Happy Autumn!
CSA weather report…cool/cold and breezy
Please be patient! We will be closing the CSA
for approx. 15 minutes from 5:30pm to 5:45pm.
Why? Several weeks ago we were missing one bag of
Tomatoes at the end of the night (the Tomatoes were counted twice by two
different people before the start of the CSA, so it’s not because the farm
shorted us), and no one has provided any information/help to solve this
mystery. So, to do a better job of keeping track of our CSA food, we’ll be
closing down the CSA at 5:30pm for as long as it takes to count our food
(hopefully no more than 15 minutes and possibly less).
Doughnut Day at our CSA!
This week will also be Doughnut Day. All CSA members are
entitled to ONE (1) Doughnut. If you’re sharing a CSA Share with someone, they
can have one as well (if it’s not your week to pick up, you’re more than
welcome to stop by 😊, grab a beverage at the
Cinema Café, and enjoy 😊). If you’re working at
the CSA this week, you’re entitled to ONE (1) Doughnut for each shift you work.
Some folks are working TWO shifts this week and they get THREE Doughnuts (there
might be 19 to choose from 😊). There are advantages
to working at the CSA both early and late (and not just on Doughnut Day 😊).
Doughnut Day at our CSA started in 2020 because after all
everyone went thru that year…who couldn’t use a really good Doughnut? So, this
is our 3rd year celebrating the end of our CSA season with some of
the best Doughnuts on the planet (yes…they are 😊). They’re from Doughnut
Plant in NYC, and I’ve been eating them for decades (2024 will be their 30th
anniversary…may they stay in business that long 😊). They’re not organic
BUT they use high quality ingredients (Valrhona Chocolate for example), no
preservatives, nothing artificial, and use seasonal ingredients all during the
year (we just missed their Pumpkin Doughnuts…and it’s too early this year for
their Sufganiyot that they make for Hanukkah…darn! ☹).
They are Kosher (you can read about this in the FAQS link below) and
vegetarian, and will have a limited amount of Gluten-Free (not certified
Gluten-Free but you can read about this below in the FAQs link) and Vegan
options for CSA members who adhere to those diets.
Background story…
https://www.doughnutplant.com/our-story/
FAQS…Kosher info, Gluten-free info, etc…
https://www.doughnutplant.com/frequently-asked-questions/
Exchange Table this week!
Short story…will be a table by the exit to the CSA, after
you’ve taken your CSA Share if there’s something on the Exchange Table that you
want to exchange for it, you can.
However, you have to exchange the entire food item and not
leave part of it (ex. If we get 2 lbs. of Tomatoes you have to leave all 2 lbs.
to get something from the Exchange Table). There will be someone stationed at
the table to answer any questions.
Why haven’t we done this before? We didn’t have enough
volunteers working at the CSA and this week we do. Will we do it again this
year? Depends on how many people sign up to work on any given week.
CSA member Noelle DeLorenzo with be gracing the
world with her voice (along with her fellow choir members 😊)
on December 10th (see CSA Events listings for details).
Important…if you send anyone to the CSA to
pick up food for you, please tell them to BRING BAGS (at least two…one
for dry food and one for wet food)!
This email includes…
- What you need to know
- Food safety and
COVID-19…
- You don’t have to eat or
cook everything right now!
- It’s cold & flu
season so when it comes to our CSA…
- Consider making
donations to these worthy groups before the end of the year
- Vote early and vote
often (in this case…you can)
- Want to grow some of
your own food or if you already are…up your growing game?
- Emergency situations at
the CSA (hurricanes/electronic communication glitches/medical emergencies,
etc.)
- What you actually got
last week
- And now, for something
completely different…
*Anything in any of our CSA 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)…
Most immediate helpful hints…
- 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 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). Any questions regarding
what this would be…ask. 😊
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 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 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 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 (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.
Veggie info sheets are added as needed. This is the link to the: Veggie Info Sheets. Print them out, put them 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!
