Happy Autumn!
DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CSA SHARE IN YOUR CAR FOR ANY LENGTH OF
TIME (while the summers’ over, your CSA Share won’t last as long as it would if
it were happy…which happens at about 40 degrees 😊).
- What you need to know
- While the more serious
water shortage warning has been lifted, there are still issues…
- It’s not all bad news 😊
- Food safety and
COVID-19…
- Our annual CSA Fall
Harvest Farm Tour is coming up soon!
- Emergency situations at
the CSA (hurricanes/electronic communication glitches/medical
emergencies…on my part, etc.)
- Click activism
- How to not miss any CSA
pickups AND getting in touch with your CSA (you’ll want this info in your
“back pocket” for the one time it might come in handy)
- What we 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.
- 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 go 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.
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)
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.
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
October 9, 2025
- Squash, Winter
- Squash, Summer
- Beans, Snap: Dragon Tongue – 1 bag
- Peppers, Sweet (?)
- Pak Choi* – 1 bunch
- Lettuce – 1 head
- Tomatoes, Mini – 1 pt.
Total Items: 7
Sage AND Thyme
2.While the more serious water shortage warning has been lifted, there are still issues…
Not only are we still short of water, there’s a moderate
fire risk so here’s info about that and more water conservation tips (basically
avoid burning anything in your yard or anywhere)…
We’re not totally out of the woods
yet in terms of having a good amount of water in Suffolk County. So, we’re
still being asked to follow the odd/even day watering schedule in regards to
lawns. If you have an even numbered house, you can water your lawn on the even
days of the month and the same goes with the odd numbered houses watering on
the odd numbered days of the month.
Suffolk County is listed as the
category D0 (and that’s the numerical 0 and not the letter O) which stands for
Abnormally Dry. That means we’re under a drought warning and we’re either on
our way to an actual drought or coming out of an actual drought situation.
Categories of drought are from D1 to D4.
So, the Suffolk County Water
Authority would still like us all to be mindful about water use in general, as
there’s still a few weeks left in the lawn watering season and there’s not a
lot of rain in the forecast.
If you want to investigate ways to
conserve water AND save some money, you can get up to $250 credit for some
water saving devices and get a FREE water consult. Check this out here…
https://www.scwa.com/waterwise/
If you want to learn where all our water in our homes comes
from (and more info about water conservation), check this out…
AND if they open up this program again, you can get $500 for
creating a rain garden, using a rain barrel and/or buy and plant Long Island
native plants!
https://lirpc.org/sustainable-landscaping-resource-hub/
If you’d like to win a smart water sprinkler controller
(worth about $250), sign the pledge here…
https://ourwaterourlives.com/pledge/
3.It’s not all bad news 😊
Study finds that eating organic is associated with higher
cognitive scores for both men and women! Now while the incidence of reduced
mild cognitive impairment was seen with woman and not men, women are the ones
with higher incidences of dementia and Alzheimer’s so it might not be as
important for men as much as it is for women.
4.Food safety and COVID-19, flu, etc.…
Even though it’s been a while since the word “pandemic” has
been bandied about, people are still getting COVID (there’s new variant going
around) and other illness. And the lessons we learned during the past few years
can still come in handy today to avoid basic things like colds and the flu.
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 while the
Cinema Arts Centre was closed (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 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/
- Will try and keep the
CSA area relatively uncrowded if any future outbreaks of any infectious
diseases occur
- Enter near the Box
Office entrance, and exit thru the door that leads out to the Cinema
garden and upper parking lot stairs
5.Our annual CSA Harvest Fall Farm Tour is coming up
soon!
Saturday, October 25th
11am to noon OR noon to 1pm
Green Thumb CSA Annual Fall Harvest Tour
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Hwy
Water Mill
RSVP by responding to this email or leaving a phone message
at 631-421-4864, and tell us your name and the total number of people coming
with you (there’s only so much room in the wagon). if you are sharing with
someone, you need to use BOTH your name and the name of the CSA member you’re
sharing with.
Our CSA farm tour is for CSA Members and their immediate
family members only.
This will be a riding tour on a large tractor-pulled wagon
(kids love this 😊). We’ll see various
parts of the farm and probably get to feed some animals, maybe get to pick some
food from the fields, and get Pumpkins at the end (not necessarily organic and
not necessarily from our farm, BUT meant more for decorating though they can be
eaten 😊).
