Happy Autumn!
CSA weather report as of Wednesday evening….cool and
pleasant.
CSA Alerts!
- November 16th – the CSA will be either outside, or in the Senior Center Cafeteria. Too soon to tell what the weather will be like so stay tuned.
- Thanksgiving – during the week of Thanksgiving, the CSA will be held on Wednesday, November 22nd, starting at 2:30pm, so plan accordingly.
- Feel free to call the box office regarding late pickups, but please do not leave messages with the box office staff…ask to speak to someone with the CSA directly. If you don’t talk directly to a CSA member, the CSA will not be responsible if your food isn’t packed up, etc. The other week the box office person forgot the name of the CSA member by the time they walked over to the CSA.
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 #24
November 9, 2017
- Squash, Winter: Acorn
- Lettuce – 1 head
- Peppers, Sweet
- Broccoli
- Sweet Potatoes
Total Items: 6
This week’s email…
- HELP! Can you help out at the CSA this week?
- You can still purchase our organic Herb Shares (you could do a half share with someone…I did J )!
- Events – near and far
- Want to get pregnant, or know someone who's trying?
- Click to change the world (or at least try J )
- Like Oreo Cookies? Read this!
- Contest!
- What you actually got last week
- Endometriosis anybody?
- GMOs and Astroturf!
- Foods good for anxiety
- 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.HELP! Can you help out at the CSA this week?
At the moment we’re still looking for ONE (1) person
who can be at the CSA this week from 3:30pm to 5:30pm.
If you can help out…
Please respond to this email ASAP…from now to noon,
Thursday, November 9th or…
- call 631-421-4864 anytime from now till noon, Thursday, November 9th or…
- call 631-423-7610 xt. 0 on Thursday, November 9th, after 3pm and ask to speak to someone from the CSA
- just stop by the CSA before 3:30pm and ask if we still need any help
2.You can still purchase our organic Herb Shares (and you
could do a half share with someone…I did J
)!
Like the Herbs in the Herb Shares you’re seeing? So
far we’ve gotten Basil, Chives, Cilantro, Dill, Lemon Basil, Mint, Oregano,
Parsley, Purple Sage, Rosemary and a bunch more!
If you’d like to get in on the rest of the Herb Share for
the season, the cost is $10.
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 November 22nd (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…
3.Events – near and far
Monday, November 5th to Monday, November 13th
Healing Hashimoto’s Summit (online event)
FREE
To register and for more info…
You just know they’re going to be talking about eating
organic food at some point. J
Thursday, November 9th
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.
Saturday, November 11th
12pm to 5pm
Vegan Shop-Up
Pine Box Rock Shop
12 Grattan St.
Bushwick, Brooklyn
FREE
For more info:
21 and over…vegan food and drink (including alcohol), and
other vegan stuff to buy.
1pm to 3pm
Zero Waste Thanksgiving!
Queens Botanical Garden
43-50 Main St.
Flushing
$6.00 General Public/FREE - Members
For more info and tickets…
Demos of delicious recipes that involve zero food waste (a
noble goal for all) using the principles of nose-to-tail (animals) and
root-to-shoot (vegetables) cooking.
Sunday, November 19th
2pm to 6:30pm
Healthy Planet’s 24th Annual Thanksgiving: Healthy,
Green & Turkey-free!
Molloy College
The Sustainability Institute
1780 Republic Airport
Farmingdale, NY
$10 – Members/$15 – General Public…add $10 if eating food
and not bringing a dish to share/FREE – under 12 years old
For more info:
Come for all or part of this yearly event (I often skip the
potluck and come for the lecture at 4:30pm)…
2pm – soup and live music
3pm – potluck begins
4:30pm – members forum and guest lecturer (TBA)
5:30pm – raffles and more!
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
Sunday, December 10th
2pm to 4:30pm
How to Survive the Holidays as a Vegan
Cold Spring Harbor Public Library, Large Meeting Room
95 Harbor Rd.
Cold Spring Harbor
FREE
Friday, January 19th to Sunday, January 21st
NOFA-NY Winter Conference
Saratoga, NY
$77 to $500 (depending on how long you stay, where you stay
and dining plans)
For more info and to register:
This is the organic conference where farmers show up because
they’re not working (or at least most of them aren’t). Good info, good food,
good parties, good time had by all that attend. Tricky part can be getting
there and back depending on the weather (can take Amtrak or Grayhound).
Includes a children’s conference for ages 6 to 12.
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.
4.Want to get pregnant, or know someone who's trying?
Guess what? Eat organic!
If you know anyone who’s trying, forward this article and
suggest they join our CSA…
And if this is true for women, it’s probably true for men as
well.
5.Click to change the world (or at least try J )
A.Tell your US Representative to support organic agriculture
in the next Farm Bill…
B.Sign on with the Skip the Slip campaign to get rid of
paper receipts (that you get when you go food shopping for starters) that are
covered with BPA (you can get receipt paper without BPA but the majority has
it) and they get on your skin…
6.Like Oreo Cookies? Read this!
I grew up dunking Oreos in milk, didn’t you?
Now, on the rare occasions I buy cookies, I get Newman-O
Cookies (they’re organic J ), and
didn’t realize they have special Dairy Free Newman-O’s for vegans!
7.Contest!
Win a cheese grotto!
Don’t know what that is? I didn’t either, so go to the link
and check it out…
8.What you actually got last week
Week #23
November 2, 2017
- Squash, Winter: Butternut – 1 - $2.50
- Arugula – 1 bunch - $3.25
- Lettuce: Crisp, Green – 1 head - $3.25
- Peppers, Sweet: Lunchbox – ¾ lb. bag - $3.50
- Leeks – 1 bunch - $3.25
- Celeriac/Celery Root – 1 - $2.50
Total Items: 6
Total Amount: $19.25
(We pay $18.50 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we get
a bit more ($.75 this week) and it adds up over the course of the season. So
far that total is $27.50…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…lucky us! J )
9.Endometriosis anybody?
Do you have, or know anyone with, Endometriosis?
If so, one of several suggestions to help from Dr. Weil
is…eat organic (and eat cruciferous vegetables which we get from our CSA…this
week it’s Broccoli)!!!!
10.GMOs and Astroturf!
Turns out that Astroturf is another problematic product
brought to you by Monsanto, makers of GMOs…
What do your children play on? Do you really want them to be
playing on this?
There’s no organizations yet that I’m aware of that have
been formed to provide safe, non-toxic alternatives or protest the use of this
stuff, but maybe you’re the person meant to start one up, or at least spread
the word that there might be problems associated with Astroturf.
11. Foods good for anxiety
And who can’t use some of that! J
Foods that our CSA provides that are on this list, and in
the recipes, are Strawberries, Sugar Snap Peas, Cabbage (to make your own
Sauerkraut), Scallions, Acorn Squash (and you can probably substitute any
orange fleshed Winter Squash for the recipe)…
12.And now for something completely different…
Our farmer believes a healthy diet is a diverse diet.
This is not a healthy diet BUT it’s amazing how us humans
can survive on an unhealthy diet for as long as we do…
And a man who lives on NOTHING but microwaved pizza (a
vegetarian who won’t eat vegetables and has diabetes which could be controlled
if he changed his diet but at the moment it doesn’t look like that’s going to
happen…there’s always hope J )…
I used to watch this tv show based on people with selective
eating disorder and occasionally I’ll still see episodes pop up…
All things in moderation (at least when it comes to food)! J
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