Green Thumb Farm Huntington CSA

For Thursday 10/10/2013 Pick up...
Happy Autumn!

Weather report for CSA…cool, wet and windy!

Our Annual Pumpkin Picking Hay Riding CSA Farm Tour is Saturday, October 19th! See Event Listings and #5 for details.

Next CSA meeting is scheduled for Saturday, October 26st from 10:30am to noon (unless the farm tour is rescheduled for this day due to rain on the 19th). The main topic will be…What exactly is meant by organic food, and why is it important to be certified organic (or is it?). Also, we’ll be starting to talk about next year.

Organic Tomato Sauce or Sun Dried Tomatoes anyone? Our farm is offering us 20 lb boxes of their own certified organic Red Italian Plum/Roma/Paste (all the same thing) Tomatoes for $45.00 per box if you’re interested in making your own canned Tomatoes or Tomato Sauce OR (if you have a dehydrator) making your own Sun Dried Tomatoes. To place an order, call the farm (631-726-1900) any day from 9 am to 5pm, but no later than noon on Wednesday for a Thursday delivery. Payment is to be made by credit card so have your credit card ready when you make the call.

This email includes…

1. Help! Your CSA needs you this week! We’re looking for ONE (1) person to help out from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, and ONE (1) person to help out from 3:30pm to 4pm…
2. It’s time to weigh!!!
3 Mushrooms anybody????
4. This week’s list (subject to change without notice…farming is like that!)
5. News from the Farm
6. Vote, from now till October 14th, to have a tv commercial during the Superbowl that will help small NY state farmers…
7. Food Alert - since the government is shut down this info might not be getting around as much as it would otherwise
8. Event Listings
9. Click here to help change the world!
10. What you actually got last week
11. Get a free copy of the Navel Expo magazine…
12. And now for something completely different…



1. Help! Your CSA needs you this week! We’re looking for ONE (1) person to help out from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, and ONE (1) person to help out from 3:30pm to 4pm…

If you can work this week from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, or 3:30pm to 4pm please…
A. respond to this email before 1pm Thursday
B. call 631-421-4864 before 1pm on Thursday
C. call 631-385-1079 after 3pm on Thursday
D. show up a little before 3:30pm or 5:30pm on Thursday

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. It’s time to weigh!!!

A. Check the wall chart before taking any food so you know what you’re taking and how much to take…assume nothing and please ask questions! 

B. Bring your reading glasses or ask someone to help if you can’t see the numbers on the scale clearly.

C. PLEASE DO NOT GO OVER THE AMOUNT STATED on the Wall Chart. Please err on the under side of the weight posted…NEVER over. It may not seem like much to you but we have 56 members and if every person is off by ONE OUNCE (for crying out loud! It’s only an ounce!!!) …that means we’ll be short almost THREE AND A HALF POUNDS of produce and 3 CSA members won’t get the food they paid for. And I’m sure you wouldn’t want it to be you.

D. IF you are asked to weigh more than one food item at the same time…please follow the directions given to you and weigh in the order you are asked (you might not think there’s a good reason to be doing this but our farmer does and that should be enough of a reason right there…if you want a further explanation – ask suzanne…there is a method to the madness )



3. Mushrooms (or more Mushrooms) anybody???

We have a few people waiting and hoping that they’ll be able to get Mushrooms before the end of the season which is Halloween, October 31st. We need enough people to commit to 3 1/2 lbs more to get that 3rd five pound box.

People don’t have to be CSA members to get Mushrooms so ask anyone you know who might be interested and have them get in touch OR let you know.

If you’re interested…ask! If the only thing that’s stopping you is that you share with someone and they don’t want what you want…ask! I bet I could find someone for you to share with (or at least I’d try  ). If you have a share and want more than your one share…ask!

Anybody interested in the Mushroom Share who hasn’t spoken up yet? Let me know!  We’re starting another waiting list for a 3rd five pound box. Anyone who HAS a Mushroom Share…want to upgrade your share to get more Mushrooms? Just a thought! 



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

Week #24
October 10, 2013

1. Celery* – 1 bunch
2. Tomatoes
3. Escarole**
4. Squash, Winter: Delicata - 1
5. Snap Beans***: Green and/or Yellow (Wax)
6. Squash, Summer

Total Items: 6 (?)