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 #27
December 8, 2022
- Squash, Winter: Butternut – See CSA Wall Chart
- Squash, Winter: Carnival – See CSA Wall Chart
- Sweet Potatoes – 1 bag
- Leeks – 1 bunch
- Garlic – 1 bag
- Kale – 1 bunch
Total Items: 6
Herb Share – December 1A
Rosemary AND Sage
2.Food safety and COVID-19…
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
After keeping the CSA going thru 2020 and 2021 (with
everyone staying healthy using the simple practices of wearing face coverings,
hand washing, and social distancing), this is where we are now at this moment
in time…
- 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
3.You don’t have to eat or cook everything right now!
In the past few weeks I’ve been hearing from various
CSA members about the frustration of getting a backlog of CSA food, in
particular with our Winter Squashes (and maybe even Sweet Potatoes).
Guess what? YOU DON’T HAVE TO COOK THEM RIGHT AWAY 😊.
That is, if you store them properly.
If stored properly they can hang out for between one month
to SIX MONTHS (depending on the variety of Winter Squash)! If you don’t store
them properly, they won’t last very long.
So, what’s properly stored? And FYI - the same info pretty
much goes for Sweet Potatoes (except you can store them in a bag touching each
other but if you can, have them in one layer and not touching each other…or you
could wrap each one in paper towels and then they could be touching each other)
and Garlic. In the past I’ve bought 3 to 4 lbs. of Garlic upstate at the annual
Garlic Fest in Saugerties and when stored properly…in a cardboard box in one
layer with holes poked at the top for air circulation located in a cool spot in
my house…it lasted me from September/October to the end of March before they
started sprouting (still fine to eat) or rotting – SIX MONTHS! So these things
are possible/doable.
- The temperature needs to
be right…and that’s IDEALLY between 50 and 55 degrees (or as close to this
as you can get). Below 50 is too cold (fridge not an option) and above 70
is way too hot
- It can’t be too humid
(shouldn’t be a problem this time of year but if your space is more humid
that an average kitchen it’s too humid for Winter Squash storage)
- They need to ideally be
in a dark place not exposed to daylight
- The Winter Squash need
to be sitting on the right surface. Right – cardboard, wood, paper; Wrong –
concrete, most kitchen counters – granite, quartz, or anything plastic or
plasticoated. Why? Those “wrong” surfaces will either attract or retain
moisture which will lead to mold/rotting while the “right” ones won’t
attract moisture and will provide a barrier for any moisture to evaporate
so the food will stay dry.
- Winter Squashes can’t be
touching each other or any other surface except for the bottoms (they
can’t float midair 😊), they need air
circulation between and around them
- They can’t be stored near
any other food that will give off ethylene gas (Apples, Bananas…check out
this website for more ethylene producing foods… https://www.subzero-wolf.com/assistance/answers/sub-zero/common/ethylene-producing-foods
)
- If you have these basic
things going on, you should be good to go 😊
- HOWEVER, you also do
need to check them (every day is not a bad idea) and if you see any spots
getting soft or changing color, it’s time to get cooking.
Extension universities are often good sources for info about
food (in NY it’s Cornell University), so here’s some info from one about
Storing Winter Squash at Home…
https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/catalog/files/project/pdf/ec1632.pdf
The bottom of this post has a chart for the approximate
length of time different Winter Squashes can last if stored properly…
https://www.gardenbetty.com/curing-your-winter-squash-for-storage/
And about storing Sweet Potatoes…
https://www.southernliving.com/food/veggies/potatoes/sweet-potato/how-to-store-sweet-potatoes
4.It’s cold & flu season so when it comes to our CSA…
It’s
never a bad idea to wash your hands before entering our CSA BUT…if you
have any signs of illness (sore throat, fever, coughing, swollen glands,
sneezing, runny nose, congestion, unusual fatigue, body aches, headaches,
vomiting, diarrhea or combination thereof) – PLEASE STAY HOME! 😊
You need to be home taking care of yourself, and we all
don’t want to get whatever it might be that you have. 😊
Please have someone else pick up your CSA Share. But if you
don’t have anyone who can do that for you, let us know and we’ll see what we
can do. If it’s after noon on Thursday (the day of our CSA), call the Cinema
Arts Centre Box Office after 3:30pm at 631-423-7611 and ask to speak to
someone at the CSA so we can see if we can get someone to either hold your food
till someone can come get it, or have someone drop it off at your house.
