Happy Summer (till September 22nd)!
CSA weather report…warm and humid
Important…if you call the Box Office to have a
bag packed for a late CSA pickup (by 10pm), do NOT leave messages at the Box
Office and expect the CSA to get them. It doesn’t always happen (it didn’t last
week…not good). You MUST speak directly to someone from the CSA. The call can
easily be transferred to the Sky Room Café where someone from the CSA can take
the phone call.
Also important…if you send anyone to the CSA
to pick up food, please tell them to BRING BAGS!
It’s
time to weigh our CSA food!
- 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.
- 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!
- Bring your reading glasses, or
ask someone to help if you can’t see the numbers on the scale clearly.
- 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 35 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 2 POUNDS of produce and 1 or 2 CSA members (and one of them could be
you) won’t get the food they paid for.
- 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)
This email includes…
- What you need to know
- Bulk Tomatoes still
available!
- Prizes
- Click activism – you
don’t have to do much, or spend any money, to help make a positive change
in the world
- What you actually got
last week
- Anti-depressant foods!
- And now, for something
completely different 😊
Anything in these emails not directly related to the
functioning of the CSA feel free to take or leave at your discretion, and
anything related to health issues always consult with your physicians before
taking any action.
1.What you need to know (will be either new info to
first time CSA members, or reminders/old hat to returning CSA members)…
Before you leave the house…BRING BAGS
to pack up your food (CSA members are responsible for packing up their own
shares) – canvas/plastic/paper…bring whatever suits your fancy. The CSA does
NOT provide bags for CSA members.
Time – 3:30pm to 7:30pm
IF you need to pick up later than 7:30pm, call the Cinema
Arts Center Box Office between 3pm to 7:30pm at 631-423-7610 xt 0 and ask to
speak to someone from the CSA. We can pack a bag for you and leave it at the
Box Office but it MUST be picked up before the Box Office closes (call the Box
Office to check the time…lately it’s been 9:30pm). If not, it won’t be there on
Friday. And do not leave a message at the Box Office…YOU
MUST SPEAK TO SOMEONE FROM THE CSA (otherwise the CSA will not be
responsible if your food doesn’t get packed and left for you).
Place – Sky Room Café in the Cinema Arts
Centre at 423 Park Ave, Huntington
Parking – park in the all the way around at
the back of the building by the day care center (you’ll see a fenced in
playground area with a sandbox)
When you arrive at the CSA –
- Check in at the desk with our friendly CSA worker
- Read the Wall Chart that tells us every week what we’re
getting, how much we’re getting, and what the farm charged us for it…some
weeks it’s take one of everything but SOME WEEKS IT’S NOT!!! So you have
to make sure you read the Wall Chart every week, and not assume anything.
You can also ask your fellow CSA members that are working that day what
the story is for the day (they should have name tags on).
Before you leave the CSA – Make sure you have
everything on the list! If you get to talking with people, have kids with you,
etc., it can be easy to be distracted and if you get home and find out you
don’t have everything that was on the list, you’re out of luck because at
7:31pm the food is donated to a local food organization that’s waiting to pick
it up and get on their way.
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, and feel
free to ask for suggestion/info/recommendations!
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 #13
September 5, 2019
- Squash, Summer* – ? – read CSA Wall Chart for details
- Beans, Snap (same as Green Beans)** – ? – read CSA Wall
Chart for details
- Peppers, Sweet/Peppers, Hot: Shishito*** – ? - read CSA
Wall Chart for details
- Radishes – 1 bunch
- Lettuce – 1 head
Total Items: 5
*Summer Squash is one of the world’s healthiest foods (good
info and recipes)!
**Snap Beans (Green Beans) are one of the world’s healthiest
foods (good info and recipes)!
***Shishito Peppers – they’re both Sweet and Hot (1 out of
every 10…maybe…are spicy/hot but you can’t tell before unless you rub a cut
part against your finger and give a taste…I’d only bother checking after
cooking the whole batch since most won’t be hot at all…and then again – I don’t
mind the heat 😊)…
Basic recipes…
More ambitious…
Sweet Peppers are one of the world’s healthiest foods (good
info and recipes)!
And so are Hot Peppers…
2.Bulk Tomatoes still available!
