Stanton Street CSA

This week’s share will likely include Hakurei turnips, the season’s first red beets, a head of lettuce, Swiss chard, bok choy, bunched purple basil, scallions, and a salad mix consisting of assorted teenage lettuces and mustards.

One of our members is working on a documentary film, and she is kindly requesting our cooperation on an upcoming shoot that will be taking place during our distribution on Thursday, July 10th. Please read below.

Hello Fellow CSA Members!

I am a filmmaker and mom, and my current project is a documentary about kids and food politics. Over the course of the past year, my 11 year-old daughter and her best friend have been exploring where their food comes from and their place in the food chain. They’ve interviewed friends and farmers, visited grocery stores, and restaurants, consulted experts and even interviewed Borough President Scott Stringer! Next on their agenda is to get a good look at a CSA, a great model for supporting locally grown food.

We’d like to film the girls as my family picks up our CSA share on July 10th, and to hear any of your thoughts about CSA’s and why you are members. We hope to stay out of your way as much as possible as we film, and please let us know if you would NOT like to be filmed and we will certainly accommodate. Looking forward to the 10th!

Catherine Gund
Producer/Director
What’s On Your Plate?
www.aubinpictures.com/woyp

VEGGIES
bok choy
swiss chard
lettuce
hakurei turnips
garlic scapes
scallions
radishes
potted parsley

FRUIT
strawberries

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The share to be distributed on Thursday, June 26th, will consist of all or most of the following: scallions, garlic scapes, Hakurei turnips, lettuce, Swiss chard, bok choy, and potted parsley. Hakurei turnips are much sweeter and more tender than the Purple Top turnips that come a little later. They can be sliced or cubed and sautéed in olive oil and garlic (or diced garlic scapes) until tender.

Marble-sized hail hit the farm on Tuesday afternoon, doing some damage to the leafy crops, the peas and the first generation of squash fruits, but leaving most other crops unscathed. This week’s lettuces and chard will be tattered, and the first squashes might be delayed, but Ted doesn’t think the storm resulted in much lasting damage.

We’ve had a lot of inquiries in past seasons about the possibility of starting a compost program within the garden, and we’re now ready to move ahead with the venture. Question is, if we purchase a pair of “Urban Compost Tumblers” (like what Granny is using below) would they be put to good use by you, our members? Please leave us a comment on this post letting us know if you would be interested in bringing in your vegetable scraps on Thursdays for composting. It would mean a great deal less waste going to the landfill from your household, and it would be a real benefit to the garden in the form of all that nitrogen-rich material eventually being added to the soil.

A hassle-free way of storing organic scraps is to collect them in a bag or plastic container in your freezer throughout the week—no smell, no mess. If we can get more than a dozen shareholders to express interest in participating in a compost program, then we will go ahead with this. So please leave comments, or drop us an email!