Happy Autumn!
CSA weather report…warm, breezy and early scattered
thunderstorms
Favorite new quote from a man I greatly admire
(author/poet/activist/farmer)…
“People
are fed by the Food Industry, which pays no attention to health, and are healed
by the Health Industry, which pays no attention to food.” - Wendell Berry
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 (or if the CSA is outside or in another location, they can still
get a CSA member to come to the Box Office to take the 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
- Organic gardening
workshop series FREE and online
- Turkeys anyone?
- 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
- Current administration
rolling back healthy school lunch guidelines
- Prizes!
- 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 РSky Room Caf̩ 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 #16
September 26, 2019
- Cauliflower* – 1 head
- Cabbage** – 1 head
- Beans, Snap: Yellow/Wax*** – ? - read CSA Wall Chart
for details
- Tomatoes, Mini**** – 1 pt.
- Lettuce – 1 head
- Cress, Curly/Pepper – 1 bunch*****
Total Items: 6
Herb Share – September 2B
Arugula AND Dill******
*Cauliflower is one of the world’s healthiest foods (good
info and recipes)!
**Cabbage is one of the world’s healthiest foods (good info
and recipes)!
***Snap Beans (another name for Green Beans and even though
this week they’re Yellow, same basic info) 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)!
*****Curly/Pepper Cress
It’s speecy spicy, very good for you, and goes well in small
amounts in any salad, sandwich, wrap for starters…read on…
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…
Web MD on “garden cress” (basically same as Pepper/Curly
Cress)…
******Dill is one of the world’s healthiest foods (good info
and recipes)!
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=71
2.Organic gardening workshop series FREE and online
The time to get ready for next spring is NOW so sign up to
get edumacted 😊 about growing vegetables/fruits/herbs in
your yard, how to do it organically, and how to maximize yields. While this gal
is located in the state of Washington, I’m sure most of what she’ll have to say
will be applicable to our neck of the woods…
3.Turkeys anyone?
Thanksgiving isn’t so far away, and now is the time to make
plans if you’d like a local/certified organic/heritage breed Turkey (sorry, but
at the moment, seems like you can’t get all three in one bird). If you want a
bird from 20 to 30 lbs., unless you’re getting a heritage breed bird, I’d
recommend getting two 10 to 15 lb. ones (you can ask me why in person…you might
not want to eat that big bird afterwards). Here are a few options…
A.Browder’s Birds – certified organic
You can reserve online with a $50 deposit fee and the birds
must be picked up at their farm in Mattituck from Monday, November 25th,
to Wednesday, November 27th
B.Makinajian Poultry Farm & Country Store – free range,
no antibiotics, no hormones
Will start taking orders after November 1st. Size
ranges from 10 to 30 lbs. Birds must be picked up at their farm in Huntington
from Monday, November 25th, to Wednesday, November 27th
between 9am to 6pm.
Give a call – 631-368-9320
Or stop by – 276 Cuba Hill Rd. (at intersection of Little
Plains Rd.), Huntington
Tell them suzanne sent you 😊 !
C.Heritage Foods – humanely raised, pasture raised, heritage
breeds, antibiotic free, not artificially inseminated
This Brooklyn based company has Turkeys available from Good
Shephard Poultry Ranch (Kansas) delivered fresh to your home (so the birds
aren’t local but the company is).
4.Click activism – you don’t have to do much, or spend
any money, to help make a positive change in the world
A.Make
big polluters pay to fix the climate catastrophe they’ve caused…cleaner planet
makes cleaner food and water…
B.Support
sustainable agricultural practices in Brazil (the rainforests are burning and
the world needs them to breathe)…I just took action to support PAN’s grassroots
partner in Brazil, to help save their community agroecology center which is
under attack. Support for local farmers and workers is more important than ever
as climate impacts accelerate. Take action here before September 30:
C.Tell
Monsanto to stop selling pesticides that kill bees…
D.Tell
3 biggest plastic polluters (of our oceans) to stop (if you want to stop eating
plastic)…
5.What you actually got last week
Week #15
September 19, 2019
- Arugula – 1 bunch - $3.50
- Kale: Russian, Red* – 1 bunch - $4.50
- Peppers, Sweet: Shishito** – ½ lb. bag - $4.25
- Tomatoes, Mini: Grape, Yellow*** – 1 pt. - $5.50
- Lettuce: Romaine – 1 head - $3.50
Total Items: 5
Total Amount: $21.00
(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 $1, and
so far it’s a grand total of $21 which is more than one 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! 😊)
Flower Share - #11
Mixed Bunch – Statice/Celosia(Cock’s Comb)/Zinnias/Gomphrena
The End!!!
