Green Thumb Farm Huntington CSA

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

After a month of house and chicken sitting (learned how to gently pick up a chicken with no wing flapping!*), it’s time to clear up CSA issues from last year, and move on to the 2012 season. The first CSA pickup, April 26th, isn’t so far away (thank goodness!). The plan is to straighten things up from last season this month, so that our 2012 season contract will go out to current CSA members February 1st, and the 2012 CSA info will be sent out to everyone else on March 1st, and then the end of March we’ll be tabling at the 1st LI CSA Fair to sign-up members then as well (see below under March).

If you emailed me last month (and certainly from Dec 15th to now), I may not have seen your email yet and will be going thru the hundreds of emails waiting for me in the coming days. I literally get around 200 or so a day and most are not junk so in two weeks, that’s around 2800 emails….more or less (usually more ).

If you still have seeds that you’re saving from either the Farsi or Butternut Winter Squashes your options at this point are to…

1. Wait till the CSA starts April 29th and bring them back then
2. Drop them off at the Cinema Arts Centre Box Office and tell them they are for Dylan Skolnick (co-Director of the Cinema Arts Centre and my significant other)

Please make sure you dry them thoroughly and label them correctly. If you’re not sure what they are…don’t hand them in. Any further questions…please feel free to ask!


There are two events coming up with CSA member involvement…tonight’s Homeopathy talk with Sonam Kushner, and the January 13th reading of a new novel by Randi Gould! (see details below).


Upcoming events…

Thursday, January 7th

7pm to 9pm

Preparing a Homeopathic Kit for the Home
Holistic Moms Network – Western Suffolk, NY Chapter
Elwood Public Library
1929 Jericho Tpke*
E Northport
631-499-3722
FREE
For more info:
Email: wsuffolkhmn@aol.com
www.holisticmoms.org

You don’t have to be a mom to attend! I’m not and I’ll be there.

Join the monthly Holistic Moms Network lecture series…this month features CSA member and Homeopath, Sonam Kushner. Sonam has been practicing Homeopathy for the past 14 years, with offices in NYC and Huntington, and is certified in classical Homeopathy and is a Homeopathic Master Clinician. She’ll be discussing what homeopathy is, and which remedies to keep on hand so you and your family can maintain good health in the coming year.

Tea and snacks will be provided but please…bring your own mug!

For more info about Sonam Kushner, CCH, HMC:
http://www.sonam.addr.com/

Just so happens the Veria channel on Verizon Fios cable (Channel 162) has a show called The Genesis of Healing that has an episode about Homeopathy. I saw it tonight but it will be playing again on:
Thursday, Jan 5th – 10pm
Friday, Jan 6th – 10pm
Saturday, Jan 7th – 1am
Sunday, Jan 8th – 11am and 7pm

*Directions…this is on the northeast corner of Jericho Tpke and Elwood Rd. The library is in the strip mall that contained a Blockbuster video store that was very visible from the road. You probably WON’T see the library from the road but take my word and just go to this strip mall and you’ll find it. Elwood Road is in between Broadway (the road that goes into the town of Greenlawn) and Larkfield Rd (just talking about main roads and not counting any little roads in between).


Friday, January 13th

7pm

Dreamland: a Novel – Book One (reading and signing with CSA member and co-author Randi Gould)
Book Revue
313 New York Ave
Huntington
FREE
For more info:
http://www.bookrevue.com/PianaGould.html

Join CSA member and co-author Randi Gould for a reading, discussion and book signing for her new novel…Dreamland.

Inspired by a real life incident, this chilling event catapults readers into DREAMLAND, a contemporary story about the fragility of chasing the American dream. Much like the movie Crash, the plot of this character-driven serial drama focuses on three couples from different social classes and the ways in which their lives collide and intertwine. Written in a propulsive and muscular style, DREAMLAND delves headlong into the economic and racial tensions that underlie American life, the determination to make one’s mark, and the menace of techno vandalism that threatens to strip us of our privacy


Friday to Sunday, January 20th to 22nd

30th Annual Organic Farming and Gardening Conference
NOFA-NY Winter Conference 2012
The Cooperative Economy
Saratoga Springs
New York
For more info and to register:
http://www.nofany.org/events/winter-conference


Saturday to Saturday, January 21st to 28th

Spa Cooking at Rancho la Puerta with Bhavani
Tecate, Mexico
For more info and to register:
http://www.rancholapuerta.com/activities/events/ev120121.html

Rancho La Puerta encompasses 3,000 picturesque acres, including a a six-acre organic farm! Rancho La Puerta’s Cooking School hosts cooking classes that celebrate the magic that happens whenever good cooks use just-picked local, seasonal, organically grown ingredients. This sensory experience, combined with your opportunity to cook, side-by-side with Bhavani, and then sit down to a fine meal you helped prepare, provides an unforgettable culinary experience.

Bhavani offers three hands-on cooking classes during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta's culinary center. You also will have the opportunity to harvest produce from their organic garden, Tres Estrellas.

February 15th

3rd Annual No Farms, No Food Rally
Albany
For more info:
http://newyork.farmland.org/new-york-policy/2012-no-farms-no-food%c2%ae-rally-%e2%80%94february-15-albany

Join farmers, food advocates, local officials, environmentalists and other New Yorkers at the State Capitol to urge state leaders to support funding and legislation that protects farmland and the environment, increases the availability of nutritious food grown in New York and strengthens the farm and food economy. Bus transportation roundtrip from New York City to Albany will be available. Online registration is coming soon!


Friday and Saturday, February 24th and 25th

Fri – 8am to 7:30pm
Sat – 8am to 6pm

Eat. Work. Grow the Movement: Just Food’s 2012 Conference
Food and Finance High School
525 W 50th St
NYC
$15 to $50
To purchase tickets:
http://jfconference2012.eventbrite.com/
For more info:
http://justfood.org/events

Join Just Food, local food lovers and advocates, CSA members, community gardeners, urban and rural farmers, food professionals and entrepreneurs for two days of hands-on workshops, discussions, skill building sessions, and good food. Learn about cooking and food preservations techniques, CSA trends and the food justice movement in NYC and beyond, as well as ways you can mobilize to create good food projects in your own community.

On Friday, we’ll conclude with a Good Food Jobs Fair and on Saturday, we’ll celebrate the end of the conference with an Expo featuring exemplary local food artisans, sustainable businesses, and organizations.


Wednesday, February 29th

13th Annual Organic Turf Show
For more info and to register:
631-963-5454
http://neighborhood-network.org/index.htm

The Neighborhood Network Turf Show, which is designed for turf care professionals, features vendors of 100% natural horticulture products, and workshops on organic care of lawns, athletic fields, and even non-toxic indoor pest control. Come learn about the latest in organic turf and land care.

More info TBA.


March (date to be decided)

1st Long Island CSA Fair
Cinema Arts Centre
432 Park Ave
Huntington
FREE

Will include a showing of the movie The Real Dirt on Farmer John (great CSA theme in it).


Saturday, April 14th

Small Farm Summit 2012
Hofstra University
900 Fulton Ave
Hempstead
For more info or to volunteer and get involved:
http://www.longislandsmallfarmcentral.com/

Keynote speakers: Will Allen, CEO of Growing Power (featured in the movie Fresh) and Chef Ann Cooper, the Renegade Lunch Lady (former executive chef of the Ross School in East Hampton).


*There are two styles of picking up chickens that I found online and this is the one I prefer (great teaching video)…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJdkmgiUqs8

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