Happy Summer (still summer till September 22nd)!
CSA Weather Report…warm and rain/thunderstorms
IF it’s raining/thundering and we might need to line
up in our cars outside (hasn’t happened yet but it could)…the deal is 3
people units (individuals/couples/families) in the CSA at a time, 3 people
units in the theater lined up and socially distanced in the lobby, and everyone
else lined up in their cars (will have a car parked where y’all should be
parking behind). If you poke your head in the theater, our CSA “hall monitor” 😊
will let you know what’s what.
Important…if you send anyone to the CSA to
pick up food for you, please tell them to BRING BAGS!
This email includes…
- What you need to know
- Question of the
day…what’s your favorite cookbook for cooking the foods you get from Green
Thumb CSA – Huntington, and why?
- If you haven’t watched
this yet, it’s really worth checking out…Food safety and COVID-19
- North Fork Foodie Tour
is virtual this Sunday and FREE!
- 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 physician(s) 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
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)…*except when it’s raining (read the CSA Weather
Report above)
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).
- When you enter the CSA area, start at Table #1 at the left
side of the table and work your way to the right, then to Table #2, Table
#3, Herb Share table (if you have one), Flower Share table (if you have
one), and then out the back door to the Cinema garden by the upper parking
lot stairs. We’re arranging the food so if you only have one bag with you
and you follow this, the heaviest things are on the bottom of the bag, the
lightest are on the top, and the wettest things aren’t going to get the
things that need to stay dry the most very wet. Plus, it makes social
distancing easier, and we have only one entrance and one exit being used.
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.
CSA words to live by…when trying any new food 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!
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 physician(s) before
taking any action.
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 Curly Cress/Peppercress) and detoxing…
http://www.nourishingmeals.com/2012/03/detox-with-spring-greens.html
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 #15
September 10, 2020
- Lettuce – 1 head
- Swiss Chard* – 1 bunch
- Beans, Shelling: Lima** – check CSA Wall Chart for
details
- Okra – check CSA Wall Chart for details
- Tomatoes*** – check CSA Wall Chart for details
Total Items: 5
Flower Share Week #11???
Herb Share – September 1A
Basil**** AND Parsley, Curly*****
*Swiss Chard is one of the world’s 100 healthiest foods
(good info and recipes)!
http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=16
**Lima Bean info and recipes…must be taken out of the pod…
https://www.thespruceeats.com/all-about-shelling-beans-2217277
Read this…are *POISONOUS* if eaten raw…
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11861532
Lima Beans are one of the world’s 100 healthiest foods (good
info and recipes)!
http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=59
***Tomatoes are one of the world’s 100 healthiest foods
(good info and recipes)!
http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=44
****Basil is one of the world’s 100 healthiest foods (good
info and recipes)!
http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=85
*****Parsley is one of the world’s 100 healthiest foods
(good info and recipes)!
http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=100
2.Question of the week…What’s your favorite cookbook
(paperback or hardcover) for cooking the foods you get from Green Thumb CSA –
Huntington, and why (and/or what’s your favorite recipe that used something
from your CSA Share)?
Last week, no one responded. Is anybody out there? 😊
Any cookbook suggestions to share?
Will ask about websites, etc., another time but for
now…paperback/hardcover (e-book IF also available in paper).
Answers will be posted in next week’s email.
I’ll go first…How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman. Why?
Few ingredients, few steps, and good results (plus often alternative
suggestions so you get more than one dish from one recipe)! Fave recipe? Well,
I was pleasantly surprised when I first tried the Radicchio recipe (because I
also like Blue Cheese and never tried Gorgonzola)…Baked Ziti with Radicchio and
Gorgonzola (which was under dairy based pasta sauces).
3.If you haven’t watched this yes, it’s really worth
checking out…Food safety and COVID-19
One of our CSA members told me that after watching this, it
made them feel better about going grocery shopping.
Watch writer J. Kenji Lopez-Alt (son of a Harvard University
geneticist and immunologist, grandson of a chemist, and author of Food Lab:
Better Home Cooking Through Science), talk about COVID-19 and food safety…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkvw9lZ3v3I
And read in more detail here…
5.North Fork Foodie Tour is virtual this Sunday and FREE!
