News Flash for June 5
** Please note News Flashes are emailed on Tuesdays throughout the season.
** See this blog for extra events and other news (non-affiliated with the CSA).
** Our newsletter containing lots of great information is below. Email newsletter@astoriacsa.com to write an article!
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In this News Flash:
1) Share content & Newsletter
2) *IMPORTANT* ARROW Overview
3) *IMPORTANT* Pick-Up Information
4) Volunteer Hours- sign up
5) Beer Share- starts June 12
6) CSA Pastures Meat/ Dairy Orders- June 19 next delivery
7) (Vermi)composting Event- June 26th
8) Donations!
1) This week’s share contents:
Remember that our boxes are a little smaller early in the season, but will expand quickly! **Box contents may change** Fruit extensions will begin next week. See Astoria CSA’s newsletter for recipes, informative articles, and other great content. See our farmer’s newsletter for recipes and farm info.
Veggies:
BUNCHED ARUGULA | Qty: 1 bunch
RED RADISHES| Qty: 1 bunch
BABY ARUGULA | Qty: 1 bag
RED or GREEN BOSTON LETTUCE | Qty: 1 head
SPINACH | Qty: 1 bunch
2) *IMPORTANT* ARROW Overview
We all realize space in New York City is precious and are extremely thankful to be offered such a great place at ARROW Community Center free of charge for our CSA. A very important rule: there is NO CASH EXCHANGE on ARROW property. This means all Bierkraft and CSA Pasture orders must be paid by credit card, check or money order. Please remember that we are a very large group of visitors. Our privilege to use the space is up for review as the season progresses. Be aware that ARROW has their own programming going on while we are there (a large after-school and summer program) with lots of kids running around and not always looking where they kick a ball (watch out!)! Please speak with a CSA Core member if you have any questions, suggestions or concerns throughout the season so we can resolve them and bring them to the attention of the correct ARROW staff. We hope this to be a start of a long and fruitful relationship.
3) *IMPORTANT* Pick-Up Information
Our 2008 season begins this Thursday, June 5! Pick up is every Thursday, 4:30-7:30 PM at ARROW Community Center (35-30 35th St. b/w 35th and 36th Aves.). Please enter through the green door on the left and sign in to pick up your share (and any extras). We are trying to move away from plastic bags this year– please bring a reusable tote to carry your veggies home in. You can always buy one of ours– see our merch page. Steinway Food Pantry arrives promptly at 7:35 to pick up any shares left behind. The CSA will not hold shares for members. Please be on time to get your veggies (or arrange for someone to pick them up for you)!
4) Sign up for your Volunteer Hours
Don’t forget to sign up for your volunteer hours. One four-hour session is required of every member (or please let us know what else you would like to volunteer doing). We are looking for one “share documentarian” to photograph our share every week. It does not have to be anything fancy, but we would like a photograph while at ARROW with our basket in-use. Please email volunteer@astoriacsa.com to arrange your dates or be our documentarian!
5) Beer: Local & Low-Carbon- Starting June 12
Bierkraft is in the process of creating a sign-in feature on their website for our CSA. This will be up and running for delivery next week, June 12 (ordering info in next week’s News Flash). Once running, our members can order any number of growlers they would like on a week-to-week basis.
6) CSA Pasture Meat/ Dairy Orders- June 19
Thursday, June 19th is the next delivery of CSA Pastures, our grass-fed/ pastured meat, egg, cheese, jam, honey and organic bread co-op upstate. Sign-in information is on the membership page (use the main shareholder’s email address): http://www.astoriacsa.com/join.php.
7) Learn to Vermicompost!- June 26
Find out more about how worms can turn your leftover veggie matter into rich compost for use on household plants and gardens. Vermicomposting is a fabulous way to reduce (stinky) garbage, junk mail, receipts and more without any noticeable smells. Helen Ho from Queens Parks will demonstrate how to vermicompost in your own home at our June 26th distro from 6 to 7:30 PM at ARROW. Still unsure? Learn more by following this link to Sustainable Table.
8) Donations! Donations! Donations!
Thank you to our members who have already donated! Your contribution will help make our low-income programming grow stronger in the coming years! Our donation feature is up and running on the website. Please consider helping us keep low-income shares thriving, whether it is $1 or $1,000! Log into your account (use the main shareholder’s email address) on the membership page (http://www.astoriacsa.com/join.php) and find the donation information at bottom. All money received goes towards supporting low-income shares.
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