Happy Autumn!
CSA Farm Tour date changed to October 27th
(see below under Events) and the farm is now taking RSVPs.
CSA weather report…WWW (warm/windy/wet)…in the
mid-70s and possible flooding, so leave plenty of time to get to the CSA (don’t
leave your CSA food in the car for an extended period of time…still too warm)
HURRICANE ALERT!
We’re not having a hurricane YET but please read this now…
This is hurricane season and will be followed by the
possibility of snow and ice before the CSA ends for the season. So, please be
aware…
- If
you don’t get any emails on any given week, show up to the CSA at the
usual time and place, and if you’re able…show up to offer to work at
3:30pm or 5:30pm in case there’s a need. The reasons for non-communication
could be A) computer problems (storm or no), B) power outages, and C) the
X factor (unknown at the present time but…stuff happens).
- Keep
in mind that the farm will show up and deliver food like the post office
talks about the weather…rain, sleet, etc., so your CSA share will be at
the Cinema Arts Centre waiting for you, unless there’s several feet of
snow (or a serious ice storm or flooding) and no one is able to go
anywhere. We’ve had food delivered during Hurricane Sandy, and during
snowstorms.
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 #19
October 11, 2018
- Lettuce – 1 head
- Squash, Winter* - 1
- Mizuna – 1 bunch
- Peppers, Sweet**
- Beans, Snap*** (not sure if will be Snap or Shelling so
as always…check the CSA Wall Chart, read the Veg Info Sheets on the food
at the CSA, and don’t hesitate to ask questions – you can ALWAYS email or
call me for any info regarding CSA food)
- Radishes OR Scallions**** - 1
Total Items: 6
Herb Share – Oct 1A
Oregano***** AND Rosemary******
*One of the world’s healthiest foods…
**One of the world’s healthiest foods…
***One of the world’s healthiest foods…
**** Though Scallions aren’t Onions, they’re in the same
family (Allium) and have very similar benefits and are mentioned…One of the
world’s healthiest foods…
*****Listed as one of the world’s healthiest foods…
******Listed as one of the world’s healthiest foods…
DO NOT LEAVE MESSAGES FOR THE CSA WITH THE CINEMA BOX
OFFICE STAFF!!! We don’t always get the messages…at all (people
forget…and it’s not their job), and the Box Office staff doesn’t always give
correct info. Ask to be transferred to the Café to speak to someone at the CSA.
If not, the CSA will not be responsible if your food isn’t left at the Box
Office to be picked up, or for anything else you might have wanted to
communicate to the CSA staff.
This email includes…
- What
you need to know
- It’s
time to weigh our CSA food!!!
- Butternut
Squash made simple
- Click
Activism – changing the world one click at a time
- What
to eat for healthier teeth and gums
- Events…both
near and far
- Recipes
to lessen food waste and save money!
- What
you actually got last week
- 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 actions.
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. If someone is picking up food for you,
please remind them to bring bags with them.
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 (make sure
to ask to speak to someone at the CSA) and 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 somewhere between 10pm
and 11pm). If not, it won’t be there on Friday.
Place – Sky Room Café in the Cinema Arts
Centre at 423 Park Ave, Huntington (if otherwise, you’ll be informed)
Parking – park in the lot 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 sign-in desk
- 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 at the CSA that
day what the story is (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 get distracted, but if you arrive 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.
We send a 2nd email with the list for the week
and the Veggie Info Sheet attachments that you’ll get because of a) concern if
I send one email with attachments it might end up in junk/spam and you might
not be in the habit of looking for it there yet, and b) modern communications
technology not being all it’s cracked up to be so trying to hedge success rate
in getting info out to you.
2.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 42 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 1/2 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 J )
Recipes and includes how to roast it whole…don’t have to cut
it up…look under the Butternut Squash Breakfast Bowl recipe…
4.Click Activism – changing the world one click at a time
A.Ask your members of Congress that the head of the Office
of Children’s Health Protection and Office of the Science Advisor (both located
at the EPA) be reinstated at the highest level. To read more about what this is
about and why it’s important…
B.Tell the EPA to get Monsanto’s cancer causing chemical
glyphosate out of our food…
5.What to eat for healthier teeth and gums
No sugar (no surprise there J
), and include a variety of foods that have lycopene (to absorb lycopene into
your body…cook foods and make sure there’s fat with it…ex. - cooked Tomatoes
with Olive Oil). Our CSA provides with a number of them…Asparagus (not for the
past few years but they’re working on it with a new Asparagus patch), Basil,
Cabbage (red), Carrots, Parsley, Peppers (red), Tomatoes (red), Watermelon (not
this year but we’ve gotten them other years and very well may again)…
6.Events…both near and far
Thursday, October 11th
10am to 11am
iEat Green with Bhavani online radio show
Progressive Radio Network
Always interesting guests. You can also check out the
archives for other shows.
Thursday, October 11th to Wedneday, October
17th
7 Day Metabolism Reset Challenge
Online educational series
FREE
To register…
Lose weight, eliminate fatty liver disease, feel better! You
will be asked to buy the book…but you don’t have to!
Wednesday, October 17th to Tuesday, October
23rd
Healing Cancer World Summit
Online conference
FREE
To register…
Hosted by cancer survivor, Kriss Carr (author of Crazy Sexy
Cancer), this week long online conference will feature lectures by Christiane
Northrup MD, Iyanla Vanzant, Louise Hay, Nick Ortner (the Tapping
Solution), Chris Wark (healed of stage 3 colon cancer with surgery,
nutrition and natural therapies), and many others.