Everything purchased at the farm stand will get a 10%
discount.
After the last farm tour, some of us will go to Barrow Food
House in Aquebogue for lunch and of course, you’re welcome to come along. Check
out the menu for Barrow Food House…
The only thing I didn’t care for on the menu (and have eaten
most of it 😊) was the Latkes (thought they were too
greasy) but it’s been a while so I might try them again to see if they’ve
gotten any better 😊.
6.Emergency situations at the CSA (hurricanes/electronic
communication glitches/medical emergencies…on my part, etc.)
What NOT to do during a thunderstorm…
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thunderstorm-safety-meteorologists-goog_l_689265b6e4b07e7958a0e188
- It’s peak hurricane season till November 30th
(our CSA’s last day is December 11th)! 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
for us 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 28+
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.
7.Click activism
Join me in boycotting Driscoll’s “plasticberries” and telling the company
you’re not happy about their business or farming practices!
After California banned chlorpyrifos, the state's use of organophosphorus
pesticides decreased everywhere except in the Central Coast region where
Driscoll's grows its strawberries. In Driscoll's Monterey County, use went up
26 percent and exposure is nearly unavoidable. Monterey County has the highest
proportion of pregnant women (50 percent) living within 1 km of organophosphate
pesticide use. Living within 1–1.25 km of organophosphate pesticide
applications during pregnancy is linked to autism spectrum disorder, reduced IQ
in children, and altered brain activity in adolescents. This is so distressing
to the citizens of Watsonville, California, where Driscoll's is headquartered,
that two went on hunger strike, demanding that Driscoll's transition its farms
near schools to organic, but Driscoll's wouldn't even publicly acknowledged
their protest.
Click here to read more and let Driscoll know you’re going to stop
buying their “plasticberries” and let them know you disapprove of their farming
and business practices… https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/68349/action/1
8. How to not miss any CSA pickups AND getting in touch
with your CSA (you’ll want this info in your “back pocket” for the one time it
might come in handy)
1. If you're running late and it's something you didn't
know in advance and can get to the Cinema Arts Centre by 9pm or 10pm, call the
Cinema Box Office (631-423-7611 xt. 0 - I'd put this number in my phone under
"CSA contacts" or however you think you'll remember to find this
number and have easy access) between CSA hours (after 3:30pm but before
7:30pm), ask to speak to someone at the CSA and you'll be transferred, let us
know you'll be running late, and we can pack a bag for you that will have your
last name on it (when you pick up your CSA Share, make sure it's your last name
on the bag because, for example, if you get an Herb Share and someone else
doesn't, you don't want to miss out on your Herb Share and vice versa), and get
there before the Box Office closes for the night. That time depends on the
length of the movies playing (which change every week) so when you call to ask
us at the CSA to pack your CSA Share I'd ask the Box Office person what time
they'll be closing AND I'd give a call when I was on my way to let them know so
they wouldn't lock the front door (just in case 😊).
2. If you know in advance that you might be running late,
you can contact me (will put below the parameters of when I'm available as I'm
not a 24/7 person in terms of how to get in touch with me), and let me know and
I'll (as in the above), pack up your CSA Share so you can pick it up at the Box
Office before it closes. HOWEVER, if you don't get there by the time they're
going to close, they will have our donating organization come over to take it
as we can't store any CSA food at the Cinema overnight.
3. If you know in advance that you can't pick up at all
on a Thursday, there are options...
A. Have someone you know pick up for you so you can get
it from them the next day OR, if you're going away for the weekend, when you
get back. The only thing they need when they stop by our CSA is knowing where
to go (the Cinema's Sky Room Cafe), what time to show up (3:30pm to 7:30pm),
your name (you'd be surprised at how that's not as obvious as one would think 😊)
AND, to bring at least two bags to pack up the CSA Share to separate wet and
dry foods (and one being plastic or some other material that won't leak water).
B. Have another CSA member take your CSA Share home with
them and...see above. If you don't know any of our CSA members and you'd like,
I will send out an email asking for help, and 9 times out of 10 there will be a
CSA member who'd be glad to hold on to your CSA Share till you're able to pick
it up at that person's home (or another location agreed upon by both people).