If you want to taste a little bit of summer all winter long,
consider freezing, dehydrating, or canning a bunch of certified organic
Tomatoes (or turn them into Tomato Sauce first and then freeze or can) from our
farm (Green Thumb).
Here’s what Dr. Tom Cowan (author of Human Heart, Cosmic
Heart) does with his bulk Tomatoes…
There’s still time to order 20 lb. boxes for $45.00 to be
delivered to the CSA on 9/12.
If you’re interested…
- Let suzanne j zoubeck
know when you’re at the CSA when you’d like them delivered
- Respond to this email
- Leave a voice message at
631-421-4864
- Pay with cash (receipt
provided) or a check made out to Halseys Green Thumb
3.Prizes
Win a 3 day stay in a cottage at Beach Plum Farm in West
Cape May, NJ…
4.Click activism – you don’t have to do much, or spend
any money, to help make a positive change in the world
A.Thanks
to CSA member Karen Rubino for sending this…
Tell
the FDA to block approval of GMO heme (one of the GMO ingredients in The
Impossible Burger and their other fake meat products)…
I’m not going to be a lab rat for these food-like products
and if you don’t want to either, don’t eat or buy anything from The Impossible
Burger company. They’re selling something that’s never been eaten by any living
creature after testing it on rats for TWO WEEKS! They were supposed to do a 90
day study but they never submitted it (why should they? They’re selling
Impossible Burgers nationwide already, so why bother?), and the testing should
have been for 2 years on rats at a minimum…
https://www.gmoscience.org/rat-feeding-studies-suggest-the-impossible-burger-may-not-be-safe-to-eat/
B.Tell the EPA to do their job and not re-approve glyphosate
(Round Up)…
C.Clean water, what a concept! Sign here…
D.Take action to safeguard farmworker protections so they
have stuff like clean/safe housing and fair wages…
E.Clean water for NY State…stop a gas pipeline with fracked
gas from being built thru NY water ways (if leaks/breaks will pollute water)…
5.What you actually got last week
Week #12
August 29, 2019
- Kale: Curly* – 1 bunch - $4.50
- Cantaloupe** – 1 - $4.00
- Peppers, Sweet: Lunchbox*** – 2/3 lb. bag - $4.00
- Tomatoes: Pink Heirlooms and/or Red**** - up to 2 lbs.
- $6.25
- Lettuce: Leaf, Green – 1 head - $3.50
Total Items: 5
Total Amount: $22.25
(We pay $20 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we get a
bit more, and it adds up over the course of the season. This week it was $2,
and so far it’s a grand total of $15.50 which is almost an extra CSA share! We
seem to always get at least one CSA share’s worth of food every year that we
didn’t pay for…some years two, and some between one and two…it’s all good! 😊)
*Kale one of the world’s healthiest foods (good info and
recipes)!
**Cantaloupe is one of the world’s healthiest foods (good
info and recipes)!
***Sweet Peppers are one of the world’s healthiest foods
(good info and recipes)!
****Tomatoes are one of the world’s healthiest foods (good
info and recipes)!
6.Anti-depressant foods!
Of the 22 plant foods listed, our CSA has provided us with
16 of them over the years (I include Watercress because we get Curly
Cress/Garden Cress which is similar, and Watercress sold in stores isn’t real
Watercress anyway as the real stuff must be growing near running water…like a
stream), 4 are fruits not grown in this part of the world, we don’t get Chicory
Greens (not sure where to get them) and not sure what the list means by
Dandelion Greens (most of the ones for sale aren’t real Dandelion greens from
the Dandelions we see in our suburban lawns…which are perfectly edible if the
conditions are right)…
7.And now, for something completely different 😊
Known for their creative, strange and disturbing
commercials…I hear the Ice Cream (flavors that are creative, strange and
disturbing as well 😊 ) is actually very
good…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJaLU0w5Do4
Events…both near and far
Tuesday, August 13th to Thursday, August 22nd
Square One: Healing Cancer Coaching Program (online)
FREE
To register:
This video series comes from Chris Wark, a survivor of colon
cancer. For more info on Chris Wark… https://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/
I can probably guarantee that eating organic food is going
to be part of his suggested program.
Yes, there is a sales rap to purchase this but A) you don’t
have to, and B) it might be something you’re interested in owning (or having
access to beyond the 24 hours you have to watch each episode).
