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June order is open!


Ordering is now open for CTFC’s first order of June, for delivery on Saturday, June 6. Orders for this cycle can be placed through Sunday, May 31.

To view items for sale, visit the CTFC shopping cart at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

THIS MONTH’S ORDER

The location for order delivery and pickup is Hilltop Montessori School, 1100 N. Elm, in Denton. Many special thanks to CTFC member Julie Winnette, Head of Hilltop Montessori School, for making this space available to the co-op!

Here’s a quick look at what’s available this month:

- Fresh greens and sprouts, and free range eggs, from Cardo’s Farm

- Lotion bars, lip balms, goat milk and glycerin soaps, bath salts, body powders, and body polishing scrubs from Handmade Comforts, along with wild plum jelly, sweet “dawg” relish, and free range brown eggs from Rocking Crazy S

- Grass fed Texas Longhorn beef, available in various cuts, from Heart-Healthy-Beef.com

- Fresh herbs and greens from Life Botanica

- Certified organic, fair-trade, locally roasted coffees and teas from PrimaCafe

- Cuts of 100 % grass-fed beef and native pecans from Seis Flechas Farm

- Grainless beef from Red Poll Cattle, salad bar lamb from registered St. Croix Hair Sheep, grainless meat from Myotonic Goats, and registered Red Wattle pastured, sustainable pork, all from Sloan’s Creek Heritage Meats of Dodd City.

- Natural soaps from Sun Tree Soap.

All of this month’s CTFC items for sale are available for viewing and ordering at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

NOTE CHANGED PICKUP HOURS: Orders can be picked up from 1:30-3:30 PM on Saturday, June 6.

Remember: orders for this second May cycle must be placed by Sunday, May 31.

Happy ordering!

May order is open!


*Ordering is now open for CTFC’s second order of May, for delivery on Saturday, May 23. Orders for this cycle can be placed through Sunday, May 17.

To view items for sale, visit the CTFC shopping cart at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

CTFC DISCUSSION GROUP

Please consider signing up for CTFC’s email discussion list. Postings there consist mainly of notices and alerts of events and legislation/regulations related to local food and sustainable farming. To sign up, visit groups.yahoo.com/group/NTFC/

THIS MONTH’S ORDER

The location for order delivery and pickup is Hilltop Montessori School, 1100 N. Elm, in Denton. Many special thanks to CTFC member Julie Winnette, Head of Hilltop Montessori School, for making this space available to the co-op!

Here’s a quick look at what’s available this month:

- Fresh greens and sprouts, herb and vegetable seedlings, and free range eggs, from Cardo’s Farm of Ponder, Texas.

- Lotion bars, lip balms, goat milk and glycerin soaps, bath salts, body powders, and body polishing scrubs from Handmade Comforts, along with wild plum jelly, sweet “dawg” relish, and free range brown eggs from Rocking Crazy S

- Grass fed Texas Longhorn beef, available in various cuts, from Heart-Healthy-Beef.com

- Fresh herbs and greens from Life Botanica

- Certified organic, fair-trade, locally roasted coffees and teas from PrimaCafe

- Cuts of 100 % grass-fed beef and native pecans from Seis Flechas Farm

- Grainless beef from Red Poll Cattle, salad bar lamb from registered St. Croix Hair Sheep, grainless meat from Myotonic Goats, and registered Red Wattle pastured, sustainable pork, all from Sloan’s Creek Heritage Meats of Dodd City.

- Natural soaps from Sun Tree Soap.

All of this month’s CTFC items for sale are available for viewing and ordering at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

NOTE CHANGED PICKUP HOURS: Orders can be picked up from 1:30-3:30 PM on Saturday, May 23.

Remember: orders for this second May cycle must be placed by Sunday, May 17.

Happy ordering!

May order is open!


Ordering is now open for CTFC’s first order of May, for delivery on Saturday, May 9. Orders for this cycle can be placed through Sunday, May 3.

To view items for sale, visit the CTFC shopping cart at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

CARDO’S FARM CSA SHARES AVAILABLE

CTFC producer member Cardo’s Farm still has a few CSA shares available for this season. For information please contact them directly at Ponderacres@gmail.com.

CTFC DISCUSSION GROUP

Please consider signing up for CTFC’s email discussion list. Postings there consist mainly of notices and alerts of events and legislation/regulations related to local food and sustainable farming. To sign up, visit groups.yahoo.com/group/NTFC/

THIS MONTH’S ORDER

The location for order delivery and pickup is Hilltop Montessori School, 1100 N. Elm, in Denton. Many special thanks to CTFC member Julie Winnette, Head of Hilltop Montessori School, for making this space available to the co-op!