They understand not wanting to miss a week of the CSA Season so they're happy
to help. 😊
Have to tell you though, missing at least one CSA pickup
per season is almost like a rite of passage for every CSA member (new and not
new 😊). People miss them for any number of
reasons. From life's unexpected events (like getting caught up at work 😊,
to completely forgetting, to late planning that's not working out as one
wanted. At one point a number of years ago I was a member of our CSA AND
another one (wanted to compare the two CSA Shares 😊),
and I FORGOT to pick up my 2nd CSA Share one week (and was so annoyed at myself
that I never forgot again 😊). If I can completely
forget to pick up my CSA Share (of a CSA site that I'm not managing 😊),
it can happen to anyone 😊.
How to get in touch with suzanne...
1. email gtcsahuntington@gmail.com
- 24/7 HOWEVER there are times when I won't see them. On Thursdays, odds are I
won't see emails from noon till the next day (Friday) after noon.
2. personal phone ( 631-421-4864 ) - for the
purposes of the CSA I use my home phone which is a land line. I want to
separate my home and "work" life so I don't use my mobile phone and
even if it's someone I know, I won't respond to anything connected to the CSA
from my mobile phone. HOWEVER, I won't see any phone messages left on this
number during the same times as the above (won't see voice messages left after
noon on Thursdays and won't check them till Friday after noon...and I don't check
them remotely)
3. Cinema phone ( 631-423-7611 xt. 0 ) - I'd keep this
number in your mobile phone too under "CSA" or any other place you'll
remember where it is. Unlike the above, you can ONLY use this number during CSA
hours (Thursday 3:30pm to 7:30pm) for the purpose of letting us know you're
running late and want your CSA Share packed and left at the Box Office, OR a
last minute plea to try and find someone to take your CSA Share home with them
so you can pick it up the next day (I wouldn't count on this since the pool of
people who will be asked is small BUT I also would still give it a try because
it has worked from time to time).
Lastly, for the past several years, our CSA farm, Green
Thumb Farm, has been VERY generous with us and over the course of our season,
they've given us around $80.00 worth of food that we didn't pay for (so far in
the past few weeks, we've gotten $16.75 more than we've paid for...if you look
at the CSA Wall Chart every week, you'll see that the total amount of money is
usually more than the $23 we pay the farm). SO, that means as far as losing
money, you can "afford" to miss at least one or two CSA pickups (and
possibly 3 or 4) and not lose money BUT, I understand we still want our weekly
veg (and Flowers and Herbs 😊), and miss it if we
don't pick it up or arrange to have our CSA Share held for us.
9.What you actually got last week
Week #18
October 2, 2025
- Leeks – 1 bunch - $5.50
- Squash, Summer: 8 Ball/Globe, Costata Romanesco, Gold,
Kousa, Patty Pan – Green/Yellow/White , Yellow, Zucchini - 3 pc. - $1.25
- Beans, Snap: Purple – 1 bag (1/2 lb.) - $4.50
- Tomatoes, Beefsteak: Red – 1 bag (2 lb.) - $6.50
- Pepper, Sweet: Red – 1 pc. - $1.25
- Swiss Chard: Green, Rainbow OR Red – 1 bunch - $5.25
- Lettuce: Salad Bowl, Green – 1 head - $4.50
Total Items: 7
Total Amount: $28.75
We pay our farm $23 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we
get a bit more, some a bit less. This week, it was $5.75 over $23.00. Doesn’t
sound like a whole lot, but it adds up over the course of the CSA season (at
the moment it’s a total of $55.25 more food than what we paid). We seem to
always get at least one CSA share’s worth of food every year (we’ve got that
now) 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! 😊
10.And now, for something completely different…
If you don’t know why I’m using this phrase, click here (or
even if you do you might want to take a peek 😊)…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bF-rpJz2CA
This was a catch phrase on the BBC tv show Monty Python’s
Flying Circus.
If you had a vegetable garden this year, did any of your veg
end up looking like this? 😊
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-harvesting-photos/
Events…both near and far
*Please keep in mind that any events or services listed do
not indicate a direct endorsement from Green Thumb Organic Farm or Green Thumb
CSA – Huntington
Saturday, October 11th
10am to 11:15am
Beach Yoga
Fleets Cove Beach Park
Fleets Cove Rd. (to the right of the house and in front of
the kayaks)
Huntington
$20 (cash or Venmo)
Prior to class, text to check in at…
917-562-5322
Join CSA member, Marylou Locker, at the beach to do some
yoga (barring bad yoga weather 😊). This is yoga for ALL
levels with modifications for every body. You’ll find the healing sights and
sounds of nature, experience the salt air, sunshine and a deep sense of
renewal, and be part of a supportive community of fans of yoga. What to
bring…Beach blanket/towel to put beneath your Yoga mat, Hat Sunscreen, Yoga
mat, Water and a big smile 😊!
