Happy Summer (still summer till 4:02pm on September 22nd)!
Much thanks to all who responded to the call for help this
week. We’re good to go, but you can always ask at 3:30pm or 5:30pm in case
someone cancels at the last minute.
CSA weather report as of Tuesday evening….warm and breezy.
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.
GREEN THUMB FARM LETTER to CSA Members:
September 18, 2017
Hello Green Thumb CSA family,
Already half way through September and Fall is right around the corner, crazy! The dust has begun to settle a bit after Labor Day came and went, making most of the madness dissipate.
There are a lot of beautiful vegetables and fruits still growing in the fields, we picked our first rounds of winter squash this week, and watermelons are on their way out. The nightshades are still in abundance in all their various sizes, shapes and colors. Winter Squash, Collard Greens, Cauliflower, Broccoli and fall time cold-crops are beginning to get harvested.
We hope you all are having a nice summer and have been enjoying all the goodies that you’ve been getting.
Our fall themed pumpkin picking tour will be before we know it, and hopefully many of you can make it out to experience the farm and ask any questions you may have!
Organically Yours, The Green Thumb Farm Family
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 #17
September 21, 2017
Tomatoes:
Large, Red – up to but not over 2 lbs.
- Kale: Curly – 1 bunch*
- Lettuce – 1 head
- Beans, Snap – ¾ lb.
- Peppers, Sweet – 1 lb.
Total Items: 5
*Raw Kale Caesar Salad…
This week’s email…
- You can still purchase our organic Herb Shares (and you could do a half share with someone…I did J )!
- Events – near and far
- News from our farm, Green Thumb Farm…
- Click to change the world (or at least try J )…
- What you actually got last week
- Dr. Weil says to eat these foods to promote healthy strong bones…
- More reasons to eat Bitter Melon (and another recipe)
- 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 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, 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 $30.
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 28th (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
Tuesday, September 12th to Thursday,
September 21st
Square One Healing Cancer Coaching Sessions (online)
FREE
To register and for more info…
Hear information from Chris Wark, who had Stage 3 Colon
Cancer, who healed himself without the traditional cancer therapies of
chemotherapy and radiation. If you’re interested in healing and preventing
cancer, check this out.
Saturday, September 16th to Sunday,
September 24th
Female Brain Summit (online)
FREE
To sign up to register…
Who doesn’t want a better functioning brain, to avoid
Alzheimer’s, sleep better, and live healthier? Here’s some free info to help
(and I imagine it will have something to do with eating more vegetables and
fruits). The one doctor I’ve heard of involved is Dr. Stephen Masley, author of
the 30 Day Heart Tune-up, and Smart Fat: eat more fat, lose more weight.
Thursday, September 21st
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.
7:30pm
Bay Shore Historical Society presents…
The Doxsee Legacy – Growing up in a fishing family
Bay Shore/Brightwaters Public Library
1 South Country Rd.
Brightwaters
FREE
For more info:
Submitted by CSA member Tim Carew. Bob Doxsee, Jr. will be
talking about his family (I’m going to go out on a limb and think he’s related
to the Doxsee canned clam Doxsee’s) and refreshments will be served (could only
hope there’d be something clammy 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.News from our farm, Green Thumb Farm…
Click attachment and you’ll see what there is to see…and our
farm tour is scheduled for October 21st and that’s listed in the
events listing above.
4.Click to change the world (or at least try J )…
A.Tell California to ban Chlorpyrifos (a lot of produce
comes from California in the winter so if you don’t want to be eating it, buy
organic and/or have this banned)…
B.Tell this company (POM Wonderful pomegranate stuff and
HALO citrus) to not pollute our fruit (they’re using waste water from oil
production containing toxic chemicals to water crops in California and they
need to stop this immediately)…
5.What you actually got last week
Week #16
September 14, 2017
- Potatoes: Bora Valley – up to but not over 2 lbs. - $8.50
- Tomatoes, Mini: Sungold & Red Grape mix* – 1 pt. - $4.50
- Cabbage: Green – 1 head - $3.00
- Beans, Shelling: Soy - ½ lb. bag - $3.50
If you want to learn more than you ever knew you could learn
about Soybeans, this is the place…
Bottom line according to this website is if you’re going to
eat Soy products, eat plain old Soybeans like we’re getting, or fermented
Soybean products like Tempeh, Miso, Natto, and fermented Tofu (getting them all
certified organic so they’ll be non-GMO).
Total Items: 4
Total Amount: $19.50
(we pay $18.50 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we get
a bit more – this week it was $1.00 - and it adds up over the course of the
season and so far that total is $25…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 )
Flower Share
Week #11 – Mixed Bunch – THE END! L
Herb Share – Sept 1A
Oregano AND Parsley
*Here’s one from Mark Bittman…Summer Tomato Tart…
6.Dr. Weil says to eat these foods to promote healthy
strong bones…
And a number of them we get at our CSA…
We get…dark leafy greens (this week it’s Kale), Soy Beans
(that was last week), Spinach, Broccoli, Pumpkin Seeds (which basically means
all Winter Squash seeds as Pumpkins are Winter Squash just not all Winter
Squashes are Pumpkins), whole vegetables and fruit (if we’re lucky, Melons of
some sort may be coming soon)!
7. More reasons to eat Bitter Melon (and another recipe)
Nice post and recipe about Bitter Melon…
Bitter Melon vs Head and Neck Cancer
Bitter Melon vs Breast Cancer
Bitter Melon vs Pancreatic Cancer
Like I keep sayin’…the most medicinal vegetable on the
planet!
8.And now for something completely different…
The Vulgar Chef presents…the Eat Like Shit Cookbook!
Ridiculous, revolting, and yet oddly compelling!
If you want to get some of these recipes for free (or just
to look at the insanity…it’s the stuff that either dreams and/or nightmares are
made of J )…
If you keep up with recent food trends, you’ll recognize a
number of them…if you’re not, people are eating components of this stuff in NYC
at this very moment (like a Hamburger bun made out of ramen noodles used to
create the extremely popular Ramen Burger).
Actually, the Nutty-Ass Bacon Bourbon Bread looks good to me
(though I’d do my own thing and not use a boxed mix…same with the Twix and Oreo
Shot Glass - one could use Newman’s O’s and possibly some other Twix-like
cookie and some decent chocolate for a decadent party food – hmmmmm J ).
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