Happy Spring!
Thanks so much to everyone who was a member of Green Thumb
CSA – Huntington last year in 2017! J
This is the long overdue email telling you what you got on
the last day of the CSA AND gives us the grand total of how much extra stuff
our farm gave us last year…plus a few more things. J Like that the CSA is starting next week and hope that
you’ll be rejoining!
Sending a 2nd email with the CSA paperwork
that you can either (and please let me know what you plan to do so I know where
to look for it)…
- Drop off at the Cinema Arts Centre (contract and two checks) from now till Wednesday night so I can copy the paperwork and hand to Farmer Jesse on Thursday
- Bring everything with you to the CSA on Thursday
New this year…price of the Farm Fee went up $1.50 per week
but everything else is the same, we WILL be having a CSA Winter Share this year
from December 20th to February 13th (more on that later),
and we’ll be having monthly CSA meetings and restaurant outings (see #4 below).
This week’s email…
- Want to pick up at the CSA next week, Thursday, June 7th? Just say YES! J
- Click to change the world (or at least try)
- What you actually got…a long time ago J
- Events…both near and far
- 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. Want to pick up at the CSA next week, Thursday, June 7th?
Just say YES!
If you want to start the CSA next week (or later), (please call 631-421-4864) and say 3 things…
- YES…you want to rejoin the CSA
- WHEN…June 7th or some other day…and please say when
- FLOWERS…are you getting a Flower Share (or more than one) as there might be flowers the first week (right now the only people I know getting flowers are me and Mr. Carew)
2.Click to change the world (or at least try J )
A.Tell Senators to vote against the current Farm Bill unless
harmful provisions to health and the environment are removed…
B.Tell Amazon to stop selling unlabeled GMO Apples…
C.Take a stand for clear GMO labeling…
3.What you actually got…a long time ago J
Week #28
December 7, 2017
- Squash, Winter*: Butternut – 1 - $2.50
- Arugula/Curly Cress** Mix – 1 bunch - $3.25
- Jerusalem Artichokes*** – 1 lb. (1 bag) - $6.25
- Mustard Greens**** – 1 bunch - $3.25
- Garlic – ¼ lb. (1 bag) - $3.75
Total Items: 5
Total Amount: $18.75
(We pay $18.50 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we get
a bit more ($.25 this week) and it adds up over the course of the season. So
far that total is now $32.75…so, at the end of this year, we’re only $4.25
short of having gotten TWO weeks worth of produce that our farmer gave us that
we didn’t pay for…lucky us! J
Herb Share – December 1A
Sage AND Thyme
*
A Guide to Winter Squash: How to Choose, Store and Cook Your
Gourds
**
Curly Cress (Upland Cress/Cresson) – use sparingly (it’s
spicy) in Salads, on Sandwiches or Wraps, or make Pesto substituting Basil with
Cress
Eat it! It’s good for you…
A member of our sister CSA in Cobble Hill Brooklyn got Curly
Cress and Jerusalem Artichokes one week like we are this week…
***
Jerusalem Artichoke Soup
****
Mustard Greens are considered by this website to be one of
the 100 most healthy foods (and he confirms my way of storing greens by putting
in a plastic bag and squishing out all the air possible and then sealing…I tie
it in a knot and also wrap in paper towels so they don’t get slimy, and label
the bag with what it is and the date so it doesn’t go to waste by knowing when
to use it and what’s in the bag)!
4.Events…both near and far
Monday, June 11th
7pm
Green Thumb CSA - Huntington Culinary Extravaganza
Chopt
8285 Jericho Tpke (corner of Woodbury Rd. in the Woodbury
Common shopping center)
Woodbury
The first gathering of the year of our CSA’s dining club
(next one will be in NYC and we’ll alternate every month between local and
city…keep checking out your CSA emails). Chopt uses some local foods, is
friendly to various diets (vegan/paleo/gluten-free), reasonably priced, and
some of the food items are organic! Every few months they have specials with a
theme and the current one is Global Street Food. All CSA members and family welcome!
If you’re interested in going, let me know.
Saturday, June 16th
10am to noon
CSA Monthly Meeting
Cinema Arts CentreSky Room Cafe
423 Park Ave
Huntington
We’ll be viewing an episode of Alton Brown’s show Good Eats
that’s all about Strawberries to prepare us for the following week’s visit to
the farm for the Strawberry picking tour. The Sky Room Café will be open around
10:30pm to purchase snacks/drinks.
Meeting Schedule…
10 to 10:15 – gather
10:15 to 10:45 – Good Eats – Strawberries
10:45 to noon – chat about…future meetings (will alternate
between weekday evenings and weekends), restaurant outings, etc.
Saturday, June 23rd
10:30am to 1:30pm (to be confirmed)
Annual CSA Strawberry Pickin’ Farm Tour (rain or shine)
Green Thumb Farm
2 Rose Hill Rd (and Montauk Hwy)Water Mill
For more info:
631-726-1900 (call between 9:30am and 4:30pm)
Directions are basically to go past the Green Thumb Farm
farm stand (if you’re headed east), make the first right and the first driveway
to the right is the path to the farm tour. Park along the road and walk down
the path and there should be a sign-in table right there.
We’re invited to visit our farm twice a year so this is one
of them (next one not till October). It’s a one hour walking tour of a small
section of the farm (it IS 100 acres) that ends with us getting set loose in
the Strawberry patch to pick Strawberries! Everyone that comes is given a quart
basket to fill. The event is rain or shine.
We also get a 10% discount on everything purchased at the
farm stand.
It’s for CSA members and immediate family only. If you’re
sharing a CSA share, the way people usually work it out is one person/family
goes in June and the other takes October, as your share partner isn’t
recognized as a CSA member by the farm, but they are with the CSA.
Suggestion for somewhere to eat before or after your Green
Thumb Farm visit…Bay Burger in Sag Harbor (not far, and everyone I’ve sent
there so far has liked it). The unheralded star of this place are the 2 veggie
sides (from local farms). They may have local beef, sometimes there’s a grass
fed option, TWO veggie options (Black Bean and Falafel) and the best fish
sandwich…ever. These people bake their own burger buns. There’s also locally
made ice cream from Joe & Liza, and craft local beer. There’s also a
separate room if you have younger kids that has kid friendly tv.
4.And now for something completely different…
Pie…ummmm…gooooood…and beautiful! And one of the featured
piemakers is Carissa’s out in East Hampton…maybe will have to visit after the
CSA farm tour on the 23rd!
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