10am to 1pm
Plantstock
HOG Farm
319 Beaver Dam Rd
Brookhaven
FREE to attend
For more info…
Native plant sale, baked goods, craft vendors, live music
and Pizza by Chef Clemente.
5pm and 7:30pm
PAWPAW
Lin Beach House
455 NY-25
Greenport
$85 (BYOB $30)
To reserve…
https://www.exploretock.com/pawpaw/
This comes
recommended by CSA Member Annina Wildermuth who’s been here (and would go back 😊). PAWPAW is a pop-up restaurant dedicated to showcasing the
ingredients farmed, fished, and foraged on the North Fork of Long Island. On
select Saturday evenings, PAWPAW convenes at The Lin Beach House in Greenport
to create a five course tasting menu celebrating the bounty that makes the
North Fork such a magical place. The result is an ever-rotating multi-course
culmination of the season's harvest. Allow 2 ½ hours for the meal.
Tuesday, October 14th
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.
6pm to 8pm
Eric Eaton & Friends
Urban Coffee
101 Broadway
Greenlawn
FREE
For more info about Urban Coffee (no website)…
https://www.facebook.com/urbancoffeegreenlawn/
https://www.instagram.com/urbancoffeeny/?hl=en
CSA member Eric Eaton has started a singer/songwriter series
at Urban Coffee. This will be an almost weekly event (except not the first
Tuesday of the month when it will be poetry night). It’ll be an evening of
home-brewed songs and home-brewed Coffee 😊. Eric will be playing
songs of life, love, hope and peace, and then we’ll see what original tunes
Katherine has to offer. So, come on down and grab some refreshments for your
taste buds and ears!
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.youtube.com/watch?v=v76MyFuXfqc
Thursday, October 16th
12am to 12pm
People’s Food Summit: A 24 Hour Global Event (online
event)
To get more info and to watch…
Vandana Shiva is the only person I know of in this lineup,
but that’s enough for me to be curious about all the others I don’t know. This
is a parallel event to the UN’s World Food Day.
Unfortunately, the UN’s World Food Day has been hijacked by
corporate agribusiness and pesticide cartels. In June of 2019 the UN signed an
agreement with the World Economic Forum (WEF) pushing the corporate
influence, greed, and agendas of these billionaire cartels. The big ag
agenda was solidified with the appointment of Ms. Agnes Kalibata, President of
the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA…funded by the Gates
Foundation) as the Special Envoy for the UN Food Systems Summit. AGRA has been
pushing GMOs and other false solutions to climate change, drought and hunger in
Africa and elsewhere with disastrous impacts on the people and their land.
After hearing AGRA and big ag’s influences on the UN World Food Summit, this
group decided to let farmers and consumers have an alternative forum…a forum by
and for the people, that promotes and supports smaller farms (anything under
500 acres is considered “small” by the USDA standards) and the real
agroecological solutions of organic and regenerative food systems. Maybe not in
the United States, but world-wide, small family farms, pastoralists (sheep or
cattle farmer), and foresters (specialize in the care of forests and wooded
areas for sustainable foods like nuts, medicinal plants and fruits) produce 80%
of the food eaten. Presented will be real world proven and farmer-based
examples of what is, and should be, the future of our food and farming future
including…agroecology, agroforestry, holistic managed grazing, organic and
regenerative farming, permaculture and more.
And we CSA Members are part of this worldwide movement by
supporting a small family farm that’s certified organic through your
membership!
If you don’t get to watch any or all of this event (being
the day of the CSA…I won’t ☹), I’m sure you can watch the
talks here at some later point, and check out talks given at previous People’s
Food Summits…
https://www.youtube.com/@RegenerationInternational/streams
Saturday, October 18th
10am to 11:15am
Beach Yoga
Fleets Cove Beach Park
Fleets Cove Rd. (to the right of the house and in front of
the kayaks)
Huntington
$20 (cash or Venmo)
Prior to class, text to check in at…
917-562-5322
Join CSA member, Marylou Locker, at the beach to do some
yoga (barring bad yoga weather 😊). This is yoga for ALL
levels with modifications for every body. You’ll find the healing sights and
sounds of nature, experience the salt air, sunshine and a deep sense of
renewal, and be part of a supportive community of fans of yoga. What to
bring…Beach blanket/towel to put beneath your Yoga mat, Hat Sunscreen, Yoga
mat, Water and a big smile 😊!
