Happy Summer!
CSA weather report as of Wednesday night….pleasant and
sunny.
WHO LEFT MORE NICE BAGS AT CSA??? Last week it
was 2 Trader Joe canvas bags (still have…not taken), and now it’s a BAG of nice
bags (the big one has pix of veg and says Novartis across the front). Please
claim and pick up at the CSA sign-in desk.
OFFERS…
A.Might sound odd but I have a $1 off 7th
Generation Feminine Care Products and am beyond the point of needing such
things (tampons and pads…not food related but is about getting toxic stuff out
of things we use)…will leave it at the CSA sign-in desk.
B.Get a free copy of the program guide for the NAVEL Expo
happening in Melville on Sunday, November 5th (see below in Events
listing). There’s a LOT of great lectures to go to and articles so you’ll be
happy if you get one of these before the event…click here and this offer is
good till Friday, September 15th…
Veggie info sheets added as needed. This is the link: Veggie Info Sheets. Print out, put in a notebook and you end up with a cookbook at the end of the CSA season. Also there are good tips on storage, prep, and nutrition.
The list…this is a general list and you’ll be sent another
email within the next week with the detailed list after I get it (which isn’t
till the day of the CSA…the list is subject to change without notice because
farming is like that! J
However, most of the time it’s accurate and if it’s not…usually only one food
item will be changed)…
CSA words to live by…when trying any new food that
you’ve never eaten before…START SLOW! Read up about it (make sure
it doesn’t interfere with any medications you might be taking or any health
conditions you might have), see what traditional/conventional ways it’s
prepared (cultures that have been eating certain foods for many years basically
have a good idea what they’re doing and we can learn from that), try a small
portion, see how your body/digestive system reacts, and proceed from there.
Then try preparing in different ways and see what you come up with!
Paraphrased wise words by a nutritionist that I read and
don’t remember where I read it or who said it, BUT it’s pretty smart info
regarding eating seasonally in our part of the globe…
Spring is all about detoxing (what we get from the CSA at
this time is a lot of green things that are really good to help clean us out
from whatever we accumulated during the winter)
Interesting piece about spring greens (out of the 14 listed,
we get 12 of them with our CSA…watercress nutritionally and botanically similar
to Peppercress) and detoxing…
Summer is all about being hydrated (the popular summer foods
are all full of water…Tomatoes, Lettuces, Summer Squashes, etc.)
Fall/winter is all about storing energy (we get all the
dense vegetables…Sweet Potatoes, Winter Squashes, etc…. that are energy
powerhouses to fuel us through the winter) to get you through the winter to
make it to…Spring!
Week #15
September 7, 2017
- Eggplant
- Tomatoes – up to but not over 2 lbs.
- Swiss Chard – 1 bunch
- Beans, Snap - 1 lb.
- Squash, Summer – up to but not over 2 lbs.
Total Items: 5
This week’s email…
- You can still purchase Bulk Tomato, or Flower, or Herb Shares (and you could do a half share with someone…I did J )!
- Events – near and far
- CSA foods that may prevent strokes
- Click to change the world (or at least try J )…
- What you actually got last week
- Vitamin K and the CSA!
- Non-toxic cleaning suggestions…
- And now for something completely different…
CSA caveat…anything in any of our CSA emails that’s not
related directly to the workings of the CSA is an opinion and/or subjective, so
please feel free to take it or leave it! J
1.You can still purchase our organic Bulk Tomato, or
Flower, or Herb Shares (and you could do a half share with someone)!
It’s Bulk Tomato time! If you’d like to get a box of
20 lbs. of red Roma/Plum/Paste (different names for the same thing) Tomatoes,
now’s the time to order them (make sauce, dehydrate, freeze to use over the
winter). It’s $45 per box and the delivery date remaining is September 14th
(must let us know by Sunday, September 10th). Bring cash to the CSA
or a check made out to Halseys Green Thumb.
Like the Flowers you’re seeing at the CSA? So far
we’ve gotten Gomphrena, Peonies, Rudbeckia, Sweet William, Snapdragons,
Strawflowers, Sunflowers, Yarrow, and Zinnia…have no idea what’s coming next.
If you’d like to get in on the next Flower Share for the
season, the cost is $9 (there’s only 1 delivery left!).