Here’s a quick look at what’s available this month:

- Fresh greens and sprouts, herb and vegetable seedlings, and free range eggs, from Cardo’s Farm of Ponder, Texas.

- Lotion bars, lip balms, goat milk and glycerin soaps, bath salts, body powders, and body polishing scrubs from Handmade Comforts, along with wild plum jelly, sweet “dawg” relish, and free range brown eggs from Rocking Crazy S

- Grass fed Texas Longhorn beef, available in various cuts, from Heart-Healthy-Beef.com

- Fresh herbs and greens from Life Botanica

- Certified organic, fair-trade, locally roasted coffees and teas from PrimaCafe

- Cuts of 100 % grass-fed beef and native pecans from Seis Flechas Farm

- Grainless beef from Red Poll Cattle, salad bar lamb from registered St. Croix Hair Sheep, grainless meat from Myotonic Goats, and registered Red Wattle pastured, sustainable pork, all from Sloan’s Creek Heritage Meats of Dodd City.

- Natural soaps from Sun Tree Soap.

All of this month’s CTFC items for sale are available for viewing and ordering at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

Orders can be picked up from 1-3 PM on Saturday, May 9.

Remember: orders for this second April cycle must be placed by Sunday, May 3.

Happy ordering!

Sloan Creek Farms' Nathan Melson to speak this Friday (April 24)


Apologies for the short notice; I only just became aware of this event.

CTFC producer member Nathan Melson, of Sloan’s Creek Farm, will be one of several presenters at a “Basic Ag Field Day” in McKinney this Friday, April 24.

For more information, see http://www.noble.org/ag/events/basicagfieldday/

Wylie

April order is open!


Ordering is now open for CTFC’s second order of April, for delivery on Saturday, April 25. Orders for this cycle can be placed through Sunday, April 19.

To view items for sale, visit the CTFC shopping cart at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

CTFC DISCUSSION GROUP

Please consider signing up for CTFC’s email discussion list. Postings there consist mainly of notices and alerts of events and legislation/regulations related to local food and sustainable farming. To sign up, visit groups.yahoo.com/group/NTFC/

THIS MONTH’S ORDER

The location for order delivery and pickup is Hilltop Montessori School, 1100 N. Elm, in Denton. Many special thanks to CTFC member Julie Winnette, Head of Hilltop Montessori School, for making this space available to the co-op!

Here’s a quick look at what’s available this month:

- Fresh greens and sprouts, herb and vegetable seedlings, and free range eggs, from Cardo’s Farm of Ponder, Texas.

- Lotion bars, lip balms, goat milk and glycerin soaps, bath salts, body powders, and body polishing scrubs from Handmade Comforts, along with wild plum jelly, sweet “dawg” relish, and free range brown eggs from Rocking Crazy S

- Grass fed Texas Longhorn beef, available in various cuts, from Heart-Healthy-Beef.com

- Fresh herbs and greens from Life Botanica

- Certified organic, fair-trade, locally roasted coffees and teas from PrimaCafe

- Cuts of 100 % grass-fed beef and native pecans from Seis Flechas Farm

- Grainless beef from Red Poll Cattle, salad bar lamb from registered St. Croix Hair Sheep, grainless meat from Myotonic Goats, and registered Red Wattle pastured, sustainable pork, all from Sloan’s Creek Heritage Meats of Dodd City.

- Natural soaps from Sun Tree Soap.

All of this month’s CTFC items for sale are available for viewing and ordering at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

Orders can be picked up from 1-3 PM on Saturday, April 25.

Remember: orders for this second April cycle must be placed by Sunday, April 19.

Happy ordering!

April order is open!


Ordering is now open for CTFC’s first order of April, for delivery on Saturday, April 11. Orders for this cycle can be placed through Sunday, April 5.

To view items for sale, visit the CTFC shopping cart at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

THIS MONTH’S ORDER

The location for order delivery and pickup is Hilltop Montessori School, 1100 N. Elm, in Denton. Many special thanks to CTFC member Julie Winnette, Head of Hilltop Montessori School, for making this space available to the co-op!

Here’s a quick look at what’s available this month:

- Fresh greens and sprouts, herb and vegetable seedlings, and free range eggs, from Cardo’s Farm of Ponder, Texas.

- Lotion bars, lip balms, goat milk and glycerin soaps, bath salts, body powders, and body polishing scrubs from Handmade Comforts, along with wild plum jelly, sweet “dawg” relish, and free range brown eggs from Rocking Crazy S

- Grass fed Texas Longhorn beef, available in various cuts, from Heart-Healthy-Beef.com

- Fresh herbs and greens from Life Botanica

- Certified organic, fair-trade, locally roasted coffees and teas from PrimaCafe

- Cuts of 100 % grass-fed beef and native pecans from Seis Flechas Farm

- Grainless beef from Red Poll Cattle, salad bar lamb from registered St. Croix Hair Sheep, grainless meat from Myotonic Goats, and registered Red Wattle pastured, sustainable pork, all from Sloan’s Creek Heritage Meats of Dodd City.