Thursday, August 22nd
10am to 11pm
IEatGreen radio show
To listen to the show live (or listen to the archived
programs)…
Hosted by Long Islander Bhavani Jharoff, the guest this week
is David Kerr, the co-founder of Guayaki talking about Yerba Mate and
sustainable agriculture.
Friday, August 23rd
6pm to 7pm
Green Inside and Out
WUSB-FM/90.1 FM
Long Islander Beth Fiteni’s guest this week discuss dealing
with pests naturally and more!
7 to 11pm
Climate of Change Gala
Locust Grove
2683 South Rd.
Poughkeepsie, NY
$200
For more info and to buy tickets…
Fundraiser for NOFA-NY (the Northeast Organic Famer’s
Association – NY Chapter…the organization that certifies our farm, Green Thumb
Farm, organic…long before the USDA got involved in organic farming). Special
guests are Isabella Rossellini (actress and backyard farmer), Onika Abraham
(director of Farm School NYC), and Scott Chaskey (Quail Hill Farm, Amagansett).
Saturday, August 24th and Sunday, August 25th
10am to 5pm
39th Annual Hallockville Country Fair and Craft
Show
6038 Sound Ave
Riverhead
$8 – Adults/$5 - Ages 5 to 12 /FREE – Children 4 and
under/$20 – 2 Adults & 2 children OR 1 Adult and 3 children
For more info:
FYI - no dogs allowed.
Sunday, August 25th to Sunday, September 1st
The 5G Crisis: Awareness & Accountability Summit
(online)
FREE
To register…
File this under “live organic”. The telecommunications
industry hasn’t found 5G to be safe for your health or privacy, and there are
many peer reviewed studies presenting the risks. Understand the dangers and
find the solutions in your community.
Monday, August 26th to Thursday, August 29th
The Anxiety Revolution (online event)
FREE
To register…
Need I say more? 😊 The one person in this
lineup that I know (and would participate in any event she’s involved with) is
Ellen Kahmi, RN, know as “The Natural Nurse”.
Tuesday, August 27th
7pm - Volunteers/8pm – Food Distribution
Community Solidarity Food Share Distribution
Fairground Ave & E. 6th St.
Huntington Station
For more info and to sign up to be a volunteer (though you
can also just stop by)…
This is the group that Green Thumb CSA – Huntington has
partnered with for the last number of years to donate produce remaining at the
end of the night from our CSA.
8pm to 9pm
Green Street Radio
WBAI – FM/99.5 – FM
For more info and to listen online…
Listen to Nassau County residents, Patti & Doug Wood
(founders of the only all organic greenmarket in NY…Port Washington), talk
about environmental issues effecting us all. Shows are archived on WBAI and
available as a podcast here… http://www.greenstreetradio.com/
. The last show was about getting glyphosate (Round-Up) out of NYC Parks. They
alternate with a show called Eco-Logic.
Friday, August 30th
3pm to 7pm
Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI)
The Sisters of St. Joseph
1725 Brentwood Rd.
Brentwood
To register…
To get directions (you’ll need them)…
Support our native plant species (some are edible) and
volunteer to pull weeds at the LINPI. This is a potluck so bring something to
share (or don’t, and just weed and leave). You’ll be out in the sun so dress
accordingly.
Tuesday, September 3rd to Wednesday,
September 11th
Natural Medicine Secrets (online documentary series)
FREE
To register…
Some of the heavy hitters of holistic health…Dr. Joel
Fuhrman, Dr. Joel Kahn, Dr. Dean Ornish, and many other interesting speakers,
are participating in this series.
Sunday, September 8th
10am to 4pm
13th Annual North Fork Foodie Tour
Peconic Land Trust Ag Center at Charnews Farm
3005 Youngs Ave
Southold, NY
$25/Free – under 12 years old
For more info…
To buy tickets…
It’s great…just go! 😊 If the weather is good
and a bunch of us CSA folks are going, maybe we can all meet at the North Fork
Table & Inn Food Truck for lunch (TBD).
Wednesday, September 11th
7pm to 9pm
The Read Truth about Health Conference planning meeting
Hilton Hotel
598 Broadhollow Rd.
Melville
FREE
For more into about the conference…
Vegan food will be provided.
Friday, September 13th and Saturday,
September 14th
5th Annual Food Lab Conference
SUNY Stony Brook
39 Tuckahoe Rd.
Southampton
$75 to $200
For more info and to buy tickets…
Keynote speaker is Lidia Bastianich. An event for eaters,
bakers, brewers, fishers, farmers and winemakers.
