria Park in downtown Halifax.  The other is on Tuesdays on First Ave in Bedford and Redwood Avenue in the Flemming Park area.

When does it start?  We will start in May and will continue until November.

Yes, sign me up!  To secure your place as a customer, a $100 deposit holds your spot.  If you decide at any time that you want to cancel your Produce Packs, just let us know and we will cheerfully refund your deposit the following week.  Cheques or email money transfers can be made out to Jen Greenberg, address below.

Once you sign up, we will keep you informed with a weekly newsletter starting in May, including a list of the items of each week’s pack and links to recipes that we will be posting on our website.  Each week you will need to bring a cheque or cash when you pickup your pack.  We also accept credit cards.

Need more information?  Please call us or email.

Thanks,

David, Jen, and Bruce.

Contact:

Jen Greenberg, Abundant Acres jenredfox@gmail.com

182 Red Bank Rd. Centre Burlington NS B0N 1E0 902.757.1640 or 902.817.1986