Herb Share – Oct 1A
Chives, Garlic AND Parsley

Mushroom Share

*
Dr Weil gives us 4 reasons to be eating Celery (and of course, he recommends organic Celery)…
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/TIP04905/4-Reasons-to-Eat-Celery.html

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Escarole
http://www.marthastewart.com/286399/escarole-recipes/@center/1009854/winter-produce
http://www.finecooking.com/item/5303/escarole
Sauteed Escarole (couldn’t get much easier than this…except if you use it in a Salad )…
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/saut%C3%A9ed-escarole
Though bitter is better (as far as vegetables that are the most healthy)…
http://www.livestrong.com/article/546361-how-to-cook-escarole-without-it-being-bitter/
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/recipe_slideshows/healthy_escarole_recipes


**
Snap Bean recipes….

Green Beans 101 –
Roasted Green Beans…
http://www.food.com/recipe/roasted-green-beans-133821
Green Bean and Orzo Pilaf…
http://lasvegasfoodadventures.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/orzo-and-green-bean-pilaf/
Green Beans with Eggs Mexican style (Ejotes con Huevos)…
http://www.spiciefoodie.com/2012/08/06/ejotes-con-huevos-or-mexican-green-beans-with-eggs/

Green Beans 201 – Green Bean Casserole 2.0
http://www.thebittenword.com/thebittenword/2011/11/thanksgiving-green-bean-casserole-with-crispy-shallots-.html

Snap Beans graduate level…Snap Beans with Taleggio and Fish Sauce
http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/09/ignacio-mattos-string-bean-in-season-recipe.html?om_rid=AADNgX&om_mid=_BSLhvZB81DSguj



5. News from the Farm

October 1, 2013

October is here and it’s time for our CSA fall farm tour and Pumpkin picking! The date is Saturday, October 19th. If it’s raining HEAVY, it will be postponed to October 26th. Call the farm before you leave if you’re in doubt at 631-726-1900.

It will be a riding tour on a wagon pulled by a tractor starting at our farm stand, located at 829 Montauk Highway in Water Mill, and going through some of our farm fields. We will be viewing fall crops…Oriental greens, Winter Radishes, Turnips and perennial herbs, as well as several other crops.

Reservations are required as space is limited on each wagon. Times are 10am, 11:30am and 1pm. If these fill up, another tour will be added at 2:30pm. This is for our CSA members and immediate family only. If you are sharing a CSA share, you need to decide who’s showing up for this tour and please reserve in the name of the CSA member. It’s your last chance to visit the farm and talk to Farmer Bill until Strawberry season June 2014!

We urge any interested CSA members to join us and see what we’re doing.

Call Green Thumb Farm at 631-726-1900 for reservations between 9am to 4:30pm daily.

Thanks a lot! 

Organically yours,
Farmer Bill (Halsey)



6. Vote, from now till October 14th, to have a tv commercial during the Superbowl that will help small NY state farmers…

Josh and Brent, the owners of Beekman 1802 farm, are selling their Mortgage Lifter Tomato Sauce and 25% of the monies from this project will be going to other small farmers…
https://www.smallbusinessbiggame.com/NY/Beekman-1802/377887



7. Food Alert - since the government is shut down this info might not be getting around as much as it would otherwise

Know anyone in PA, WV or MD that eat or buy Ice Cream? If so, please read this and forward or let them know…
http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/10/turkey-hill-ice-cream.html?om_rid=AADNgX&om_mid=_BSVF9DB81moH0d



8. Event Listings

Thursday, May 2nd to Sunday, December 8th

8:30am to 5pm

Green Thumb Organic Farm
829 Montauk Hwy (east of the windmill)
Water Mill

Our CSA farm’s farm stand is open for the season! If you’re passing by, stop in and say hi and tell them you’re a CSA member and you’re sure to get a smile! There are plants for your garden, flowers for your home and/or friends you might be visiting in the area, and food…lots of food! 


