Thank you for completing the Registration Form and becoming a herdshare member. You are now considered a herdshare member and are able to visit the Member’s Milk Shed located off of Jackknife Road in Eagle Creek after reading the information below.
The Twisted Oak Members Milkshed is NOT open to the Public. As a member, you are responsible for reading and understanding the information below and reviewing the Frequently Asked Questions before you visit the milkshed.
Please understand that if you do not follow instructions, your membership will be revoked. In addition, if you have not visited the members’ milkshed within two months of registration or two months after your initial visit, your membership will be inactivated.
Where is the Member’s Milkshed located?
Follow the directions to 31165 SE Jackknife Rd in Eagle Creek, this will take you directly to the member’s milk shed located in front of our Blue shop on the road. If you are in front of a gate with a long driveway heading up to a house, look to your left. Parking at the milkshed is limited, but multiple cars can fit. Please feel free to pull all the way into the parking area to leave room for others to park.
Only members are allowed to shop at the milkshed. If you bring a guest, they are not allowed to purchase anything until they register as a member. The milkshed is open 7 days a week from 9AM – 6PM, early or later for Milkshare Members picking up reserved milk.
IMPORTANT – All members will receive a unique access code, which you will need before your initial visit. For first-time visitors to the member’s milk shed, we would like to meet you in person to answer any questions that you have, but if scheduling doesn’t allow, we ask that you understand the inventory and payment process noted below. Before stopping by, please text Michelle at 503-729-1101 in order to set up your unique access code. The door is set to automatically lock when you leave, please make sure to shut the door.
Reserved weekly milkshares are at capacity, but we offer first-come, first-served milk located in the Dairy Products Fridge. The first-come, first-served milk will be bottled in plastic jugs and sold for $6 per half-gallon. Plastic jugs should be recycled after use, but for all other first-come, first-served products sold in glass jars or plastic yogurt containers, we ask that you return those jars.
For weekly milkshare holders, on your designated pick-up day, a whiteboard will be posted on the wall by the reserved milkshare fridge. This list will indicate the shelf your milk is on and the designated quantity and lid color assigned for the week. Due to the number of weekly Milkshare requests, we will not be able to accommodate biweekly requests. We cap our milk sales at 18 gallons per day to ensure we have an adequate supply for all other products. In addition, during calving season, we will be limited on some dairy products due to drying off cows two months prior to calving.
Payment and Inventory Process – Twisted Oak Farm only accepts cash or Venmo.
Payment instruction reminders are located within the Milk Shed by the inventory log. In addition, the first line of the Inventory log was created to provide you with an example on how to properly fill out the log.
For all purchases, you will need to complete the inventory log each time you visit the milkshed.
- Write down your NAME and all purchases in the inventory log.
- Document the number of jars returned
- Ensure that your total matches the payment – If paying with Cash, write your name on the envelope. If paying with Venmo, hit the send button before leaving the milkshed.
- Vendor items – document the vendor # and amount in the Vendor Section of the inventory log and make sure they are paid separately using their cash envelopes or their Venmo code.
Each vendor needs to be paid independently, as they retain 100% of the profit for their goods. The members’ milkshed is a community experience focused on supporting local sustainability. Venmo QR codes are located above the inventory log or on the shelf where the item is located. Make sure you pay the CORRECT VENDOR for their product.
When paying through Venmo, you will need to use the “Venmo friends and family” which refers to standard peer-to-peer transactions on the Venmo app, these transactions are free when funded by a linked bank account, debit card, or Venmo balance. To ensure a payment is treated as “friends and family,” make sure you do not have the “goods and services” toggle turned on, as this will charge a service fee to the vendor. Don’t have Venmo? – Here is a link on how to create your account.
If you would like to schedule a Farm Tour and meet the cows, please feel free to text me to coordinate a time. Remember, the farm and storefront is not open to the public and you must be a member to shop. Guests are welcome to visit the store with members present, but are not allowed to purchase anything unless they sign up for the herdshare.
Please know that tours cannot be accommodated upon demand. On top of farming full-time, we also have full-time jobs, but teaching and promoting local food sourcing, sustainability, and community involvement is our guiding mission.
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Michelle Schleich
Executive Director
Twisted Oak Farm – A 501(c)3 micro dairy with a mission to teach and promote local food sourcing, sustainability, and community involvement.