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Farm to Fork Meat
Delivering local sustainable ethically raised pasture based meats, eggs, dairy, seafood and beyond organic produce, a la carte - every week.
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Welcome to the Meat Riot!Farm to Fork Meat is a member's only Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Each week you can order fresh, local and ethically produced meat, seafood, produce, cheese, coffee and much more a la carte. Farming Practices: All our food is antibiotic & chemical free and is raised in natural habitats on natural clean feed and then processed in USDA approved processing facilities. Our produce is tested several times a month by the NCDA to ensure that there is no chemical residue in any of our food.What is a CSA?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It is a way for the food buying public to enter into a relationship with a farm, receiving a share of the harvest. Typically, to become a member (also called shareholder or subscriber) people make a financial commitment for an entire season. This effort represents a formal mechanism for supplying meats that are raised locally, ethically, sustainably, and humanely. In typical meat CSAs, members receive monthly packages containing items such as roasts, ground meat, a few chops or steaks and soup bones. Some farmers may then offer some optional shares of additional items such as sausages & other value added products.
What is a 3rd party, modified CSA?
This type of CSA allows the food buying public to buy items weekly a la carte, selecting items as you would in a grocery store. The difference is that in a typical CSA, members receive an equal portion of all items that is divided as equally and fairly as possible, there are no choices in items that are received.
What is the objective of Farm to Fork Meat?
The objective of this CSA program is to offer the best local ethical sustainably raised foods all year round to the community from within their hunting range as conveniently as possible. Our goal is to do this while keeping the farmers, ranchers and anglers who work hard to provide these real food products in business! No farms, no food!
What are the options, costs and benefits of being a member?
Commit to a $20 annual Membership Fee and a $25 Monthly CSA fee. The Membership fee is due upon sign up and then again every January 1st. This fee covers the costs of produce boxes, egg cartons, coolers, freezers and other items required to help store and transport goods to you safely each week. The Monthly CSA fee of $25 ($6.25 per week) is exclusive of your weekly purchases. This is the money I earn to manage the CSA program. If you save one month's worth of your grocery bills to review you will see that you are already paying this amount of money (often you are paying even more) in sales tax when purchasing food every week. This fee allows me to keep low-to-no margins on the farm fresh food I deliver each week so you can buy these nutrient dense foods while supporting our sustainable local farms every week.
- Commit to a minimum $10 weekly purchase
- Order a la carte from our weekly offerings
- Receive meat consistently year round, including premium cuts and value-added products (deli cuts, hot dogs, sausages)
- Receive accessibility to special products such as heritage turkeys and pastured Christmas ducks
- Earn first right of refusal on membership renewal every January 1st
What are some of the menu offerings?
- Seasonal Produce: Michelle's Fruits, Backwoods Berries, Moore's Fresh Fruits and Veggies and Big John Farmer's Corn and Strawberries come to us chemical free and beyond organic. Their fruits and veggies are tested several times a month by NCDA for chemical residue and have always tested clean.
- Pastured Meats (beef, pork, chicken, duck)
- Grass fed meats (lamb, bison, veal)
- Value added meats (deli cuts, hot dogs, sausages)
- Seafood (Premium 1-3 day trip hook and line/spear/trawl net caught NC seafood)
- Pasture raised fresh chicken and duck eggs
- Pasture raised dairy (milk, creamer, whipping cream, butter and ice cream)
- Breads (local fresh-baked breads without oils and sugars)
- Gluten Free Baked Goods
- Locally roasted Fair Trade and Organically Certified Coffees, Teas and Rooibos
- Raw cheeses
- Fresh Pastas and Gravies
How do I order & pay?
Sign up to become a member and order online. The online store is only open on FRIDAY from NOON until MIDNIGHT. The online store reopens on Sunday for SEAFOOD SALES ONLY and remains open until 3pm on Monday. If anyone orders any products other than seafood when the store reopens on Sunday for seafood sales only, those products will be forfeited. I do not give refunds or deliver items that are forfeited. *Note* All of our meats and seafood are sold per packet, NOT PER POUND. We list weights to give you an idea of how much you can expect to receive, but because of the way in which we distribute the farm fresh foods, or wild caught seafood, we average the cuts from each fish, each steer, each hog, each lamb, each batch of chickens, etc.
How does delivery/pick-up work?
For food-safety reasons, and to comply with meat handling licensure laws, items will need to be picked up, not dropped off on your porch.
Where are the pick up locations and when do I need to pick up my order?You are able to select a pick up location most convenient for your schedule just before you check out each week.
- North Raleigh Farm to Fork Meat Market, Near Falls of Neuse and Durant Road, Wednesday, Noon-1:30pm & 3:30-7:00p.m. Call for directions.
- Atlas International School, 1280 Buck Jones Road, Raleigh, Wednesday, 2:15 - 2:45 p.m.
- The Grain Mill of Wake Forest, Wednesday, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. The Grain Mill will not hold our products overnight. You must pick up between the hours specified or forfeit the order.
- Seaboard Wine Warehouse, 802 Semart Drive, Suite 118, Raleigh, Wednesday, 1pm - 6:30 p.m. Seaboard Wine Warehouse will not hold our products overnight. You must pick up between the hours specified or forfeit the order.
- Cary Whole Foods, in Waverly Place, Thursday, 2:00 - 9:00 p.m. Whole Foods will not hold our products overnight. You must pick up between the hours specified or forfeit the order.
How is the meat preserved for pick up each week from the farms?
We are proud to offer meats that are fresh frozen and vacuum sealed the day of processing for day old freshness anytime you open your package. Our seafood is fresh, never frozen. There are no additives such as sulfites or or other preservatives.
Are there bye-weeks or breaks in delivery?
There are no deliveries the weeks following Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year. There are 3 other weeks during the year in which no deliveries are made. The membership receives a calendar of the breaks at the beginning of each year or when you first sign up so you can plan ahead. If you need time off, please let Niti know.
What are the basic CSA rules and common courtesies for conscious consumption?
- If orders are not in on time you will be fined the $10 minimum purchase amount for the week.
- If you do not communicate for 2 weeks in a row, your membership will be terminated and you will have to start from scratch.
Dealing with meat is challenging. There are only a handful of meat CSAs in the whole country and we are the only a la carte meat CSA which also offers fresh line caught seafood, pasture raised local dairy, fresh baked breads and seasonal produce. Most of the other ones are only beef (or beef and lamb), giving each member around 30 pounds of meat once a quarter or a half, whole or quarter animal all at one time and the consumer does not choose which cuts they get.
We ask you to be conscious when purchasing beef and pork prime cuts and try to keep a balance by also purchasing ground beef in bulk or patties and pork sausages in equal portions of the prime cuts. This does not have to happen at the same time, however if you know you enjoy steaks, please think about using equal packs of ground beef to help our CSA consume the entire animal sustainably. The same goes for pork sausages. If you enjoy pork chops, pork steaks and pork loins, please think about consuming equal packages of pork sausages also to help consume the entire animal, not just the prime cuts. We appreciate your consciousness in this effort.
Should I join this CSA?
If you do not cook 4 or more days a week, this CSA program is not for you. If you just want some farm fresh products once in a while or if you are vegetarian or vegan then this program is not for you. If you want to support your local economy while eating the best-raised meats, rare sustainably caught seafood, sustainably raised local seasonal fruits & veggies and pasture raised NON GMO or rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone) dairy products available to manage optimal health, THIS CSA IS FOR YOU!
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