Happy Autumn!
Our CSA will be closed today between 5:15pm and 5:30pm.
Why? Last week we were short some veg at the end of the night, so there wasn’t
enough for all our CSA members. NOT GOOD! The reason could be several…
- The
count was wrong before the CSA started (nobody’s perfect 😊)
- Someone
took more than their allotted CSA Share (probably accidentally, hopefully
not on purpose 😊 but I must consider all
possible options)
- Someone
picking up for a CSA member may have thought they could exchange something
they didn’t care for, for something else, and did so without asking or
telling anyone
SO…we will be counting our veg TWICE when it comes in from
the farm, at 5:15pm, and again at the end of the night (we always do the first
and last, and the middle one only when food counts are off at the end of the
night)
PLEASE BE MINDFUL WHEN PICKING UP YOUR CSA SHARE…it’s
not hard to get distracted and accidentally take something extra. IF
SOMEONE IS PICKING UP FOR YOU….please tell them they have to go by the
CSA Wall Chart and that there are no substitutions or exchanges available.
Thanks 😊!
I still would like to figure out who bought my last flower
share of the year (and if they liked it 😊)…
- Six
weeks ago, someone bought one of my Flower Shares and I didn’t write down
who it was, and can’t recall who. Whoever you are, please bring in
the $16 this week for the Flower Share. Thanks!
IMPORTANT DATES…
Thanksgiving Week – our CSA is on Wednesday, November 25th
from 1:30pm to 7:30pm
Last day of our CSA – Thursday, December 10th
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 😊.
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…
Cool (mid 60s to late 50s)
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!
- Community Solidarity needs volunteers Sunday, November
22nd (and sign up for some free vegan holiday recipes)
- No more drought for Huntington…but not for all of Long
Island!
- Click activism
- Food safety and COVID, and colds and the flu, and even
food poisoning and cyclosporiasis…
- Thanksgiving is coming up – Organic Krush can help you
have an organic holiday meal!
- 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 for FREE?
- Emergency situations at the CSA (hurricanes/electronic
communication glitches/medical emergencies, etc.)
- Ways to support our CSA by supporting the group Save
Our Cinema (to insure we have a home till December 10th of this
year AND for next year)
- 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 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.
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 #23
November 5, 2026
1. Sweet Potatoes: Purple – 1 bag
2. Leeks – 1 bunch
3. Bean Mix (not sure if will be Snap or Shelling…my guess
is Snap but will see…if not Snap will send Veg Info Sheet by Friday AM 😊)
4. Kale* – 1 bunch
5. Lettuce – 1 head
Total Items: 5
Herb Share – November 1A
Cilantro AND Dill
*If you want to have Kale work for you as an anti-cancer
veg…DO NOT MICROWAVE IT for cooking OR to heat it, or leftovers with it, up.
Why? Only SIXTY SECONDS (and possibly less) in a microwave will turn ANY
cruciferous vegetable (and this is one of many 😊) from an anti-cancer
powerhouse to…you might as well be eating a stick ☹,
and sticks aren’t anti-cancer things to chew on 😊. You can read about why
no microwaving for cruciferous veg here…
https://www.aicr.org/resources/blog/broccoli-steam-it-to-boost-cancer-fighting-compounds/
Here’s a list of cruciferous vegetables (not in alphabetical
order) and you can see, we get a LOT of them in our CSA (about 20) so the info
about not microwaving for cooking or heating up these foods could come in handy
(and it also applies to Garlic as it reacts the same way…60 sec or less and it
too is no longer anti-cancer food) 😊…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruciferous_vegetables
My personal suggestion…get rid of your microwave and replace
it with a stainless steel toaster oven with convection (air fryers that are all
plastic are not a great option either) like one of these (not cheap but you
should have it…forever 😊)…not as fast as a
microwave but your food WILL be more nutritious…
These were on the “best” lists of the NY Times and Serious
Eats…
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro - $400
Cuisinart Chef’s Convection Toaster Oven - $300
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.Community Solidarity needs volunteers Sunday, November
22nd (and sign up for some free vegan holiday recipes)
There will be other volunteer opportunities from Saturday,
November 21st to Tuesday, December 1st (besides every Tuesday
evening…as listed in our CSA Events email)…
Sunday, November 22nd
1pm – volunteers
3:15pm – if in need of food
Vegan Thanksgiving Bonanza
Parking Lot
Cooper St. N and Washington Ave
Hempstead
Sign up here to volunteer…
If you want to get a look at what you’d be doing at this
event, check this out (while this video was done during the pandemic, food
insecurity on Long Island is still a major issue)…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_IPVJSfwl0&t=2s
