Happy Autumn!
And a Happy Hanukkah (which starts at sundown today) to
those of our CSA Members who celebrate this holiday (sundown is 4:27pm so if
you pick up at 3:30pm when our CSA opens, you can get home in time OR have
someone pick up for you 😊)!
FYI…the last week of our CSA is NEXT WEEK Thursday,
December 14th.
Does anyone know someone named Valerie Valerous?
They picked up for someone and whoever was sitting at the desk didn’t mark it
on the sign-in sheet. If so, please get in touch with me and give me her email
address. I was supposed to send her Veg Info Sheets and I tried with the email
she gave me but it bounced back (tried another variation and that didn’t work
either).
CSA weather report…cold (cold enough to leave your
CSA Share in your car…from 35 to 45 is ok…below 35 will start to freeze and
that’s not good once your food starts to defrost – may turn mushy)
Important…if you ever 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
- Food safety and
COVID-19…
- How to get in touch with
the CSA/suzanne and why you might want to
- If you want to visit our
CSA farm’s farm stand after the CSA ends (after December 14th)…
- Let the games begin…it’s
time to vote for the Best of Long Island!
- 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. Not sure as to what that is? Just 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 sign-in 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 (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
(Community Solidarity…read more about them in the CSA Events email under
Tuesdays) 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!
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!
December 7, 2023
- Carrots – 1 bag
- Cauliflower* – 1 head
- Collard Greens* – 1 bunch
- Pak Choi* – 1 bunch (use Bok Choi Veg Info Sheet)
- Arugula* – 1 bunch
If you want to stir-fry them, cut up veg and let sit for 30
to 90 minutes and then stir-fry briefly to retain sulforaphane (what you want
in your cruciferous veg)…
https://www.sciencealert.com/best-way-to-cook-broccoli-sulforaphane-stir-fry-healthy
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…
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.How to get in touch with the CSA/suzanne (and why you
might want to )…
This is information you might not care about at all…until
you do, So, for the one time you might need this, please keep this contact info
in a place where you’d find it if you wanted it.
Why might you want to get in touch with suzanne and/or the
CSA?
- You’re running late getting to the CSA and can’t get
there by 7:30pm (you have the option of getting your CSA Share packed up
for you and picking it up before the Box Office closes which changes from
week to week depending on the movies being shown, but would usually be at
least 9pm)
- You can’t get to the CSA at all and would like it if
someone could hold your food till Friday, or Monday if you’re going away
for the weekend (if you know in advance, don’t wait till the last minute
as the more time we have, the better chance we’ll be able to find someone
to help out)
- You’re scheduled to work at the CSA and need to cancel
- Some other reason I’m not coming up with at the moment 😊
Options for getting in touch (the short story is that I’m
not available 24/7, nor am I plugged in to any electronic communication thingy
24/7, and so these are the parameters)…
- Email - gtcsahuntington@gmail.com
(can email me 24/7 HOWEVER, will not see ANY emails on Thursdays from noon
to 11pm)
- Phone
- 631-421-4864 – my home
landline (can call 24/7 and only leave voice messages, BUT will not hear
ANY messages or respond on Thursdays from noon till Friday afternoon)
- 631-423-7611 xt. 0 –
Cinema Arts Centre Box Office and DO NOT leave messages with the Box
Office as we may not get these messages in a timely manner or at all, and
ask to (or insist if you need to) speak to someone at the CSA They will
transfer the call to the Café and someone from the Café will get someone
from the CSA (can ONLY call this number for the CSA on Thursdays from
3:30pm to 8pm)
4.If you want to visit our CSA farm’s farm stand after
the CSA ends (after December 14th)…
Our CSA farm, Green Thumb Farm, has officially closed its
farm stand as of last weekend, BUT it will be open on Saturdays from 10am to
3pm till Saturday, January 27th, if you’re in the area and want to
see what goodies they have to offer this time of the year (more than you might
think 😊). If you do, be sure to mention you were a
member of Green Thumb CSA – Huntington this past season (always brings a smile
to the long time workers at the farm stand…especially if they’re Halsey family
members 😊).
