Green Thumb Farm Huntington CSA

Happy Spring!

Green Thumb CSA Strawberry Picking Farm Tour this Saturday! (see #6 under Saturday, June 16th).

MOST IMPORTANT!!! Vickie Muller saw a sign posted saying that Browns Road was going to be close on June 14th . Of course, I’m just remembering now and looked at the Huntington Town Hall website but there’s nothing posted that I can find, and a web search didn’t help either. So, be prepared to take a bit of extra time in getting here today in case you’re rerouted on the way.

This week’s email includes…

1. Your CSA does not need you this week, however…
2. Kids and eating healthier…
3. Bags and you!
4. This week’s list…subject to change without notice (farming is like that)
5. Have an vegetable garden in your yard? Think it’s organic? Think again…
6. Fun, Cool & Interesting Stuff to Do (new events added weekly)
7. Nutritional database including Glycemic Index data…
8. Calling all artists (or spread the word if you know any)…
9. What you actually got last week
10. You can do a lot by just clicking!
11. And now…for something completely different


1. Your CSA does not need you this week, however…

You can ALWAYS stop by the CSA a little before 3:30 or 5:30 to offer to help in case someone doesn’t show up (or is late) without letting anyone know…life happens! 

If you didn’t get a confirmation email from Judi (occasionally it’s me), you’re not scheduled to work this week. And if you got an email from Judi asking you to confirm that you’re working…you need to respond to that in the time frame stated in the email otherwise she’s going to try and find someone else to take your place.



2. Kids and healthier eating…

http://www.kiddingaroundthekitchen.com/

The foods kids need to do well in school…
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-nutrition/leslie-beck/what-your-kids-should-eat-to-do-well-in-school/article2154848/

School lunch safety info (though I disagree with her washing her melon with soapy water…water does just fine according to a study done by Cornell University of veggies washes vs water)…
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/health/30brody.html?_r=2&ref=health

And a video of homemade granola…
http://fitperez.com/2010-12-28-how-to-get-your-children-to-eat-better-exclusive/?from=PH



3. Bags and you!

The short story is make sure to bring bags to pack your CSA food as the CSA does not provide them.

Suggestion…put bags (paper/plastic/cloth) in EVERY vehicle you own. Put them in the glove compartment, trunk, wherever, and make sure to replenish them when the supply is running low or you’re out of them. That way it will be hard to forget them.

And, if someone is picking up for you, please remind them about bringing bags with them.



4. This week’s list…subject to change without notice (farming is like that!)

Week #8
June 14, 2012

1. Peas: Snow
2. Kale
3. Sorrel
4. Lavender (yes, it’s edible…or just use them as a flower…or dry and use in potpourri or as an herb)*
5. Mustard Greens
6. Lettuce

Total Items: 6 (?)

Flower Share
Week #3
Yarrow (everlasting…means you can dry them)**

*
Drying Lavender…
http://www.purplehazelavender.com/drying.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qD32JwKQJE
http://oldfashionedliving.com/lavender3.html
http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2012/06/growing-and-drying-lavender.html

**
Drying info…
http://files.campus.edublogs.org/blogs.cornell.edu/dist/3/72/files/2009/03/drying-flowers.pdf
http://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/articles/preserv.html
http://www.drycreekgarden.com/techniques/drying_flowers.cfm
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/misc/dryflrs.html
http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/landscape/flowers/hgic1151.html

Herbal info is for educational purposes only! Proceed with caution…if at all!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achillea_millefolium
http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/learn/yarrow.php
http://www.thepracticalherbalist.com/component/content/article/40-herbal-encyclopedia/102-yarrow-the-wound-healer.html

Herb Share – 2
Chives AND Rosemary



5. Have an vegetable garden in your yard? Think it’s organic? Think again…

Who knew??? Buy another garden hose and follow the directions…
http://www.alternet.org/story/155718/health_dangers_in_your_hose%3A_are_you_watering_your_garden_with_endocrine_disruptors_and_toxic_chemicals?page=entire
http://www.healthystuff.org/findings.050312.garden.php#pvcfree



6. Fun, Cool & Interesting Stuff to Do (new events added weekly)

Saturday, June 16th

10am to 1pm

CSA Strawberry Picking Farm Tour
Green Thumb Farm
Rt 27
Watermill
For more info:
631-726-1900 (9:30am to 4pm)

For CSA members and immediate family only! If you are sharing with someone, only one person/family can attend…people who share often have one person/family go in June for Strawberries and the other go in October for the Pumpkins (if more than two are sharing…sorry, but them’s the breaks!). Rain or shine. Tours start every hour…10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm.