5pm and 7:30pm
PAWPAW
Lin Beach House
455 NY-25
Greenport
$85 (BYOB $30)
To reserve…
https://www.exploretock.com/pawpaw/
This comes
recommended by CSA Member Annina Wildermuth who’s been here (and would go back 😊). PAWPAW is a pop-up restaurant dedicated to showcasing the
ingredients farmed, fished, and foraged on the North Fork of Long Island. On
select Saturday evenings, PAWPAW convenes at The Lin Beach House in Greenport
to create a five course tasting menu celebrating the bounty that makes the
North Fork such a magical place. The result is an ever-rotating multi-course
culmination of the season's harvest. Allow 2 ½ hours for the meal.
Sunday, October 19th
Noon to 3pm
Foraging Tour with Wildman Steve Brill
Sunken Meadow Park
Rt 25A and Sunken Meadow Pkwy
Kings Park
For directions of where to meet up…
https://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/travel
Adults - $25/Children under 12 - $15 and bring exact change
(suggested donations…his knowledge and experience is worth at least twice this
amount 😊)
For more info about attending a tour…
https://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/sign-up
To find more info about this tour…
https://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/tour-calendar
To register…
Call 914-835-2153 at least 24 hours in advance of the tour
and if you need to cancel, call 24 hours in advance (if you do not cancel 24
hours in advance, you will be charged $25 prior to being allowed to schedule
another tour)
If you’ve never gone on a foraging tour with Wildman Steve
Brill, do yourself a favor and go 😊. He knows his stuff,
he’s entertaining (silly and corny and sweet), and you’ll go home with some
interesting and delicious local seasonal foods to eat. I HIGHLY recommend going
to his website and buying his cookbook The Wild Vegan Cookbook if you want to
start learning how to cook these wonderful foraged foods.
Tuesday, October 21st
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.
6pm to 8pm
Eric Eaton & Friends
Urban Coffee
101 Broadway
Greenlawn
FREE
For more info about Urban Coffee (no website)…
https://www.facebook.com/urbancoffeegreenlawn/
https://www.instagram.com/urbancoffeeny/?hl=en
CSA member Eric Eaton has started a singer/songwriter series
at Urban Coffee. This will be an almost weekly event (except not the first
Tuesday of the month when it will be poetry night). It’ll be an evening of
home-brewed songs and home-brewed Coffee 😊. Eric will be playing
songs of life, love, hope and peace, and then we’ll see what original tunes
Katherine has to offer. So, come on down and grab some refreshments for your
taste buds and ears!
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.youtube.com/watch?v=v76MyFuXfqc
Wednesday, October 22nd
6:30pm to 8:30pm
CSA Culinary Extravaganza - October Edition
Blind Bat Brewery Bistro
94 Washington Drive, Unit B
Centerport
To RSVP…
respond to this email with your name and the number of
people attending (or leave a phone message with same info at 631-421-4864)
Blind Bat Brewery Bistro is the most organic and/or locally
sourced eatery in the Huntington area (grass fed beef, local and organic
produce, Beers made with NY State Hops and Grains and produce grown using
organic farming methods).
Families with children welcome! I’ve seen little ones
chowing down here, so don’t think it’s an adults only event 😊.
The restaurant only holds 16 people (they’re doing this on a
day when they’re closed so this is just for us 😊) so at the moment
there’s room for 11 left.
How it will work is that the owners/chefs will be making up
a special menu for us, will email everyone attending the menu, and you’ll email
me your orders. That way the kitchen staff (1 cook and 1 helper) won’t be
overly overwhelmed. Everyone will pay their own bill and there you go! If you
want to add to your order once you get there, if they can accommodate you I’m
sure they will.
