Green Thumb Farm Huntington CSA: Huntington CSA **2026 Season** Thursday, October 1, 2026 Week #18

Happy Autumn!

Protest scheduled for THIS SATURDAY about what’s been going on with the Cinema Arts Centre, AND to help insure our CSA continues to have a home!!! See below, and our CSA Events email, for details.

Flowers anyone? If you don’t have a Flower Share, this week there will be TWO Flower Shares for sale at $16 each. I was told they would be a mixed bunch (I think this is the last week…apologies for not keeping track but the farm has 😊). If you want them reserved for you, respond to this email before noon today, or get to the CSA early to make sure they don’t get sold first.

PLEASE READ – If you want/need to get any messages to the CSA during CSA hours on Thursday PUHLEEZ 😊 insist the Box Office staff transfers the call to the Café. Tell them you NEED to speak to someone in the CSA. The other week a CSA Member left a message at the box office, and what should have been a simple box office pickup ended up being more complicated than either party (CSA Member and me) wanted. I’m sorry if it might not be in your comfort zone to be so insistent, but it seems that’s what might be needed to get the job done 😊. Will also try and make sure that every week someone from the Cinema staff will remind the Box Office folks to do so. It’s not my place to give Cinema staff instructions, so it’s not as if I can do this.

FUN THING…If any CSA members have any events they’re participating in/organizing/etc. you get the idea 😊, and would like your fellow CSA member so attend or participate, please let me know and will try and get it in our CSA Events emails (I say “try” because I don’t always have the time to do so or I might forget, but will make a good faith effort to make that happen…and I can be reminded 😊).

CSA weather report…

Warm (mid-70s)

Do NOT leave your CSA Shares in your car! They will not be happy, and neither will you when your food doesn’t last as long as it could. Over 40 degrees in your car and your CSA Share’s not happy (and inside your car with closed windows it’s probably hotter than you’d think… and it is – check this out… https://abc7news.com/how-hot-can-it-get-inside-a-car-baby-in-gets/2266627/#:~:text=Here's%20a%20look%20at%20just%20how%20hot%20it%20can%20get%3A&text=When%20it's%2080%20degrees%20outside,and%20119%20after%2030%20minutes )

***Important…if you ever send anyone to the CSA to pick up food for you, please tell them to BRING BAGS (and make sure at least one of them is plastic for the wet foods so you don’t get the dry ones wet which would not be a good thing…will make the foods that don’t want to be wet rot faster)!

This email includes…

What you need to know
Contest!
Save Our Cinema Protest THIS SATURDAY!
No more drought for Huntington…but not for all of Long Island!
Click activism – every little bit counts and sometime it doesn’t take much to make a difference!
Food safety and COVID, and colds and the flu, and even food poisoning and cyclosporiasis…
CSA Fall Farm Tour coming up and some news from the farm
How best to contact the CSA/suzanne
Interested in either having a vegan Thanksgiving this year, OR just learning to cook some delicious vegan dishes?
Emergency situations at the CSA (hurricanes/electronic communication glitches/medical emergencies, etc.)
Miss going to the Cinema Arts Centre? Miss their silent movie program with live music? Check out the first pop-up of Cinema in Exile!
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 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. Consider stashing wet and dry bags in every vehicle you own or might end up driving (or someone would use to pick up for you) and stash them in the glove compartment, hatch, trunk…whatever 😊 so you never have to end up not having anything to pack your CSA Share in.

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.

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 #18

October 1, 2026

1. Leeks – 1 bunch

2. Beans, Snap: Green – 1 bag

3. Collard Greens – 1 bunch

4. Broccoli, Sprouting: Purple* – 1 bunch

5. Lettuce – 1 head

Total Items: 5

Flower Share – Week #10 (?)