Tuesday, October 1st to Thursday, October 31st

4th Annual October Unprocessed Challenge
For more info:
http://www.eatingrules.com/october-unprocessed-2013/

Sign up for a coupon for Bob’s Red Mills products and pledge to eat all unprocessed food for the month of October. And there’s even a free guide for more info:
http://www.eatingrules.com/assets/ou/October-Unprocessed-2013-Official-Guide.pdf


Saturday, October 12th

Noon to 2pm

5th Annual Gift of Life Wellness Walk & Lunch Party
Conklin Museum
2 High Street
Huntington
FREE

This is a walk to express gratitude for the wellness you have, and get the national attention off sickness and disease and on to prevention and health. For each person that attends, $5.00 will be donated (up to $5,000) to the Gift of Life (provides heart surgery for children around the world) PLUS you’ll get a FREE ticket to the NAVEL Expo (see Nov 3rd). Green Thumb CSA – Huntington will be tabling at this event, and there will be food from West East Bistro.
More about Gift of Life…
http://www.kidshearts.org/

1pm

March Against Monsanto (in celebration of World Food Day)
Bryant Park
41 W 40th St (between 5th and 6th Ave)
NYC
https://www.facebook.com/events/220287801461259/

2:30pm

March Against Monsanto (in celebration of World Food Day)
Smith Haven Mall
On the corner of Middle Country Rd and New Moriches Rd
Lake Grove, LI, NY
https://www.facebook.com/events/519537048081990/


Monday, October 14th to Sunday, October 20th

Farmingdale Restaurant Week
For more info:
http://www.farmingdalerestaurantweek.com/
https://www.facebook.com/FarmingdaleRestaurantWeek#!/FarmingdaleRestaurantWeek

The Rolling Spring Roll is LI’s only Vietnamese place (truck now a restaurant). Hope 3 Brother’s Pizza gets on board for this! Chicimecas is part of it and owned by Huntington’s Alejandro Gonzalez (owner of Oaxaca and Quetzlcoatl).


Friday, October 18th to Monday, October 28th

Something Doesn’t Add up to ADD
For more info on the speakers, and to register:
http://www.wishsummit.com/add

What to do about ADD, ADHD and the autism spectrum conditions. This is a free online conference. They would like you to purchase transcripts, etc to be used after the conference but you don’t have to if you want to participate.


Friday, October 18th

6pm to 7pm

The Healthy Planet Radio Show
WUSB-FM (90.1 FM)
To listen live or on the archives…
http://wusb.fm/station/schedule/week
For more info:
http://www.healthy-planet.org/


Saturday, October 19th

10am to 3:30pm

Annual Pumpkin Picking Hay Riding CSA Farm Tour!
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Highway
Water Mill
To make your reservation (and you can probably call as late as 9am on the 19th before you left to go out east BUT it would be best if you called ASAP to assure your spot):
631-726-1900 (between 9:30 and 4:30pm any day of the week)

This is the last chance to visit your farm this season. We’ll ride on a very large tractor-pulled wagon filled with bales of hay and tour the farm. Then we’ll be selecting, as opposed to literally picking, Pumpkins that are not grown on our farm and are not organic. They don’t grow this variety of Pumpkin as it’s not a better eating variety however, they are edible.

This farm tour is for current CSA members and immediate family only. So, if you are sharing with someone you need to decide who’s going and make the reservation in the name of the CSA member (the person whose name is on the sign-in sheet). YOU MUST MAKE A RESERVATION TO ATTEND. The times available are 10am, 11:30am and 1pm. IF these fill up, another one will open up for 2:30pm.

Rain date (if it’s pouring HEAVILY) will be Saturday, October 26th. Call the farm (631-726-1900) if you have doubts whether it will be rescheduled or not.

10am to 5pm

Octoberfest
Garden of Eve
4558 Sound Ave
Riverhead
$3/under 6 years old FREE
For more info:
http://gardenofevefarm.com/Oktoberfest.htm

The inaugural event on Chris and Eve Kaplan Walbrecht’s 50-acre farm features Port Jeff Brewing Company, Blind Bat Brewery, Greenport Harbor Brewing Company and Rocky Point Artisan Brewers. The latter has used Garden of Eve-grown barley in “everything we’ve brewed since the end of August,” says Donavan Hall, co-owner. This includes a batch of Pilsner with Santiam, Perle, Tettnang and Hallertau hops grown by Hall and Mike Voigt, another co-owner. Fun for the whole family!


