Happy Autumn!
You’ve got the Mei Quing Choi Veg Info Sheet attached to
your email this week (though you were fine using the info from the Bok Choi/Pak
Choi sheet from last week since they’re in the same family).
***Call now for your farm tour reservation…Saturday,
October 22nd is the last time we’ll be able to visit our farm this
year and get a behind the scenes tour! See Events Listings below for details.
The CSA hours are from 3:30pm to 7:30pm (and if
pre-arranged a pre-packed CSA Share can be picked up at the Box Office from
7:30pm till 10pm). There seems to be some confusion about this as some
folks are showing up anywhere from 2:30pm onwards, and think it ends ???
CSA Weather report…67 and cloudy (your car is
warmer than it is outside so still not ideal for leaving CSA food in it to keep
it at its happiest since it’s happiest at about 40 degrees)!
Keep in mind…any time you try a food you’ve never
eaten before…
1.
Do some reading about what it is, and find out
if there are medical contraindications if you’re on medication or have health
issues
2.
Eat a single serving size and give it 24 hours
to see how your body reacts (some might be fine, a lot might not)
3.
When in doubt how to cook something, look to the
countries that have been using it for decades/centuries, and see what they do
and don’t do
4.
Any questions, don’t hesitate to ask
What happens if you don’t get any CSA emails and
Thursday rolls around and it’s time to go to the CSA? GO ANYWAY! There
have been times over the years when various things have prevented a CSA email
from being sent…computers, storms, health emergencies, etc. However, the thing
to do is to come to the Cinema and in all probability, your CSA share will be
there (unless there’s weather that’s so treacherous travel would be extremely
ill-advised and even then, the farm will show up and drive from Water Mill to
Huntington before some CSA members would drive from Huntington…to Huntington).
And if not (which I doubt…there was only one snowstorm where the farm showed up
on Friday instead of Thursday because no one could drive anywhere), there would
be a sign on the door saying something, or you could call me (though with
Hurricane Sandy, even my land line was down because of the Verizon battery it’s
hooked up to….grrrrrrr…I need to get that detached so I can get phone calls
during those times when the power goes out).
Parking suggestion…try parking all the way
around the building in the upper parking lot where the day care center play
area is. You hopefully will find a spot, and it’s a short walk down the stairs
to the entrance from there, and most people don’t seem to think of parking up
there. If you park illegally you can get a parking ticket, it does happen!
If you are going to show up at the CSA later than
7:30pm, but before the Box Office is closing for the night (can be
different every week but 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 (do NOT leave a
message to be given to the CSA because there have been occasions where we
didn’t get the message and someone showed up to get their food and was not happy
their food wasn’t there) 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 being
attracted to our wonderful CSA food.
If you’re sharing a CSA share with someone…it’s
possible they’re not on this email list yet (if not email me their full name
and email address…or have them do it), so check with them and then forward this
if they didn’t get it (and always check the junk/spam folder).
*Keep in mind that anything you read in this email (unless
it’s directly related to the functioning and operation of the CSA) is
subjective and like they say in the 12 step world…take what you like and leave
the rest!
This week’s email includes…
1. HELP!!!
The CSA needs your help this week. We’re looking for ONE (1) person to
help out from 3:30pm to 5:30pm
2. CSA
101 – Bring Bags!!!
3. Superfoods
to consider adding to your diet for brain health…
4. We
started weighing our produce…not rocket science but there are things to be
mindful of!!!
5. Everybody
needs clean drinking water - don't you?
6. The
List- subject to change without notice because…farming is like that
7. Event
Listings…both near and far
8. It’s
not all bad news…
9. What you actually got last week
10. And now for something completely
different…
1.HELP!!! The CSA needs your help this week.
We’re looking for ONE (1) person to help out from 3:30pm to 5:30pm.
If you can help out today…
1.
Respond to this email before 1pm today
2.
Call 631-421-4864 and leave a message before 1pm
today
3.
Call the Cinema Arts Centre after 3pm at
631-423-7610 xt 0 and ask to be transferred to the Café to talk to someone from
the CSA
4.