Mixed (might be the last week…sorry I haven’t kept better track but the farm has 😊)

*Good general info and good info how to cook Purple Sprouting Broccoli. For some reason, these are both British websites (both talk about “spring” but most any spring crop you can get another planting to get more in the early fall which is why we’re getting it now 😊)…

https://www.thedoctorskitchen.com/learn/purple-sprouting-broccoli-the-anti-inflammatory-veg-of-spring

https://tinandthyme.uk/2026/04/purple-sprouting-broccol

If you’re interested in the health properties of this veg…DO NOT MICROWAVE TO COOK OR HEAT UP (within 60 seconds, the cancer preventing sulforaphane will be gone and you might as well be eating paper as far as the cancer preventing properties go…and no, paper doesn’t have any cancer preventing properties 😊). This same issue goes for all veg in the Brassica family and for Garlic. Happy to email you the studies about this if you’d like.

2.Contest!

A.Food Network’s Taste of Fall Giveaway (worth $5,000)…to 11/10…

https://www.foodnetwork.com/sponsored/sweepstakes/taste-of-fall

And entre again on Food.com …

https://www.food.com/sweepstakes/taste-of-fall?ocid=direct&xp=sistersite

3.Save Our Cinema Protest THIS SATURDAY!

Attend this rally/protest if you want to help insure that our CSA has a home for the next 30 years (next year will be our CSA’s 30^th anniversary 😊), and to support the work that’s being done to get Dylan Skolnick reinstated as the Executive Director and start over with a new board of directors…

Saturday, October 3rd

5pm to 7pm

Save Our Cinema Protest

Cinema Arts Centre

Corner of Park Ave & Main St.

Huntington

For more info (and to sign up if you’re not getting emails about updates and events)…

https://www.saveourcinema.org/new-page

Gather with friends and family to show support, protest the actions of the Cinema Arts Centre’s board for firing Dylan Skolnick, to demand the return of Dylan Skolnick as Executive Director, AND demand that the entire current board resign!

Here’s some fun ideas for picket signs (thanks to AI…before it destroys the human race and the environment 😊)…

Classic Hollywood & Iconic Quotes

"Frankly, my dear, we DO give a damn. Rehire Dylan!" (Gone with the Wind)
"May the Force be with Dylan. Dismantle the Board!" (Star Wars)
"You're gonna need a bigger board—one that respects the founders!" (Jaws)
"Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride until Dylan is back." (All About Eve)

🎥 Independent & Art House Cinema

Because Dylan spent decades shaping the CAC into a premier national art house, these lines appeal to the core film-buff demographic:

"This Firing is Pure Fiction. Bring Back Dylan!" (Pulp Fiction)
"A Cinema without Skolnick is a Cinema without Soul."

🍿 "Cut!" & Production Puns

"Wrong Cut! Re-edit the Board's Decision."
"Bad Script. Terrible Plot Twist. REHIRE DYLAN."
"Fade to Black on Board Overreach!"
"That's a Wrap on Transparency. We Want Answers!"
"Don't Project Vague Excuses on Us!" (Referencing the board's vague "serious misconduct" claim).

🎟️ The Heritage & Legacy Theme

"Honoring the Script Vic and Charlotte Wrote: Rehire Dylan." (Referencing Dylan's parents who co-founded the theater on a bedsheet in 1973).
"Cinema Arts is a Community, Not a Boardroom."
"Don't Let the Bad Guys Win." (Inspired by filmmaker Hal Hartley's statement regarding the ouster).

Other things you can to do help (if you haven’t done them all already 😊)…

If you haven’t signed the petition already (and forward the link to anyone you think who might be interested)…up to 2,915 signatures so very close to 3,000

https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/reinstate-dylan-skolnick-immidately

Write a letter to the Cinema’s board members and Huntington Town officials (sample letter and email addresses here)…

https://www.saveourcinema.org/email-resources

Boycott attending any and all events at the Cinema Arts Centre
If a member, call the Cinema (631-423-7611 xt. 0) and ask for your membership money back and say you’ll rejoin once Dylan Skolnick is rehired and the current board has stepped down
If money was donated, call Cinema and ask for it back and say you’ll re-donate once Dylan Skolnick is rehired and the current board has stepped down
Sign up for notices of activities (not only protests but pop-up fun movie and music events too), and to be kept up to date about what’s going on at the Save Our Cinema website (if you’re not already getting emails about these activities…I wasn’t so I signed up here)…

https://www.saveourcinema.org/

4. No more drought for Huntington, but not for all of Long Island!

Believe it or not, the south shore and the east end of Long Island are STILL in Level 1 drought…meaning it’s still abnormally dry. After all this rain it seems crazy, right? However, we’re still short almost 3 inches of rain for this time of year.

