Week #19 Oct. 8, 2015

Happy Autumn, Breast Cancer Awareness & Farm to School Month!

CSA Weather Report…warm and dry!

Keep in mind that the last chance to get a tour of our farm (Green Thumb Farm) for this season, is Saturday, October 17th! Details in the events calendar below!

Included in this week’s email are the Veg Info Sheets for the Soy Beans and Cranberry Beans that we got last week (and I didn’t know were showing up till I saw them at the CSA). And here’s a nice article about Cranberry Beans…
http://food.lohudblogs.com/2013/10/31/i-eat-plants-cranberry-beans/
***And for goodness sake…PLEASE DON’T EAT EVERYTHING RAW!!! Not unless you’ve done your homework and know what vegetables are meant to be eaten raw and when (and sometimes it’s a timing thing in their growing stage). Lima Beans when eaten raw produce CYANIDE in your gut for starters (shelling beans are rarely to never eaten raw for a variety of reasons)…
http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/1371/real-food-right-now-and-how-to-cook-it-fresh-shell-beans

CSA Basics 101 –
Please read the Wall Chart that the farmer brings in every week, follow the direction on the Wall Chart, and it’s not a bad idea to refer to it before you leave the CSA to make sure you haven’t taken too much OR too little before you leave the CSA.
I can’t tell you how many times I have left the CSA, gotten home, and realized I THOUGHT I took everything in the share for the week, didn’t, and it’s too late to do anything about it as anything left over at the end of the night is donated and gone at 7:31pm (unless prior arrangements have been made by CSA members for late pickups).

If you are going to show up at the CSA later than 7:30pm, but before the Box Office is closing for the night (may be different every week but will probably be open till at least 10pm) and it’s the last minute and you’re running late…call the Cinema Arts Centre Box Office at 631-423-7610 xt 0 and ask them to transfer the call to the café so we can pack a bag for you, put your name on it and leave it at the Box Office. If you don’t get to the Cinema before the Box Office closes, your food will NOT be there the next day. The Cinema is under no obligation to store your food, and we don’t want to be the cause of bugs in the Cinema Arts Centre being attracted to our wonderful CSA food.

This email contains (and keep in mind as far as any info/opinions that are not directly CSA related, you can always take what you like and leave the rest  )…

1.We bag our own!
2.Help! We’re looking for ONE (1) person to help out at the CSA this week from 3:30pm to 5:30pm, and also ONE (1) person from 5:30pm to 7:30pm this week too…
3.This week’s list…occasionally subject to change without prior notice because farming is like that!
4.Click here and help change the world…every click counts!
5.School lunches toxic?
6.Events (things to do both near and far)
7.Suggestions on how to reduce breast cancer…
8. What you actually got last week
9.Free online movie about alternative medicine and cancer…
10.And now for something completely different…


1.We bag our own

CSA basic, for this CSA anyways, is that you need to bring your own supply of bags for packing up your CSA share every week from now till December 10th!

And if you ask anyone to pick up your CSA food for you, please let them know that they need to bring bags to pack the food in.

So, my suggestion…put bags that you’re setting aside for your CSA share in EVERY vehicle you own or might ride in!  Put them in the trunk, or the glove compartment, or in a bigger bag somewhere in the car, or whatever you think will work for your situation. That way, you don’t even have to remember, they’re just there.

The CSA is under no obligation to provide you with bags for your food.

I also recommend a selection of canvas, paper and plastic. I bag my CSA share up in my paper (Strawberries) and plastic bags (most everything else) and put it in my bigger canvas bag so when I get home, everything’s pretty much (with some exceptions…like herbs) ready to be put right into the fridge.



2.Help! We’re looking for ONE (1) person to help out at the CSA this week from 3:30pm to 5:30pm, and also ONE (1) person from 5:30pm to 7:30pm this week too…

If you’re available, please..

1. Respond to this email from now till 1pm, Thursday, October 1st
2. Call 631-421-4864 from now till 1pm, Thursday, October 1st
3. Call the Cinema Box Office at 631-423-7610 xt 0 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm on Thursday, October 1st, and make sure you talk to someone from the CSA to let us know that you’re coming to work and when
4. Just stop by the CSA a little before 3:30pm and see if we still need help.

You can always show up a little before 3:30pm or 5:30pm and offer to help out just in case someone doesn’t show up (stuff happens  ).

If you didn’t already get an email from Hayley or/and suzanne talking to you about being at the CSA on the Early Shift (3:30pm to 5:30pm) or the Late Shift (5:30pm to 7:30pm) this week, you’re not on the schedule for this week.



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

CSA #101 – The Basics – when trying any new food item, start small and start slow. See how your body and palate reacts. And if you aren’t crazy about the taste, texture, smell, something…try at least SIX completely different ways of preparing it before you give it the heave-ho (raw, steamed, stir-fried, fried …maybe not so healthy but ANYTHING usually tastes good fried, in a salad, in a soup, in a sandwich, in a stew, in a smoothie, and on and on)!  Am glad to provide suggestions for this one.