- Natural soaps from Sun Tree Soap.

All of this month’s CTFC items for sale are available for viewing and ordering at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

Orders can be picked up from 1-3 PM on Saturday, April 11.

Remember: orders for this first April cycle must be placed by Sunday, April 5.

Happy ordering!

March order is open!


March order is open!

Ordering is now open for CTFC’s second order of March, for delivery on Saturday, March 28. Orders for this cycle can be placed through Sunday, March 22.

To view items for sale, visit the CTFC shopping cart at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

HELP CHOOSE A LOGO FOR CTFC

We’re still taking votes on the new CTFC logo.

You can view the logo options online at crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/files/document/document/244/ctfc_logo_options.pdf

Then, send an email to info@crosstimberscoop.org listing your logo preferences from most favorite to least favorite. (One vote per membership, please!)

There are five options, each identified by a letter (A,B,C,D, and E). So, for example, if you like option C the best, followed by B, then E, then D, and you like option A the least, then in the body of your email, you’d list them like this: C,B,E,D,A.

These beautiful logos are the handiwork of Paula Brennecke. She exchanges her work on them for products from CTFC producer member Sloans Creek Farm. Sloans Creek proprietor Nathan Melson has been donating that product to CTFC via Paula to help with the logo project. So, a big thank-you to both Paula and Nathan for these logos!

THIS MONTH’S ORDER

The location for order delivery and pickup is Hilltop Montessori School, 1100 N. Elm, in Denton. Many special thanks to CTFC member Julie Winnette, Head of Hilltop Montessori School, for making this space available to the co-op!

Here’s a quick look at what’s available this month:

- Fresh greens and sprouts, herb seedlings, and free range eggs, from Cardo’s Farm of Ponder, Texas.

- Lotion bars, lip balms, goat milk and glycerin soaps, bath salts, body powders, and body polishing scrubs from Handmade Comforts, along with wild plum jelly, sweet “dawg” relish, and free range brown eggs from Rocking Crazy S

- Grass fed Texas Longhorn beef, available in various cuts, from Heart-Healthy-Beef.com

- Fresh herbs and greens from Life Botanica

- Certified organic, fair-trade, locally roasted coffees and teas from PrimaCafe

- Cuts of 100 % grass-fed beef and native pecans from Seis Flechas Farm

- Grainless beef from Red Poll Cattle, salad bar lamb from registered St. Croix Hair Sheep, grainless meat from Myotonic Goats, and registered Red Wattle pastured, sustainable pork, all from Sloan’s Creek Heritage Meats of Dodd City.

- Natural soaps from Sun Tree Soap.

All of this month’s CTFC items for sale are available for viewing and ordering at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

Orders can be picked up from 1-3 PM on Saturday, March 28.

Remember: orders for this second March cycle must be placed by Sunday, March 22.

Happy ordering!

March order is open!


Ordering is now open for CTFC’s first order of March, for delivery on Saturday, March 14. Orders for this cycle can be placed through Sunday, March 8.

To view items for sale, visit the CTFC shopping cart at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

NEW PRODUCER MEMBER WELCOME!

This order cycle, we welcome a new producer member, Cardo’s Farm of Ponder, Texas. They currently have available a variety of fresh greens and sprouts, herb seedlings, and free range eggs. They plan to be adding more produce items as the season progresses. Their motto is “all clean, all organic, all the time!” Please check them out.

HELP CHOOSE A LOGO FOR CTFC

CTFC’s long search for a logo is nearly at an end. Please help finish it by taking a look at the options and letting us know which ones you like best.

You can view the logo options online at crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/files/document/document/244/ctfc_logo_options.pdf

Then, send an email to info@crosstimberscoop.org listing your logo preferences from most favorite to least favorite. (One vote per membership, please!)

There are five options, each identified by a letter (A,B,C,D, and E). So, for example, if you like option C the best, followed by B, then E, then D, and you like option A the least, then in the body of your email, you’d list them like this: C,B,E,D,A.

These beautiful logos are the handiwork of Paula Brennecke. She exchanges her work on them for products from CTFC producer member Sloans Creek Farm. Sloans Creek proprietor Nathan Melson has been donating that product to CTFC via Paula to help with the logo project. So, a big thank-you to both Paula and Nathan for these logos!

THANKS!