5.Let the games begin…it’s time to vote for the Best of
Long Island!
I’ve just voted for Green Thumb Farm for best Farm Stand
under the “Food” category (come to the farm tour this weekend and find out why 😊),
and for the Cinema Arts Centre for best Movie Theater under “Arts &
Entertainment”…
https://www.bestoflongisland.com/voting/#//
And I also voted for Bee’s Needs for Best Raw Honey under
“Food” because that’s the woman (Mary Woltz) who’s the beekeeper at our farm,
Green Thumb Farm (and she’s truly awesome). And for Organic Eatery I voted for
True Food Kitchen because of the places nominated I think this is the place
that uses the most organic foods (and they’re really tasty), for best Veggie
Burger I voted for Blind Bat Brewery because it’s an organic whole food plant
based burger (and very tasty), and for the Vegan Burger I voted for True Food
Kitchen again because it’s tasty and a whole food plant based organic burger.
Under “Restaurants” I voted for Thai USA (hosts of our Bitter Melon dinner 😊)
under Thai (the fact that they didn’t have Sripraphai in Williston Park
nominated is insane but maybe it’s just me 😊).
You can vote once a day, every day from now till December 15th,
and check out the other categories and maybe there’s someone else you’d like to
support and vote for.
But it is odd that some of the places you can vote for no
longer exist like Mara’s Southern Kitchen (which I meant to go to but never got
there), and MP Taverna which moved from Roslyn to Irvington upstate (weird…).
I just saw that our CSA Member Danielle Tarantola is
nominated for Best Yoga Teacher under the “Health, Wellness & Beauty”
category as well as her Yoga Studio, Yoga Foundation (which they spelled
incorrectly 😊)…so I voted for her.
Are you nominated for anything? If so, let me know and we
can support you!
6.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 14th)! 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’ve been asked to or not.
7.What you actually got last week
Week #26
November 30, 2023
- Sweet Potatoes – 1 bag (2 ½ lbs.) - $5.50
- Radishes, Winter: Black Spanish, China Rose, Green
Luobo, Watermelon (Misato Rose/Shinrimei), and possibly more that I can’t
identify (assorted) – 1 bag (2 ½ lbs.) - $5.50
- Fennel – 1 bunch - $5.50
- Kale: Lacinato – 1 bunch - $5.50
- Mizuna: Red – 1 bunch -
$5.00
Total Items: 5
Total Amount: $27.00
We pay our farm $22 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we
get a bit more, some a bit less. This week, it was $5.00 over $22.00 (my
compulsive self is keeping track of all this 😊). Doesn’t sound like a
whole lot whether it’s over or under, but it adds up over the course of the CSA
season (at the moment it’s a total of $72 more food than 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 (which we’ve just gotten), 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! 😊
8.And now, for something completely different…
From artistic to curious, to just plain disgusting…there’s a
fungus among us! 😊
Events…both near and far
*Please keep in mind that any events or services listed do
not indicate a direct endorsement from Green Thumb Farm or Green Thumb CSA -
Huntington
.
Thursday, December 7th
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.
Saturday, December 9th
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Hwy.
Water Mill
Farm stand open for business till Saturday, January 27th.
Sunday, December 10th
9am to 1pm
Long Island Winter Farmers Market
Spirit of Huntington Art Center
2 Melville Rd. N.
Huntington Station
From now till March 31st
10am till 11:15am
Virtual Yoga Class – all levels - modifications offered
(Zoom)
$20
For more info…
https://www.openenergylearning.com/class-schedule
To participate text or call..
917-562-5322
Join CSA Member Marylou Locker in an open energy and flow
class with flowing movement, energizing breath, and strengthening and
balancing postures.
