Green Thumb Farm Huntington CSA

For Thursday 10/17/2013 Pick up....
Happy Autumn!

Weather report for CSA…warm, slight chance of drizzle and breezy!

Our Annual Pumpkin Picking Hay Riding CSA Farm Tour is THIS 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.

FREE tickets to the NAVEL Expo (see under Event Listings for Nov 3rd) at Wild by Nature, the Vitamin Shoppe and Cactus Salon!

This email includes…

1. Your CSA does not need you this week, however…
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. Visual Guide to Winter Squash (with recipes)
7. The Raw Food Diet is Dead!!!
8. Event Listings
9. Click here to help change the world!
10. What you actually got last week
11. Take a short quiz on food storage/safety and help the terrific group Food Corps earn $$$!
12. 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.



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 #25
October 17, 2013

1. Kale: Lacinato* – 1 bunch
2. Tomatoes, Mini – 1 pt
3. Bitter Melon**
4. Lettuce – 1 head
5. Snap Beans***
6. Squash, Summer
7. Peppers, Sweet

Total Items: 7 (?)


Mushroom Share

*
Kale…10 ways to prepare it!
http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/top-10-ways-to-prepare-kale.html


**
Bitter Melon…do your research before cooking with this one (most medicinal vegetable on the planet!!!)

The basics…and a good basic website for it…
http://bittermelon.org/eat/cookingbittermelon
And recipes…Bitter Melon Sorbet anyone?
http://bittermelon.org/eat/shareyourrecipes

Bitter Melon recipe discovered by CSA member Lisa McInnis Lonigro…
http://amisvegetariandelicacies.blogspot.com/2011/07/bitter-melon-salad.html

IF pregnant…don’t eat it as it can possibly cause a miscarriage. However, not seeing how much it would take to do this and….
http://www.drugs.com/npp/bitter-melon.html

this advice looks more reasonable and…
http://www.juicing-for-health.com/bitter-gourd-benefits.html

here’s another opinion that it could be useful for gestational diabetes…
http://pregnanteats.com/2010/05/05/eating-for-a-healthy-pregnancy-bitter-melon/

Oh yeah, I forgot it also slows down the growth of, and kills, breast cancer cells (and not surrounding normal cells) as an extract in a Petri dish…
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-02-24/entertainment/27057193_1_breast-cancer-melon-cancer-research
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100223131956.htm

They want to take the natural extract, turn it into something chemically produced and costing a fortune. I’d rather eat it and pay for the vegetable.

Recipes and chats about Bitter Melon (darker the Bitter Melon…more bitter it is)…
This is a scream…my new favorite cooking show…Cooking with Dog! That dog looks awfully close to the burner!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp-a5y8rY28&NR=1&feature=fvwp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5bwWHImhUA (I’d take the pith and seeds out and don’t eat with bread…ugh…rice would be nice)
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/07/seriously-asian-bitter-melon-stir-fry.html
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/324491
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/asianveg/msg0818541820091.html
http://chinesefood.about.com/od/vegetablesrecipes/r/bittermelon.htm
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,bitter_melon,FF.html

Bitter Melon (spellings are more how to pronounce than correct…)
Goya – Japan
Kerala – India
Mah-Lah –Thailand
oh-Wah - Vietnam
Pahvahkah – India, in Kerala

General Info…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_melon
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/69138.cfm#Warnings

I had no idea! The National Bitter Melon Council…
http://bittermelon.org/


**
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. Visual Guide to Winter Squash (with recipes)

Check this out!  In the past, our CSA has gotten Acorn, Butternut, Carnival, Delicata and one not included called Pharsi which you cook like Butternut…
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/seasonalcooking/farmtotable/visual-guide-winter-squash



7. The Raw Food Diet is Dead!!!

Interesting article…food for thought! 
http://renegadehealth.com/blog/deathofraw?utm_source=Renegade+Health+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c622b37706-Dental+health+1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_75bfe8db44-c622b37706-14908165



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


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).


Wednesday, October 16th

5:30 to 7:30pm

The Quarterly Carousel presented by Brooklyn Brewery and Edible Long Island
Market Bistro
516 N Broadway
Jericho
For more info:
http://www.ediblelongisland.com/events/get-a-free-tasting-of-brooklyn-brewerys-latest-beer-at-a-copy-of-our-fall-issue-at-market-bistro-on-oct-16/
To register for this event:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/8536814843/es2/?rank=1&sid=8f2a48f3366111e399b9123139057c14

Free beer from Brooklyn Brewery and snacks and a free copy of Edible Long Island!


Friday, October 18th to Sunday, October 20th

10am to 5pm

East Meadow Farm 2nd Annual Fall Festival and Pumpkin Sale
832 Merrick Ave
East Meadow
For more info:
http://www.ccenassau.org/

Pumpkins, cider, doughnuts, demos…in cooperation with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County. How sad! CCE – Nassau County is closed till October 25th because of budget cuts!!!


