Week #9 June 19, 2014

Happy Spring!

The annual CSA Strawberry Picking Farm Tour is this Saturday and even though rain is predicted, it seems like it won’t be much (if anything) and the event will be rain or shine…unless it turns out to be a torrential downpour.

Planting a garden this year? Get certified organic Herb (many varieties), Vegetable (many varieties) and Flower (some…ask!) plants grown at your farm, Green Thumb Farm! To order plants, call the farm at 631-726-1900 between 9:30am and 4pm any day of the week/weekend and have a credit card on hand for payment. They will be delivered with the next available CSA delivery!

If you’d like to visit our farm (Green Thumb Farm in Water Mill) on days besides our CSA Strawberry picking in June and Pumpkin picking in October, the farm stand is now open until Sunday, December 7th. Tell them at the farm stand that you’re a CSA member and it’s sure to bring a smile!

Seriously…put this phone number (631-385-1079) in your cell phone, on your fridge, or wherever you put phone numbers you’re glad to have when you need them! It’s the hall phone of the UUFH to be used only on Thursdays from 3pm to 8pm. We’ve already had a few people who wished they had it and didn’t, and others who had it and found out how handy it can be! 

This email contains…

1. Your CSA doesn’t need you this week but…
2. Strawberry picking at our farm this Saturday!
3. This week’s list…
4. Our certified organic Flower Shares are here! Are you ready and on the list?
5. What you actually got last week
6. Anybody out there involved in tv, film or digital media production?
7. Learn to play with your food at Fairway!
8. Holistic Moms Network Picnic this Sunday
9. Calling all vegans!!!
10. And now for something completely different…


1. Your CSA doesn’t need you this week but…

you can always show up at 3:30pm or 5:30pm and ask if we still need help!

Also, keep in mind that if you don’t get an email telling you that you’re working on a particular week…you’re not scheduled to work (but if you have any questions, get in touch with Judi and/or suzanne).



2. Strawberry picking at our farm this Saturday!

Saturday, June 21st

10am to 1pm

Annual CSA Strawberry Picking and Farm Tour
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Hwy
Water Mill
631-726-1900

Save the date! The times are 10am, 11am 12pm and 1pm. It’s a walking tour of approx 1 hour in length for CSA members and their immediate family members only!

If you’re sharing a CSA share with someone, only one person/family can go. In this case often one person will go in June for the Strawberry picking, and the other person will go in October for the Pumpkin picking.



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

June 19, 2014
Week #9

1. Strawberries
2. Rhubarb (get rid of leaves…they’re poisonous…too much Oxalic Acid)
3. Mustard Greens
4. Lettuce
5. Lavender (yes, you can cook with Lavender Flowers…or not, and then just put in a vase and smell, or dry and use in future potpourri or cooking)

Total Items: 5



4. Our certified organic Flower Shares are here! Are you ready and on the list?

Did you take a look at the Flower Shares last week? Amazing, right?

Do you now want one (or two)?

The way to get them now is to let me know ASAP either at the CSA, or by phone or email (by Wednesday midnight latest for me to try and get the word to the farm) and let me tell you how much the CSA share will be and you can pay cash or by check.

The amount for the next one will be $63 which may or may not be this week. The Flowers come to the CSA when they’re ready so it’s not necessarily for 10 consecutive weeks.

If you’re sharing with someone and you buy a Flower Share and they show up when your share partner is picking up you can either pick your Flowers up from them, or have them pay you for the Flower for that week or each of you get a Flower Share and then…you can figure it out! 

Also, keep in mind that one person can have more than one Flower Share. A number of us (I’m one of them) get 2 Flower Shares because they are just that nice!!! 



5. What you actually got last week

June 12, 2014
Week #8

1. Strawberries – 1 qt - $6.75
2. Asparagus – ½ lb - $3.00
3. Broccoli Rabe (Raab/Rape) – 1 bunch - $3.00
4. Lettuce, Leaf: Green – 1 head - $2.75
5. Beans: Black, dried – ¾ lb - $3.50

Total Items: 5
Total Amount: $19.00 (We pay $18.50 per week for our CSA share. Our farmer has give us $.50 more this week over what we paid for. It doesn’t sound like much but it does add up over the course of the CSA season. The total of the season so far…meaning that the farmer is giving us more than we paid for…is $2.75 over from what we’ve paid so far)

Flower Share #1 – Peonies

Herb Share – June #1A
Curly Cress AND Mint



6. Anybody out there involved in tv, film or digital media production?

The reason I’m asking is that CSA member, Randi Gould, is looking to make a job change and as we know…you never know! 

