Happy Autumn!
CSA weather report…cool and rain starting about 5pm
THANKSGIVING ALERT!!! The week of
Thanksgiving, our CSA pickup day will be Wednesday, November 27th
(at the moment it will take place at same time…3:30pm to 7:30pm…BUT we may
start earlier…stay tuned for any time changes)
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!
This email includes…
- What you need to know
- Foods that help fight
breast cancer
- 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
- Information is power –
heavy metals in baby food…oh dear…
- Prizes!
- Turning back your life
clock 14 years!!!
- 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 – 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 #22
November 7, 2019
- Potatoes: Sweet* – ? – read CSA Wall Chart for details
- Broccoli** – 1 bunch
- Peppers, Sweet*** – ? – read CSA Wall Chart for details
- Lettuce – 1 head
- Beans, Cranberry - ? – read CSA Wall Chart for details
- Cress, Curly/Pepper**** - 1 bunch
Total Items: 6
*Sweet Potatoes are one of the world’s healthiest foods
(good info and recipes)!
**Broccoli is one of the world’s healthiest foods (good info
and recipes)!
***Sweet Peppers 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)…
http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-453-garden%20cress.aspx?activeingredientid=453&
2.Foods that help fight breast cancer
Got this at the end of Breast Cancer month (October) but
it’s still good info (and our CSA provides us with 5 out of the 8 listed)…
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.Tell
Governor Cuomo to stand up for environmental justice…
B.Tell Ben & Jerry’s…Round Up Ice Cream not “natural” or
“socially responsible”…GO ORGANIC!!!
C.Tell
lawmakers and government officials to stop the use of highly hazardous
pesticides (HHPs)…
D.Tell
Hannaford supermarkets (one of the largest supermarket chains in the northeast)
to protect the rights and well-being of dairy workers behind the store-brand
milk and to join the Milk With Dignity program…
E.Save the Tongass National Forest. Climate
change is real. We need more trees, not less, to stem the tide of the effects
of climate change…
F.Our national parks need to remain
national and not privatized (to not be used for clearcut logging and other
environmentally unfriendly activities) to remain healthy, since the USA (and
the rest of the planet) needs them to have clean air and water…
5.What you actually got last week
Week #21
October 31, 2019
- Potatoes: Sweet* – 2 lb. bag – $5.75
- Scallions** – 1 bunch - $3.75
- Cauliflower: Cheddar/Green/Purple/White*** – 1 head -
$3.00
- Lettuce: Boston, Green – 1 head - $3.50
- Broccoli Raab/Rabe/Rape - 1 bunch - $4.25
- Bitter Melon**** - 1 - $.75
Total Items: 6
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 $35.50 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! 😊)
*Sweet Potatoes are one of the world’s healthiest foods
(good info and recipes)!
**Scallions are one of the world’s healthiest foods (good
info and recipes)!
Well, this is for Leeks but you know what? Same botanical
family…basically the same benefits…
***Cauliflower is one of the world’s healthiest foods (good
info and recipes)!
****Bitter Melon gets its own email…check that out for info
and recipes
6.Information is power – heavy metals in baby food…oh
dear…
The majority (95%) of the baby food tested by Healthy Babies
Bright Futures was found to contain heavy metals (arsenic and lead)…
For more info about how to create a healthy home and
lifestyle for children, check out the website for Healthy Babies Bright
Futures…
And consider joining the local chapter of Holistic Moms
Network (the closest is Oyster Bay…unless one of you guys want to start a
Huntington Chapter…if so, talk to CSA member Vickie Muller who was involved in
the Huntington one when there was one)…
Buy certified organic, and buy local certified organic,
whenever possible.
7.Prizes!
Win a Matcha Tea gift set from Ippodo Tea…
8.Turning back your life clock 14 years!!!
By doing these four things, you can live longer and healthier…
Being a CSA members helps with one of them (as long as you
eat everything you’re getting 😊 )!
9.And now, for something completely different 😊
Whiskey fungus covering whole towns! Glad I don’t leave near
a Whiskey distillery!!!
Events…both near and far
Saturday, November 2nd to Monday, November
11th
The Diabetes Essentials Masterclass (online series)
FREE
To register…
The people I know of and like in this series are Dr.
Perlmutter, Dr. Josh Axe and health coach JJ Virgin.
Sunday, November 3rd to Sunday, November 10th
Long Island Restaurant Week!