Friday, October 18th to Monday, October 21st

Power Shift 2013
Pittsburgh, PA
For more info:
http://www.wearepowershift.org/register

More than ten thousand youth leaders from every walk of life — college students, young environmental justice leaders, DREAMers, young people of faith, young workers — will come together to learn from one another, to build and launch strategic campaigns in their own communities. We are leading the fight to solve the climate crisis and build a clean, just and thriving economy by standing up on our campuses and in our communities to demand real solutions that work for workers and Millennials. We have put our fists in the air and our bodies on the line to fight Keystone XL, fracking, and mountaintop removal — and we’re willing to do it again.
Are older people welcome at Power Shift 2013?
Yes! While Power Shift 2013 is largely a youth convergence, people of all ages are welcome and encouraged to attend. Power Shift 2013 is an important space for young people to come together, but we also value working with people of all ages, and learning from other movement leaders and elders.

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 2pm

Fall Festival Weekend
Crossroads Farm at Grossman’s
480 Hempstead Rd
Malverne
FREE
For more info:
https://nassaulandtrust.org/fall-festival-2013

Farm tour, organic produce, workshops…fun for the whole family!  Crossroads Farm is a 5 acre certified organic vegetable farm operated by the Nassau Land Trust under a lease from Nassau County.

10am to 3:30pm

Annual Pumpkin Picking Hay Riding CSA Farm Tour!
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Highway
Water Mill
FREE
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!

1pm to 2:30pm

No NLG Facility, No Fracking!
Long Beach Boardwalk
National Blvd.
Long Beach, LI, NY
To register for this event (and they recommend that you register if you’re coming)…
http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/GetTogether?cal_event_id=107421&gettogether=event_main&page=event_main&cal_invitee_id=&cal_activity_id=1000

Join us in sending TWO messages to Governor Cuomo: Reject the proposed Port Ambrose LNG facility and ban fracking in New York! As we recognize the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, it is imperative that New York take steps to reduce the threat of climate change catastrophe and lessen our reliance on dirty fossil fuels.


Sunday, October 20th

8am to 5pm

LI Honey Bee Conference
St John’s University, D’Angelo Center
8000 Utopia Pkwy
Queens
$55
To get tickets in advance and for more info:
http://www.longislandbeekeepers.org/conference/conference.html

This event is sponsored by the LI Beekeepers Club.

10am to 4pm

Fall Festival Weekend
Crossroads Farm at Grossman’s
480 Hempstead Rd
Malverne
FREE
For more info:
https://nassaulandtrust.org/fall-festival-2013

Farm tour, organic produce, workshops…fun for the whole family!  Crossroads Farm is a 5 acre certified organic vegetable farm operated by the Nassau Land Trust under a lease from Nassau County.

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 to Sunday, October 27th

The NYC Food Film Festival
For more info:
http://thefoodfilmfestival.com/


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 to Sunday, October 27th

GMO Mini Summit
FREE
To register:
http://www.gmosummit.org/?orid=400&opid=56

Join GMO expert Jeffrey Smith (author of Seeds of Deception), John Robbins (founder of the vegan group EarthSave), Vandana Shiva (international eco heroine), Michael Hansen (eco scientist with Consumer’s Union who’s been to the Cinema Arts Centre), Joseph Mercola (alternative health expert), and others, in a 3 day online conference. They would like you to purchase a $97 media package of all the materials from the conference and then some, but you don’t have to so it’s still a great deal and event!


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

11am to 2pm

Share the Health Expo
Vitamin Shoppe
191 Walt Whitman Rd
Huntington
FREE
For more info and to RSVP…
https://www.facebook.com/THEVITAMINSHOPPE?sk=app_582383498442593&app_data%5Bwfrs%5D=043a114e-640b-11e2-867a-12313d286de3&sourceType=em&source=RI1310_STHE&utm_medium=email&utm_source=VSB&utm_campaign=1310_STHE&cm_ven=Email&cm_cat=retail&cm_pla=LM_1310_STHE&cm_ite=NA

Free gift bags while they last. Sample healthy goodies (supplements and snacks), learn about health and fitness, connect with other people that are into living a healthy lifestyle. Plus, our CSA will be tabling at this location!


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

2pm

Targeted Nutrition for a Sharp Mind and Combating Dementia with Steve Blake
Healthy Planet Lunch/Lecture
Dao Asian Cuisine
6600 Jericho Tpke (1/4 mile west of the Syosset Bowling Alley on the south side of the road)
Syosset
$20 Members/$25 General Public/$30 At the door
To make reservations and for more info:
631-421-5591
Email: info@healthy-planet.org
http://www.healthy-planet.org/Series/index.asp

Lunch includes a selection of 3 appetizers and 7 entrees (all vegan). Dr. Blake is an expert on medicinal plants and he and his wife live on an organic farm in Maui.
More info about Steve Blake…
http://www.naturalhealthwizards.com/about-us.html

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/


Tuesday, November 5th

7pm

Dr Joseph Debe lecture – Super Immunity
Wild by Nature
369 West Main St
Huntington
FREE
Call for reservations:
631-424-6480 (walk-ins welcome)

Learn from CSA member Chiara Mathews’ doctor how you can tailor your diet and lifestyle to most effectively battle infections, allergies, autoimmunity and cancer.


