This Week’s Share:

Please note, contents of the boxes can change, visit Golden Earthworm’s website for their newsletter, the most up to date harvest information and more recipes and farm news. To help your veggies last as long as possible, visit our storage tips page.RED TOMATOES | Qty: 4+ lbs!

CHERRY TOMATOES | Qty: 1 pint

TOSCANO KALE or CARROTS | Qty:1 bunch

LETTUCE | Qty: 1 head
Romaine, Green Crisp, or Batavian

EGGPLANTS | Qty: 2 pieces
Rosa Bianca or Black

LONG GREEN PEPPERS | Qty:4 pieces
*These may be hot! Please be sure to test before allowing children to handle or eat.

SUNJEWEL MELON | Qty: 1 piece
This is a trial variety this year. It has a white, crisp flesh. Let us know what you think!

BABY WATERMELON | Qty: 1 piece
Let us know if your melon is unripe!

ZUCCHINI | Qty: ? pieces

FRUIT STORAGE INFORMATION
As soon as you get home, immediately remove the tree fruit (peaches, apricots, etc.) from the plastic bag. They can ripen out on the counter, but must be placed in the fridge as soon as they turn ripe & soft. Berries should always be stored in the fridge.

*FRUIT SHARE | Tues & Wed deliveries
1 portion YELLOW PEACHES
1 portion UFO PEACHES

*FRUIT SHARE | Thurs deliveries ?? I’m guessing peaches!

More Coop Agitation…

Ok, I’m still unpacking but at least the computer is hooked up this week. I stumbled on this article from the Times about the new food co-op in the South Bronx and I think, why not here? If you think it’s a good idea to pay less for better food than you can get at Trade Fair or C-Town or Key Food during the 6 months we don’t have Golden Earthworm deliveries (and also for the things we can’t get through CSA) sign the co-op interest sheet at distro and we’ll get a meeting of interested people together for some rabble-coop-rousing!

Movie Review:

Member Jamie Wolcott shares her response to The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Directed by Taggart Siegel and available for rent through Netflix.

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The “I can’t believe it’s almost September” newsletter

I don’t know how anybody else feels, but I think it is getting a bit too chilly in the evenings here lately and a bit too dark too early. This is the coolest fair week that I remember. The Washington County Fair is a big deal around here. Everyone goes at least once during the week it is on. The animals are all over the place, kids are running around, everyone is eating all these weird things like French fries with gravy on them and funnel cakes or delicious things (purely personal opinion!) like maple syrup milkshakes and apple cider slushies. My sister Beverly and niece Laura come to visit at this time every year so we went to the fair on Tuesday and are going again today (Thursday).  Laura and I write.
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In case you really missed the newsletter this week, WorldChanging has a very interesting issue up with food, fair trade and farming issues featured as well as Spatial History: The Manahatta Project. Click to see a rendering of what Manhattan must have looked like to Henry Hudson as he sailed up the river. Then read on for reviews of a new book about the coffee trade and evolving issues of fair trade and alternative supply networks, Midwestern farms going sustainable and scroll down for some thoughts on American Conservative’s recent issue featuring local and sustainable food as conservative values.

Note to all members, I am in the process of moving (in the same building, but it nonetheless involves packing up all my stuff and carrying it up several flights of stairs), which is why there was no newsletter last week at all and this week’s is just the share list. Next week I will actually be moving, so I will probably post the share list again and leave it at that. If you are in need of further reading, Golden Earthworm has their own newsletter as well. Any members who have something to say, reviews, recipes or just some interesting information about the foods we’re getting please feel free to email them to me at newsletter@astoriacsa.com and I’ll put them up. (This holds true even when I’m not so busy!) When I return I’ll have some pictures of our recent events for kids, a review of King Corn and other stuff I hope you’ll find entertaining. Have a great week!–Gretchen

This Week’s Share

BABY WATERMELON | Qty: 1 piece

RED TOMATOES | Qty: 2 lb.

SUNGOLD CHERRY TOMATOES | Qty: 1 bag

WHITE ONION | Qty:1 piece

BUNCHED CARROTS | Qty: 1 bunch

SALAD MIX | Qty: 1 bag
This salad mix is not washed! Due to the rain, it might be quite dirty. Please remember that unwashed lettuce mix will last longer in your fridge because the leaves have not been damaged from the washing process.

EGGPLANT | Qty: 1 piece

PARSLEY | Qty: 1 bunch

FRUIT STORAGE INFORMATION
As soon as you get home, immediately remove the tree fruit (peaches, apricots, etc.) from the plastic bag. They can ripen out on the counter, but must be placed in the fridge as soon as they turn ripe & soft. Berries should always be stored in the fridge.

*FRUIT SHARE | Tues & Wed deliveries
1 portion RED PLUMS
1 portion UFO PEACHES

*FRUIT SHARE | Thurs deliveries

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Note: The contents of the veg boxes can change, depending on the day of the week. We update this list almost daily to reflect the next day’s deliveries. Keep this in mind if you’re looking at the list more than one day before your scheduled delivery.

A local chef is planning a Greenmarket Shop & Cook at the end of September. Work on those no-thought recipes! See the attached PDF link below for more information.

Shop & Cook Flier