Tuesday, December 12th
10am to 11am
Tai Chi class
Cinema Arts Centre
Sky Room Café
423 Park Ave
Huntington
FREE
Join teacher Roger Sencer in this free Tai Chi class that’s
been held at the Cinema Arts Centre for a number of years. All levels welcome.
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
Wednesday, December 13th
7pm to 8pm
Winding Down the Day from Yin to Yang (Zoom class)
$20.00
For more info…
https://www.openenergylearning.com/class-schedule
To participate text or call..
917-562-5322
Join CSA Member Marylou Locker in a bit of active practice
and breathing techniques to prepare for a relaxing night and sound sleep!
Thursday, December 14th
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.
Saturday, December 16th
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Hwy.
Water Mill
Farm stand open for business till Saturday, January 27th.
Sunday, December 17th
9am to 1pm
Long Island Winter Farmers Market
Spirit of Huntington Art Center
2 Melville Rd. N.
Huntington Station
From now till March 31st
10am till 11:15am
Virtual Yoga Class – all levels - modifications offered
(Zoom)
$20
For more info…
https://www.openenergylearning.com/class-schedule
To participate text or call..
917-562-5322
Join CSA Member Marylou Locker in an open energy and flow
class with flowing movement, energizing breath, and strengthening and
balancing postures.
Tuesday, December 19th
10am to 11am
Tai Chi class
Cinema Arts Centre
Sky Room Café
423 Park Ave
Huntington
FREE
Join teacher Roger Sencer in this free Tai Chi class that’s
been held at the Cinema Arts Centre for a number of years. All levels welcome.
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
Wednesday, December 20th
7pm to 8pm
Winding Down the Day from Yin to Yang (Zoom class)
$20.00
For more info…
https://www.openenergylearning.com/class-schedule
To participate text or call..
917-562-5322
Join CSA Member Marylou Locker in a bit of active practice
and breathing techniques to prepare for a relaxing night and sound sleep!
Thursday, December 21st
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.
Saturday, December 23rd
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Hwy.
Water Mill
Farm stand open for business till Saturday, January 27th.
Sunday, December 24th
9am to 1pm
Long Island Winter Farmers Market
Spirit of Huntington Art Center
2 Melville Rd. N.
Huntington Station
From now till March 31st
10am till 11:15am
Virtual Yoga Class – all levels - modifications offered
(Zoom)
$20
For more info…
https://www.openenergylearning.com/class-schedule
To participate text or call..
917-562-5322
Join CSA Member Marylou Locker in an open energy and flow
class with flowing movement, energizing breath, and strengthening and
balancing postures.
Tuesday, December 26th
10am to 11am
Tai Chi class
Cinema Arts Centre
Sky Room Café
423 Park Ave
Huntington
FREE
Join teacher Roger Sencer in this free Tai Chi class that’s
been held at the Cinema Arts Centre for a number of years. All levels welcome.
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
Wednesday, December 27th
7pm to 8pm
Winding Down the Day from Yin to Yang (Zoom class)
$20.00
For more info…
https://www.openenergylearning.com/class-schedule
To participate text or call..
917-562-5322
Join CSA Member Marylou Locker in a bit of active practice
and breathing techniques to prepare for a relaxing night and sound sleep!
Thursday, December28th
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.
Saturday, December 30th
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Hwy.
Water Mill
Farm stand open for business till Saturday, January 27th.
Sunday, December 31st
9am to 1pm
Long Island Winter Farmers Market
Spirit of Huntington Art Center
2 Melville Rd. N.
Huntington Station
From now till March 31st
10am till 11:15am
Virtual Yoga Class – all levels - modifications offered
(Zoom)
$20
For more info…
https://www.openenergylearning.com/class-schedule
To participate text or call..
917-562-5322
Join CSA Member Marylou Locker in an open energy and flow
class with flowing movement, energizing breath, and strengthening and
balancing postures.