*Kale is 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…
***Tomatoes are one of the world’s healthiest foods (good
info and recipes)!
6.Current administration rolling back healthy school
lunch guidelines
If this is an issue you care about, get involved in your
local school PTA or school board…
Consider getting on the email list for this group (started
by ex-Long Islander Amie Hamlin), and donate if you’ve a mind to…
7.Prizes!
Win Lodge cast iron cookware PLUS the cookbook Heirloom by
James Beard award-winning author Sarah Owens…
8.And now, for something completely different 😊
When not making some of the best dim sum in NYC at Red Farm,
chef Joe Ng is doing this…
Events…both near and far
Monday, September 16th to Sunday, October
6th
Unleash Your Inner Healer
This was recommended to me by Dr. Joel Kahn, one of my fave
holistic cardiologists (a vegan but omnivore friendly 😊
), and he’ll be one of the speakers. Tools for optimal healing, vitality and
stress reduction, while living a happier life.
Thursday, September 19th to Wednesday,
October 2nd
Healthy Aging Workshop with Deepak Chopra
FREE
For more info and to register…
In this 4 part workshop (hosted by Deepak Chopra and Dr.
Sheila Patel), you’ll be empowered to take control of your health, regain joy
and energy, and learn about the ancient healing method of Ayurveda.
Saturday, September 21st to Wednesday,
October 2nd
Regain Your Brain (online docuseries)
FREE
To register…
Speakers include holistic psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen, Dr.
Dale Bredesen (author of The End of Alzheimer’s), Micheal Breus (sleep expert),
neurologist Dr. David Perlmutter and many others. You know eating organic
produce is going to be part of this protocol.
Monday, September 23rd to October 28th
6:30pm to 10pm
Chefs Against Hunger
Tellers
605 Main St.
Islip
$175
For more info and to buy tickets:
This is a dinner series (5 course meal plus wine/spirit)
featuring some of Long Islands top chefs as a benefit for Long Island Cares.
The dates are 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28.
Monday, September 23rd to Wednesday,
October 2nd
Hacking Your Healthcare with Dr. Mark Hyman (online course)
FREE
To sign up…
Learn top strategies to work with your doctors to get the
healthcare you need. Find out which tests matter and why the results are
critical to improving your health. Topics covered…what is functional medicine,
nutrition, hormones, diabetes, inflammation, heart health, metabolism,
detoxification, and digestion.
Thursday, September 26th
10am to 11pm
IEatGreen radio show
To listen to the show live (or listen to the archived
programs)…
Hosted by Long Islander Bhavani Jharoff. Older shows can be
accessed in archives.
Noon to 1:15pm OR 9pm to 10:15pm
12 Steps to reversing Graves Disease (online seminar)
FREE
To register…
Dr. Eric Osansky (a chiropractor who has a passion about
helping people with thyroid and autoimmune thyroid conditions) is offering this
talk for the last time in 2019 so if you, or anyone you know, might be
interested…have them check this out.
6pm to 8:30pm
Cocktails in the Cloister
Rosary Hall Chapel at the Cloister
555 Albany Ave.
Amityville
$200
To register and buy tickets…
A benefit for Homecoming Farm (a project of the Sisters of
St. Dominic), the evening is a farm-to-table dinner created by the chefs of
Besito/The Shed with live music, raffles and wine.
7pm to 10:30pm (VIP reception from 6pm to 7pm)
All Joking Aside: Healthy School Food
NY Academy of Medicine
1216 5th Ave (enter on 103rd St.)
NYC
$150/$250+
For more info:
and to purchase tickets:
This is the annual gala for the Coalition for Healthy School
Food (promotes plant based eating). 25 chefs participating, comedy, raffles,
gift bags and silent auction.
Friday, September 27th
6pm to 7pm
Green Inside and Out
WUSB-FM/90.1 FM
Long Islander Beth Fiteni us the host. Rotates with Healthy
Planet radio with Huntington resident Bob DiBenedetto.
Saturday, September 28th and Sunday,
September 29th
10am to 5pm
Hudson Garlic Festival
Cantine Field
Washington Ave. Extension
Saugerties, NY
$10 (cash only)
For more info…
If you like Garlic, this is the mamajama Garlic Festival in
New York. The years I’ve gone, bought 3 to 4 lbs. of Garlic (certified
organic…not all of it is), stored it properly, and had it last till March!