5.Click activism – every little bit counts and sometime it doesn’t take much to make a difference!

A.Tell the USDA to get carrageenan (a carcinogen) out of organic foods…

https://organiceye.org/actionalert-tell-usda-to-get-toxic-carrageenan-a-carcinogen-out-of-organic-food/#/12/

B.Tell the EPA to ban glyphosate…The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reassessing the safety of glyphosate, a widely used weedkiller linked to serious health concerns, and it's taking public comments until November 23, 2026, on which scientific studies it should consider. With a major scientific 25-year-old landmark study relied upon to prove the safety of glyphosate recently retracted, it's clear that the EPA must make sure only sound, independent science goes into its review!

https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/92596/action/1?chain

6.Food safety and COVID, and colds and the flu, food poisoning and even cyclosporiasis…

Even though it’s been a while since the word “pandemic” has been bandied about, people are still getting COVID and other illnesses. 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, food poisoning, and even cyclosporiasis.

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 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

7. CSA Fall Farm Tour coming up and some news from the farm

First, the bad news…due to the rain we’ve had since mid-August, our farm had some serious crop losses of the larger Tomatoes (we’re talking the 2^nd and 3^rd plantings…the ones we did get were from the 1^st planting), all the Heirloom Tomatoes, all Melons, and possibly all of their Winter Squashes. Due to all the rain, many of the veg were attacked by phytophthora (means plant destroyer), a type of water mold. There are about 210 species identified and it’s believed there are another 100 to 500 yet to be discovered. As much as it might be a disappointment to us that we won’t be getting these vegetables this year, perhaps give some thought as to how this is a lot more devastating to our farmers. I can’t imagine the financial hit they’re going to take with these crop losses. Other farms out east are also suffering from these losses from the same reason. SO, if you have any questions about this, or want to give some words of consolation to our farmers, the good news is that our CSA Fall Farm Tour is coming up on Saturday, October 24^th, and will start taking reservations now 😊!

Saturday, October 24^th

11am to noon OR noon to 1pm

Green Thumb CSA Annual Fall Harvest Farm 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), and which tour time you’d like to attend. 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. Family friendly event…kids welcome! 😊

If you have any questions about 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 place to ask! 😊

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 😊). This is a rain or shine event. I’ve gone in the rain and have had just as much fun as when it wasn’t 😊. However, if we’re talking torrential downpours or a hurricane, it would be cancelled.

Everything purchased at the farm stand for those attending the farm tour 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…

https://barrowfoodhouse.com/

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 😊.

8. How best to contact the CSA/suzanne

First thing you might think is…I don’t need or want this info.

I get that BUT, there might come a time when you wish you knew…for example…

Something’s come up at the last minute and you know you’re going to be running late and would like to have your CSA Share packed and waiting for you at the Cinema Box Office to pick it up before the theater closes
You’re scheduled to help out at the CSA and something comes up at the last minute and you need to cancel
Something comes up and you can’t make it to the CSA at all and you’d like to see if someone can take your CSA Share and hold on to it till you could pick it up from them

You get the idea 😊.