Ways to help…
1. Bring Vegetarian grocery items to donate on the
22nd
2. Spread the word to anyone who might need food!
3. Bring friends! We'll need a lot of help.
4.
Share Vegan Thanksgiving info on Facebook, Instagram, etc.. use social
platforms to encourage your friends to bring donations like
clothing.
If you can’t make it on Sunday, November 22nd but
would still like to help out for this MOST worth organization, sign up to
volunteer at some other time here…
https://communitysolidarity.org/volunteer
If you’re not going to attend (and even if you are 😊),
you can donate to Community Solidarity or set up your own fundraiser…
https://give.communitysolidarity.org/campaign/community-campaign/c269349
Sign up for Community Solidarity’s FREE Vegan Holiday Recipe
Newsletter…
4. No more drought for Huntington, but not for all of
Long Island!
Believe it or not, the east end of Long Island (from East
Moriches to Montauk) is STILL in Level 1 drought…meaning it’s still abnormally
dry.
5.Click activism…sometimes it only takes a click to help
change the world!
A.Here’s a petition I came across to move the location of
the Northport Farmer’s Market (not to get rid of it 😊)
and I thought they made some valid points so I signed it…
B.Join me in Telling the Senate to Reject Trump’s Nominee for Food
& Drug Administration Commissioner! President Donald Trump has nominated
Heidi Overton as Food & Drug Administration Commissioner. As deputy
director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Overton was involved in
Trump’s executive order to protect Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide
and related white-phosphorus weapons production from litigation under the
Defense Production Act. The FDA commissioner sets the agency’s direction on
food safety, including how new ingredients are reviewed and how our food is
labeled. At her confirmation hearing, Overton wouldn’t say she supported labels
on genetically engineered food, she suggested the FDA didn’t have the power or
resources to require food additives manufacturers to notify the agency when
they evade safety testing, and she spoke in favor of blocking states from
passing their own food safety laws. Right now, the FDA is making changes to the
GRAS loophole that lets companies put new ingredients in our food without
safety testing. States are passing their own food safety laws but industry is
pushing Congress to override them. We need an FDA commissioner who will side
with consumers, and Overton has given us no reason to think she will.
Click here (hopefully it doesn’t have my info but if it does, just get rid
of mine and replace with yours and let me know… https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/104702/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…
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. Thanksgiving is coming up – Organic Krush can
help you have an organic holiday meal at home you only have to heat and eat!
Starting Monday, October 26th, you can place an
order with Organic Krush in Woodbury to either add to, or completely cater,
your Thanksgiving this year. They’ll have Turkeys and side dishes (ready to
heat and serve for yourself and/or your guests), and desserts for your dining
pleasure. Their food is organic, sustainably sourced (when not organic), plant
forward (though they have Turkey, Chicken, Beef and Fish options), and can be
gluten-free as well. Here's the link for the Thanksgiving menu…
Here’s a story from one of the Organic Krush co-owners,
Michelle, as to how she became a fan of healthy eating…
https://organickrush.com/my-food-story-why-i-want-you-to-feel-amazing/
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 for FREE?
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 1st, 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 22nd
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.