Say yes to this email, and bring cash or a check made out to
Halseys Green Thumb Farm to the next CSA (must let us know by Sunday, September
10th).
The next Flower Share will be delivered ??? Sometimes we
know in advance, and sometimes (like last week) we don’t know till our farmer
brings them in the door the day of the CSA. The flowers show up when they’re
ready.
Like the Herbs in the Herb Shares you’re seeing? So
far we’ve gotten Basil, Chives, Dill, Lemon Basil, Mint, Purple Sage and
Rosemary!
If you’d like to get in on the rest of the Herb Share for
the season, the cost is $35.
Say yes to this email, and bring cash or a check made out to
Halseys Green Thumb Farm to the next CSA.
The next one will be delivered on September 14th (two
different herbs show up on the 2nd and 4th week of every
month except for December where it will be the 1st week as that’s
the last week for the CSA).
Think it’s too much to use? Dry the hearty ones (Rosemary),
and freeze the delicate ones (Chives/Dill/Mint/Basil/Sage).
Herbs have more antioxidants than Blueberries and a lot of
other foods that are popular because of their antioxidant levels…
2.Events – near and far
Thursday, September 7th
10am to 11am
iEat Green with Bhavani Jharoff online radio show
To tune in online…
To call in during the live show…
888-874-4888
Download the PRN mobile app to listen wherever!
Can also listen to past shows on the PRN archive page
Join host Bhavani Jharoff (chef and head of the Slow Food
North Shore chapter) talking food and food politics.
Friday, September 8th to Sunday, September
10th
Vegetarian Vision Health & Wellness 25th
Anniversary
Penn Plaza Pavillion
401 7th Ave. (and 33rd St.)
NYC
$15 to $100
For more info and to get tickets:
Speakers include Dr. Brian Clement (Hippocrates Health
Institute), Bob DiBenedetto (founder of Long Island’s Healthy Planet), Dr.
Caldwell Esselstyn, Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Gary Null, Dr. Robert J. Ostefeld, Dr.
Will Tuttle and many others! There will be vendors and an exhibition area.
Saturday, September 9th
11am
Let’s Eat: Food on Film presents…What’s on Your Plate?
Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave
Huntington
Film only: $7 Member/$12 General Public/FREE children under
12
Veggie Sushi workshop: $10 Adults/$8 Children
For more info and to buy tickets…
The Cinema Arts Centre’s ongoing film series Let’s Eat: Food
on Film partners with Slow Food North Shore to present this look at school
lunches and food politics from the viewpoint of two young girls and the quest
to find out exactly what IS on their plate. Afterwards, make veggie Sushi with
Chef Bhavani Jharoff of Slow Food North Shore.
1pm
Tomato Taste-Off
Queens County Farm
Seasonal Farm Stand
73-50 Little Neck Pkwy
Floral Park, NY
For more info:
Sunday, September 10th
10am to 4pm
11th Annual North Fork Foodie Tour
Peconic Land Trust Ag Center at Charnews Farm
3005 Youngs Ave.
Southold, NY
$25
To purchase your tickets and for more info…
Be there or be square. Great north fork food event. Looks
like several CSA members are already talking about going. We usually figure out
a time to meet for lunch at the Food Truck located at the North Fork Table and
Inn in Southold. Last chance to visit Shinn Estate Vineyard as it’s been SOLD
(and not sure of its future)!!!
Tuesday, September 12th
2:30pm to 5pm
Fall Lawn Renovation Strategies
Bridge Gardens
36 Mitchell La
Bridgehampton, NY
FREE
Sponsored by the Perfect Earth Project and presented by Paul
Wagner of Greener Pastures Organics
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Composting Workshop
Queens County Farm
73-50 Little Neck Pkwy
Floral Park, NY
$5 Member/$10 General Public
For more info and to register:
Learn how to make compost with the folks from the NYC
Compost Project out of your kitchen scraps. Will take home finished compost
from the Queens County Farm.
Thursday, September 14th
7:30pm to 9pm
Inside the Hive: Beekeeping 101
Queens County Farm
73-50 Little Neck Pkwy
Floral Park, NY
$185 Members/$200 General Public
For more info and to register:
This is a 9 session course (6 Thursdays and 3 Saturdays)
taught by Walter Blohm, beekeeper for the Queens County Farm and member of the
Long Island Beekeepers Club.