5.Consider making donations to (and/or become a member
of) these worthy groups before the end of the year (pick one or donate to all 😊)
- Cinema Arts Centre
For the sake of transparency, I live with one of the
Co-Directors of the Cinema Arts Centre BUT, I’d be an advocate for this group
whether that was the case or not. I moved to Huntington a billion years ago
ONLY because the Cinema Arts Centre was here (then known as the New Community
Cinema), and this was long before we became a couple. That said, the Cinema
Arts Centre has been the home of Green Thumb CSA – Huntington for the past few
years and finding a place to be a CSA site such as ours (as you might have
noticed 😊 we’re not just a bunch of boxes piled up for
people to pick up as some other CSAs on Long Island are) is not as easy to find
as one might think, so we’re VERY fortunate to be where we are. Not sure where
we’d go if we didn’t have the Cinema Arts Centre as our home base.
Unfortunately, attendance at the Cinema Arts Centre has been
the slowest it’s ever been (even though some of the special events have sold
out…which is wonderful), money is VERY tight, and they could use any and all
donations, and would be happy to have new members join up. Much of the funding
they received during the pandemic has gone to the extensive construction work
that was done to improve the structure of the space, unlike many other arts
organizations that have used the money to cushion slow attendance as they’ve
reopened.
It would be ironic if the Cinema were to close after having
survived the past three years, so please consider becoming a member if you’re
not one already, giving a gift membership to someone you think might like one,
upping your membership to a higher category of membership if you’re able and
would like that, or make a separate donation as it would be MOST appreciated at
this precarious moment in time, and if nothing else…bring someone to see a
movie who’s never been to the Cinema before (there are a TON of people out
there…including in Huntington…who have NO idea this place exists…especially
younger folks). It’s the ONLY movie theater on Long Island that serves
certified organic non-GMO Popcorn with certified organic real Butter (and not
sure if there are any in NYC either…the Film Forum used to but haven’t been in
a while)!
Here's an article about the reasons for going to the movies
in a post-pandemic world…
https://www.vox.com/22380021/movie-theaters-covid-reopening
About going to the movies alone (the Cinema has always been
a place where both men and women have felt comfortable coming to and enjoying a
movie going solo 😊)…
https://medium.com/live-your-life-on-purpose/why-i-go-to-the-movies-alone-31a68b422d84
Lastly, a study done on the health benefits of watching
movies in a movie theater…
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/news/2020/jan/why-watching-movie-could-improve-wellbeing
We have an independent bricks and mortar bookstore again in
Huntington (The Next Chapter bookstore https://www.thenextchapterli.com/
), so now let’s help the Cinema Arts Centre remain one of the cultural gems of
Huntington, and Long Island - ever vital and ever growing.
Here's a note from the Cinema’s fundraiser extraordinaire
(and CSA member 😊), Rene Bouchard…
Since our re-opening in May,
our independent community cinema has rehired furloughed staff, hired great new
additions to our team, and has rebuilt our robust slate of independent film
programs and cultural events. These are some of the things we have accomplished
over the past several months:
·
Provided free media
classes to local teens through the inaugural Media Madness program
·
Presented about 150
special events, in addition to first-run films in our three theaters every day
·
Worked with over a
dozen community organizations to elevate issues such as civil rights,
humanitarian relief, hunger, animal rescue, health and wellness, reproductive
freedom, and more
·
Hosted approximately
75 special guests, including directors, authors, actors, musicians, and
scholars
·
Replaced the chairs
in the Sky Room thanks to a gift from the Cosmo H. Guarriello and Lissa V. De
Angelis Happiness Fund at Long Island Community Foundation (new tables are on
their way!)