I am not a 24/7 connected person, have no desire to be, and try and keep my CSA and personal communications separate, so…

Phone…you can leave a message on my landline (yes, they do still exist 😊) at 631-421-4864 at any time 24/7 (keep the ringer off when sleeping), BUT on Thursdays if you leave a message it needs to be before noon otherwise I won’t hear it till I get back from the CSA Thursday night
Email – you can email 24/7 at gtCSAhuntington@gmail.com but again, if you email after noon on Thursday, I won’t get it till I get back from the CSA Thursday night
On Thursdays I am totally incommunicado from noon to 3:30pm so if you want to get in touch with me between those times, the best option is to make sure you call or email me before noon OR wait till after 3:30pm and call the Cinema Box Office at 631-423-7611 xt. 0 to reach me up till 7:30pm
On Thursdays after 3:30pm (and up to 8pm), call the Box Office at the Cinema Arts Centre at 631-423-7611 xt. 0 and ask to speak to someone at the CSA and they will connect the call to the Café, and we’ll talk to you directly. It’s not the Cinema staff’s job to take messages for the CSA, and THEY MIGHT NOT GET IT RIGHT! If you leave a message with someone at the Box Office, we might not get it in a timely manner or at all, and they may not get it right (which happened recently and someone almost didn’t get their CSA Share because of it). Unfortunately, if you’re calling around 7:30pm, it may be a time where the Box Office is busy selling tickets, and they either might not pick up the phone, or pick up the phone and put you on hold. If they don’t pick up the phone, keep calling, and they should eventually pick up and be able to speak with you. We are at the CSA cleaning up till about 8pm so you should be able to catch us before we leave (though if we are ready to leave earlier, we will).
FYI – I don’t get emails on my phone at all, and CSA members aren’t able to text me as I don’t deal with CSA issues on my cell phone

Consider putting the two phone numbers (suzanne – 631-421-4864 and the Cinema 631-423-7611 xt. 0) in your phone under “CSA” or “Green Thumb CSA – Huntington” (or whatever works for you to remember where you put them 😊) and you can put in the notes the details of when to call, what days to call, etc.

9. Interested in either having a vegan Thanksgiving this year, OR just learning to cook some delicious vegan dishes?

And it’s FREE! Though for $28 you can get video versions of all of the recipes in case you’re more of a visual learner

Starting Sunday, November 1^st, join Chef Adam Sobel for 20 days of vegan recipes leading up to either a delicious Thanksgiving meal OR just some tasty dishes to add to your meal time repertoire. PLUS, there’ll be a LIVE cooking class held on Sunday, November 22^nd at 4pm where you can cook along with Chef Adam (available on replay if you can’t make it for the live class). Chef Adam is very entertaining and very knowledgeable and his live classes are a lot of fun and you WILL learn a lot.

https://cinnamonsnail.com/vegan-thanksgiving-cooking-challenge/?utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=%F0%9F%99%8C+Your+Full+Vegan+Rosh+Hashanah+Menu+-+10222905&utm_content=nwwirgahkvsyb6r7&_ab=nwwirgahkvsyb6r7

10.Emergency situations at the CSA (hurricanes/electronic communication glitches/medical emergencies…on my part, etc.)

It’s hurricane season from June 1st till November 30^th (our CSA’s last day is December 10^th)! 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 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.

11.Miss going to the Cinema Arts Centre? Miss their silent movie programs with live music? Check out the first pop-up of Cinema in Exile!

Dylan Skolnick, former co-director of the Cinema Arts Centre, will be presenting a series of pop-up events wherever he can find the spaces to do them! Support Cinema in Exile until the original Cinema Arts Centre returns home (and our CSA can be assured of having a home)!

Saturday, October 10^th

8 PM

Cinema in Exile presents

F.W. Murnau's FAUST

with live score by The Invincible Czars

South Bay Cinema

495 Montauk Hwy

West Babylon

$20

https://www.southbaymovies.com/

Faust (1926) - In one of the great achievements of German silent cinema, F.W. Murnau brought Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s legendary tale of temptation, damnation, and redemption to the screen with breathtaking visual imagination. Gösta Ekman stars as the aging alchemist Faust, who, desperate to save his plague-stricken village, enters into a pact with the devilish Mephisto (Emil Jannings) in exchange for youth and the power to fulfill his desires. But Faust’s pursuit of pleasure ultimately leads him to Gretchen (Camilla Horn), with tragic consequences for them both. Murnau’s final German film is a monumental showcase of Expressionist design, elaborate sets, astonishing special effects, and some of the most inventive camerawork of the silent era. At once spectacular and deeply spiritual, Faust transforms the classic “deal with the devil” story into a haunting meditation on temptation, guilt, forgiveness, and the redemptive power of love. (Germany, 1926, 106 mins, NR, Silent w/ English intertitles | Dir. F.W. Murnau)

12.What you actually got last week!

