A subscription to the Crones Cradle Farm to Fare gardening program will enchant your palette and delight your eye. Fresh organic produce is provided to individuals and families of our community directly from our gardens.

Advantages of a Farm to Fare subscription share from Crones' Cradle:

• The food in your Farm to Fare subscription basket is picked on the morning of the day you receive it;
• Your food has not spent weeks inside a refrigerated storage unit;
• You have spent your grocery money with a local farmer, thereby encouraging the local economy;
• Local travel from our farm to Ocala uses far less fossil fuel than transporting food across oceans and continents;
• You may visit our gardens, talk to your farmer, share the joy of a prolific crop or the sorrow of a failed one;
• You are a familiar member of this community, a community that raises food for you.

Our gardens are lovingly tended with great care paid to nourishment, variety, flavor and beauty. Your weekly share contains enough food to provide vegetables for a family of four for a week. We constantly search for new vegetables which will grow well in our sub-tropical climate. We choose only those which are tasty, nutritious and easy to prepare

Crones' Cradle’s season opens in October with a lovingly arranged weekly basket filled with fresh vegetables, herbs, fresh brown farm eggs and often a canned product or goodie tucked in. We include recipes for unfamiliar vegetables, giving you a chance to enjoy new tastes and nourishments. We hope you will also enjoy our weekly farm update.

Some comments from current subscribers:

"I was amazed at the variety that you produced"

"Organic food grown locally by people you know and you know care, there is no down side"

2008 Farm to Fare shareholder share costs:

$75.00 season membership (October until June, barring unforeseen farming aspects);

$ 5.00 basket deposit

$20.00 weekly vegetable share

$13.00 weekly ½ share

$ 4.00 weekly for home delivery

First and second weekly basket cost is due on delivery of your first basket. Every week thereafter you pay $20, which means you stay paid one week ahead. You may pay as far ahead as you like.

Shareholders may stop basket pick-up for up to three (3) weeks during the growing season by calling the farm one week before delivery. You must pay for your basket if you are away more than three weeks. If you have not called, you will be charged for your basket.

Baskets will be ready for pick-up by 3:30 on Thursday afternoon at Crones' Cradle Conserve . Baskets will be available in Ocala at 4:30 (you must be prompt) on Thursday afternoon in the parking lot in front of Mother Earth Foods at 1917 East Silver Springs Boulevard.