Sunday, October 20th

10am to 5pm

Octoberfest
Garden of Eve
4558 Sound Ave
Riverhead
$3/under 6 years old FREE
For more info:
http://gardenofevefarm.com/Oktoberfest.htm

The inaugural event on Chris and Eve Kaplan Walbrecht’s 50-acre farm features Port Jeff Brewing Company, Blind Bat Brewery, Greenport Harbor Brewing Company and Rocky Point Artisan Brewers. The latter has used Garden of Eve-grown barley in “everything we’ve brewed since the end of August,” says Donavan Hall, co-owner. This includes a batch of Pilsner with Santiam, Perle, Tettnang and Hallertau hops grown by Hall and Mike Voigt, another co-owner. Fun for the whole family!


Wednesday, October 23rd

6:30pm to 9:30pm

Passport to Wellness
NY Coalition for Healthy School Food
NY Academy of Medicine
1216 5th Ave (103rd St)
NYC
$100 and up (it’s the yearly gala benefit)
For more info and to get tickets:
http://www.healthyschoolfood.org/events.htm

This organization was started on Long Island by Amie Hamlin (she’s since moved upstate NY) and has grown over the years. The event is going to be hosted by a who’s who of plant food activists such as Rip Esselstyn (son of Dr. Esselstyn) and Victoria Moran, and the Board has Bart and Joy, the owners of Candle Café and Candle 79, on it, and an advisory Board including Dr. Oz, Dr. Fuhrman, Ann Cooper (the Renegade Lunch Lady…formerly of Long Island), and T. Colin Campbell! There will be delicious and healthy food and drink, and jazz and dancing. A good time will be had by all!


Friday, October 25th

New Life Yoga and Raw Food Expo
Hotel New Yorker
481 8th Ave (34th St)
NYC
For more info:
http://www.nyyogaexpo.com/


Saturday, October 26th

New Life Yoga and Raw Food Expo
Hotel New Yorker
481 8th Ave (34th St)
NYC
For more info and to get tickets:
http://www.nyyogaexpo.com/


Sunday, October 27th

New Life Yoga and Raw Food Expo
Hotel New Yorker
481 8th Ave (34th St)
NYC
For more info and to get tickets:
http://www.nyyogaexpo.com/


Saturday, November 2nd

10am to 1pm

Cancer Free
Hilton Long Island/Huntington
598 Broadhollow Rd
Melville
FREE

At The Richard Linchitz Cancer Free Master Mind come meet 8 experts on cancer and alternative treatments. If you have the new Navel Expo magazine (see #11 ), you’ll see more details about this event. Included are Joyce O’Brien, author of Choose to Live: Our Journey from Late Stage Cancers to Vibrant Health, and Fred V. Eichhorn, ND (who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1976, given 3 weeks to live, and restored his health…and oddly enough, he was my next door neighbor as a child, I was best friends with his two sisters and haven’t seen him since…maybe it’s time to say hello!).


Sunday, November 3rd

9am to 9pm

The 20th NAVEL Expo
Huntington Hilton
598 Broadhollow Rd
Melville
$20
For more info and to purchase tickets:
http://www.navelexpo.com/expo.php

Jeffrey Life, author of Mastering the Life Plan, will be the keynote speaker, leading an all star cast of the best wellness minded healers from Long Island, the NY metro area and around the country! Join in for the celebration of your life! Also, there’s an exhibiting section with lots of interesting and free stuff (food, massage, etc).
For more info on Jeffrey Life…
http://drlife.com/


Wednesday, November 6th

5:30pm to 8pm

Edible Long Island Launch Party
Jewel Restaurant
400 Broadhollow Rd
Melville
$20 (in advance includes subscription)/$30 (at the door)/$40 (at the door with subscription)
For more info and to order tickets:
http://www.ediblelongisland.com/event/edible-long-island-magazine-launch-party/

Presented by LI Wine Country and Edible Long Island, local food venders attending include 20 wineries and 5 breweries. Come meet the farmer, chefs, foodmakers, brewers and vinters that feed us.