Show up a little before 3:30pm and offer to help
If you didn’t already get an email from Rene 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.
HOWEVER, 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).
2.CSA 101…Bring Bags!
CSA basic, for this CSA anyway, is that you need to
bring your own supply of bags for packing up your CSA share every week from now
till December 8th!
So, my suggestion…put bags that you’re setting aside for
your CSA share in EVERY vehicle you own or might ride in! J 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.
And if you send someone to pick up your CSA share for
you, you need to tell them to…BRING BAGS!
3. Superfoods to consider adding to your diet for brain
health…
Out of the 21 listed, our CSA provides EIGHT of them (the
ones not provided either aren’t grown in this part of the world…like Olives, or
are fruit…fruit and vegetable farmers are two different worlds and skill sets,
which is why we don’t get a lot of fruit in our CSA share).
We get shelling Beans (Black Turtle, Cranberry, Fava and
Soy), Celery, Omegas (in Purslane…the only plant with a large amount of Omega 3
fatty acids), Onions (and others in the Allium family like Leeks, Garlic, and
Scallions which all have the same properties as Onions), Rosemary, Sage,
Spinach and Tomatoes…
To get all of these, you’d be better off getting our Herb
Share to insure getting the Herbs, which we may or may not get in our regular
CSA share.
4.We started weighing our produce…not rocket science but
there are things to be mindful of!!!
It’s time to weigh our food!
A.
Please be aware that it may take a little more
time for you to collect your CSA share when weighing is part of the experience
so plan accordingly.
B.
Check the CSA Wall Chart that our farmer brings
in every week before taking any food so you know what you’re taking and how
much to take…assume nothing and please feel free to ask questions!
C.
Bring your reading glasses or ask someone to
help if you can’t see the numbers on the scale clearly.
D.
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 CSA members this week,
and if every person is over by ONE OUNCE (for crying out loud! It’s only an
ounce!!!) …that means we’ll be short over 4 1/2 POUNDS of produce and 5 CSA
members (and one of them could be you) won’t get the food they paid for.
E.
IF you are asked to weigh more than one food
item at the same time (and you probably will at some point in the CSA
season)…please follow the directions given to you, and weigh in the order you
are asked (you might not think there’s any good reason to be doing this but our
farmer does, and that should be enough of a reason right there but if you want
a further explanation – ask someone working at the CSA or contact suzanne…there
is always a method to the madness)
5. Everybody needs clean drinking water - don't you?
Cancer causing chemical found in water and the highest
levels are in Phoenix, St. Louis County, Houston, Los Angeles and SUFFOLK
COUNTY!!!!
What can we do about it?
Consider giving a donation to the Environmental Working
Group who found this out (they do the yearly Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen
regarding food and pesticides and a LOT of other great stuff).
Sign up for their emails to keep posted about this and other
issues concerning your health and well-being.
And then read this and consider buying a home water filter
if you don’t have one already (it’s on my list of things to buy/do)…
6.The List - subject to change without notice
because…farming is like that!
October 13, 2016
Week #20
1.Kale – 1 bunch
2.Tomatoes, Mini – 1 pt
3.Tat Soi – 1 bunch
4.Squash, Winter: Butternut* - 1
5.Escarole – 1 head
6.Beans, Snap: Green – 1 bag
Total Items: 6
Herb Share – Oct 1A
Cilantro AND Sorrel
*
Video on how to cut up various Winter Squashes and a bunch
of Butternut Squash recipes!
7.Event Listings…both near and far
Thursday, October 13th
10am to 11am
iEat Green online radio show with Bhavani Jaroff
888-874-4888 (to call in during the live show with questions)
And if you miss it, you can listen in the archives.
Friday, October 14th to Sunday, October 16th
The Truth about Cancer (online conference)
FREE
To register…
Speakers include Dr. Josh Axe, Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, Dr.
Joseph Mercola, Dr. Jonathan Wright, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, Jeffrey Smith (GMO
expert) and a LOT more.
