Winter Share Is Here!

Yes, the first pick up is already here! Distribution will be from 9:30 – 12:30 at our usual site, the Flatbush Reformed Church, in the yard behind the Gray House on Kenmore Terrace and East 21st Street. Please bring your own bags and cartons, as well as any extra you can spare. Thanks!
Please note the dates for the remaining pick ups: Dec.3, Dec. 17, Jan. 7, Jan. 21, Feb. 4.
Separate emails with payment details will be going out to those paying biweekly or with outstanding accounts, so please keep an eye out.
Info on your checks: Veggie share checks received by last Thursday are already at NYCCAH and should have been cashed or will be cashed soon; extra shares checks received by yesterday will most probably be cashed early next week

VERY IMPORTANT INFO ON UPCOMING WINTER SHARE PICK UPS: We will be changing distribution sites after this first pick up. The new pick up site will be in the basement auditorium of the Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church on Dorchester and 19th St. Check out the directions here; there will also be directions at the sign-in on Saturday.
For those of you who are new and do Facebook, please please LIKE our fan page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flatbush-Farm-Share-CSA/207117135971996 and check out our discussion board
Finally, an initial word of inadequate thanks to all those who helped us fund raise to keep the winter share sliding scale viable, either through the ioby link or plain, old regular donations. We’d like to thank you more, but here’s a plain start: THANK YOU! With the matching funds, we raised almost $2,000 dollars all together. This means we have not had to ask for money from other sources to stay alive this time: We’re sustainable for the winter! Many, many thanks to all.

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FFS 2011-2012 Winter Form

Winter Form

Here’s our Winter Share form. If you can print the form out and bring it to the 10/12 distribution with necessary payments, it would save on our CSA printing costs! Thanks!
Also, you can now indicate how much tempeh you want for each pick up!

We will be collecting forms and payments at sign-in this Wednesday. Please remember that checks for the veggie share must be made out to NYCCAH; and checks for each extra share must be made out to the individual farmer as indicated on the form.

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In this Newsletter: Hurricane Irene Strikes Our CSA Farms; Why Salt Can Be a Health Risk; What’s In Season, featuring beets; Invitation to join No Impact Week; Invitation to join the Hunger Advisory Board; Our Farmers’ letter from Miller’s Crossing

Our next edition comes out Sep. 20th. Next week, look out for our Recipe Sheet (published on alternate weeks).

Aug 24th Distribution

For this week:
-2 peach tomatoes
-1 pepper
-1 pint cherry tomato
-1 head lettuce
-1 lb. loose carrots
-1 beefstake tomato
-2 onions
-1 bunch tatsoi
-.5 lb. Kirby cukes
-1 slicing cuke

If you are interested in purchasing a seat on the CSA bus to The Farm at Miller’s Crossing for the Sunday 9/25 trip, please remember to bring cash/checks. The cost is $25.00 (non-refundable) and must be paid in full by 9/9.

The plastics awareness group Plastic Albatross will be visiting with us this week. In honor of the event, we will be selling Flatbush Farm Share tote bags ($18.00) as well as T-shirts ($15.00).

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In this Newsletter: How industrial agriculture has destroyed the tomato and led to labor abuses; How to cook pasture raised meat; Details on our upcoming farm trip; Featured fruit: The apple. Our regular features: Food Memories, an interview with randomly chosen CSA members; Our Farmers’ letter from Miller’s Crossing; Important announcements.
Our next edition comes out Sep. 5th. Next week, look out for our Recipe Sheet (published on alternate weeks).

Submissions: We’re looking for contributors, so if you have any pieces you’d like to submit, send them to newsletter@flatbushfarmshare.com (Articles should be in Word doc. format and photos should be sent as JPEGs.)

Aug 17th Distribution

The late summer bounty begins! For this week:

- 1 lbs. beefsteak tomatoes
- 1 bunch arugula
- .5 lb. salad mix
- 1 bunch beets
- 1 lb. zucchini/squash
- 1 bunch leeks
- .5 lb. beans
-. 5 lb. kirby cukes
- 2 peppers

Also, for extra extra shares, there’s beef and coffee this week.

And, we still need your stray bags (of any material–paper works too!). Please remember also that composting hours are from 5-7.

Finally, we have visitors this week starting at 5 pm. Save a little time to speak with our Just Food Network representative and take the rural/urban CSA survey.

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Here is the recipe sheet for these 2 weeks. Happy cooking!

Submissions: Still eager for your recipes and cooking ideas as always. Please send to recipes@flatbushfarmshare.com.