Check out the menu here…
Food…
https://blindbatbrewery.com/download/blind-bat-brewery-bistro-food-oct-05_2025.pdf
Pierogis…
https://blindbatbrewery.com/blind-bat-brewery-bistro-kitchen-hand-made-pierogi.html
Drinks and Desserts…
https://blindbatbrewery.com/download/blind-bat-brewery-bistro-drinks-oct-05-2025.pdf
Have eaten a lot of this menu and it’s all good. All the
soups are very yummy. They normally only have their house made Pierogi’s on
Thursdays and Sundays but they’ll make them for us.
And info about the restaurant…
Saturday, October 25th
10am to 11:15am
Beach Yoga
Fleets Cove Beach Park
Fleets Cove Rd. (to the right of the house and in front of
the kayaks)
Huntington
$20 (cash or Venmo)
Prior to class, text to check in at…
917-562-5322
Join CSA member, Marylou Locker, at the beach to do some
yoga (barring bad yoga weather 😊). This is yoga for ALL
levels with modifications for every body. You’ll find the healing sights and
sounds of nature, experience the salt air, sunshine and a deep sense of
renewal, and be part of a supportive community of fans of yoga. What to
bring…Beach blanket/towel to put beneath your Yoga mat, Hat Sunscreen, Yoga
mat, Water and a big smile 😊!
11am to noon OR noon to 1pm
Green Thumb CSA Annual Fall Harvest Tour
Green Thumb Farm
829 Montauk Hwy
Water Mill
RSVP by responding to this email or leaving a phone message
at 631-421-4864, and tell us your name and the total number of people coming
with you (there’s only so much room in the wagon). if you are sharing with
someone, you need to use BOTH your name and the name of the CSA member you’re
sharing with.
The CSA farm tour is for CSA Members and their immediate
family members only.
If you have any questions any of the food you’ve gotten at
our CSA, or about Green Thumb Farm and its farmers, OR any questions about your
home vegetable garden, this is the time and the place to do it! 😊
This will be a riding tour on a large tractor-pulled wagon
(kids love this 😊). We’ll see various
parts of the farm and probably get to feed some animals, maybe get to pick some
food from the fields, and get Pumpkins at the end (not necessarily organic and
not necessarily from our farm, BUT meant more for decorating though they can be
eaten 😊).
Everything purchased at the farm stand will get a 10%
discount.
After the last farm tour, some of us will go to Barrow Food
House in Aquebogue for lunch and of course, you’re welcome to come along. Check
out the menu for Barrow Food House…
The only thing I didn’t care for on the menu (and have eaten
most of it 😊) was the Latkes (thought they were too
greasy) but it’s been a while so I might try them again to see if they’ve
gotten any better 😊.
5pm and 7:30pm
PAWPAW
Lin Beach House
455 NY-25
Greenport
$85 (BYOB $30)
To reserve…
https://www.exploretock.com/pawpaw/
This comes
recommended by CSA Member Annina Wildermuth who’s been here (and would go back 😊). PAWPAW is a pop-up restaurant dedicated to showcasing the
ingredients farmed, fished, and foraged on the North Fork of Long Island. On
select Saturday evenings, PAWPAW convenes at The Lin Beach House in Greenport
to create a five course tasting menu celebrating the bounty that makes the
North Fork such a magical place. The result is an ever-rotating multi-course
culmination of the season's harvest. Allow 2 ½ hours for the meal.
Sunday, October 26th
11am to 2:30pm
Foraging Tour with Wildman Steve Brill
Belmont Lake State Park
625 Belmont Ave.
North Babylon
For directions of where to meet up…
https://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/travel
Adults - $25/Children under 12 - $15 and bring exact change
(suggested donations…his knowledge and experience is worth at least twice this
amount 😊)
For more info about attending a tour…
https://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/sign-up
To find more info about this tour…
https://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/tour-calendar
To register…
Call 914-835-2153 at least 24 hours in advance of the tour
and if you need to cancel, call 24 hours in advance (if you do not cancel 24
hours in advance, you will be charged $25 prior to being allowed to schedule
another tour)
If you’ve never gone on a foraging tour with Wildman Steve
Brill, do yourself a favor and go 😊. He knows his stuff,
he’s entertaining (silly and corny and sweet), and you’ll go home with some
interesting and delicious local seasonal foods to eat.
Tuesday, October 28th
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.
