We are full for the 2010-2011 season. If you would like to get on the waiting list please send an email to membership@fairshares.org requesting to be added on the list. Please include ALL of the following info (there are five things we need answered before we will put you on the list): 1. Name, address, and phone number. 2. Full or shared membership (we can put you in touch with someone for you to share with, but it will be up to you to arrange with them how, and you'll have to choose the same payment plan). 3. Preferred payment plan--see options below. 4. How you will pay: automated payments with credit card or checks sent through your bank (this doesn't incur a merchant fee, so we prefer it, but either is fine). If you are paying all at once, a written check is fine. 5. Preferred pickup site (first and second choice).
We need to have this info in order to fill shares quickly as they become available. We will keep track of the order received and email you when a share becomes available.
Please read this entire page before deciding to join.
If you may be interested in splitting a share, we can connect you with another member from the waiting list.
Membership in Fair Shares is a commitment to the farmers so they can have the security of knowing what we ask them to grow will be sold. We're sharing their risk and their bounty, and we're encouraging more farmers to grow food (vegetables), instead of commodity (corn, soy).
 
 Membership is on an annual basis because we commit to purchasing a guaranteed amount of food from the farmers and must be sure the income is there to do so. Membership includes 46 weekly shares of local food delivered to one of our four pickup sites, 2 reusable Fair Shares bags, plus our weekly newsletter with farmer news, tips and recipes, and access to a wealth of information on our website. The Fair Shares community is working towards common social, environmental, and health goals, and we will be pursuing this further in our second year.
 
 If you break the contract and want to sell your share, you will be charged a $30 disenrollment fee.
 We do not offer vegetarian, half or otherwise customized shares.  The logistics are just too complex. Meat and many other non-perishable foods are tradable. Many members have found a way to split a share and make it work for them.

Prices for 2010-2011
Note: Sales taxes went up on July 1st, 2010 and these prices reflect the change.
Payments are due prior to the pickups because we pay our farmers and vendors upon delivery.
- One-time payment: $2423.99 ($50 per weekly share + 5.391% sales tax = $52.6955 x 46 weeks), due upon joining/renewing. 
- Two payments: $1216.84 each ($50.20 per weekly share + 5.391% sales tax =$52.9062 x 46 weeks / 2) due the first of the month: March (upon joining/renewing) and September. 
- Four payments: $610.85 each ($50.40 per weekly share + 5.391% sales tax = $53.1171 x 46 weeks / 4), due the first of the month: March (upon joining/renewing), June, September, and December.  *All payment plans over two payments will be required to set up automated payments, unless otherwise agreed with us. Details below.
- Six payments: $408.84 each ($50.60 per weekly share + 5.391% sales tax = $53.3278 x 46 weeks / 6), due the first of the month: March (upon joining/renewing), May, July, September, November, January. *All payment plans over two payments will be required to set up automated payments, unless otherwise agreed with us. Details below.
-Monthly payments: $223.67 each ($50.75 per weekly share + 5.391% sales tax = $53.4859 x 46 weeks/11), due the first of the Month: March (upon joining/renewing), May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February. *All payment plans over two payments will be required to set up automated payments, unless otherwise agreed with us. Details below.

We pay our farmers and producers up front, therefore we need your payments up front. If we don't receive your payment on time, you will not be allowed to pickup your food.
** PLEASE NOTE: WE NEED TO KNOW YOUR PREFERRED PICKUP SITE (SEE THE PICK-UP PAGE). In the email member request you send, please type in the abbreviation of your top two choices (FS, KW, STC, UC)

Once you have been notified that there is a share available, we will need your one-time $50 membership fee and first subscription payment, payable by automated checks that you set up through your bank to mail to us, or automated payments with a credit card. (Previous members do not need to pay the $50 membership fee again.)

As a member benefit you will be able to swap certain items and add extras to your weekly share by emailing from the swaplist online, or choosing any available items at the pickup sites. Payment for additional items will be billed monthly, and may be made online via PayPal, or by check mailed to the address above.
Even when our membership is full, there will be some turnover. We will contact you if a membership becomes available.