Happy Summer (finally)!
New Veggie info sheets (Garlic Greens and Scapes, Lavender & Pea) added this week and as needed. This is the link: Veggie Info Sheets.
Free organic Strawberry Picking Farm Tour coming up for CSA members this weekend, June 24th (see below for details).
This week’s email…
1.
Events – near and far
2.
Are you a supertaster? Or know anyone who is?
3.
What you actually got last week
4.
Have you purchased any home delivery meal kit
boxes?
5.
It’s not all bad news J
6.
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.Events – near and far
Saturday, June 24th
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 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.
Friday, August 11th to Sunday, August 13th
NOFA Summer Conference
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA
For more info and to register:
This is the big magilla event for organic farming/gardening
in the northeast. NOFA is the group that certifies farms organic…long before
the federal government got involved and I’m sure they would even if the federal
organic program disappears. About 1500 people attend from all the NOFA member
states (NY, NJ, MA, CT, NH, VT, RI…Main has MOGFA – they have to be different J ). I’ve been to a few and they’re great
(lectures, tours, parties, movies and more). The people going range from young
hipsters to families with kids of all ages (newborns to skulking teens…and
there are workshops for kids – used to be from 5 to teens but not sure this
year and the website has no info…I emailed them) to seniors…a general mix of
humanity. Food is local, organic and they can feed anyone from vegan to paleo
and pretty much anybody in between.
Sunday, November 5th
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.
And apparently there’s a nature/nurture component…in
Vietnam, mothers rub the juice of Bitter Melon on their babies lips starting at
age 6 months to get them used to the bitter taste (most medicinal vegetable on
the planet that we get at our CSA)…
June 15, 2017
2.
Mint – 1 bunch - $3.00
3.
Sorrel – 1 bunch - $3.00
4.
Strawberries – 1 qt. - $6.50
5.
Cress, Pepper (aka Curly/Garden)* - 1 bunch -
$3.00
Total Amount: $18.50
(we pay $18.50 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we get
a bit more and it adds up over the course of the season and so far that total
is $2.00…so we usually end up with at least one entire share’s worth of extra
produce that our farmer gives us and we didn’t pay for…lucky us! J )
Flower Share
Week #2
Sweet Williams
Pepper Cress – tangy/spicy herb that can be used raw in
salads, on sandwiches or wraps and you can toss a small amount in at the end of
a stir-fry or cooked recipe to give things a bit of a culinary punch
Peppercress Aioli…
more Peppercress recipes…the Smoothie/Juice and Hummus
recipes look pretty good (weights need to be translated as this is from the
UK)…
more recipes from a place that does Peppercress Sprouts more
than growing them in soil outdoors…
4. Have you purchased any home delivery meal kit boxes?
5.It’s not all bad news J
Australia opens up its first rescued food supermarket to
reduce food waste and make fresh food affordable to all…
6.And now for something completely different…
POTUS in food portraits…