·
Resumed publication
of our Folio, now quarterly, with a new look thanks to generous in-kind support
from the team at Maiarelli Studio
·
Awarded over 7,500
months of extended membership to those who kept their memberships current
during our facility closure
We felt it was important to
extend memberships in which there was paid time while our building was closed,
as we were not able to fully deliver membership benefits through our virtual
programming. However, that means we have re-opened with thousands of membership
expiration dates extended into 2023, 2024, and beyond. This has halved our
monthly membership revenue, while presenting a full slate of in-person
programming has nearly doubled our expenses.
That means The Vic Skolnick
2022 Life of Our Cinema Campaign - our annual appeal for fully tax-deductible
gifts above-and-beyond membership - is more important than ever (AND there’s a
matching grant in place).
To make a donation online…
https://cinemaartscentre.org/get-involved/donate/
If you’d like to download
this form and mail in your donation…
https://cinemaartscentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/WebUNForm.pdf
If you’d like to talk to
someone about making a donation…
https://calendly.com/rene_cac/15min?month=2022-12
We can also accept gifts of
stock…
https://cinemaartscentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/CONTRIBUTING-STOCK-TO-CINEMA-ARTS-CENTRE.pdf
- Community Solidarity
These are the truly amazing and wonderful folks that pick up
any leftover CSA food and distribute it to those in need (in rain and snow and
dark of night they’ve NEVER not shown up to distribute food to those in need).
You’ll be getting an email next week about their toy drive that will be taking
place in Huntington on Tuesday, December 20th, and there’s an
opportunity to volunteer with them in Hempstead on Christmas Day.
For more info and to make a donation (and they accept more
than cash so check out their website and read it all over carefully)…
https://communitysolidarity.org/donate/funds
- NOFA-NY
This is the organization that has been certifying farms as
being organic LONG before the federal government got involved (and will
probably keep doing it if the federal government ever makes a total mess of it 😊).
Our farm, Green Thumb Farm, is certified organic by NOFA-NY, and has been for
decades. If you appreciate organic food REALLY being organic, join and/or
donate to NOFA-NY. Great organization doing great work.
To become a member (reasonably priced and the info they mail
you is worth it…a one year subscription to The Natural Farmer – not just for
farmers 😊, and their newsletter, PLUS you get
discounts with certain businesses and can attend NOFA-NY events for free – some
of which are on Long Island)…
https://nofany.org/about-us/become-a-member/
To donate…
https://nofany.org/donate/
6.Vote early and vote often (in this case…you can! 😊)
From now till December 15th (our CSA doesn’t end
till December 8th 😊), you can vote for the
Cinema Arts Centre to win the “Best of Long Island” award for 2022 AND you’re
allowed one vote per one person per each day for each category (in this case
the category is Movie Theater). So like I said…vote early (start now 😊),
and vote often 😊!
Why vote for them? Well, it is the best movie theater on
Long Island (IMHO as the kids say 😊), but they’ve also been
gracious enough, over these past few years, to host Green Thumb CSA –
Huntington and so this is a fairly simple way to show them your appreciation
(if you feel so inclined 😊).
Here's the link…
https://www.bestoflongisland.com/voting/#/gallery/?group=436121
And since Green Thumb Farm wasn’t nominated for best Farm
Stand (I will try and make that happen next year 😊), I’m voting for Garden
of Eve Organic Farm…
https://www.bestoflongisland.com/voting/#/gallery/?group=436126
Under “Local Raw Honey” I voted for Bees Needs because
that’s owned by the beekeeper, Mary, for our farm…
https://www.bestoflongisland.com/voting/#/gallery/?group=436126
Are any of you out there nominated? If so, let us know any
maybe we’ll vote for you! 😊
7.Want to grow some of your own food or if you already
are…up your growing game?
