Happy Summer!
- What you need to know
- This week…we weigh!
- Food safety and
COVID-19…
- Free online screening of
a movie about eco-activist (and a personal heroine of mine 😊) Vandana Shiva
- New cool events you
might not know about (if you don’t read our events email every week…new
things DO get added 😊)
- What you actually got
last week
- And now, for something
completely different…
- Bring at least TWO bags to the CSA EVERY WEEK
for wet and dry food items (and never the twain should meet)
- When packing up your CSA food, start at the left side
of the long table and work your way to the right and out the garden door.
Why? We set out the food to be packed in that order so the heaviest food
items will be on the bottom of your bag, and your food won’t get squished
(another way to make your food go bad faster), and if you separate the wet
from the dry foods you’re doing pretty good on having your food last
longer! 😊
- When you get your food home, if it’s in a plastic bag
take it OUT of the plastic bag and store it elsewhere…even if it’s in another
plastic bag (the original bag will be too wet and your food won’t be happy
there for long)
- Plan on using your food in the order of how long it
will reasonably stay fresh (if stored properly). This week…1)Basil, 2)
Beet Greens (if we get them), 3) Radicchio, 4) Summer Squash, 5) Fennel,
and 6) Beets.
Time – 3:30pm to 7:30pm
Place – Sky Room Café in the Cinema Arts
Centre at 423 Park Ave, Huntington
Parking – Park all the way around at
the back of the building by the daycare 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 CSA 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 taking 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 (like the story of the 3 bears…not too much, not too
little, but just right 😊)! 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.
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
July 21, 2022
- Squash, Summer – check the CSA Wall Chart
- Beets (we may or may not get the Beet Greens attached)
– 1 bunch
- Fennel – 1 bunch
- Radicchio – 1 head
- Basil – 1 bunch
AND
Strawflowers – Xerochrysum bracteatum – native to Australia
(everlasts…can be dried…they look like they’re already dried but they’re not
until the stems are dried out…I don’t bother putting them in water but just
make sure the stems aren’t tightly bunched together so they don’t get moldy…if
the stems are floppy and don’t dry so they’re stiff and straight, I just take
the flower heads off and place them is bowls)
Decent article on how to grow and dry…
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/how-to-grow-strawflowers
2.This week…we weigh!
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 underside of the weight posted…NEVER over. It may not seem like much to you, but we have 59 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 more than 3 1/2 POUNDS of produce and 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 (this might 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)
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
- Face coverings are optional
- Hand washing upon entering the theater is STRONGLY
recommended (it’s always a good idea in preventing COVID as well as the
flu and colds)
Why COVID HATES soap (works better than hand sanitizer or
gloves), and we’re talking plain soap, NOT antibacterial soap (the use of which
causes antibiotic resistance which could kill us all ☹)…
https://healthmatters.nyp.org/how-does-handwashing-with-soap-kill-the-coronavirus/
- We will try and keep the CSA area relatively uncrowded
- Enter near the Box Office entrance, and exit thru the
door that leads out to the Cinema garden and upper parking lot stairs
FREE
To sign up and see the trailer…
https://core.live/movies/the-seeds-of-vandana-shiva
This is a two-week free preview screening of a documentary
about a personal heroine of mine, eco-activist Vandana Shiva.
Friday, July 22nd
Cinema Arts Centre
Sky Room Cafe
423 Park Ave
Huntington
FREE
I’d never heard of The Babylon Mercantile before CSA
member Joan Deem mentioned she was taking this class (thanks Joan 😊!). You might want
to get on their email list to find out about other upcoming classes (and this
one is being repeated on Friday, August 12th)…
Saturday,
July 23rd
The Babylon Mercantile
45 E. Main St.
Babylon
$125
To register…
CSA member Joan D. will be taking this class, and there’s 16
spaces left. So if you’re not going on our CSA Culinary Extravaganza, this is a
local alternative! The menu for this cooking class (where you’ll be making the
two Clam dishes) is Little Neck Clams with spicy ‘Nduja broth (served with
their homemade crusty garlic bread), Baked Stuffed Quahog Clams, garden fresh
veg and Salad from local markets, and a Summer Berry Tart!
Sunday, July 24th
The Biological Aging Challenge with Gary Null
Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave
Huntington
$10 – Cinema Members/$15 – General Public
For more info and to buy tickets…
FREE Maintain & Sustain Event
Join us for a discussion with Huntington artist, Patty Eljaiek on how to unplug from work and get creative with items in your home to help the environment.
After the presentation don't miss a brief tour of the Conklin House and hear the importance of sustaining Huntington's History.
6.What you actually got last week
Week #7
July 14, 2022
- Squash, Summer: Costata Romanesco, Crookneck, Gold,
Yellow Zucchini – up to but not over 2 lbs. - $3.75
- Radishes: Red – 1 bunch - $4.00
- Swiss Chard: Green OR Rainbow OR Red – 1 bunch - $5.00
- Lettuce: Romaine – 1 head -$4.00
- Mint – 1 bunch - $3.75
Total Amount: $20.50
We pay $20 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we get a
bit more, some a bit less. This week, it was $.50 over $20.00. Doesn’t sound
like a whole lot, but it adds up over the course of the CSA season (so far the
total is up to $10.25 over what we paid). 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
last year it was almost four weeks worth extra so we’re talking almost $80
worth of food we got gratis…it’s all good! 😊
Ageratum (Floss Flower - one of the very few annuals with a
truly blue flower - there are 4 varieties native to the United States but not
sure which this is…my guess it’s the one native to Mexico, Ageratum
houstonianum …can’t safely be eaten by pets – or humans, deer resistant,
drought tolerant, and attractive to pollinators – butterflies, etc.)
