Astoria CSA and THE ORANGE SHOP have partnered to offer you AMAZING citrus (really, we tried it, esp the tangerines!). FREE shipping and best yet, with every purchase made, Astoria CSA will receive $3 for every box purchased to help fund our low-income share program. This offer is open to members AND non-members, meaning you can forward it to your friends and family to help our CSA grow stronger.

Citrus arrives DIRECT to your home. The Orange Shop is part of citrus co-op that uses consolidated zone shipping to achieve the smallest-possible eco-footprint. One truck is sent to NJ where fruit is then sent by USPS direct to your door.

Each box includes 20 lbs. of fruit. Choose between varieties of oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, or any combination. Shipping through April.

Super fresh! Owners Pete and Cindy Spyke say their fruit tastes so good because it’s so fresh (and all-but organic). It’s only 4 days off the tree by the time you get it.

GROWING METHODS
The Orange Shop uses predominantly organic methods. His fruit is NOT certified organic, but he’s won conservation awards for his farming practices. To protect Florida’s fragile wetlands, he uses 40 percent less fertilizer and 600 percent less phosphorous. At least one-third of acreage is never sprayed. In the groves that are sprayed, only 8 oz. to the acre of a new, non-toxic pesticide is used.

HOW TO ORDER (& GIVE BACK TO ASTORIA CSA)
1- Go to healthycitrus.com
2- Choose either: “Subscribe Monthly,” minimum TWO box order (e.g., a box in February and a box in April), $29.95 a box, OR “Single Box,” $34.95
3- Make your selections for the MONTH and KIND of citrus you want to order, click “ORDER NOW”
4- Confirm your order in the Shopping Cart, click “CHECK OUT”
5- On the Shipping Information Page, complete your shipping information and type “ASTORIA CSA” in the Company section
6- On the Shipping Information Page, check “ASTORIA CSA- FREE SHIPPING” under Shipping Options

¡Un Centavo Más! One Penny More!

THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS has won better wages from Taco Bell, McDonalds & Burger King. Just this past week, Subway heard their cry!

You can meet them in New York City on the 60th Anniversary of International Human Rights Day. And learn, too, from New York farm laborers, grocery workers, restaurant workers, and food justice advocates.

COME HEAR FLORIDA TOMATO PICKERS SPEAK OUT
Wednesday, December 10, 7:30 P.M.
The Church of the Holy Trinity
316 E. 88th Street, between First & Second Avenues
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You’re invited! Please join us Saturday, December 13th, 3:00-6:00 PM for Astoria Community Supported Agriculture’s annual Potluck and Silent Auction at ARROW Community Center.

Astoria CSA is raising funds to help subsidize low-income shares for 2009. Bring a dish to share (organic and/or local), your checkbook and enjoy the pre-holiday cheer with us! Spread the word to other Green Do-Good-ers!

Live music by member Andy Guthrie
Great goodies up for auction– Homemade and donated! Book donations by: Haymarket Books, Soft Skull, Counterpoint, Verso, Perseus and more! Homemade preserves, breads and cookies, gourmet spice baskets, CSA Pasture gift certificate, pet gifts, organic baby clothes donated by EC Wear, Just Food gear, Nutrition Counseling Sessions, Pilates Classes, Jewelry, Private Cooking Lesson, tickets to Bodies, King Corn, and more!

Have something to donate to the auction? Email info@astoriacsa.com

Hope to see you there. Official invite is below.

December 13th, 3-6 PM
ARROW Community Center
35-30 35th St.

Thank you to all our members who came out to Two Coves Garden’s It’s My Park Festival! We had a great time cooking up chili from our CSA potatoes and tomatoes, and green peppers from the garden! YUM! You can read more about the event at the Queens Gazette:

Or click here to open the PDF.rent a car bulgaria

The other night a Cooper Union a group of activists came together to discuss today’s food crisis. You can listen to some excerpts below.

The first video is Gerardo Reyes Chavez, leader of the Immokalee worker movement fighting for rights of tomato pickers in Florida. The second link, is to author Raj Patel, who recently published a great book, Stuffed and Starved. Others follow, including Alice Waters.

The event was video taped by Philanthromedia and clips of the evening can be viewed here on their blog – www.philanthromedia.orgor on you tube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT-CIr16G-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Mldx3r2rQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu_c5jJ0P6M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu_c5jJ0P6M