1pm

War on Health: FDAs Power of Tyranny with filmmaker and alternative health expert Gary Null
Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave
Huntington
$10 Members/$15 General Public (includes DVDs of War on Health AND Prescriptions for Disaster)
To purchase tickets in advance:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/249995
For more info:
http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/gary-null-in-person-with-war-on-health-fdas-power-of-tyranny/

War on Health, FDA’s Power of Tyranny explores the position of the FDA and its role in the current medical paradigm, the current health crisis, and looks at possibilities for a healthier, more holistic health system. Statistical evidence documents hundreds of thousands of injuries and deaths due to conventional medicine due to the lack of oversight by the FDA.


The Seed: A Vegan Experience
82 Mercer St
NYC
$18 per day or $27 for both days ($25 per day at the door IF they’re not sold out already)
For discount tickets…
http://theseed.eventbrite.com/?discount=HSF10&utm_source=Copy+of+Copy+of+Food+Revolution+-+Starting+Today%21%21%21&utm_campaign=Food+Revolution+Summit+2&utm_medium=email
For more info about the event:
http://theseedexperience.com/

Speakers include: Joel Fuhrman, MD, Kathy Freston, Dr McDougall, Sue Coe, Vickie Moran, former LIer Amie Hamlin, and many more!
The Seed invites the vegan-curious, vegan-skeptical, and vegan choir to explore what veganism has to offer today. You’ll gain understanding of the endless benefits of a compassionate, healthful, and earth-conscious existence of the vegan lifestyle. What awaits you at The Seed: 17 Leading Experts Presenting, Including World Champions * Food Samplings Form Top NYC Vegan Restaurants * 7 Cooking & Other Demonstrations * 3 Movie Screenings with Film Directors Q&A * +80 Vendors * Workshops * Spectacular BUST Magazines Craft-tacular * Musical Entertainment * Amazing Raffle Prizes * And Much More!


Sunday, June 17th

11am

UnCooking Class – Raw Italy
Live Island Café
201 E Main St
Huntington
$25
To register:
631-923-1831
rawchefelyse@gmail.com
For more info:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/LiveIslandCafe
http://www.facebook.com/#!/ChefElyse

Join Chef Elyse in making…Marinara, Almond Ricotta, Pumpkin Seed Pesto, Creamy Cashew Tomato Fettucine, Rawsagna, Rawviolis, “Meat” Balls


The Seed: A Vegan Experience
(see June 16th for details)


Tuesday, June 19th

7pm

Huntington Food Share – Food Not Bombs
Fairground Ave and E 6th St (outside of All Weather Tires)
Huntington Station
For more info and to get involved:
http://www.lifnb.com/chapters/huntington_food_share

Distribution of food and clothing to all who attend and are in need.


Wednesday, June 20th

4pm to 5pm

iEat Green
http://prn.fm/shows/lifestyle-shows/i-eat-green/

iEat Green is hosted by Slow Food Huntington’s Bhavani Jharoff. Listen to this internet radio show either live or if you miss this show, you can listen to it on the archives and it’s available for downloading on iTunes for your iPhone.

Today’s guest will be Christine Waltermyer. Christine is the founder and director of The Natural Kitchen Cooking School, offering Chef’s Training Programs, personal chef service and in-home cooking classes in Princeton, NJ and Manhattan.

June 23rd

Eat Drink Local Week 6/23 to 6/30
For more info:
http://www.ediblemanhattan.com/events/eat-drink-local-week/
We’re thrilled to announce our fourth annual Eat Drink Local Week, an eight-day fest for our foodshed celebrated by Edibles around the Tri-state area. The Week kicks off June 23 and involves partners from every part of our local food system, who urge you to dine out, cook in, and celebrate the ingredients, landscape and people behind our plates through a week’s worth of events, restaurant meals and plenty of cooking and drinking at home. What can you do to join in?


12pm

The Festival
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
$60 per session
For more info and tickets:
www.The-Festival.us

An international celebration of over 60 small brewers and cider makers and food from local food trucks including the Clover Food Truck (locavores…possibly also organic).


Sunday, June 24th

The Festival (see June 23rd)
Worcester, MA

11am

UnCooking Class – East West Asia
Live Island Café
201 E Main St
Huntington
$25
To register:
631-923-1831
rawchefelyse@gmail.com
For more info:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/LiveIslandCafe
http://www.facebook.com/#!/ChefElyse

Join Chef Elyse in making…Sushi, Pad Thai, Scallion Pancakes, Seaweed Salad, Wasabi Mayo, “Salmon”


12:30pm

Bringing Nature Home: How you can sustain wildlife with native plants with Douglas W. Tallamy
LI Horticultural Society
The Conference Center
Planting Fields Arboretum
Planting Fields Rd
Oyster Bay
$15 General Public/Free – LIHS members (membership is $25)
For more info:
www.lihort.org
Bruce Hambrecht – bruce@lihort.org


Saturday, June 30th

5pm

Eat Drink Local Film Festival
Silas Marder Gallery
120 Snake Hollow Rd
Bridgehampton
FREE (except food for purchase)
For more info:
http://www.parrishart.org/calendar.asp?fp=cal&id=79&pid=1024

5pm – art exhibit opening, 6pm – bee demo, 7:30 – food vendors, 8:30pm – film screening

Celebrating locally produced food, this one-night screening will feature short films and videos about farmers, fishers, vintners, and other food purveyors in the region.

