The Food and Farming Initiative is pleased to offer you again this year the opportunity to purchase fresh eggs from free-range, pastured hens raised on a Dutchess County farm. The eggs are delivered straight to our school, every other week, beginning next Monday (see full schedule below.)
Eggs will be delivered to PS 29 from Tello's Green Farm approximately twice a month (see schedule below) and be ready for pickup at 8:30 a.m. on the designated day in the Family Room. All you have to do is send in the attached order form with a check pre-paying for your total order of eggs and show up to pick up your eggs on the distribution day. The eggs are sold by the dozen for $3.50.
What do free-range eggs have to do with PS 29? PS 29 is interested in promoting better physical and mental health within our school community. Eating healthy foods goes a long way towards optimal health. Free range eggs can be expensive in local grocery stores. Yet the benefits to us and our children are numerous. Most notably free-range eggs generally do not contain hormones, steroids and antibiotics often found in eggs from chickens raised in confinement and fed conventional grain. Free-range eggs contain higher levels of Omega-3 fatty acids which have been shown to have positive effects on brain development and heart health.
How and when do I sign up? Click and fill in the attached form and e-mail it to Alison Cohen or place it in the PS 29 PTA mailbox in the school office. Please put “PS 29 eggs” on the outside of a sealed envelope. Don’t forget to include a check made out to Tello's Green Farm (NOT TO PS 29 PTA; this is a community service, not a fundraiser!). Enrollment is ongoing! The first delivery of eggs for the 2008-2009 school year will take place next Monday, November 3rd. Please order and pay in advance for your full order. For more information contact Alison at 773-960-5838 or Kristen at 718-290-4665.
Egg Distribution Days:
November 3rd
November 17th
December 1st
December 15th
January 5th
January 26th
February 9th
February 23rd
March 9th
March 23rd
April 6th
April 20th
May 4th
May 18th
June 1st
June 15th
PLEASE MAKE YOUR CHECKS OUT TO TELLO'S GREEN FARM (NOT TO PS 29 PTA)! This is a community service, not a fundraiser!
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