Week #17

September 24, 2026

1. Cucumber: Pickling (Kirby) AND Slicing – 1 of each kind - $1.00

2. Beans, Shelling: Soy/Edamame – 1 bag (3/4 lb.) - $5.50

3. Radishes: French Breakfast – 1 bunch - $4.75

4. Mizuna – 1 bunch - $4.50

5. Lettuce: Romaine – 1 head - $4.50

6. Dill – 1 bunch - $4.50

7. Tomatoes, Mini: Grape, Orange and Yellow Mix – 1 pt. - $ 6.25

Total Items: 7

Total Amount: $31.00

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 $8.00 over $23.00. I keep track and it adds up over the course of our CSA season and so far the total is $71.50. We seem to always get at least one CSA share’s worth of food every year that we didn’t pay for (we’re now on our way to getting FOUR weeks’ worth of extra food 😊)…some years two. Last year it was five and a half weeks’ worth extra, so we’re talking $119 worth of food we got gratis. No idea what it might be this season but in the end…it’s all good! 😊

Herb Share – September 2B

Mint: Chocolate AND Sorrel

Flower Share – Week #8 (?)

Mixed – Gomphrena, Marigolds and Mint (looks like a variety of Salvia to me…which is Mint but it’s also not…not sure which variety) (but not the last week…we usually ONLY get a mixed bunch on the last week of our Flower Shares)

13.And now, for something completely different…

I ordered this and got wha??? Aren’t there any women making these mistakes 😊?

https://www.boredpanda.com/male-instacart-shopper-fails/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter

Events…both near and far

*Please keep in mind that any events or services listed do not necessarily indicate a direct endorsement from Green Thumb Organic Farm or Green Thumb CSA – Huntingto

Friday, October 2^nd to Sunday, October 4^th

Friday – 6pm to 9pm

Saturday – 12pm to 9pm

Sunday – 12p to 6pm

Egyptian Festival

St. Mark Coptic Church Center

90 Woodbury Rd

Woodbury

FREE admission

For more info…

https://saintmarkcenter.org/st-mark-coptic-center-li/f/egyptian-festival-26?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAcGRvZgJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAadeLOzw2KLpg2ZO2mxh5MJMsDkqi85R84Or5JvIwKP40HQMIW5QMzPPW5XNPA_aem_xBaa7Xr6KHd699iw6XZzRw

Egyptian food (some vegan options), drinks, music, activities for kids and adults, tour the church.

Saturday, October 3rd

3:30pm to 6:30pm

Harvest Fall Festival and Fundraiser

Orkestai Farm

Planting Fields Arboretum

1395 Planting Fields Rd.

Oyster Bay

$165 to $1,000 (children under 10 FREE)

To purchase tickets and for more info…

https://secure.givelively.org/event/orkestai-farm-inc/harvest-moon-fall-festival-and-fundraiser-2026

This is a rain or shine event. There will be good food, music, dancing and art in support of Orkestai Farm, a farm whose mission is to promote creative participation of people of different abilities thru the practice of ecological agriculture (not certified organic) and expressive arts. CSA member, Patti Edwards, had been on the board of this organization until her recent retirement!

5pm to 7pm

Save Our Cinema Protest

Cinema Arts Centre

Corner of Park Ave & Main St.

Huntington

For more info (and to sign up if you’re not getting emails about updates and events)…

https://www.saveourcinema.org/new-page

Sunday October 4^th

9am to ?