October 8, 2015
Week #19

1.Tomatoes, Mini*
2.Lettuce
3.Tat Soi
4.Peppers, Sweet
5.Eggplant
6.Mustard Greens

Total Items: 6

Herb Share – Oct 1A
Cilantro AND Sorrel

*
Tomatoes 23 ways…
http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/07/fresh-summer-tomato-recipes.html



4. Click here and help change the world…every click counts!

A.Ban fracking on public lands…
http://signforgood.com/banfracking/?code=presente

B.Help ban toxic flame retardants (and they still allow things to burn, and burn more toxically when they do putting your home, family, pets, and firefighters at risk)…
https://secure.earthjustice.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1781&utm_source=crm&utm_content=ResponsiveSidebarTakeActionButton&autologin=true

C. What’s in your food? According to Congress…NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!

Click here to tell the Senate to protect your right to know and oppose the Dark Act (that’s really what it’s called!)…
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1881/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14356



5.School lunches toxic?

We all need to do whatever we can around the issue of school lunches to get more healthy farm to school food and less toxins…
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/09/school-lunches-come-side-bpa



6.Events

Wednesday, October 7th

7:30pm

Save the Milleridge Inn meeting
Knights of Columbus Hall
45 Heitz Pl
Hicksville
For more info:
https://www.facebook.com/SavetheMilleridge?_rdr=p


Saturday, October 10th

9am to 2pm

Mini Retreat
Science of Spirituality Mediation Center
79 County Line Rd
Amityville
FREE
For more info and to register:
631-822-7979
infotristate@sos.org

Includes yoga, meditation and vegetarian cooking class.


Sunday, October 11th

9am to 12:30pm

Food Justice from Seed to Market
Omega Institute Online
FREE to $30
To register…
https://www.eomega.org/online-workshops/food-justice-from-seed-to-market?source=ePromo.OM.HB#-workshop-description-block

CSA member Joy Tuxson let me know about this wonderful online event featuring Vandana Shiva, a heroine of the global environmental movement, along with Winona LaDuke, Will Allen and other inspirational speakers. Once you’re registered, this will be available to be viewed till November 11th if you can’t watch it on October 11th.


Tuesday, October 13th

6:30pm (distribution starts at 7pm)

Food Not Bombs Huntington Food Share Distribution
E 6th St and Fairground Ave
Huntington Station
For more info and to get on their email list:
http://www.lifnb.com/chapters/huntington_food_share

If you want to help the group that we’re donating our CSA leftover food to this year, this is when and where you’d go. You can go any Tuesday…they’ll be there.


Saturday, October 17th

10:30am/11:30am/12:30pm

Green Thumb Farm CSA Annual Pumpkin Picking Farm Tour
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Hwy
Water Mill
FREE
Must RSVP:
631-726-1900 (you can call to make your reservation from 9am to 5pm, 7 days a week)

Open to all Green Thumb CSA members and immediate family only! If you are sharing a CSA share with someone, usually one person visits the farm in June when we go Strawberry picking and the other goes in October for the Pumpkin picking (the share partner needs to make the reservation under the name of the CSA member otherwise the farm doesn’t know who you are).

Must RSVP to attend (for you last minute planners - it’s possible you can call before you leave for the farm and maybe still make it in to one of the tours…no guarantees but it might be possible). It’s a one hour wagon tour of our farm so they need to make sure they have room in the wagon for whoever is showing up.

Truth in advertising…the Pumpkins are NOT organic, nor are they from our farm. They are brought in for kids to carve, not for people to eat (though you certainly can). Pumpkins are a type of Winter Squash and our farm organically grows varieties that are better suited to eating.


Sunday, October 18th

11am to 5pm

Just Food’s CSA Smackdown (there was NO listing as to exactly when the Smackdown would take place at this time)
Hester Street Fair
Corner of Essex St and Hester St
NYC
For more info:
http://www.justfood.org/events/great-csa-smackdown

Watch NYC CSA members compete Iron Chef style at this yearly event.


Saturday, October 24th

8:30am to 6pm

12th Annual Holistic Mom’s Network (HMN) Natural Living Conference
New Jersey Institute of Technology
150 Bleecker St
Newark, NJ
$55 (members/$50 General Public/$35 (ages 5 to 12)
For more info and to register:
https://hmn-nlc.squarespace.com/

Keynote speakers are Kim John Payne, author of Simplicity Parenting, and Robyn O’Brien, author of The Unhealthy Truth. Holistic Moms Network has 100 chapters nationwide (and there’s one in Huntington) and this year the conference is close to Long Island. For more info about HMN…
http://www.holisticmoms.org/


Thursday, October 29th

? to 9pm

Pecha Kucha: Talks over Tea
Sip Tea Lounge
New York Ave
Huntington
FREE (though I’m sure the owner would appreciate it if you at least ordered some tea)
For more info:
631-683-5777

More info TBA

8pm

Conversations: Michael Pollan – In Defense of Food
NYCB Theatre at Westbury
960 Brush Hollow Rd
Westbury
$63
For more info and to buy tickets…
http://concerts.livenation.com/event/00004E75D4FC4D1F?crosssite=TM_US:1236523:141?crosssite=TM_US:1236523:141

An in depth talk with questions from you! For the past 20 years, Michael Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agricul¬ture, gardens, drugs and architecture. He is the author of the best-sellers In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto and The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Join us in a moderated conversation with audience Q&A and a book signing to follow. This is a new project in association with Book Revue of Huntington!