Saturday, September 28th
11am to 7pm
Vegandale
Randall’s Island Park
20 Randall’s Island Park
NYC
$10 (price goes up 9/25 though it’s 9/25 and they haven’t
changed the price yet)/FREE – 12 and under
For more info and to buy tickets:
This is an international vegan food, drink (alcoholic and
non), merch, DJs, lawn games, fun fest that has a NYC location.
Chili Pepper Festival
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
455 Flatbush Ave
990 Washington Ave
Brooklyn
$30 – General/$25 – Seniors (65 and over) & Students (12
and over with student ID)/FREE – BBG Members & children under 12
For more info and to buy tickets…
Music, food, kid friendly, demos. Rain or shine.
Tuesday, October 1st
11:30am to 2:30pm
Taco Tuesdays (ongoing)
South Fork Kitchens Cafe
East End Food Institute
39 Tuckahoe Rd.
Southampton
For more info…
Authentic local Mexican food by Chef Esther priced under
$10.
3pm
Lawncare Tuesdays (thru October)
Bridge Gardens
36 Mitchell La.
Bridgehampton
FREE
Get free sustainable lawn and landscape management (rain or
shine) from Paul Wagner of Greener Pastures Organics! This is in partnership
with The Perfect Earth project
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.
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.
Sunday, October 6th
12:30pm to 7pm (fireworks at 7pm)
AIA’s (Association of Indians in America) 32nd
Deepavali
Southstreet Seaport
200 Water St.
NYC
FREE
For more info…
There will be a booth by World Vegan Vision so there should
be vegan food available (and some Indian food is vegan anyhoo).
Wednesday, October 9th to Sunday, October
20th
Alzheimer’s – The Science of Prevention (online docuseries)
FREE
Dr. David Perlmutter (neurologist) brings over 20 experts in
the field of brain health (including Dr. Dale Bredesen author of The End of
Alzheimer’s).
Thursday, October 10th
6:30pm to 9:30pm
Dinner with Dr. Andrew Weil, author of The Anti-Inflammatory
Diet
The Bouley Test Kitchen
31 W. 21st St.
NYC
$179
For more info and to buy tickets…
This is a five course meal created by Chef David Bouley
based on Dr. Weil’s “inflammation diet” with wine. Includes a lecture
with a Q & A.
Sunday, October 13th
1:30pm
Behind the Scenes with Browder’s Birds
4050 Soundview Ave
Mattituck
To register (it’s a program of the Cutchogue-New Suffolk
Library)…
631-734-6360
Take a walking tour of the farm and learn what it means to
be a certified organic pastured poultry farm. For a $5 fee you get to collect
your own Eggs!
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.
Thursday, October 17th to Sunday, October
20th
6th National Women in Sustainable Ag Conference
InterContinental St Paul Riverfront Hotel
11 E. Kellog Blvd.
St. Paul, MN
$160 - $240+ (room and board extra)
For more info and to register…
Keynote speaker will be food justice advocate Miah Ulysse.
Registration closes October 7th at midnight.
Saturday, October 19th
10:30am, 11:30am & 12:30pm (times from last year and
will confirm)
Annual CSA Pumpkin Picking Farm Tour
Green Thumb Farm
Montauk Hwy.
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 😊 ).
This is a hayride tour of a different section of the farm
than we toured in June during our Strawberry picking farm tour.
Also, there’s usually a discount at the farm stand for those
attending the farm tour (will check on that).
Saturday, October 26th
10am to 5pm
Long Island Vegan Extravaganza
Sisters of St. Joseph
1725 Brentwood Rd.
Brentwood
For more info…
Food, kids activities, music and fun stuff!
11am to 5pm
Food Truck Derby
Hallockville Museum Farm
6038 Sound Ave
Riverhead
$7 per adult
For more info and to buy tickets…
Kids are encouraged to wear Halloween costumes to “truck or
treat” during the event.
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.
Saturday, November 9th and Sunday, November
10th
Science of Human Optimization Conference (formally NAVEL
Expo)
Westin Times Square
270 W 43rd St.
NYC
$20 to $350
To sign up for a printed catalog and a possible free ticket…
The featured speaker for this event is Steven Gundry, author
of The Plant Paradox (the man is obsessed with lectins 😊
), and there will be a lot of other interesting alternative health lectures.
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, November 20th to Sunday,
November 24th
2019 Biodynamic Conference
Sagamore Resort
Lake George, NY
For more info and to register…
The theme of the conference this year is Cultivating
Relationships: Earth, Cosmos, Community. There’s a children’s program, and they
also offer scholarships and give discounts to volunteers.
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 17th to Sunday, January 19th
NOFA-NY’s 38th Annual Organic Farming and
Gardening Conference
Oncenter
Syracuse
For more info and to register…
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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