Sign up here…
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 30th
(our CSA’s last day is December 10th)! 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. Ways to support our CSA by supporting the group Save
Our Cinema (to insure we have a home till December 10th of this year
AND for next year)
BTW 😊, the first Cinema in
Exile event of the silent film Faust, playing with a live band (at the South
Bay Movie Theater in Bay Shore), was a total success with about 100 people
coming down to the south shore. So the band and the theater owner were very
happy, and are open to having more Cinema in Exile events at this location 😊!
- If
you want to know the REAL story behind what’s going on with the Cinema
Arts Centre, read this letter (and let me know if you can edit it because
if you can…that’s a serious problem that needs to be corrected NOW)…
- Latest
article from the Long Island Press on the Cinema Arts Centre
controversy…this one focuses on board chair, Matthew Daidola…
- If
you’re not on the email list, or you’re not getting any emails, sign up
for updates on the website Save Our Cinema for Cinema in Exile pop-up
events, and updated news, and action steps here… https://www.saveourcinema.org/
- We’re
still looking for people who will sign this petition to reinstate Dylan
Skolnick as Co-Director of the Cinema Arts Centre. So if you know of
anyone you’d forward this info to, or social media place you’d post it,
here’s the link (we’re up to 3,227 signatures and hoping to reach 4,000)…
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/reinstate-dylan-skolnick-immidately
- There’s a Go Fund Me page for Dylan Skolnick. Right now he/we
have no health insurance and Dylan’s income has been reduced by 85% (he’s
the sole breadwinner in our family) and here’s a bit about why the Save
Our Cinema group started this… It's about what happens to a person when, after decades
devoted to one institution, a paycheck suddenly stops. It's about a
mortgage, groceries, insurance, bills, you know- everyday expenses.
Professional and legal costs can arise when a longtime employment ends
unexpectedly. And it's about giving Dylan something enormously valuable
right now: time. Time to deal with what has happened. Time to protect
himself and his interests. Time to determine what comes next, and time to
do those things without the immediate financial pressure caused by sudden
loss of a longtime job…
12.What you actually got last week!
Week #22
October 29, 2026
1. Sweet Potatoes – 1 bag - $6.50
2. Jerusalem Artichokes (Sunchokes) – 1 bag (3/4 lb.) -
$6.00
3. Broccoli: Purple* - 1 head (we should have had
Cauliflower last week so its replacement is showing up today but it happens to
be Broccoli and not Cauliflower 😊) - $5.50
4. Edamame/Soy Beans – 1 bag (3/4 lb.) - $5.50
5. Mizuna, Red* – 1 bunch - $4.50
6. Lettuce: Loose Leaf, Red – 1 head - $4.50
Total Items: 6
Total Amount: $32.50
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 $9.50 over $23.00 (the
forgot to pack Cauliflower on the truck). I keep track and it adds up over the
course of our CSA season and so far the total is $83.25 ($92 will make it 4 CSA
Shares). 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! 😊
*If you want to have Cauliflower and Mizuna work for you as
an anti-cancer veg…DO NOT MICROWAVE THEM for cooking OR to heat them up. Why?
Only SIXTY SECONDS (and possibly less) in a microwave will turn ANY cruciferous
vegetable (and these two are one of many 😊) from an anti-cancer
powerhouse to…you might as well be eating a stick ☹,
and sticks aren’t anti-cancer things to chew on 😊. You can read about why
no microwaving for cruciferous veg here…
https://www.aicr.org/resources/blog/broccoli-steam-it-to-boost-cancer-fighting-compounds/
Here’s a list of cruciferous vegetables (not in alphabetical
order) and you can see, we get a LOT of them in our CSA (about 20) so the info
about not microwaving for cooking or heating up these foods could come in handy
(and it also applies to Garlic as it reacts the same way…60 sec or less and it
too is no longer anti-cancer food) 😊…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruciferous_vegetables
My personal suggestion…get rid of your microwave and replace
it with a stainless steel toaster oven with convection (air fryers that are all
plastic are not a great option either) like one of these (not cheap but you
should have it…forever 😊)…not as fast as a
microwave but your food WILL be more nutritious…
These were on the “best” lists of the NY Times and Serious
Eats…
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro - $400
Cuisinart Chef’s Convection Toaster Oven - $300
13.And now, for something completely different…
Food memes…such fun! 😊
*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
Sunday, November 1st to Sunday, November
8th
Long Island Restaurant Week
For more info…
https://www.longislandrestaurantweek.com/index.php
Yes, there are restaurants on this list that are using local
foods (and even some are organic 😊).