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.

7:30

Let’s Eat: Food on Film presents A Place at the Table with Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio
Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave
Huntington
$25/$50 VIP (includes pre-event VIP Reception at 6:30pm with panel members, food and wine, and preferred seating)
For more info:
http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/a-place-at-the-table/
To purchase tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/483344

With a superstar cast (in the food world) including Marion Nestle (author of Food Politics and other important reads), Chef Tom Colicchio and Raj Patel (author of the wonderful book Stuffed and Starved) and activist actor Jeff Bridges, this movie explores why 50 million people in the U.S.—one in four children—don’t know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all Americans. Panelists include Chef Tom Colicchio, Randi Shubin Dresner of Island Harvest, Mike Xirinachs of CBS Radio, Congressman Steve Israel and will be moderated by NY State Assemblyman Chuck Lavine.This event is being co-presented with Island Harvest.


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/


Monday, November 25th

7:45 to 8:45

The Jewish Omnivore’s Dilemma: Eating Jewishly in the 21st Century
Institute for Jewish Studies
Temple Chaverim
1050 Washington Ave
Plainview
$5
To register and for more info:
Carole Wolfner 516-349-7616
Sharon Kunoff 516-694-1896

This lecture is being given by Nigel Savage, the founder of Hazon, a VERY cool organization combining Judaism and sustainable food issues…it’s the largest American Jewish environmental organization.
To learn more about Hazon (and see Dec 29th about their food conference in CT)…
http://www.hazon.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/


Sunday, December 29th to Wednesday, January 1st, 2014

Hazon Food Conference: Recipes for The New Jewish Food Movement
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Falls Village, CT
$510/$460/$410/Children aged 4 to 16 $200 (if you register before December 8th…all inclusive cost includes room and board, kosher farm to table meals)/Children under 4 FREE
For more info and to register:
http://www.hazon.org/programs/food-conference/

Guest presenters celebrated cookbook author Joan Nathan, food writer Leah Koenig and Itta Werdiger-Roth (founder of underground supperclub in Brooklyn, The Hester)


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

Check out the list of speakers scheduled for this year (includes a performance by Huntington’s own Jen Chapin…Harry’s kid  )…
http://www.tedxmanhattan.org/speakers/

Details TBA



9. Click here to help change the world! Not asking y’all to do anything I haven’t already done… 

A. State of Washington might label GMOs, voice your support!
http://action.ewg.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=2046&tag=201310WAGMONat&utm_source=201310wagmonat&utm_medium=email&utm_content=first-link&utm_campaign=food

B. Stop using artificial dyes linked to hyperactivity…
http://www.change.org/MMsDyes

C. Stop using dangerous food dye in our Mac & Cheese…
http://www.change.org/petitions/kraft-stop-using-dangerous-food-dyes-in-our-mac-cheese

D. Stop poisoning paradise with toxic chemicals and GMO crops!
http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/tell_big_biotech_to_stop_poisoning_paradise/?rd=1&t=2&referring_akid=1017.31784.Gt5gFe

E. Support of bees…these companies want to bring back the pesticides that are killing bees…
http://action.sumofus.org/a/bayer-bees-lawsuit/2/4/?rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1&referring_akid=2133.504673.YEzhkf

F. Tell President Obama to revert anti-consumer and anti-worker poultry plant regulations…
http://action.sumofus.org/a/usda-chicken/2/3/?rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1&referring_akid=2068.504673.mYqWtb

G. Please remove fake Honey from stores…
http://action.sumofus.org/a/honey-fake-walgreens/4/2/?rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1&referring_akid=1806.504673.TS2bDK

H. Sign about the EPA opening up investigations about water pollution and fracking…
http://www.wearepowershift.org/investigate-fracking



10. What you actually got last week

Week #24
October 10, 2013

1. Celery* – 1 bunch - $3.50
2. Tomatoes – up to 2 lbs - $5.75
3. Escarole** - 1 head - $2.75
4. Squash, Winter: Delicata – 1 - $1.25
5. Snap Beans***: Green and/or Yellow (Wax) – up to 1 lb - $2.25
6. Squash, Summer: 8 Ball, Costata Romanesca, Gold, Kousa, Yellow, Zucchini – up to 1 lb - $3.50

Total Items: 6
Total Amount: $19.00 (we pay $17.50 for our weekly CSA share and this week we’ve gotten an extra $1.50 so the total extra value we’ve gotten so far this season…is $28.75)


Herb Share – Oct 1A
Chives, Garlic AND Parsley

Mushroom Share

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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


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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. Take a short quiz on food storage/safety and help the terrific group Food Corps earn $$$!

http://www.subzero-wolf.com/freshness-iq-challenge?utm_source=Freshness_IQ_Test_Subject1&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=Quiz_btn&utm_campaign=Freshness_IQ_Challenge



12. And now, for something completely different…

Sirens of the Lambs by the artist Banksy (used to work in a butcher shop)…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WDIz7mEJOeA

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