Thursday, November 7th

7pm to 8:30pm

Holistic Moms Network (HMN) Meeting (Suffolk County/Huntington Area/NY Chapter)
Elwood Public Library
1929 Jericho Tpke (and Elwood Rd)
Elwood
For more info and to join:
http://wsuffolkctyny.holisticmoms.org/

Please join CSA member Vickie Muller at these fun and informative meetings (and you don’t have to be a mom to go…or even female!). There will be tea and a healthy snack. Be green and bring your own mug.


Friday, November 15th

6pm to 7pm

The Healthy Planet Radio Show
WUSB-FM (90.1 FM)
To listen live or on the archives…
http://wusb.fm/station/schedule/week
For more info:
http://www.healthy-planet.org/


Friday, December 6th

6pm to 7pm

The Healthy Planet Radio Show
WUSB-FM (90.1 FM)
To listen live or on the archives…
http://wusb.fm/station/schedule/week
For more info:
http://www.healthy-planet.org/


Friday,January 24th to Sunday, January 26th, 2014

NOFA-NY Winter Conference: Preserving the Past, Seeding the Future
Saratoga Hilton and City Center
Saratoga Springs, NY
For more info:
http://www.nofany.org/events/winter-conference

Keynote speaker: Gary Paul Nabhan, author of Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land (with forward by Bill McKibben). Registration will begin mid-November.


Saturday, March 1st, 2014

10am to 5pm

TEDx Manhattan Viewing Party
Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave
Huntington
FREE

Check out a sample of last year’s speakers such as chef Michel Nischan, LaDonna Redmond, Anna Lappe, White House chef Bill Yosses, Annemarie Colbin, etc, here…
http://www.youtube.com/tedxman

Details TBA



9. Click here to help change the world!

Sign petition to have GMO foods labeled in NY state…
https://nofa.wufoo.com/forms/online-petition-nys-gmo-labeling/



10. What you actually got last week

Week #23
October 3, 2013

1. Lettuce: Oak Leaf, Green – 1 head - $2.75
2. Tomatoes, Mini: Sungold – 1 pt - $4.25
3. Mustard, Red – 1 bunch - $2.75
4. Squash, Winter: Acorn – 1 - $2.25
5. Snap Beans*: Dragon Tongue, and/or Green, and/or Romano – up to 1 lb - $3.50
6. Peppers, Sweet: Lunch Box mix – .75 lbs - $3.00
7. Squash, Summer: 8 Ball, Costata Romanesca, Kousa, Zucchini – 2 pieces - $1.00

Total Items: 7
Total Amount: $19.50 (we pay $17.50 for our weekly CSA share and this week we’ve gotten an extra $2.50 so the total extra value we’ve gotten so far this season…is $27.25)

Herb Share – Oct 1A
Parsley AND


Mushroom Share

*
Snap Bean recipes….

Green Beans 101 –
Roasted Green Beans…
http://www.food.com/recipe/roasted-green-beans-133821
Green Bean and Orzo Pilaf…
http://lasvegasfoodadventures.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/orzo-and-green-bean-pilaf/
Green Beans with Eggs Mexican style (Ejotes con Huevos)…
http://www.spiciefoodie.com/2012/08/06/ejotes-con-huevos-or-mexican-green-beans-with-eggs/

Green Beans 201 – Green Bean Casserole 2.0
http://www.thebittenword.com/thebittenword/2011/11/thanksgiving-green-bean-casserole-with-crispy-shallots-.html

Snap Beans graduate level…Snap Beans with Taleggio and Fish Sauce
http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/09/ignacio-mattos-string-bean-in-season-recipe.html?om_rid=AADNgX&om_mid=_BSLhvZB81DSguj



11. Get a free copy of the Navel Expo magazine…

To get a free copy of the Navel Expo magazine (see Event Listings for Nov 3rd for more info…there are always good articles about alternative health and detailed descriptions about the workshops at the conference), send your name and email address to:
alex@healthmedia.us



12. And now, for something completely different…

What would you have done? 
http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/10/coffee-shop-viral-video.html?om_rid=AADNgX&om_mid=_BSVF9DB81moH0d

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