Saturday, November 7th
2pm to 6pm
Seaholm’s Fall Grand Whiskey Tasting
Seaholm Wines and Liquors – est. 1946!
134 Wall St
Huntington
FREE
This is a once a year opportunity to try some of the 100+
Scotches, Bourbons, Ryes, and related brown spirits Seaholm’s has in stock…from
budget friendly to special occasion indulgences. Special pricing available only
on the day of the tasting. I wonder how many of these will be certified organic
or at least use some organic and/or local ingredients! 😊
Please drink responsibly, and they advise either having a designated driver, or
walking to a nearby establishment for a meal (or taking public transport, taxi
or ridesharing). And you can arrange for pickup at a later date if you’re going
out to eat afterwards (might not be the best thing to store the wine in your
car depending on the temperature).
Sunday, November 8th
Noon to 5pm
Long Island Vegan Pop-up
Fantastic Gardens
67 Avery Ave
Patchogue
FREE
For more info…
https://www.instagram.com/longislandveganpopup/?hl=en
Hopefully, they’ll have food for someone who’s a fan of a
whole food plant-based diet (WFPB) and not just vegan ultra-processed junk food
(and of course, certified organic would be even better 😊)!
2pm
The Power of Raw Vegetables for Digestive Wellness
Stony Brook University FoodLab
Carriage House
239 Montauk Hwy
Southampton
$50
For more info and to register…
https://southampton.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=51
Discover creative ways to enjoy
more vegetables while learning how fiber, hydration, and plant nutrients
support digestion and overall health. Participants will prepare colorful salads
and vegetable dishes that are both nutritious and delicious.
Saturday, November 14th
5pm and 7:30pm
PAW PAW
The Lin Beach House
455 NY-25
Greenport
$108 with build in gratuity/$30 BYOB per bottle charge
(limited drink menu available)
For more info and to make a reservation…
https://www.exploretock.com/pawpaw
This is a farm-to-table 5 course tasting menu meal featuring
the best of North Fork foods that are fished, farmed and foraged that doesn’t
repeat. CSA Members Annina and Daniel Wildermuth went and definitely would
recommend it. Allow 2 ½ hours for this dining experience.
Sunday, November 15th
2pm
Green Smoothies and Raw Soups for Natural Energy
Stony Brook University FoodLab
Carriage House
239 Montauk Hwy
Southampton
$50
For more info and to register…
https://southampton.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=51
Learn how to create quick,
nutrient-dense meals that support hydration and sustained energy. Participants
will prepare vibrant smoothies and refreshing raw soups using seasonal
ingredients.
Saturday, November 21st
5pm and 7:30pm
PAW PAW
The Lin Beach House
455 NY-25
Greenport
$108 with build in gratuity/$30 BYOB per bottle charge
(limited drink menu available)
For more info and to make a reservation…
https://www.exploretock.com/pawpaw
This is a farm-to-table 5 course tasting menu meal featuring
the best of North Fork foods that are fished, farmed and foraged that doesn’t
repeat. CSA Members Annina and Daniel Wildermuth went and definitely would
recommend it. Allow 2 ½ hours for this dining experience.
Sunday, November 22nd
1pm – volunteers
3:15pm – if in need of food
Vegan Thanksgiving Bonanza
Parking Lot
Cooper St. N and Washington Ave
Hempstead
Sign up here to volunteer…
If you want to get a look at what you’d be doing at this
event, check this out (while this video was done during the pandemic, food
insecurity on Long Island is still a major issue)…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_IPVJSfwl0&t=2s
Ways to help…
1.
Bring Vegetarian grocery items to donate on the 22nd
2.