Thursday, Oct 20th to Sun, Oct 23rd
10th Annual Food Film Festival
AMC Empire 25
234 W 42nd St.
NYC
$60 to $316
For more info and to buy tickets:
Saturday, October 22nd
10:30am OR 11:30am OR 12:30pm
CSA Pumpkin Picking Hay Ride Tour!
Green Thumb Farm
Water Mill
FREE
Call to reserve your seat(s) on the wagon (space is
limited)…
631-726-1900 (9:30am to 4:30pm Mon to Sun)
This farm tour is for CSA members and their immediate family
ONLY! If you’re sharing a CSA share with someone, only one person/family can
attend (people sharing usually divide the farm tours with one going in June and
the other in October) and you need to use the CSA member’s name as the farm
doesn’t recognize CSA share partners.
You’ll be getting a tractor pulled hayride to see a
different part of the farm then we did in June, a discussion of the fall
harvest, and a visit with the farm’s critters.
Everyone attending can pick a Pumpkin to bring home. In full
disclosure…the Pumpkins are not certified organic, and they are not grown at
Green Thumb Farm. Why? These are Pumpkins grown for carving and not eating
(though you certainly are welcome to eat the seeds and the Pumpkin if you’d
like).
Saturday, October 29th and Sunday, October
30th
Saturday - 10am to 6pm/Sunday - 9am to 8pm (exhibit hall
10am to 6pm)
NAVEL Expo
Huntington Hilton
598 Broadhollow Rd (Rt 110)
Melville
$20 (covers admission for both days) or FREE (free tickets
may or may not still be available at the Vitamin Shoppe across from the Whitman
Mall or at Wild by Nature)
For more info, to see a copy of the lecture schedule, and to
purchase tickets:
Featured speaker Kat James and MANY lectures about holistic
health and healing, and an exhibit hall with things to eat, massages, all sorts
of cool stuff.
Friday, Nov 4th and Saturday, Nov 5th
2016 WFAN (Women Food & Agriculture Network) Annual
Conference
Lied Lodge and Conference Center
Nebraska City,NE
$80 – Student/beginning Farmer/$100 General Public (plus
food/lodging and optional events)
For more info and to register…
Keynote speaker is Karryn Olson-Ramanujum, permaculture
educator and teacher at Ithaca College, NY (co-founder of the Finger Lakes
Permaculture Institute in NY).
Saturday, November 12th
12pm to 5pm (optional health screening starts at 8am)
Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s Breast Cancer Seminar
Hunterdon Central High School
84 Rt 31
Flemington, NJ
$59.95 (plus $29.95 if interested in optional non-invasive
health screening)
To register and for more info…
Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s slant is vegan and calls his
diet…nutritarian. Author of the book, Eat to Live, and many others.
8.It’s not all bad news…
Healthier Jello!
It’s only dessert/junk food BUT it’s a step in the right
direction taken by a large food corporation and that’s always a good thing…
9.What you actually got last week (not always what was in
the email the week before because farming is like that regarding occasional
last minute changes)
October 6, 2016
Week #19
1.Mei Quing Choi – 1 bunch - $3.50
2.Tomatoes, Mini: Grape, Red – 1 pt - $5.50
3.Lettuce: Crisp, Red – 1 head - $3.00
4.Squash, Winter: Carnival – 1 - $1.50
5.Beets: Chiogga, Mixed, Red (if there’s greens on top…cook
them the same you would as Kale/Collard Greens/Mustard Greens, or use sparingly
in juice/smoothie) – 1 bunch - $3.50
6.Radishes: Red (if there’s greens and they’re not really
prickly, stir fry them as you would Spinach, or use sparingly in
juice/smoothie) – 1 bunch - $3.00
Total Items: 6
Total Amount: $20.00
(Since we pay $18.50 per week for our CSA share, this week
we got $.75 more than we paid…SO, that means at the moment our farmer has given
us $18.50 more than we paid for up to this point. That’s one week’s CSA share
FREE! Over the course of the CSA year…and over the years…we have gotten at
least one, and sometimes up to two, share’s worth of food that we didn’t pay
for…so keep reading this and see how it plays out from week to week)
10.And now for something completely different…
Fish and Ice Cream? Oh yeah! J
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