11-09-11

Partial

1 bu Mixed Carrots

1 bu Cilantro

1 bu Easter Egg Radish

2 lbs.Sweet Potatoes

1 bu Red Mustard

1 bu green Scallions

1 bu White Turnips

1 pc Habanero Pepper

Full

1 bu Italian Parsley

1 bu Mixed Beets

1 hd Romanesco Cauliflower

1 bu Arugula

4 hds Baby Bok Choy

1 Daikon Radish

2 lbs Potatoes

1 hd green Cabbage

1 bu Mizuna

1 bulb Summer Garlic

1 bu Rosemary, Thyme or Mint

Cheese

Mecox Bay Dairy Farms Atlantic Mist


Wednesday • 11/09/11

DUMBO / Vinegar Hill CSA

Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA, is a way for people to buy vegetables directly from a local farmer. Before the harvest season, members commit and pre-pay to buy fresh, locally-grown, organic vegetables. This year’s season runs from mid June to mid November 2012. Members will pick up their share in Dumbo every Wednesday evening during the 23-week season.

We still have a few spots available—learn more and sign up today!

Payment deadline coming up

If you’ve already registered, final payments are due on Friday, 5/18Please make your check out to to DUMBO Vinegar Hill CSA and mail it to…

Frances Spangler
1 Main Street, #5G
Brooklyn NY 11201

Please e-mail us at core@dumbocsa.org if you have any questions.

CSA Share Information

Vegetables

We offer full or partial vegetable shares, with fresh, local vegetables provided by Sang Lee Farms on Long Island. A full share costs $600 for the 23-week season (approximately $26/week) and each week, you’ll receive 8-10 different kinds of vegetables. Partial shares cost $380 (approximately $16.50/week) and contain fewer items more appropriate for a single person or household that does less cooking.  Please refer to our past delivery lists to see what we have had available last year.

Fruit

Optional fruit shares are provided by Briermere Farms. Fruit shares run for 18 weeks starting in mid-July, and cost $185 ($10.28/week).

A typical share consists of two containers of berries, or one container of berries and three pounds of fruit, or six pounds of fruit.  The berries begin in mid July with blueberries, raspberries, and gooseberries.  Peaches—yellow, white, and doughnut—begin in August, along with some early apples.  Finally, in September and October a wide variety of apples will be mixed with pears.

Dairy

We offer cheese, butter, and yogurt shares at the Dumbo CSA.

Cheese shares consist of 4-6 ounces of cheese each week for 18 weeks and cost $185 ($10.28/week). The cheese is provided by four different artisan cheese providers (Catapano Dairy FarmMecox Bay DairyHarpersfield Cheese, and Goodale Farms) in rotation.

The butter share includes four ounces of butter each week for 23 weeks ($5.87/week). The yogurt share provides 16 ounces of full-fat Greek yogurt each week for 23 weeks and costs $155 ($6.74/week). Both the butter and the yogurt come from Goodale Farms on Long Island.

Eggs

2012 is the first year that we’re offering egg shares as an optional add-on. A share consists of 1/2 dozen eggs every week for 23 weeks. The total cost is $80 (about $3.48 per week).

The eggs will be provided by North Fork Egg Farm in Southold and/or Young Widows Farm in Orient, and there will be a mix of medium and large sizes. The chickens on both farms are raised free range and fed a diet of organic feed with some supplements, and table scraps of other foods.


Farm Visit on May 19th

May 10th, 2012

Our annual visit to Sang Lee Farms is coming up on Saturday, May 19th.
It’s a great chance to meet Fred and Karen and see where your vegetables come from, not to mention farm tours, gardening skills learning, and live music! Visit the Sang Lee Farms website for more details.
The day at the farm will run [...]