Saturday, October 27th
10:30am, 11:30am & 12:30pm
Annual CSA Pumpkin Picking Farm Tour
Green Thumb Farm
Water Mill
FREE
Call to RSVP:
631-726-1900 (M to Su 9:30am to 4:30pm)
This tour is for CSA members and immediate family only
(sorry, but if you share a CSA share with someone, only the person listed on
the contract is a CSA member…however, if the CSA member isn’t coming, you can
show up and use their name to RSVP). Last time to get a behind the scenes tour
of our farm and talk to our farmers (Got a garden? Got questions? These are the
guys to ask J ).
This is a hayride tour of a different section of the farm
than we toured in June during Strawberry picking.
Also, there’s usually a discount at the farm stand for those
attending the farm tour (will check on that).
Saturday, November 3rd
8am to 5pm
LI Food Conference: Food as a Solution
LIU Post
Northern Blvd.
Brookville
$30 (before 10/22)/$40 (starting 10/22)/$15 Student (ID
required)/FREE – students of LIU Post students…online registration required
To buy tickets…
A project of the Long Island Food Coalition (connected to
the North Shore Land Alliance). Scheduled speakers include Frances Moore Lappe
(author of the classic Diet for a Small Planet), Sally Fallon (author of the
classic Nourishing Traditions), celebrity chef/food activist Tom Colicchio,
Ellen Kamhi – the Natural Nurse, and Karen Washington (co-founder of Black
Urban Gardeners and founder of Rise and Root Farm in the Bronx). Breakfast and
lunch are included in the price of the ticket. Other groups involved in the
conference are the North Shore Land Alliance, Sierra Club, LIU, Long Island
Cares, Slow Food and iEat Green.
Sunday, November 18th
2pm to 7pm
Healthy Planet’s 25th Annual Turkey-free
Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner & Lecture
Sustainability Institute at Molloy College
7180 Republic Airport
Farmingdale
$10 – Members/$15 – General Public/FREE – under 12 years old
(however, add $10 to each category if not bringing any food to share and
eating)
To reserve, purchase tickets and become a member of Healthy
Planet:
Come for all or part of this event…I usually show up for the
lecture and raffles
2pm – Live music, complimentary soup course, socialize
3pm – Potluck begins (bring only vegan food…see website for
details…or don’t, and eat the food provided by everyone else plus some donated
from vendors)
4:30pm – Member announcements and lecture…guest speaker to
be announced.
5:30pm – Raffles and more (our farm usually donates a
“basket of plenty” for this event as a raffle prize)
Friday, January 25th to Sunday, February 3rd
9am to 9:30pm
The Real Truth About Health
Hilton Long Island
598 Broadhollow Rd.
Melville
FREE (vegan lunch, dinner and Ice Cream included every day)
For more info and to register (they need to have an idea of
how much food to provide, etc)…
They did it last year, and they’re doing it again! CSA
member Karen Rubino went and already told me she’s planning on going again. I
missed it, but paid to get permanent online access to all the lectures. This
year I plan to attend at least some of them (10 days 12 hours a day…quite a commitment
of time). You can also watch the lectures streaming live (and need to register
for access). Some of the speakers this year include…Brian Clement (Hippocrates
Health Institute), Joel Fuhrman MD (latest book, one of many, is Super
Immunity), Joel Kahn MD (holistic cardiologist), Vandana Shiva (I MUST go see
her… a read “shero” of mine J ),
Jeffrey Smith (expert on GMO issues), and MANY more (a total of 35 speakers).
The focus is a vegan lifestyle, but there’s something for everyone if you’re
interested in healthy living, eating, and alternative/holistic medicine.
7.Recipes to lessen food waste and save money!
Recipes to help use up…root vegetables, fruit, milk, meat…
Why be concerned about wasting food? Besides the fact that
we throw away money when we throw away food, it contributes to global warming
so every little bit every person can do DOES make a difference…
40% of food in America is wasted!
Cook it (and eat it J
), store it, share it…just don’t waste it.
Good website for helpful hints, recipes, etc….
8.What you actually got last week
Week #18
October 4, 2018
- Tomatoes: Red and/or Paste/Plus/Roma: Red* - up to but
not over 2 lbs. - $5.76
- Leeks** – 1 bunch – 4.50
- Tat Soi – 1 bunch - $3.50
- Lettuce:
Romaine – 1 head – 3.50
- Okra: Green and Red/Purple mix*** - ½ lb. bag - $3.25
Total Items: 5
Total Amount: $20.50
(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 we got an
extra $1.75 So far that total is $18.50 which may not sound like much, but…just
wait and see! We seem to always get at least one CSA share’s worth of food
every year that we don’t pay for…some years two, and some between one and
two…it’s all good! J )
*On the list of the world’s 100 healthiest foods…
**On the list of the world’s 100 healthiest foods…
***Dr. Mercola on the health benefits of Okra (including
helpful hints for preparing…Okra water is a new one for me J )…
9.And now for something completely different…
Leave it to the Japanese is what I often say!
A fairly recent Google illustration celebrating their
anniversary asked a question (one of many in the animated illustration) I
didn’t know the answer to (What is Neko Nabe?), so I looked it up…which is what
Google is so useful for…though I knew “Nabe” is a food term for A) a cooking
pot and B) a style of cooking (Oden is my personal fave)…
And then I found this…Neko Nabe (cat pot)…cats and kittens
hanging out in cooking devices (apparently it’s still a thing many years after
the book came out J )!
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