This is the ad that Randi sent me and if I had a job to offer, I’d give her an interview!

And if you don’t have any direct connections but have some good ideas, get in touch with her about those too.

Producer/Field Producer/Associate Producer "Volunteer" Available

If you are in the film or television industry, or digital media production, and need someone to assist on your film/video project, contact me. Among my strengths:
• Strong communication skills (Columbia University Journalism School grad; freelance writer and editor; co-author of 7 books)
• Ability to multi-task and stay hyper-organized
• Diplomatic wrangler of celebrities and on-air talent (experience garnered during my magazine days and during a recent video project for the American Society of Clinical Oncology)
• Doggedness in conducting research and gathering intel
I already have the skills; I just need the experience. Let's discuss!
Write to randi.gould@gmail.com



7. Learn to play with your food at Fairway!

Meet Bill Wurtzel and learn how to make fun food art using only healthy ingredients from Fairway…
http://www.funnyfood.us/

Saturday, June 21st

1 to 3pm

Fairway, Red Hook, Brooklyn
480-500 Van Brunt St.
$1.00 if you reserve online…not sure if there’s a cost if you reserve at the store
https://www.fairwaymarket.com/shop/funny-food-art-workshop/

Register at the Customer Service Desk or online.



8. Holistic Moms Network Picnic this Sunday

Sunday, June 22nd

12:30pm to 4pm

Holistic Moms Network Picnic
Hoyt Farm Nature Preserve
200 New Highway
Commack
For more info, to RSVP and get info to carpool (see below as to why you might want to be carpooling*):
Vickie Muller
For more info about Hoyt Farm Nature Preserve…
http://www.smithtownny.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/1?Page=detail&RID=1

Pack a picnic, bring a blanket and your family, and head outdoors with CSA member and founder of the Huntington Chapter of the Holistic Moms Network, Vickie Muller, for this month’s Holistic Moms Network gathering!

*Smithtown residents can park in the parking lot for free. If you are NOT a resident of the Town of Smithtown, you can only park in the park if you are a guest of a Smithtown resident with a permit (?) and will pay $12 for parking. Is there somewhere else you can park and then walk in the park? Contact Vickie and ask because I have no idea! 



9. Calling all vegans!!!

Here’s a rare opportunity to hang with Rip Esselstyn, author of the Engine 2 Diet and My Beef with Meat (and son of Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, surgeon and former Olympic rowing champion, advocate of a plant based diet and the one who influence President Bill Clinton to change his diet).

Saturday, June 21st

6 to 8pm

Wellness Foundation’s Summer Benefit
East Hampton
$150
To purchase your ticket(s):
https://ssl.perfora.net/wfeh.org/register.php
For more info about the Wellness Foundation…
https://ssl.perfora.net/wfeh.org/about.php

Enjoy delicious vegan hors d'oeuvres, cocktails and live music at a private home in the Hamptons as we celebrate and honor Rip Esselstyn, Wellness Foundation's 2014 Illumination Award Recipient — celebrating those individuals illuminating the path of wellness for others.
Proceeds benefit the non-profit Wellness Foundation, providing programs, services, and support that empower the community by promoting a lifestyle of optimal nutrition, fitness and health


10. And now for something completely different…

Broccoli, Purple Cauliflower, Shiitake & Oyster Mushrooms (we’re working on getting the Mushroom Share back for this season), Romanesco, Winter Squash, Carrots, Rosemary, Garlic, Onions…all things we get at the CSA featured in this “food porn” commercial.

Spot the Romanesco (which we often get at the CSA around Thanksgiving)? They’re the pointy green things that looks like coral.
http://www.grubstreet.com/2014/04/lurpak-food-porn-butter-ad.html

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