Huntington CSA Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 Week #20

 

Happy Autumn!

 CSA Weather Report…warm and windy!

 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

1. If you haven’t watched this yet, it’s really worth checking out…Food safety and COVID-19
2. Click activism
3. 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 –

1. Check in at the desk with our friendly CSA worker
2. 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).
3. 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.

Veggie info sheets added as needed. This is the link to the: Veggie Info Sheets. Print out, put in a notebook and you end up with a cookbook at the end of the CSA season. Also there are good tips on storage, prep, and nutrition.

 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! 😊 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 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 #19

October 8, 2020 

1. Lettuce – 1 head
2. Tomatoes, Mini* – 1 pt.
3. Turnips** – 1 bunch
4. Beans, Snap*** – check CSA Wall Chart for details
5. Mizuna – 1 bunch

 Total Items: 5

 Herb Share – October 1A

Parsley, Italian****** AND Rosemary*******

 *Tomatoes are one of the world’s 100 healthiest foods (good info and recipes)!

http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=44

 

**Turnip Greens are one of the world’s 100 healthiest foods (good info and recipes)!

http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=144

Am assuming we’re getting the Turnips and the Turnip Greens…we shall see! 😊

 

***Green Beans (Snap Beans) are one of the world’s 100 healthiest foods (good info and recipes)!

http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=134

 

****Parsley is one of the world’s 100 healthiest foods (good info and recipes)!

http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=100

 

*****Rosemary is one of the world’s 100 healthiest foods (good info and recipes)!

http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=75

 

 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…

https://www.seriouseats.com/2020/03/food-safety-and-coronavirus-a-comprehensive-guide.html#covid-on-food

   

4.Click activism

 I imagine with Halloween coming up and many minds are on candy (pandemic or not 😊 ), so it’s also a good time to take action on this issue…

 A.For 20 years, large chocolate companies have been saying they’re going to end child labor and they haven’t. It’s a $100,000,000,000 a year industry and yet most cocoa laborers live on $1 a day. AND if it’s not organic chocolate, children are being exposed to toxic pesticides, so help end child labor in cocoa…big chocolate companies need to act now!

https://greenamerica.salsalabs.org/child-labor-big-chocolate/index.html?utm_source=advocacy&utm_medium=email&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=48a7c865-edfd-4631-817d-3fbb1ffc57b6

Consider purchasing organic fair trade chocolate (if you’re not already 😊 )…

https://www.greenamerica.org/end-child-labor-cocoa/chocolate-scorecard

 B.  Another group working on the same issue as above…

https://www.freedomunited.org/advocate/chocolate-companies-help-end-child-exploitation/?trk_msg=LA6H1HFCD5LKF9MIMFQNRIDP24&trk_contact=KP3DRQRGJ83MVGGJI9KT4JLCHS&trk_sid=EMH4C3917MG2OSMVEFG1JR1SGO&utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=ADD+YOUR+NAME&utm_campaign=FU-COCOA-LAUNCH-13Oct2020-actives&utm_content=FU-COCOA-LAUNCH-13Oct2020-actives

 C.Tell Congress the EPA must test all pesticides for health hazards. For more info and to sign…

https://secure.everyaction.com/ACiUa5CNmUGcjE87qTlSQA2

 D.Tell the EPA to ban Chlorpyrifos (the EPA’s own assessments have found that levels on produce are unsafe, and even small amounts are harmful to children’s brains…it’s a neurotoxin)…

https://act.ewg.org/a/ban-chlorpyrifos

 

 5.And now, for something completely different…

 Hang out with the Veggie King of Oxfordshire, England!

https://www.boredpanda.com/gardener-posts-veggie-photos-gerald-stratford/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter

 And for a few translations from English to…English 😊…

Allotment = community garden plot

Courgettes = Summer Squash (usually Zucchini but the smaller ones)

Marmite = this stuff (it’s a United Kingdom thing)… https://www.thekitchn.com/what-is-marmite-and-why-is-it-so-good-240563

Rocket = Arugula

 And he talks about Medwyn plants and this is why…

https://www.medwynsofanglesey.co.uk/

 Events…both near and far

 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.

  

Thursday, October 15th

 10am to 11am

 IEatGreen radio show

To listen to the show live (or listen to the archived programs)…

http://prn.fm/

 Hosted by Long Islander Bhavani Jharoff. Older shows can be accessed in archives.

  

Friday, October 16th

 6pm to 7pm

 Green Inside and Out

WUSB-FM/90.1 FM

https://www.wusb.fm/

 Long Islander Beth Fiteni is the host. Rotates with Healthy Planet radio with Huntington resident Bob DiBenedetto.

  Saturday, October 17^th 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

https://longislandfarmersmarkets.com/?fbclid=IwAR31PYOhmUD2BrIW7JUEQ8DNRt1HNZcslXt1eoLRLs2VTg4tDR1_EWGwqKQ

 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, October 17th

 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.

  

Tuesday, October 20th

 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.

 

7pm - Volunteers/8pm – Food Distribution

 Community Solidarity Food Share Distribution

Fairground Ave & E. 6^th 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.

  

Monday, November 2^nd to Sunday, November 8^th

 Anxiety Summit #6 – Toxins, Meds & Infections (online event)

FREE

For more info and to register…

https://theanxietysummit6.com/reg-gift/?idev_id=2517

 

Dr. Mark Hyman (functional medicine practitioner and author) and Dr. David Perlmutter (holistic neurologist and author) are just two of the many speakers in this event. And can just about guarantee that eating certified organic whole foods will be at least a part of the recommendations.

  

Saturday, January 16^th to Saturday, January 23^rd

 NOFA-NY 2021 Winter Conference: Rooted in Resilience (online event)

For more info and to register (no registration info at this time but will keep y’all posted)…

https://nofany.org/2021-winter-conference/

To submit videos for the talent show, photos for the photo conference, and get on the email list for this event…

https://nofany.org/2021-winter-conference/get-involved/

 This event isn’t just for farmers. Home gardeners, home cooks, and people interested in holistic health will all have something to enjoy checking out and learning (there may also be programs for children and teens as well).

 There will be a virtual talent show (dance, jokes, music, poems, sketches, or stories) so check out the link above for more info and how to submit videos, and a photo contest (again, check out the link above for more info).

 This event will also contain the 3^rd Northeast Organic Seed Conference. If you have a home garden and would like to save your seeds and not need to buy them next year, or if you already save them and would like to upgrade your seed saving knowledge, this is the part of the NOFA-NY Winter Conference to check out.

 I personally think everyone that eats anything organic should be a member of NOFA-NY anyhow 😊 . Become a member of NOFA-NY (the Northeast Organic Farmers Association – New York Chapter) and you’ll be more hooked in to the info about this event. They are the organization that certifies farms, etc., organic in New York (and has been doing so for 37 years). They were doing this work before the federal government got involved (who then immediately tried to make the regulations weaker) and fought for, and succeeded in, keeping organic standards to the higher standards of organic farming, and will be doing so if the national program goes away (you never know any more). These are good people doing good work, and deserve your support.

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