If so, you might want to sign up to be notified for Joe
Lamp’l’s Organic Vegetable Gardening class at his Online Gardening Academy
coming this spring (at the moment there’s a waitlist).
Who’s Joe Lamp’l? I first saw him on PBS as the host on the
show Growing a Greener World (really good if you like gardening and are
interested in improving our environment)…
https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/
Here’s some info about Mr. Lamp’l…
https://joegardener.com/about/
For more info and to sign up to be notified…
https://joegardener.com/ovgwaitlist/?affiliate=shownotes
Plus, the website has good info and his emails can be very
useful for the home gardener.
8.Emergency situations at the CSA (hurricanes/electronic
communication glitches/medical emergencies, etc.)
- It’s hurricane season till November 30th
(our CSA’s last day is December 8th) and even though it’s
“technically” over, we could still have crazy bad weather between now and
next week! Farmers are more hardcore than postal workers so your food will
be at the CSA between 3:30pm and 7:30pm on Thursdays, pretty much no
matter what. Hurricane Sandy didn’t stop our CSA. We were at the Unitarian
Fellowship in Huntington, and there was no power and there were tree limbs
around the property BUT I checked out the building to make sure there was
no danger being in the building or entering the property, and with
flashlights brought by me, we had our CSA. If there’s no emails…show up
anyway. If there’s some problem/issue with the food arriving there should
be a note on the door of the Cinema letting you know what’s up (if we’re
not already in there waiting for you). In a storm situation please bring a
flashlight/lantern as it could be helpful for you and those of us at the
CSA. Again…show up, and at 3:30pm and 5:30pm if there were no emails
please offer to work if you’re able and available. If you feel it’s not
safe/wise for you to venture out, know that any food left at the end of
the CSA will be picked up and donated to the gang at Community Solidarity.
They have NEVER missed a food distribution day even in snow and ice storms
(regardless of the weather…hungry people will still be hungry if there’s
no food to eat).
- Electronic communication is FAR from perfect. IF you
get no CSA emails or responses to your emails on any given week…come to
the CSA anyway. It could be a problem with my laptop, etc. Stuff happens.
- Anything else that might come up (these days…who
knows???)…no emails, etc., come anyway and will do our best to keep
everyone informed as best we can (look for notes on front door of Cinema
if nothing else). The CSA has always happened every week during our 20+
seasons…(lifted from the postal worker motto) - Neither snow nor rain nor
heat nor gloom stays these farmers & CSA crew from the swift
completion of their appointed rounds…to get you your CSA Shares! 😊
- If there’s an emergency
situation in progress, consider offering to help out at the CSA whether
you’re asked to or not.
9.What you actually got last week
Week #26
December 1, 2022
- Squash, Winter: Pharsi – 1 pc. - $4.00
- Squash, Winter: Buttercup – 1 pc. – N/C (owed from last
week)
- Sweet Potatoes – 1 bag (3 lbs.) - $6.25
- Radicchio: Chiogga – 1 head - $4.50
- Kale: Curly/Vates – 1 bunch - $5.25
- Thyme – 1 bunch - $3.75
Total Items: 6
Total Amount: $23.75
We pay $20 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we get a
bit more, some a bit less. This week, it was $3.75 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 $71.25 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 (so
far it’s over three CSA Shares worth), 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! 😊
10.And now, for
something completely different…
I hope these people left their baristas a really good tip!
If I had this job I’d either be fired or quit post-haste (just don’t think I’d
manage to get these orders right…my head would explode first 😊)…
https://www.boredpanda.com/baristas-hilarious-cursed-drink-orders/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter
Events…both near and far
Saturday, December 10th
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm Winter Hours
829 Montauk Hwy
Water Mill
For more info…
631-726-1900
Check on the hours before you head out. Either it should be
on the answering machine message or wait till the farm stand opens.
