Happy Summer!
CSA weather report…warm/a bit humid
NO CSA NEXT WEEK! It’s the 4th of
July…enjoy, and see you on Thursday, July 11th! 😊
This email includes…
- What you need to know
- Prizes!
- Events…both near and far
- 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 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 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.
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.
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, 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 #4
June 27, 2019
- Lettuce – 1 head
- Mustard Greens* – 1 bunch
- Radishes** – 1 bunch
- Sorrel – 1 bunch
- Peas, Snow – 1 bag
Total Items: 5
Herb Share – July 2B
Savory, Summer*** AND Thyme, Lemon****
* Mustard Greens…good World’s Healthiest Food article with
general and health info, and recipes…
**Root to Shoot tip - Radish Greens Pate recipe…
*** Savory, Summer… no Veg Info Sheet so…(and
very similar to Winter Savory)…info on what to cook with, medicinal uses, etc…
****Thyme…good World’s Healthiest Food article with general
and health info, and recipes…
2.Prizes!
Win organic Hemp Oil, Sunflower (organic) Chili Oil and Hemp
Cake (protein powder good in smoothies or in baking for starters)…
3.Events…both near and far
Wednesday, June 19th to Thursday, June 27th
The Human Longevity Project
Online 9 part documentary series
FREE
To sign up…
Wanna bet they’re going to be talking about eating whole
plant foods? Maybe even organic? 😊 Some of the people
featured in this series are Dr. Mark Hyman and Dr. David Perlmutter (haven’t
gotten the complete list yet).
Sunday, July 28th
12pm
Curing the Incurable with Gary Null
Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave
Huntington
$11 – Cinema Members/$16 – General Public
For more info and to buy tickets…
Gary Null will be at the Cinema Arts Centre with his latest
documentary focusing on doctors who are “curing the incurable” without drugs or
surgery. It’s pretty safe to assume that part of this process is going to
involve eating certified organic vegetables, herbs and fruits! 😊
4.What you actually got last week
Week #3
June 20, 2019
- Lettuce: Boston, Green – 1 head - $3.50
- Swiss Chard* – 1 bunch - $4.00
- Lavender – 1 bunch - $3.50
- Strawberries** – 1 pt. - $3.75
- Peas, Sugar Snap – .4 lb. bag - $3.25
- Curly Cress*** – 1 bunch - $3.25
Total Items: 6
Total Amount: $21.25
(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 we got an
extra $1.25! So far that’s a grand total of $3.50 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 didn’t pay for…some years two, and some
between one and two…it’s all good! 😊)
*Swiss Chard…good World’s Healthiest Food article with
general and health info, and recipes…
**Strawberries…good World’s Healthiest Food article with
general and health info, and recipes…
*** Curly Cress (also known as Pepper Cress)…
It’s speecy spicy, very good for you, and goes well in small
amounts in any salad, sandwich, or wrap for starters…read on…
The stems can be tough (I’m breaking the tender parts off
that I’m putting on my Salads and Sandwiches like I do with Asparagus), so I’m
thinking of cutting them into ¼” pieces and starting to throw them into stir
fries so they don’t get wasted (good source of fiber, and any green
vegetable…or in this case I think it’s considered a “pot herb”…is very good for
us)…
5.And now, for something completely different 😊
Fun with fruit!
I think they’re growing Blackberries at Green Thumb Farm but
not in enough quantities for us to get them at the CSA (or at least not yet 😊
)…
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