Part of Eat Drink Local week, the food chain celebration organized by Edible magazines throughout the region, with partner restaurants on both forks, the evening will feature tacos from Estia's Little Kitchen in Sag Harbor, beer from Greenport Harbor Beer Company, cheese tastings from Mecox Bay Dairy, a selection of Peconic Bay oysters, local honey from Bee's Needs, and a corresponding honey bee demonstration with Mary Woltz.


August 2nd to 5th

6th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference
Burlington, VT
For more info and to register:
http://farmtocafeteriaconference.org/6/
Farm to Cafeteria is Digging In! Whether you are new to the movement or have years of wisdom to share, the 6th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference: Digging In! is a great opportunity to network, build skills and get energized!
Farm to Cafeteria began with the common goal of building strong communities, healthy individuals and resilient local farms. Across the country great progress has been made connecting farm-fresh foods with K-12 schools, pre-schools, childcare settings, colleges, universities, hospitals, prisons and beyond – now we are Digging In!
The conference will bring together food service professionals, farmers, educators, policy makers, representatives from government agencies and nonprofits, entrepreneurs, students and others who are breaking down barriers and expanding the impact of Farm to Cafeteria.
There will be skill-building short-courses, field trips to innovative Vermont farms and institutions, a diverse workshop program, and plenty of opportunities to network with inspiring individuals from across the country.

August 10th to 12th

NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association) Summer Conference
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
For more info:
http://www.nofasummerconference.org/
And to register and see a listing of workshops:
http://www.nofasummerconference.org/pdfs/2012_SC_regform.pdf

Featured speaker this year is Jeffery Smith, author of Seeds of Destruction and an authority on GE/GMO foods. Over 200 workshops, kid friendly, fun for everyone…singles, seniors, families – everyone! Great food and a good time will be had by all who attend.



7. Nutritional database including Glycemic Index data…

Interesting database for nutrition info on foods including individual vegetables and includes Glycemic Index data…
http://nutritiondata.self.com/



8. Calling all artists (or spread the word if you know any)…

From the Nassau County Soil & Water Conservation District: Community Garden & Environmental Program Fundraiser

When: Thursday, June 14th, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm


Where: The newly restored barn at the Fairgrounds at Old Bethpage Village Restoration

Art competition and networking party to raise money to build community gardens & support environmental programs.

The cost for entering the contest is $20. The fee includes the application fee, entry to the party, and makes you eligible to win one of the $1,500 in prizes. All art must reflect the natural environment. And since the artwork is being placed in a silent auction you you can also bring a guest to the party for free.



Artists receive 30% of what their piece sells for, get to put out brochures and business cards, and are eligible for prizes. If the piece doesn't get purchased for the minimum bid you get it back.

If you just want to be a part of the fun at the party it is $25 to enter if you RSVP by June 1st or $35 after this date.



To sign-up for the contest or party please email Art4SoilandWater@gmail.com or contact board member Jaime Van Dyke Doran at (516) 677-5853.


Old Bethpage Village Restoration
1303 Round Swamp Road, Old Bethpage, NY 11804


9. What you actually got last week

Week #7
June 7, 2012

1. Peas: Sugar Snap – .75 lb - $4.75
2. Burdock – ¼ lb - $2.25
3. Swiss Chard: Green, Red or Rainbow – 1 bunch - $3.25
4. Cilantro – 1 bunch - $2.25
5. Scallions – 1 bunch - $2.75
6. Lettuce: Oakleaf, Green – 1 head - $2.75

Total Items: 6
Total Amount: $18.00 (We pay $17.50 per week to our farmer for the food we get every week. Today we’ve gotten $.50 extra, making the total extra that we’ve received from our farmer [over and above the $17.50 we pay per week] for the year so far $6)

Flower Share
Week #2
Sweet Williams



10. You can do a lot by just clicking!

Click to support healthy food in the farm bill…
http://action.ewg.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=1978&tag=201206FarmBillLetterLandingPage

Tomato workers trying to get UFH contract for 23 years!
http://action.ufw.org/page/speakout/sjtomato

Tell the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board to respect farm workers…
http://action.ufw.org/page/speakout/alrb312

Sign petition for national Cesar E. Chavez holiday…
http://action.ufw.org/page/s/chavezpetition?source=web

Click here to support the raising of the minimum wage for food servers (tipped minimum wage) to go from $2.13 to $3.75 (standard minimum wage for other jobs is $7.25)…
http://foodchainworkers.org/?page_id=1526



11. And now for something completely different…

Sandwiches as art…
http://lowcommitmentprojects.com/2012/01/02/sandwich-artist/

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