Saturday, September 16th
10am to 6pm
Garlic Festival
Garden of Eve Farm
4558 Sound Ave
Riverhead, NY
$5/FREE – Children under 6
For more info:
Long Island’s only Garlic Fest. Crafts, live music, family
fun. Rain or Shine.
10am to 6pm
Long Island County Fair
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
1303 Round Swamp Rd.
Old Bethpage, NY
$15 – Adults/$12 – Seniors (60+)/$ 8 - Children 5 to 12/FREE
– Children under 5
For more info:
Entertainment and plenty of blue ribbons!
10am to 11:30am
Organic Lawn Care
Bridge Gardens
36 Mitchell La
Bridgehampton
$5 General Public/FREE – Members
For more info and to RSVP…
Partnered with the Peconic Land Trust and the Perfect Earth
Project. Rain or shine.
10am to 11:45am
Harvesting and Enjoying Herbs
Agricultural Center at Chanews Farm
3005 Youngs Ave.
Southold, NY
$20 per person plus $10 materials fee
For more info and to RSVP…
3pm to 8pm
Food and Music Festival
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
Tilles Center Plaza
720 Northern Blvd.
Brookville, NY
FREE
For more info:
Edible Long Island and the Tilles Center sponsor a day of
food trucks, battle of the bands at 5pm (winning band opens for Blue Oyster
Cult and Jefferson Starship…your vote counts!), the Long Island Fringe
Festival…bring blankets, chairs, friends and family!
Sunday, September 17th
10am to 6pm
Garlic Festival
Garden of Eve Farm
4558 Sound Ave
Riverhead, NY
$5/FREE children under 6
For more info:
Long Island’s only Garlic Fest. Crafts, live music, family
fun. Rain or Shine.
10am to 6pm
Long Island County Fair
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
1303 Round Swamp Rd.
Old Bethpage, NY
$15 – Adults/$12 – Seniors (60+)/$ 8 - Children 5 to 12/FREE
– Children under 5
For more info:
Entertainment and plenty of blue ribbons!
11:30am to 3:30pm
Wildman Steve Brill foraging tour
Belmont Lake State Park
625 Belmont Ave.
W. Babylon, NY
$20 ($10 for under 12 years old)
To register (at least 24 hours in advance)…
Read all the info about what to bring, etc. before you sign
up and for meet-up directions. He’s awesome…’nuff said. J
Saturday, September 23rd
9am to 2pm
2107 LINPI (Long Island Native Plant Initiative) Fall Native
Plant Sale Benefit
SCC College Eastern Campus Greenhouse
121 Speonk Riverhead Rd.
Riverhead, NY
For more info and a complete list of plants for sale…
Some of the plants for sale are edible, and they’re all Long
Island natives!
10am to 6pm
Long Island County Fair
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
1303 Round Swamp Rd.
Old Bethpage, NY
$15 – Adults/$12 – Seniors (60+)/$ 8 - Children 5 to 12/FREE
– Children under 5
For more info:
Entertainment and plenty of blue ribbons!
11am to 6pm
Queens County Fair
Queens County Farm
73-50 Little Neck Pkwy
Floral Park, NY
Free – Members/$10 Adults/$5 Children 3 to 12/Free Children
up to 2 (extra fees for corn maize and other things mentioned on website)
For more info and to buy tickets:
Fun for the whole family! Beer garden, children’s
entertainment, produce/culinary/livestock blue ribbon judging (you can submit
an entry up to 9/22), environmental workshops, corn maize, arts and crafts and
much more.
Sunday, September 24th
10am to 6pm
Long Island County Fair
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
1303 Round Swamp Rd.
Old Bethpage, NY
$15 – Adults/$12 – Seniors (60+)/$ 8 - Children 5 to 12/FREE
– Children under 5
For more info:
Entertainment and plenty of blue ribbons!