We’re saying a special thank-you this time around to CTFC founding member Martin Wallace, who generously sponsored a 2-year renewal of CTFC’s web hosting services. Martin’s job took him away from us some time ago, but he’s still looking out for the co-op he helped to create. Thanks, Martin!

THIS MONTH’S ORDER

The location for order delivery and pickup is Hilltop Montessori School, 1100 N. Elm, in Denton. Many special thanks to CTFC member Julie Winnette, Head of Hilltop Montessori School, for making this space available to the co-op!

Here’s a quick look at what’s available this month:

- Lotion bars, lip balms, goat milk and glycerin soaps, bath salts, body powders, and body polishing scrubs from Handmade Comforts, along with wild plum jelly, sweet “dawg” relish, and free range brown eggs from Rocking Crazy S

- Grass fed Texas Longhorn beef, available in various cuts, from Heart-Healthy-Beef.com

- Fresh herbs and greens from Life Botanica

- Certified organic, fair-trade, locally roasted coffees and teas from PrimaCafe

- Cuts of 100 % grass-fed beef and native pecans from Seis Flechas Farm

- Grainless beef from Red Poll Cattle, salad bar lamb from registered St. Croix Hair Sheep, grainless meat from Myotonic Goats, and registered Red Wattle pastured, sustainable pork, all from Sloan’s Creek Heritage Meats of Dodd City.

- Natural soaps from Sun Tree Soap.

All of this month’s CTFC items for sale are available for viewing and ordering at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

Orders can be picked up from 1-3 PM on Saturday, March 14.

Remember: orders for this first March cycle must be placed by Sunday, March 8.

Happy ordering!

February order is open!


Ordering is now open for CTFC’s second February order, for delivery on Saturday, February 28. Orders for this cycle can be placed through Sunday, February 22.

To view items for sale, visit the CTFC shopping cart at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

The location for order delivery and pickup is Hilltop Montessori School, 1100 N. Elm, in Denton. Many special thanks to CTFC member Julie Winnette, Head of Hilltop Montessori School, for making this space available to the co-op!

Here’s a quick look at what’s available this month:

- Lotion bars, lip balms, goat milk and glycerin soaps, bath salts, body powders, and body polishing scrubs from Handmade Comforts, along with wild plum jelly, sweet “dawg” relish, and free range brown eggs from Rocking Crazy S

- Grass fed Texas Longhorn beef, available in various cuts, from Heart-Healthy-Beef.com

- Fresh herbs and greens from Life Botanica

- Certified organic, fair-trade, locally roasted coffees and teas from PrimaCafe

- Cuts of 100 % grass-fed beef and native pecans from Seis Flechas Farm

- Grainless beef from Red Poll Cattle, salad bar lamb from registered St. Croix Hair Sheep, grainless meat from Myotonic Goats, and registered Red Wattle pastured, sustainable pork, all from Sloan’s Creek Heritage Meats of Dodd City.

- Natural soaps from Sun Tree Soap.

All of this month’s CTFC items for sale are available for viewing and ordering at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

Orders can be picked up from 1-3 PM on Saturday, February 28.

Remember: orders for this second February cycle must be placed by Sunday, February 22.

Happy ordering!

February order is open!


Ordering is now open for CTFC’s February cycle, for delivery on Saturday, February 14. Orders for this cycle can be placed through Sunday, February 8.

To view items for sale, visit the CTFC shopping cart at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

The location for order delivery and pickup is Hilltop Montessori School, 1100 N. Elm, in Denton. Many special thanks to CTFC member Julie Winnette, Head of Hilltop Montessori School, for making this space available to the co-op!

Here’s a quick look at what’s available this month:

- Lotion bars, lip balms, goat milk and glycerin soaps, bath salts, body powders, and body polishing scrubs from Handmade Comforts, along with wild plum jelly, sweet “dawg” relish, and free range brown eggs from Rocking Crazy S

- Grass fed Texas Longhorn beef, available in various cuts, from Heart-Healthy-Beef.com

- Fresh herbs and greens from Life Botanica

- Certified organic, fair-trade, locally roasted coffees and teas from PrimaCafe

- Cuts of 100 % grass-fed beef and native pecans from Seis Flechas Farm

- Grainless beef from Red Poll Cattle, salad bar lamb from registered St. Croix Hair Sheep, grainless meat from Myotonic Goats, and registered Red Wattle pastured, sustainable pork, all from Sloan’s Creek Heritage Meats of Dodd City.

- Natural soaps from Sun Tree Soap.

All of this month’s CTFC items for sale are available for viewing and ordering at http://crosstimbers.locallygrown.net/market

Orders can be picked up from 1-3 PM on Saturday, February 14.

Remember: orders for this first February cycle must be placed by Sunday, February 8.

Happy ordering!

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