8pm
Tis the Season
Northport Middle School
11 Middleville Re.
Northport
$15 (tickets sold at the door)
Come hear CSA member, Noelle DeLorenzo, sing along with the
Northport Chorale in this holiday concert, featuring the Northport Community
and Jazz Bands.
Sunday, December 11th
7:30am to 12:30pm
Huntington Winter Market
John J. Flanagan Center (formerly the gym of the YMCA)
423 Park Ave
Huntington
From now till March.
Tuesday, December 13th
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
8:15pm – Drive-thru distribution
Huntington Food Share
Community Solidarity
Fairground Ave. & 6th St.
Huntington Station
FREE
For more info…
https://communitysolidarity.org/foodshares/huntington
To volunteer…
https://communitysolidarity.org/volunteer
Or to make a donation (they REALLY need a new truck)…
https://communitysolidarity.org/donate/funds
Community Solidarity (formerly Long Island Food Not Bombs)
is an amazing group, doing much needed good works. These are the folks our CSA
donates food to (and have for the last several years). If you’d like to
volunteer, make a donation (they REALLY, REALLY need a new truck), or have need
of their services (or know people who might)…get in touch/get information via
their website (listed above).
They also need/accept donations of the following…Bicycles,
Books, Clothing, Flowers (good for general mental health…taking care of the
mind AND the body), Food, Medical Care (is there a Doctor or Dentist in the
house? 😊), Plants/Seedlings, School Supplies, Toys
and more. For details on donating items, please go to the Home Page, scroll to
Donate, and read the appropriate listing (and scroll to Material Goods to see
the topics not initially listed)…
https://communitysolidarity.org/
Here’s founder Jon Stepanian’s TED Talk (TEDxNYU) on
Community Solidarity and Hunger Relief…
https://www.ted.com/talks/jon_stepanian_community_solidarity_hunger_relief
Saturday, December 17th
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm Winter Hours
829 Montauk Hwy
Water Mill
For more info…
631-726-1900
Check on the hours before you head out. Either it should be
on the answering machine message or wait till the farm stand opens.
Sunday, December 18th
7:30am to 12:30pm
Huntington Winter Market
John J. Flanagan Center (formerly the gym of the YMCA)
423 Park Ave
Huntington
From now till March.
Tuesday, December 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
8:15pm – Drive-thru distribution
Huntington Food Share
Community Solidarity
Fairground Ave. & 6th St.
Huntington Station
FREE
For more info…
https://communitysolidarity.org/foodshares/huntington
To volunteer…
https://communitysolidarity.org/volunteer
Or to make a donation (they REALLY need a new truck)…
https://communitysolidarity.org/donate/funds
Community Solidarity (formerly Long Island Food Not Bombs)
is an amazing group, doing much needed good works. These are the folks our CSA
donates food to (and have for the last several years). If you’d like to
volunteer, make a donation (they REALLY, REALLY need a new truck), or have need
of their services (or know people who might)…get in touch/get information via their
website (listed above).
They also need/accept donations of the following…Bicycles,
Books, Clothing, Flowers (good for general mental health…taking care of the
mind AND the body), Food, Medical Care (is there a Doctor or Dentist in the
house? 😊), Plants/Seedlings, School Supplies, Toys
and more. For details on donating items, please go to the Home Page, scroll to
Donate, and read the appropriate listing (and scroll to Material Goods to see
the topics not initially listed)…
https://communitysolidarity.org/
Here’s founder Jon Stepanian’s TED Talk (TEDxNYU) on
Community Solidarity and Hunger Relief…
https://www.ted.com/talks/jon_stepanian_community_solidarity_hunger_relief
Saturday, December 24th
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm Winter Hours
829 Montauk Hwy
Water Mill
For more info…
631-726-1900
Check on the hours before you head out. Either it should be
on the answering machine message or wait till the farm stand opens.
Tuesday, December 27th
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
8:15pm – Drive-thru distribution
Huntington Food Share
Community Solidarity
Fairground Ave. & 6th St.