11am to 6pm
Queens County Fair
Queens County Farm
73-50 Little Neck Pkwy
Floral Park, NY
Free – Members/$10 Adults/$5 Children 3 to 12/Free Children
up to 2 (extra fees for corn maize and other things mentioned on website)
For more info and to buy tickets:
Fun for the whole family! Beer garden, children’s
entertainment, produce/culinary/livestock blue ribbon judging (you can submit
an entry up to 9/22), environmental workshops, corn maize, arts and crafts and
much more.
Saturday, September 30th & Sunday,
October 1st
10am to 5pm
Hudson Valley Garlic Fest
Cantine Field
Washington Ave Ext.
Saugerties, NY
$10
For more info and tickets:
This is the big mamajama Garlic festival in our area.
Planning to go, buy about 4 pounds of certified organic Garlic and will last me
till March/April when I can start buying it at the Union Square Greenmarket it
in NYC.
Saturday, October 14th
1pm to 5pm
Wildman Steve Brill foraging tour
Sunken Meadow State Park
1 Sunken Meadow Parkway
Kings Park, NY
$20 ($10 for under 12 years old)
To register (at least 24 hours in advance)…
Read all the info about what to bring, etc. before you sign
up and for meet-up directions. He’s awesome…’nuff said. J
Thursday, October 19th to Sunday, October
22nd
Food Film Fest NYC
AMC Empire 25
234 W 42nd St.
New York, NY
$45 to $125
For more info and to buy tickets…
The 11th year of this film festival that always
includes eating something that you’ve seen on the screen.
Saturday, October 21st
10:30am/11:30am/12:30pm (tentative times…haven’t been
given the real schedule yet)
CSA Annual Pumpkin Picking Hay Ride Tour!
Green Thumb Farm
Water Mill, NY
FREE
For more info and to make reservations…stay tuned!
It’s rain or shine…unless there’s a torrential
downpour. You get to check out where your food is coming from, meet our 12th
generation farmers (Jesse and Ray for sure…maybe others) and if you have any
questions about your own vegetable and herb gardens…this is the time to ask
some folks that have a good deal of experience. It’s a lovely time for all on a
beautiful organic farm and my recommendation is to head to Bay Burger for
something to eat afterwards. Everyone I’ve sent there has been pleased so far and
made return visits. I’m a fan of the Fish Burger/Veggie Burger/Falafel
Pita/Veggie Sides (they’re on a SMALL card on the counter where you order…we
usually get both of whatever they offer)/local craft Beers/local Ice Cream.
Everything there is good and they sometimes have a grass-fed Beef burger
option. Plus, a separate room for folks with young kids with a big screen tv
that has Nickelodeon on it most of the time…
This is for CSA members of Green Thumb CSA – Huntington (and
the farm’s other CSAs at Brookhaven Lab, our farm’s farm stand CSA, Long Island
City – Queens, and Cobble Hill – Brooklyn) and immediate family members only!
If you’re sharing a CSA share, only one person/family is
allowed to attend (the farm doesn’t recognize anyone but the official CSA
members) so if you went to the Strawberry picking, you might want to let your
share partner come to this one. You must sign up under the name of the CSA
member if that’s not you!
If you attend the tour, you get a 10% discount on your
purchases at the farm stand (check first to see if there are any restrictions
on the discount but I think it’s everything)!
Saturday, October 28th
11:30am to 4pm
A Harvest Homecoming 20th Anniversary Celebration
Dominican Village
Helen Butler Hall
565 Albany Ave
Amityville, NY
$60
For more info and to buy tickets…
A fundraiser for Homecoming Farm, a CSA on property owned by
Dominican sisters. Music by Homecoming CSA member Angela Solomon’s band, Steel
Impressions. There will be raffle prizes, wine, and children are encouraged to
come in costume since it’s close to being Halloween. Catered by Iavarone
Brothers (Do they use anything from the farm? Or is anything organic? Don’t
know).
Sunday, October 29th
10am to 5pm
Oktoberfest
Garden of Eve Farm
4558 Sound Ave
Riverhead
FREE
For more info:
Featuring the new Garden of Eve Brewery. Farm tour, live
music, family fun.