Saturday, September 14th
4:30pm to 7:30pm
Harvest Moon: An evening of expressive agriculture
Orkestai Farm
Planting Fields Arboretum
1395 Planting Fields Rd.
Oyster Bay
$100 - $1,000
For more info and to buy tickets…
This is a fundraiser for Orkestai Farm (non-profit farm that
provides education in sustainable farming and the arts for teens and young
adults of all abilities) that will include live music and dance performances,
and farm-to-table food and beverages (alcoholic and non). Our CSA member, Patti
Woods, is on the board and does workshops on fibre art.
For more info on the farm…
Sunday, September 15th
10am to 4:30pm
Over 50 Fair
Hilton Long Island
598 Broadhollow Rd.
Melville
$6 – Advance/$8 – Door/FREE – veterans with ID (can bring
one adult child with each paid admission)
For more info:
Workshops on essential oils, yoga, meditation, and
alternative health, along with other topics like real estate, conventional
medicine, etc. and live music. Also will be collecting non-perishable food and
financial donations for the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN).
Saturday, September 21st
Noon to ???
Farm Aid
Alpine Valley Music Theater
East Troy, WI
To get tickets and for more info…
If you can’t attend, you can usually watch the concert live
online! And if you want to donate, go to the website and contribute, OR support
Farm Aid by buying stuff from their store. Think I’ll treat myself to an
organic cotton bandana! 😊
Wednesday, September 25th
7 to 9pm
Citizens for 5G Awareness
Huntington Hilton
598 Broadhollow Rd
Melville
For more info contact Debbie:
Join a group of people that are active regarding educating
the public about the health concerns around 5G wireless technology.
Wednesday, October 2nd
7pm to 9pm
The Read Truth about Health Conference planning meeting
Hilton Hotel
598 Broadhollow Rd.
Melville
FREE
For more into about the conference…
Vegan food will be provided.
Wednesday, October 16th
7 to 9pm
Citizens for 5G Awareness
Huntington Hilton
598 Broadhollow Rd
Melville
For more info contact Debbie:
Join a group of people that are active regarding educating
the public about the health concerns around 5G wireless technology.
Wednesday, November 6th
7pm to 9pm
The Read Truth about Health Conference planning meeting
Hilton Hotel
598 Broadhollow Rd.
Melville
FREE
For more into about the conference…
Vegan food will be provided.
Wednesday, November 20th
7 to 9pm
Citizens for 5G Awareness
Huntington Hilton
598 Broadhollow Rd
Melville
For more info contact Debbie:
Join a group of people that are active regarding educating
the public about the health concerns around 5G wireless technology.
Saturday, November 16th
9am to 5pm
Beekeeping for the Future
The Pfeiffer Center
260 Hungry Hollow Rd.
Chestnut Ridge, NY
$95
For more info and to register…
If you’re thinking of getting Honeybees next spring, now is
the time to prepare. If you’ve been beekeeping for a year or two, this is a
good place to ask questions and learn new things. This is where I’m going to
take classes if I ever get around to being able to have Bees in my backyard.
Wednesday, December 4th
7pm to 9pm
The Read Truth about Health Conference planning meeting
Hilton Hotel
598 Broadhollow Rd.
Melville
FREE
For more into about the conference…
Vegan food will be provided.
Wednesday, December 18th
7 to 9pm
Citizens for 5G Awareness
Huntington Hilton
598 Broadhollow Rd
Melville
For more info contact Debbie:
Join a group of people that are active regarding educating
the public about the health concerns around 5G wireless technology.
Wednesday, January 8th
7pm to 9pm
The Read Truth about Health Conference planning meeting
Hilton Hotel
598 Broadhollow Rd.
Melville
FREE
For more into about the conference…
Vegan food will be provided.
Friday, January 24th to Sunday, February, 2nd
The Truth About Health
Hilton Long Island
598 Broadhollow Rd.
Melville
FREE
For more info and to register (though registration for 2020
isn’t posted yet)…
If you’re interested in being a sponsor of this event (if
you have a business or service you’d like to promote)…
Vegan meals/snacks are provided. More info as it gets closer
to the event. Lots of speakers on lots of topics regarding health and the
environment.
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