CSA 2017 - WEEK #4 June 19, 2017 Welcome to the fourth week of the season! This week we celebrate the summer solstice and the first harvests of our hot weather loving crops. Greens continue to come in at this time of year, but we're now harvesting more "summer" produce like napa cabbage and kohlrabi. … Continue reading Main Season 2017 CSA – Week # 4 – Distribution for 06/20/17
Main Season 2017 CSA – Week # 3 – Distribution for 06/13/17
CSA 2017 - WEEK #3 June 12, 2017 This newsletter is for Tuesday Pick-up Members ONLY. Check your inbox for an accurate newsletter sent out the day before your delivery. Thank you! Rain? What rain? This hot, dry weather has evaporated all of the moisture out of the soil and today we started irrigating (watering) our … Continue reading Main Season 2017 CSA – Week # 3 – Distribution for 06/13/17
Main Season 2017 CSA – Week # 2 – Distribution for 06/06/17
CSA 2017 - WEEK #2 June 5, 2017 This newsletter is for Tuesday Pick-up Members ONLY. Check your inbox for an accurate newsletter sent out the day before your delivery. Thanks! The second week of the CSA brings us another double feature of Boston Lettuce. This is the last time you'll get this variety in your … Continue reading Main Season 2017 CSA – Week # 2 – Distribution for 06/06/17
Main Season 2017 CSA – Week # 1 – Distribution for 05/30/17
CSA 2017 - WEEK #1 May 29, 2017 Welcome to the first week of our 2017 season! The harvest this week is a full expression of springtime on the farm. Lots of greens with delicate leaves, bursting with flavor and nutrients. It's just what our bodies need after a long winter eating storage crops and … Continue reading Main Season 2017 CSA – Week # 1 – Distribution for 05/30/17
Shares still available!!
We still have 2017 season shares available. We will stay open until we fill up or until our farmer's deadline of Friday, May 19th. Overview: CSA Season The CSA will run for 25 weeks, from May 30th through November 21st, 2017 (skipping July 4th) Distribution Times Distribution is on Tuesdays, from 4-8PM. Distribution Location … Continue reading Shares still available!!
What’s in the box? 3/7/17
CSA WINTER SEASON - #4 March 6, 2017 Hey folks! The seasons are colliding this week as we pack up the very last of our storage root veggies for the winter shares and tend to the tiny baby plants just starting their life in the greenhouse. We hope you've enjoyed the roots this winter. We're … Continue reading What’s in the box? 3/7/17
We have endorsed the Charter for CSAs in the USA and Canada
We have endorsed the Charter for CSAs and uphold the principles and practices delineated in the Charter: It is up to each CSA farm and its community to build a model that suits them best and to mutually ensure that the CSA upholds the principles of this charter. 1. Farm members buy … Continue reading We have endorsed the Charter for CSAs in the USA and Canada
We are now accepting new members for the 2017 season
Here is the 2017 Forest Hills CSA season information and contract link. Please do sign up and tell your friends. General Information Community Supported Agriculture We started the spring of 2002. At that time we were the only Community Supported Agriculture group [CSA] in all of Queens. Our vision is to support local food production … Continue reading We are now accepting new members for the 2017 season
What’s in the box 2/7/17
TODAY!!! CSA Winter Share - Delivery #3 Seeds are being ordered, greenhouses are being cleaned out. It must be February because winter "break" is over and we're getting ready to start planting for the upcoming season! In the meantime, we hope you enjoy more of these delicious winter storage root veggies. We have 2 different … Continue reading What’s in the box 2/7/17
FREE Class: Mushroom Cultivation – How to Grow Mushrooms in Your Apartment with Frank Kushnir
CSA members may be interested in this class: What: Mushroom Cultivation - How to Grow Mushrooms in Your Apartment with Frank Kushnir Join Arbor Vitae School of Traditional Herbalism for this informative and practical workshop and leave with a mushroom growing kit! Learn how to grow mushrooms in your apartment! Everyone who attends will make an … Continue reading FREE Class: Mushroom Cultivation – How to Grow Mushrooms in Your Apartment with Frank Kushnir
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