Harvest Day at Farrm Wine

Farrm Wine

156 Youngs Ave

Baiting Hollow

FREE

To register…

Call – 631-369-8237

Email – rfarr@optonline.net

Spaces are limited, so sign up now and be part of the harvest! Join us in the vineyard of this certified organic (and also using biodynamic practices) for one of the most rewarding experiences of the season—our annual Harvest! Guests will roll up their sleeves and help us hand-pick grapes straight from the vines, sharing in the age-old tradition that brings each vintage to life. After the harvest, we’ll gather for an intimate session where you’ll learn the practices behind our certified organic and biodynamic farming—how we nurture the land, the vines, and the ecosystem to create truly sustainable wines. The day ends with a well-deserved feast: pizza paired with a guided tasting of Farrm Wine’s award-winning selections. It’s hands-on, educational, and delicious—an unforgettable celebration of the season’s bounty.

Tuesday, October 6^th

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. & 6^th 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

Saturday, October 10^th

1pm to 3pm

Wildman Steve Brill Foraging Tour

Sunken Meadow State Park

Rt. 25A and Sunken Meadow Pkwy.

Kings Park

Adults - $25/Children under 12 - $15

MUST read before signing up…

https://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/sign-up

For more info and to register…

https://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/tour-calendar

If you’re never been on one of these tours, do yourself a favor and go. Steve is corny as heck but BRILLIANT and you will go home with a bunch of good food to eat and be a lot more educated about the food all around us. If you go, wish him a Happy Anniversary as this is his 40^th year of doing these tours!

8 PM

Cinema in Exile presents

F.W. Murnau's FAUST

with live score by The Invincible Czars

South Bay Cinema

495 Montauk Hwy

West Babylon

$20

https://www.southbaymovies.com/

In 2026, The Invincible Czars celebrate 100 years of the silent masterpiece Faust with a brand-new electrifying score that marries new and old elements of classical music, bossa nova, and even a touch of heavy metal to bring the movie to life for contemporary audiences, incorporating a mix of instruments including flute, violin, and electric guitar. Faust (1926) In one of the great achievements of German silent cinema, F.W. Murnau brought Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s legendary tale of temptation, damnation, and redemption to the screen with breathtaking visual imagination. Gösta Ekman stars as the aging alchemist Faust, who, desperate to save his plague-stricken village, enters into a pact with the devilish Mephisto (Emil Jannings) in exchange for youth and the power to fulfill his desires. But Faust’s pursuit of pleasure ultimately leads him to Gretchen (Camilla Horn), with tragic consequences for them both. Murnau’s final German film is a monumental showcase of Expressionist design, elaborate sets, astonishing special effects, and some of the most inventive camerawork of the silent era. At once spectacular and deeply spiritual, Faust transforms the classic “deal with the devil” story into a haunting meditation on temptation, guilt, forgiveness, and the redemptive power of love. (Germany, 1926, 106 mins, NR, Silent w/ English intertitles | Dir. F.W. Murnau)

Tuesday, October 13^th

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. & 6^th 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

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

Friday, October 16^th

1am to 1am

People’s Food Summit – online

FREE

https://regenerationinternational.org/peoples-food-summit-2026

This was founder Ronnie Cummins' call to action, and on October 16, 2026, farmers, activists, researchers, and communities from every continent gather for 24 hours to share the regenerative practices, the farmer innovations, and the grassroots movements quietly healing soil, water, and communities around the world. Join us for this year's People's Food Summit to celebrate Grassroots Rising.

Tuesday, October 20^th

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. & 6^th 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

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

Saturday, October 24^th

11am to noon OR noon to 1pm

Green Thumb CSA Annual Fall Harvest Farm Tour

Green Thumb Farm

829 Montauk Hwy

Water Mill

The CSA farm tour is for CSA Members and their immediate family members only. Family friendly event…kids welcome! 😊

Everything purchased at the farm stand for those attending the farm tour 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…

https://barrowfoodhouse.com/

Tuesday, October 27^th

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