Spread the word to anyone who might need food!
3.
Bring friends! We'll need a lot of help.
4.
Share Vegan Thanksgiving info on Facebook, Instagram, etc.. use social
platforms to encourage your friends to bring donations like
clothing.
If you can’t make it on Sunday, November 22nd but
would still like to help out for this MOST worth organization, sign up to
volunteer at some other time here…
https://communitysolidarity.org/volunteer
If you’re not going to attend (and even if you are 😊),
you can donate to Community Solidarity or set up your own fundraiser…
https://give.communitysolidarity.org/campaign/community-campaign/c269349
Sign up for Community Solidarity’s FREE Vegan Holiday Recipe
Newsletter…
5pm
Dinner View LIVE with Christina Pirello, host of Christina
Cooks
FREE
Subscribe to You Tube Channel here…
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBXoC4tWh8HHUJr7SuPm1hA
Join superstar vegan chef Christina Pirello (author of The
Macroterranean Way, Vol. 2) for a LIVE event in her kitchen discussing the
holiday season and how to survive it 😊.
Friday, December 4th to Sunday, December 6th
A Jewish Catskills Weekend
Scribner’s Lodge
13 Scribner Hollow Rd.
Hunter, NY
For more info and to register…
Presented with the Jewish Food Society, this is a weekend to
celebrate Shabbat (featuring Shabbat dinner by Jeremy Salamon from Agi’s
Counter in NYC), Hanukkah traditions, incredible food, wellness and community.
Book a room, or stay elsewhere and register to participate in the various
workshops a la carte.
Saturday, December 5th
5pm and 7:30pm
PAW PAW
The Lin Beach House
455 NY-25
Greenport
$108 with build in gratuity/$30 BYOB per bottle charge
(limited drink menu available)
For more info and to make a reservation…
https://www.exploretock.com/pawpaw
This is a farm-to-table 5 course tasting menu meal featuring
the best of North Fork foods that are fished, farmed and foraged that doesn’t
repeat. CSA Members Annina and Daniel Wildermuth went and definitely would
recommend it. Allow 2 ½ hours for this dining experience.
Sunday, December 6th
2pm
Healthy Sweets and Blood Sugar Balance
Stony Brook University FoodLab
Carriage House
239 Montauk Hwy
Southampton
$50
For more info and to register…
https://southampton.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=51
Enjoy satisfying treats while
learning practical strategies for managing cravings and maintaining steady
energy throughout the day. Participants will prepare naturally sweet desserts
using whole-food ingredients.
Saturday, December 12th
6pm
PAW PAW OG
The Lin Beach House
455 NY-25
Greenport
$216/$30 BYOB per bottle charge (limited drink menu
available)
For more info and to make a reservation…
https://www.exploretock.com/pawpaw
This is a throwback to the early days of PAW PAW…a little
wild and experimental, and a little indulgent with some rare and luxurious
ingredients. A farm-to-table 15 course tasting menu meal featuring the best of
North Fork foods that are fished, farmed and foraged that doesn’t repeat. CSA
Members Annina and Daniel Wildermuth went and definitely would recommend it.
Allow 3 hours for this dining experience.
Sunday, December 13th
2pm
Fermented Foods for Gut Health
Stony Brook University FoodLab
Carriage House
239 Montauk Hwy
Southampton
$50
For more info and to register…
https://southampton.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=51
Discover the ancient practice of
vegetable fermentation and learn how beneficial bacteria can support digestion
and a healthy gut microbiome. Participants will prepare their own fermented
vegetables and explore a variety of probiotic-rich foods.
Friday, March 27th
8am to 4pm
Long Island Natural History Conference
SUNY Stony Brook
Charles B. Wang Center
Stony Brook
For more info…
https://seatuck.org/li-natural-history-conference-2/
This group doesn’t have a newsletter that you can subscribe
to so I’d say to check the website starting in January to check for updates,
and I will email info as I find out too. Healthy food needs a healthy planet
and this group seems to be doing good work in that respect.
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