For more info…
Thursday, November 7th to Saturday,
November 9th
NESAWG’s (Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group)
2019 It Takes a Region Conference
New Jersey City University
200 Hudson St.
Jersey City
FREE to $500
To buy tickets…
For more info about NESAWG…
A conference for anyone interested in, or actively working
on, food system change in the northeast.
Thursday, November 7th
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.
Friday, November 8th
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, 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.
Saturday, November 9th
12pm to 1pm
Food Chain Radio
Host Michael Olsen always has interesting guests on the
issues of food, food politics, health, and related topics. Check out the
archives.
Sunday, November 10th
11:30am to 3:30pm
Wildman Steve Brill Foraging Tour
Belmont Lake State Park
625 Belmont Ave.
West Babylon
$20 – suggested donation (cash only)/$10 – children under 12
RSVP at least 24 hours in advance of tour (and call the
evening before to confirm and make sure there are no changes of plan on his
end)…
914-835-2143 (it’s his home phone)
Check out his website as there are a BUNCH of instructions
you would do well to heed from where to meet, to what to bring…
If you’ve never gone, do yourself a favor and check this
out. Steve is a brilliant forager (and a hardcore lovable cornball 😊
) and should be considered a national treasure. This is a kid friendly event.
Monday, November 11th to Sunday, November
17th
Anxiety Summit 5: Gut-Brain Axis (online series)
FREE
To register…
Participating in this series is Dr. David Perlmutter
(neurologist), Dr. Mark Hyman (functional medicine) and a bunch of other
holistic health practitioners. If they’re talking about a healthy gut
microbiome, they’ll be talking about eating organic.
Tuesday, November 12th
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.
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.
Wednesday, November 13th
7pm
Lidia Bastianich talk & book signing
Book Revue
New York Ave.
Huntington
FREE (unless you buy the book…which you don’t have to do if
you’re just attending the talk)
For more info:
The book featured will be her new cookbook, Felidia. The
store would like you to RSVP on Facebook if you’re planning on going so they
have an idea of how many seats to set up and how many books to set out to
autograph, etc., which you can do by going to the above website.
Friday, November 15th
10am to 3:30pm
A Call to Action: Protecting the Earth’s Biodiversity
NY Botanical Garden
Ross Lecture Hall
2900 Southern Blvd.
Bronx, NY
$25 – Member/$29 - Public
For more info and to buy tickets:
Hear Doug Tallamy (professor and author), and others, talk
about what we can do to help keep biodiversity alive and well on planet Earth.
Wonder if they’ll mention CSAs? Eating a diverse diet is part of the solution,
and our CSA helps provide us with just that!
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, 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 23rd
1pm to 4pm
Wildman Steve Brill Foraging Tour
Sunken Meadow State Park
1 NY State Reference Route 908K
Kings Park
$20 – suggested donation (cash only)/$10 – children under 12
RSVP at least 24 hours in advance of tour (and call the
evening before to confirm and make sure there are no changes of plan on his
end)…
914-835-2143 (it’s his home phone)
Check out his website as there are a BUNCH of instructions
you would do well to heed from where to meet, to what to bring…
If you’ve never gone, do yourself a favor and check this
out. Steve is a brilliant forager (and a hardcore lovable cornball 😊
) and should be considered a national treasure. This is a kid friendly event.
Sunday, November 24th
2pm to 6pm
Healthy Planet’s 26th Annual Turkey-free
Thanksgiving Dinner/Lecture
Sustainability Institute at Molloy College
7180 Republic Airport
Farmingdale
$10 (+$10 if eating and not bringing a vegan potluck dish to
share) – Members/$15 (+$10 if eating and not bringing a vegan potluck dish to
share) – Public/ FREE – under 12 years old
For more info…
631-421-5591
To purchase tickets (and/or become a member)…
2pm - Live music…free soup…socialize/ 3pm – potluck
(including donated food from local eateries/ 4:30pm – Members forum (members
can make a 30 second announcement), intro by group founder Bob DiBenedetto and
guest speaker, Randall Abate, lawyer and author of Climate Change and the
Voiceless/ 5:45pm – Raffles (the raffle prizes have been pretty great here) and
more
Wednesday, December 4th
6:30pm to 8pm
Dr. Pina LoGuidice
Organic Krush
1508 Old Northern Blvd.
Rosyln
FREE
For more info…
Check out naturopath Dr. LoGuidice who has an office in
Huntington. Healthy snacks and cold pressed juices will be served.
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
9am to 9:30pm
The Truth About Health
Hilton Long Island
598 Broadhollow Rd.
Melville
FREE
For more info and to register…
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. Lots of speakers on lots of
topics regarding health and the environment.
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