The 14th Annual North Fork Foodie Tour put on by
the North Fork Reform Synagogue should be a “must” on anyone’s list of things
to do if you A) like food, B) like local food, C) like seasonal food, and D)
like to have a lovely day spent out in nature (this part you’ll have to wait
till next year to experience). This year it’s a virtual event and it’s also
free (check out the event email for details) BUT you need to register to attend
the webinars offered. A number of our CSA members have gone over the years and
mostly all had a good time (except one mom with two young’uns who weren’t down
with the program 😊 ) and either went again
or want to.
Here’s the “trailer” for the event…
https://vimeo.com/439775811/5ce9b1e468
Talk about kids getting a “happy meal”…these are amazing!
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 physician(s) before
taking any action.
Wednesday, September 9th to Sunday,
September 20th
Alzheimer’s -The Science of Prevention (online event)
FREE
For more info and to register…
Hosted by neurologist Dr. David Perlmutter (author of Brain
Maker and Brain Wash: Detox your mind), this series explores the simple things
we can do to keep our brains healthy, and includes such speakers as Dr. Dale
Bredesen (author of The End of Alzheimer’s), Michael Breus (sleep expert), Dr.
Mark Hyman (author of Food: What the heck should I eat?), Michael Merzenich
(author of Soft Wired…about brain plasticity) and many others.
Thursday, September 10th
10am to 11am
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, September 11th
6pm to 7pm
Green Inside and Out
WUSB-FM/90.1 FM
Long Islander Beth Fiteni is the host. Rotates with Healthy
Planet radio with Huntington resident Bob DiBenedetto.
Saturday, September 12th to Saturday, November 21st
7:30am to 12:30pm
Huntington Farmer’s Market – G & G Long Island Farmer’s
Market
228 Main St. (Elm Street parking lot)
Huntington
Not the same organizer who’s been at this location for the
past ??? years, but the organizer that’s been hosting the Winter Market in
Huntington since Huntington first had a Winter Market. Possible there might be
up two certified organic farms…Golden Earthworm and Natural Earth Farm.
8am to 12:30pm
Northport Farmer’s Market
Main Street (Cow Harbor Parking lot)
Northport
https://northportfarmersmarket.org/
The one certified organic farm here is Sang Lee Farms.
Saturday, September 12th
12pm to 1pm
Food Chain Radio
https://metrofarm.com/food-chain-radio-3/
Host Michael Olsen always has interesting guests on the
issues of food, food politics, health, and related topics. Check out the
archives.
Sunday, September 13th
10am
14th Annual North Fork Foodie Tour
FREE (but donations won’t be refused, and there are VIP
tickets with perks)
For more info and to register for the webinars…
https://northforkfoodietour.com/
Here’s the trailer for the event…
https://vimeo.com/439775811/5ce9b1e468
Behind the scenes tours with north fork chefs and farmers,
and webinars on pickling, making challah (it IS put on by the North Fork Reform
Synagogue 😊 ), backyard vineyards, and more!
2pm to 6pm
Long Island Vegan Pop-up Market
Holy Trinity Baptist Church
300 Albany Ave
Amityville
FREE
For more info (though there really isn’t any)…
https://www.facebook.com/longislandveganpopup/
Face coverings required. Vendors, not a lot of info given,
imagine there will be food (Facebook page talks about vegan products and food
but doesn’t list vendors).
Tuesday, September 15th
10am to 11am
Green Street Radio
WBAI-FM/99.5FM
To listen live or check out the archives…
https://www.wbai.org/program.php?program=365
Join Long Islanders Doug & Patti Wood (founders of the
Port Washington Farmer’s Market…the only all organic greenmarket in New York
State), in their weekly show featuring conversations on health and sustainable
living.
12pm to 1pm
Rosh Hashanah Honey Cake Workshop
FREE
For more info and to register…
Join the Jewish Food Society and NYC pastry chef (and former
Texan) Zoe Kanan making her grandmother’s Honey Cake recipe (with optional
variations).
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)…
https://communitysolidarity.org/foodshares/huntington
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.
Saturday, September 26th
FREE
For more info and to watch on your computer, phone, tablet
or other streaming devices (even TV if you have the AXS TV station)…
https://www.farmaid.org/festival/about-the-festival/
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