11:30am to 3:30pm
Wildman Steve Brill foraging tour
Belmont Lake State Park
625 Belmont Ave.
W. Babylon, NY
$20 ($10 for under 12 years old)
To register (at least 24 hours in advance)…
Read all the info about what to bring, etc. before you sign
up and for meet-up directions. He’s awesome…’nuff said. J
Sunday, November 5th
10am to 6pm
NAVEL Expo
Huntington Hilton
598 Broadhollow Rd.
Melville
For more info:
If you’re interested in alternative/holistic health and
healthy living…this is the event for you! Lectures by many well known holistic
health doctors and practitioners.
Saturday, November 25th
1pm to 5pm
Wildman Steve Brill foraging tour
Sunken Meadow State Park
1 Sunken Meadow Parkway
Kings Park, NY
$20 ($10 for under 12 years old)
To register (at least 24 hours in advance)…
Read all the info about what to bring, etc. before you sign
up and for meet-up directions. He’s awesome…’nuff said. J
February 2nd to February 11th
The Real Truth About Health
Huntington Hilton
598 Broadhollow Rd.
Melville
FREE
To register and for more info:
This is a holistic nutrition event filled with top names in
the field…T. Colin Campbell, Joel Fuhrman MD, Caldwell Esselstyn MD, Brian
Clement, Gabriel Cousens MD, Devra Davis, Brenda Davis and much more. FYI…the
focus is on a vegan diet.
3.CSA foods that may prevent strokes
And our CSA provides 2 out of the 5 categories of foods
(Greens, and we’ve gotten dried Black Turtle Beans in the past)…
These foods all contain Magnesium (apparently there’s a good
chance we’re all short of it). If you want to know more about Magnesium, check
out the book Magnificent Magnesium by Dr. Dennis Goodman (head of integrative
cardiology at NYU Langone in NYC…have met him – very interesting and kind).
4.Click to change the world (or at least try J )…
Tell Gov. Cuomo to stop Monsanto from making false claims
about the safety (not) of Glyphosate (Roundup) that hurt workers…
5.What you actually got last week
Week #14
August 31, 2017
1.Tomatoes, Mini: Mix (Red Cherry & Goldie) – 1 pt. -
$4.50
2.Lettuce: Leaf, Red – 1 head - $3.25
3.Kale, Lacinato – 1 bunch - $3.75
4.Beans, Snap – Romano OR Wax/Yellow – 1 lb. (1 bag) - $4.00
5.Cilantro – 1 bunch - $3.25
Total Items: 5
Total Amount: $18.75
(we pay $18.50 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we get
a bit more – this week it was $.25 - and it adds up over the course of the
season and so far that total is $21.75…so we’ve already gotten over one entire
share’s worth of extra produce that our farmer gave us and we didn’t pay
for…and the season isn’t even half over yet…lucky us! J )
6.Vitamin K and the CSA!
The Vitamin K foods mentioned in the article that we get at
our CSA are Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, Kale, Parsley, Spinach and
Swiss Chard (and sure there are more that just weren’t listed)…
7.Non-toxic cleaning suggestions…
There’s a lot of ways to muck up food from seed to table.
One of them is not keeping up on kitchen hygiene (many cases
of food poisoning are not caused by the food itself, but by human error in
hygiene in the prep process or kitchen cleaning) or cleaning your kitchen with
cleaning products that add chemicals to an area where you might not want to add
them (somewhere you’re preparing and eating food).
Here’s some suggestions on how to keep your kitchen clean
using non-toxic cleaning products you make yourself (and saving money in the
process)…
8.And now for something completely different…
Now that cooler weather is coming (sorry…but that’s the
truth of it), you can crochet yourself some Ramen!
The video instructions are in Japanese but I bet there are
those among you who could do this just from watching.
The elements are…Ramen noodles (taken from the Chinese
noodle La Mian…and if the “l” is pronounced with an “r” as it is in Japan, it
becomes Ramen), Char Siu (pork slices), Menma (Bamboo Shoots…I ask for them to
NOT be used in my Ramen as they have MSG in them…most are taken from a can and
they don’t have to include MSG on the label so you can’t tell by looking at the
can), Tamago (Egg), Negi (Scallions), and I guess they use little pieces of Red
Yarn for the, what I’m pretty sure is the type of Tsukemono (Japanese Pickles)
called Beni Shoga (pickled Ginger).
Guess you can tell I’ve eaten my fair share of Ramen! J
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