Tuesday, January 2nd
10am to 11am
Tai Chi class
Cinema Arts Centre
Sky Room Café
423 Park Ave
Huntington
FREE
Join teacher Roger Sencer in this free Tai Chi class that’s
been held at the Cinema Arts Centre for a number of years. All levels welcome.
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
Wednesday, January 3rd
7pm to 8pm
Winding Down the Day from Yin to Yang (Zoom class)
$20.00
For more info…
https://www.openenergylearning.com/class-schedule
To participate text or call..
917-562-5322
Join CSA Member Marylou Locker in a bit of active practice
and breathing techniques to prepare for a relaxing night and sound sleep!
Thursday, January 4th
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.
Saturday, January 6th
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Hwy.
Water Mill
Farm stand open for business till Saturday, January 27th.
Sunday, January 7th
9am to 1pm
Long Island Winter Farmers Market
Spirit of Huntington Art Center
2 Melville Rd. N.
Huntington Station
From now till March 31st
10am till 11:15am
Virtual Yoga Class – all levels - modifications offered
(Zoom)
$20
For more info…
https://www.openenergylearning.com/class-schedule
To participate text or call..
917-562-5322
Join CSA Member Marylou Locker in an open energy and flow
class with flowing movement, energizing breath, and strengthening and
balancing postures.
Wednesday, January 10th and Thursday
January 11th
8am to 4:30pm
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County’s 43rd
Annual Long Island Agricultural Forum
Suffolk County Community College
Riverhead
$55 (before January 3rd)/$70 (after January 3rd)
For more info and to register…
https://ccesuffolk.org/events/2015/01/08/long-island-agricultural-forum
While this is geared to folks in the industry, the general
public is welcome to attend (think I’ll be going as they have some CSA related
workshops this year). There will be sessions on…Ag Labor, Agricultural
Stewardship, Aquaculture, Beginning Farmers, Certified Organic Agriculture,
Floriculture, Fruit trees, Greenhouse growing, Livestock, Nurseries, Small
Fruit, Sustainable Agriculture, Vegetables, Viticulture. In addition to the
workshops there’s a Trade Show and you can purchase lunch (or else you need to
bring your own or go off-campus to purchase food as the school’s cafeteria will
not be open).
Saturday, January 13th
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Hwy.
Water Mill
Farm stand open for business till Saturday, January 27th.
Saturday, January 20th and Sunday, January
21st
8am to ??? – Saturday
7am to 3pm - Sunday
NOFA-NY (Northeast Organic Farming Association NY Chapter)
Winter Conference: Cultivating Community
Marriott Syracuse Downtown
100 E Onondaga St.
Syracuse, NY
Ticket prices range from $100 to $260 (includes meals but
not lodging) – early bird pricing till 12/15
For more info and to register…
https://nofany.org/2024conference/
There’s a photo contest to win a free registration and be
featured on the cover of the conference brochure and the deadline is December 8th.
There’s also scholarships available. The food will be good, and if you’re
interested in food politics, organic food, organic gardening and the
environment, this might be a place you’d like to be. And there will be a Trade
Show.
Saturday, January 20th
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Hwy.
Water Mill
Farm stand open for business till Saturday, January 27th.
Saturday, January 27th
8am to 6pm
NOFA-NJ (Northeast Organic Farming Association of NJ) Winter
Conference
Rutgers University
Douglass Student Center
100 George St.
New Brunswick, NY
$100 NOFA-NJ members/$125 General Public
For more info and to register…
https://nofanj.org/event/nofa-nj-34th-annual-winter-conference/
Our Long Island farmers sometimes find it easier to drive to
Rutgers than to risk life and limb and travel to the NOFA-NY Winter Conference
upstate NY (depending on the weather). Full and partial scholarships are
available. If you’re interested in organic food, gardening, farming, cooking,
this might be something you’d like to attend.
10am to 3pm
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Hwy.
Water Mill
Farm stand open for business…this is the last day till
May/June.
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