Friday, October 30th

6:30pm

MysTEArious Halloween Tea Pairing
Sip Tea Lounge
286 New York Ave
Huntington
$25
To buy tickets:
631-683-5777

Enjoy a 5 course tea pairing with sweet and savory vegan treats! Feel free to come costume and bring your Halloween spirit! 


Wednesday, November 4th and Thursday, November 5th

Farm to Tray
USG Conference Center
Rockville, MD
$55
For more info and to register:
http://www.fieldtotray.org/

Scholarships still available to attend. A conference to strengthen farm to school lunch purchasing in the mid-Atlantic (which includes NY).


Sunday, November 8th

NAVEL Expo
For more info:
http://navelexpo.com/

Major all day holistic health event usually held in Huntington. Info TBA.


Saturday, November 14th

9am to 2pm

Mini Retreat
Science of Spirituality Mediation Center
79 County Line Rd
Amityville
FREE
For more info and to register:
631-822-7979
infotristate@sos.org

Includes yoga, meditation and vegetarian cooking class.


Saturday, December 12th

9am to 2pm

Mini Retreat
Science of Spirituality Mediation Center
79 County Line Rd
Amityville
FREE
For more info and to register:
631-822-7979
infotristate@sos.org

Includes yoga, meditation and vegetarian cooking class.



7.Suggestions on how to reduce breast cancer…

A.Let’s be proactive! Lose weight by only 5% to reduce breast cancer risk by 50%!
http://www.clevelandclinicwellness.com/DailyDose/archive/2013/10/24/Daily-Wellness-Tip-7-21-12.aspx?utm_source=EmailMarketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10_02_15CancerCS_003=33051140

B.And the top 5 food tips for Breast Cancer Awareness month from the folks at The Breast Cancer Fund (great group that promotes healthy eating and a healthy environment)…
http://www.preventionstartshere.org/foodtips/



8.What you actually got last week

October 1, 2015
Week #18

1.Squash, Summer: Costata Romanesco, Golden, Kousa, Patty Pan – Green, Yellow, White, Yellow** - up to 1 ½ lb weighed together with the Eggplant
2.Eggplant: Italian, Japanese – up to 1 lb (coming to a total of up to 2 ½ lbs)
3.Tomatoes: Red, Yellow, Paste/Plum/Roma – Red, Yellow * - up to 1 lb weighted together with the Peppers
4.Peppers, Sweet (Hot?): Anaheim – up to ½ lb (coming to a total of 1 ½ lbs) - $9.50 (the price of the Squash, Eggplant, Tomatoes and Peppers which our farmer wanted up to weigh in ONE bucket but I divided to two to make it easier for you guys!)
5.Lettuce: Leaf, Green OR Leaf, Red – 1 head - $3.00
6.Kale: Green – 1 bunch - $3.50
7.Beans: Shelling Beans – Cranberry (1 lb) OR Snap Beans – Purple (1 lb)OR Soy Beans (1/2 lb) – 1 bag - $3.50

Total Items: 7
Total Amount: $19.50
We pay $18.50 per week for the food the farmer is giving us, and this week he’s given us $1.00 more than we paid for. Doesn’t sound like much but see how every little bit extra he gives us adds up over the course of the 28 weeks! So far it’s $18.95 total extra.

*
Tomatoes 23 ways…
http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/07/fresh-summer-tomato-recipes.html

**
Zucchini Parmesan (or Costata Romanesco, or Golden, or Kousa, or Yellow…keep repeating the CSA mantra “Squash…is Squash!  )…
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/dining/roasted-zucchini-makes-a-fresh-parmesan-dish.html?_r=0
Summer Squash Noodle Salad…
http://www.clevelandclinicwellness.com/DailyDose/archive/2015/07/31/Summer-Squash-Noodle-Salad.aspx?utm_source=EmailMarketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyTip&CS_003=3699740

If you don’t have a spiralizer yet, the Cleveland Clinic (headed by Dr. Oz’s buddy Dr. Michael Roizen) sells one…
http://www.clevelandclinicwellness.com/Pages/CCWProductDetails.aspx?category=Tools&cat=WellnessCatalog&pid=781723971012&utm_source=EmailMarketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyTip&CS_003=3699740#



9. Free online movie about alternative medicine and cancer…

Click here to get info and register for this 9 day (October 13th to October 21st at 9pm each night but can also be viewed for the next 23 hours) free alternative cancer documentary…

131 doctors, scientists, cancer survivors from 27 countries (and you know food is going to be a part of this)…
https://go.thetruthaboutcancer.com/?a_aid=1619624



10.And now for something completely different…

Factory powered by mashed Potatoes! Really!!!
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/29/mashed-potato-to-power-food-factory

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