Basil, Thai AND Sage
7.And now, for something completely different…
Talk about creativity in the kitchen! 😊
Events…both near and far
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, July 22nd to Friday, August
5th
The Seeds of Vandana Shiva
FREE
To sign up and see the trailer…
https://core.live/movies/the-seeds-of-vandana-shiva
This is a two week free preview screening of a documentary
about a personal heroine of mine, eco-activist Vandana Shiva.
Who is Vandana Shiva? She’s a world-renowned environmental
thinker, activist, feminist, philosopher of science, writer and science policy
advocate, is the founder of Navdanya Research Foundation for Science,
Technology and Ecology in India and President of Navdanya International.
Trained as a Physicist at the University of Punjab, she completed her Ph.D. on
the ‘Hidden Variables and Non-locality in Quantum Theory’ from the University
of Western Ontario, Canada. She later shifted to inter-disciplinary research in
science, technology and environmental policy, which she carried out at the
Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institute of Management in
Bangalore, India. In 1982 she founded the Research Foundation for Science,
Technology and Ecology (RFSTE), an independent research institute that
addresses the most significant problems of ecology of our times, and two years
later, Navdanya (‘nine seeds’) the movement in defense of biodiversity and the
contributions made to the climate, environment and society by small farmers.
The recipient of many awards, including the Right Livelihood Award, (the
‘Alternative Nobel Prize’) and the Sydney Peace Prize, she has been named among
the top five “Most Important People in Asia” by AsiaWeek. She is a prolific
writer and author of numerous books and serves on the board of the
International Forum on Globalization, and member of the executive committee of
the World Future Council.
Friday, July 22nd
8:30am to ???
Organic Field Day (In-person or virtual)
Rodale Institute
Kutztown, PA
$25
For more info and to register for in-person…
https://rodaleinstitute.org/visit/organic-field-day/
For more info and to register for virtual…
https://courses.rodaleinstitute.org/p/rodale-institute-virtual-field-day2
The Rodale Institute has been a source of learning and info
for the regenerative organic farming movement for farmers AND home gardeners
for 75 years. Good place to get info, and to make a donation to so they can
keep on going for another 75 years!
8:30pm to ???
TAPE, featuring Rene Bouchard & Cliff Ferdon
Cinema Arts Centre
Sky Room Cafe
423 Park Ave
Huntington
FREE
Live Music in the Sky Room Café, with a special opening
performance by Garrison Bouchard-Ferdon (before he heads off to become a newly
minted college freshman 😊), and all are welcome! Come Celebrate Rene and Cliff’s
anniversary with a special free performance from their band TAPE. They will
play new original songs and interpretations of some favorite songs by artists
like Liz Phair, Ministry, and Psychedelic Furs. Beer and Wine available for
purchase in the cafe.
Saturday, July 23rd
4:30pm to ???
CSA Culinary Extravaganza – July edition
Paulie Gee’s (and possibly Van Leeuwen’s for dessert)
60 Greenpoint Ave.
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
RSVP…
respond to this email with the number in your party (ex. –
zoubeck +1), OR leave a voice message including the number in your party at
631-421-4864
Check out the menu…
https://pauliegee.com/greenpoint/
Feel free to ask me any questions about the menu. All the
Pizzas are great and have had a number of them over the years (vegan and non).
Usually Dylan & I will get a Soup & Salad…usually The Gates of Eden…and
one Pizza (and I’ll usually get a Beer or some Wine) and split everything (but
that’s just us 😊).
Schedule…
4:30pm – gather (they won’t seat us till everyone arrives)
5pm – let’s get the party started
7:30pm (or whenever we’re done)– if the weather cooperates,
take an after dinner stroll down the block to Transmitter Park which is right
on the East River with a stellar view of Manhattan (it’s still as lovely as I
remember it)
8pm (or whenever the urge for a snack hits us) – over to Van
Leeuwen in Williamsburg for dessert (there’s one in Greenpoint but it’s smaller
and this one is just a 5 minute ride away and there will be seating for
everyone)
204 Wythe Ave
Williamsburg
And when done…head home, or to parts unknown! 😊
5pm to 8pm
Long Island Local: Clams
The Babylon Mercantile
45 E. Main St.
Babylon
$125
To register…
CSA member Joan D. will be taking this class, and there’s 16
spaces left. So if you’re not going on our CSA Culinary Extravaganza, this is a
local alternative! The menu for this cooking class (where you’ll be making the
two Clam dishes) is Little Neck Clams with spicy ‘Nduja broth (served with
their homemade crusty garlic bread), Baked Stuffed Quahog Clams, garden fresh
veg and Salad from local markets, and a Summer Berry Tart!
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