on the table

CSA Day 2007 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21st from 11-3

THIS SUNDAY, DON’T MISS IT! Meet your farmers and other CSA members, come have fun on the farm! Games! Potluck Lunch! Food Tastings! Animals!

BUS REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED! IF YOU MISSED THE DEADLINE THERE MAY STILL BE ROOM ON THE BUS, CONTACT info@astoriacsa.com TO INQUIRE. Thanks to member Choi for arranging bus transport.

THIS WEEKS SHARE

Winter Squash -Sunshine Delicious orange variety. Red Beets

1 piece 1 bunch

Lettuce Mix Romaine Lettuce Long Red Peppers White Salad Turnips
1/2 pound bag 1 head 3 pieces 1 large bunch

Green Cabbage Baby Bok Choi Yellow Potatoes Guy Lon or Broccoli Raab
1 heads 4 pieces 2 pound bag 1 bunch

PHAT BEETS!

Rick Field of Rick’s Picks has been selling his innovatively spiced pickles at the Union Square Greenmarket on Wednesdays for several years. He has won “Best in Show” at the Rosendale, NY Picklefest (this year’s occurs November 18^th for more info visit: http://www.picklefest.com/) where he will certainly be contending for another title. His pickles are now carried in gourmet retail outlets from the glamorous precincts of eastern Long Island to New Paltz, NY. He is also responsible for the delicious relish at the ever-popular Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. This is local food at it’s best. He began in Brooklyn, buying veggies at the greenmarket and pickling them up in his kitchen, as he remembered doing with his mother. He changed some recipes and developed others and today has a very successful business on his hands. He recently appeared on Martha Stewart, revealing the secrets to his Phat Beets. If you haven’t tried them I recommend you hie down to Union Square next Wednesday (where as I recall he also plays some phat beets at his booth and offers tasting samples) or visit his website for a list of local retailers and mail order info: http://rickspicksnyc.com/order.php. If you are a fellow pickler, click this link and learn how to make your own Phat Beets. http://rickspicksnyc.com/martha.html .

CSA Day 2007 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21st from 11-3

Some of the ongoing events planned for this year's CSA Day include Animal Shearing, Walking tours, Potluck Lunch, Farmers' Homemade Soup Tastings, Haystack Games, Poi Dancing, Soap Making Demonstration and more! Our farm shop will be open and stocked with some wonderful items- pumpkins, produce, flowers, books, and unusual items perfect for holiday gift giving!

Potluck Lunch

We ask that you bring a dish to share with 3-4 people. Don't forget to bring serving utensils, and put your name on the dish if you would like it washed and returned to you. (We request homemade dishes, but if you do buy something to bring, please use discretion and leave the Dunkin Donuts home!)

Call for Volunteers!

We are looking for a few good men and women to help us out on CSA Day by organizing the potluck tables, directing parking, and checking people in. If you'd be willing to help out for a two-hour shift, please let us know! The volunteer shifts would run 11-1 and 1-3. Please e-mail us at info@goldenearthworm.com if you're interested. THANK YOU!—Golden Earthworm

ASTORIA CSA CORE GROUP

STACEY, Top Tomato AARON, Tech Turnip

LIISA, Event Escarole KARA & KRISTY, Financial Fennel SANDY & LIZ, Distribution Corianders

WENDY, Outreach Oregano GRETCHEN, Newsnettle