6pm to 8pm
Eric Eaton & Friends
Urban Coffee
101 Broadway
Greenlawn
FREE
For more info about Urban Coffee (no website)…
https://www.facebook.com/urbancoffeegreenlawn/
https://www.instagram.com/urbancoffeeny/?hl=en
CSA member Eric Eaton has started a singer/songwriter series
at Urban Coffee. This will be an almost weekly event (except not the first
Tuesday of the month when it will be poetry night). It’ll be an evening of
home-brewed songs and home-brewed Coffee 😊. Eric will be playing
songs of life, love, hope and peace, and then we’ll see what original tunes
Katherine has to offer. So, come on down and grab some refreshments for your
taste buds and ears!
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.youtube.com/watch?v=v76MyFuXfqc
Sunday, November 2nd
9am to 12pm
Foraging Tour with Wildman Steve Brill
Vanderbilt Museum
180 Little Neck Rd.
Centerport
Adults - $25/$22 Members/Children 10+ $15/$12
Members/Children under 10 - FREE
For more and to register…
https://www.vanderbiltmuseum.org/portfolio/spring-foraging-with-the-wildman/
To find more info about this tour…
https://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/tour-calendar
If you’ve never gone on a foraging tour with Wildman Steve
Brill, do yourself a favor and go 😊. He knows his stuff,
he’s entertaining (silly and corny and sweet), and you’ll go home with some
interesting and delicious local seasonal foods to eat.
Friday, November 7th to Sunday, November 9th
The Art of (meno)Pausing
Mama Farm
269 S Country Rd
Brookhaven
$900 (commuter)/$1700 (staying at Mama Farm’s B&B)
For more info and to register…
This is a 3 day immersive retreat learning all about
menopause (both conventional and complementary medicine techniques) with 3
leading experts in their fields (Dr. Laura MacIsaac, Ob/Gyn and a Menopause
Society Certified Practitioner, Dr. Amy Novatt, Ob/Gyn and sexual health
expert, and Padma Dharini, ordained Buddhist). This is limited to 15
participants. Fees include all food (I imagine some will be from foods grown at
the farm) and scheduled activities. Mama Farm is the home and passion of the
actress Isabella Rossellini, and she will be giving one of the lectures.
Participants will receive a 15% discount on Drs. Amy & Laura’s 3 month
supportive coaching, consulting and care…an opportunity to develop individual
treatment plans for optimal health.
Saturday, November 8th
11am to 2:30pm
Foraging Tour with Wildman Steve Brill
Belmont Lake State Park
625 Belmont Ave.
North Babylon
For directions of where to meet up…
https://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/travel
Adults - $25/Children under 12 - $15 and bring exact change
(suggested donations…his knowledge and experience is worth at least twice this
amount 😊)
For more info about attending a tour…
https://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/sign-up
To find more info about this tour…
https://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/tour-calendar
To register…
Call 914-835-2153 at least 24 hours in advance of the tour
and if you need to cancel, call 24 hours in advance (if you do not cancel 24
hours in advance, you will be charged $25 prior to being allowed to schedule
another tour)
If you’ve never gone on a foraging tour with Wildman Steve
Brill, do yourself a favor and go 😊. He knows his stuff,
he’s entertaining (silly and corny and sweet), and you’ll go home with some
interesting and delicious local seasonal foods to eat.
Monday, November 17th
5:30pm to 9pm
The 32nd Annual Great Chefs of Long Island
Crest Hollow Country Club
Jericho Tpke
Woodbury
$200 and up
For more info and to buy tickets…
https://e.givesmart.com/events/H2a/?isOrderFormActive=true
This is a benefit for The Family Service League, based in
Huntington. It will be an evening featuring Long Island’s favorite chefs,
restaurants, spirit and beverage companies displaying culinary delights while
raising funds for a great organization that helps children and adults.
Wednesday, November 19th
1pm to 2pm
School Meals for a Sustainable Future: Local, Organic &
Regenerative
FREE
For more info and to register…
There is a lot of conflicting
information about whether school food programs can truly procure higher-quality
ingredients. This webinar, from the Chef Ann Foundation, will explore the
realities of districts’ ability to incorporate more local, regenerative, and
organic food into their programs.
Friday, January 9th and Saturday, January
10th
NOFA-NY Winter Conference
SUNY Purchase College
Purchase
For more info and to register (keep checking back to get the
latest info)…
https://nofany.org/2026conference/
Stay tuned for registration details and class offerings.
This is about a one hour drive from Huntington so depending on the weather, I
might actually go…though I might or might not commute (too soon to tell 😊).
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