Huntington Station
FREE
For more info…
https://communitysolidarity.org/foodshares/huntington
To volunteer…
https://communitysolidarity.org/volunteer
Or to make a donation (they REALLY need a new truck)…
https://communitysolidarity.org/donate/funds
Community Solidarity (formerly Long Island Food Not Bombs)
is an amazing group, doing much needed good works. These are the folks our CSA
donates food to (and have for the last several years). If you’d like to
volunteer, make a donation (they REALLY, REALLY need a new truck), or have need
of their services (or know people who might)…get in touch/get information via their
website (listed above).
They also need/accept donations of the following…Bicycles,
Books, Clothing, Flowers (good for general mental health…taking care of the
mind AND the body), Food, Medical Care (is there a Doctor or Dentist in the
house? 😊), Plants/Seedlings, School Supplies, Toys
and more. For details on donating items, please go to the Home Page, scroll to
Donate, and read the appropriate listing (and scroll to Material Goods to see
the topics not initially listed)…
https://communitysolidarity.org/
Here’s founder Jon Stepanian’s TED Talk (TEDxNYU) on
Community Solidarity and Hunger Relief…
https://www.ted.com/talks/jon_stepanian_community_solidarity_hunger_relief
Saturday, December 31st
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm Winter Hours
829 Montauk Hwy
Water Mill
For more info…
631-726-1900
Check on the hours before you head out. Either it should be
on the answering machine message or wait till the farm stand opens.
Saturday, January 7th
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm Winter Hours
829 Montauk Hwy
Water Mill
For more info…
631-726-1900
Check on the hours before you head out. Either it should be
on the answering machine message or wait till the farm stand opens.
Sunday, January 8th
7:30am to 12:30pm
Huntington Winter Market
John J. Flanagan Center (formerly the gym of the YMCA)
423 Park Ave
Huntington
From now till March.
Saturday, January 14th
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm Winter Hours
829 Montauk Hwy
Water Mill
For more info…
631-726-1900
Check on the hours before you head out. Either it should be
on the answering machine message or wait till the farm stand opens.
Sunday, January 15th
7:30am to 12:30pm
Huntington Winter Market
John J. Flanagan Center (formerly the gym of the YMCA)
423 Park Ave
Huntington
From now till March.
Saturday, January 21st
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm Winter Hours
829 Montauk Hwy
Water Mill
For more info…
631-726-1900
Check on the hours before you head out. Either it should be
on the answering machine message or wait till the farm stand opens.
Sunday, January 22nd
7:30am to 12:30pm
Huntington Winter Market
John J. Flanagan Center (formerly the gym of the YMCA)
423 Park Ave
Huntington
From now till March.
Saturday, January 28th
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm Winter Hours
829 Montauk Hwy
Water Mill
For more info…
631-726-1900
Last day for the Green Thumb Farm Winter hours (maybe
they’ll be having an end of season sale)! Check on the hours before you head
out. Either it should be on the answering machine message or wait till the farm
stand opens.
Sunday, January 29th
7:30am to 12:30pm
Huntington Winter Market
John J. Flanagan Center (formerly the gym of the YMCA)
423 Park Ave
Huntington
From now till March.
Thursday, February 2nd to Sunday, February
5th
NOFA-NY 41st Annual Winter Conference: Where We
Grow (online)
$225 – if you want to contribute to someone attending who
can’t afford the full price/$125 – non-members/$100 – NOFA-NY members/$50 –
sliding scale for those in need/$0 – scholarships are available
For more info and to register…
https://nofany.org/2023conference/
Check the workshops and events…
https://nofany.org/conference/workshops/
Another year of an online conference BUT it does cut down on
the cost, and the excitement of driving on snow/ice covered roads to get
upstate where the conference used to be held. There will be about 70 workshops
and events scheduled so if you’re interested in organic gardening (and tips to
deal with climate change), eating healthy, and the politics of
farming/food, this just might be the place for you!
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