Forest Hills Community Supported Agriculture

Fruit Share!

Hi Everyone,

We anticipate that our first fruit share, strawberries, will begin this Tuesday, June 10th!

Forest Hills CSA Core Group

June 8th, 2008

Eggs, Cheese, and Grass-fed Meat

We are very please to have Lewis Waite Farm provide our CSA with additional products this year. Nancy and Alan Brown, the farmers at Lewis Waite Farm, have organized several farms near them in Washington and Delaware counties in upstate New York to deliver their products to CSAs in NYC.

They offer:
• Pastured Poultry (Chicken, Duck, Goose and Turkey) and Eggs
• Pastured , Grass-fed & Grass-finished Beef, Lamb & Goat
• Pastured Pigs
• Cow, Goat, and Sheep Cheese, Yogurt and Kefir (raw & pasteurized)
• Maple Syrup processed by reverse osmosis
• Wildflower Honey low heat processed and raw, Jams and Sauces
• Bread, handmade & hearth-baked

Please go to their web site for more information and links to some of the other farms . You may also call them at (518)692-3120 or (518)692-9208, or e-mail them at . Please contact the farms directly with any questions. We have found that they respond promptly.

Attached you will find three important documents.

“Pasture Raised Meat and Poultry”

“Member Features”

“Monthly Cycle of Deliveries”

Order/Delivery Dates for Lewis Waite Farm:

Tuesday Delivery Order Deadline

June 24, 2008 June 19, 2008
July 22, 2008 July 17, 2008
August 5, 2008 August 1, 2008
August 19, 2008 August 14, 2008
September 9, 2008 September 4, 2008
September 23, 2008 September 18, 2008
October 7, 2008 October 2, 2008
October 21, 2008 October 16, 2008
November 11, 2008 November 6, 2008
November 25, 2008 November 20, 2008

We hope you are as excited about these new foods as we are!

The Forest Hills CSA Core group

Add comment June 8th, 2008

2008 CSA Info

We are looking forward to the start of the season, and hope you are too!

Click here to download the 2008 member guidelines–if you have a question about the CSA, this is a great place to start.

Please also be aware that every member is required to attend one of the orientation meetings. There will be one on Saturday May 10th at 10:30 am and another Tuesday May 20 at 7:30 pm. Both will take place in the Community Room at the Church in the Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave in Forest Hills.

April 30th, 2008

Membership is Closed

We have reached capacity for the 2008 Spring/Summer season, and we are not accepting any more applications. If you have already sent in a check and contract, you will receive email confirmation of your membership in a few days. If you are interested in joining the CSA but haven’t yet, watch this page for information in the fall regarding the 2008-2009 Winter Share.

Add comment April 18th, 2008

2008 Signup

Greetings!

The CSA season is fast upon us once again–and after a wonderful winter share from Golden Earthworm Organic Farm, this season is looking great.

Click here to download the 2008 contract. In a departure from years past, we are asking members to indicate the days they would like to volunteer on the contract, in order to streamline the volunteer scheduling.

There are two changes in the offerings this year:

* The Fruit Share includes Strawberries.

* There is a Flower Share available this year, providing 10 weeks of cut flowers.

Please complete the attached contract and return it the address listed if you would like to join the CSA this year. We encourage people to act quickly, as interest in the CSA continues to grow and there are a limited number of shares each year. CSA members returning from previous years will be given preference until March 27, when enrollment will be first come, first serve.

Bests

Forest Hills CSA Core Group

Just Food’s 5% Day at Whole Foods Markets
On April 9th, 5% of all of the proceeds from Whole
Food’s four New York City stores will be donated to
Just Food. This is part of their Community Giving
Days where proceeds from the day are given to a local
or global non-profit organization. Just Food staff
will be tabling at each location to educate customers
on Just Food programs.

Add comment March 13th, 2008

Wintershare Details!

Sorry for the lateness-it took some time to work out all the details, but the Winter share is on and the first pickup is this Tuesday!

Download a contract Wintershare Contract!

If you are going to join, please send an email to wintershare@foresthillscsa.com to confirm your participation and which shares you want to join.

The pickups will be at the Church in the Gardens from 4:30 to 8:00 on

December 11th
January 8th
January 29th
February 19th
and March 11th

Each Wintershare will include 5 pre-boxed deliveries consisting primarily of root vegetables (22-25 pounds each delivery), which may include kale, collards, brussel sprouts, or cabbage on December 11th. The variety of vegetables received is dependent on growing conditions, making Wintershare members share the risks and benefits of the harvest with the farmer.

The regular shares are $165. For more information on mid and low income shares please refer to the contract.

In addition to the vegetable Wintershare, there are also fruit, eggs, and cider available!

The fruit share consists of 5 fruit deliveries, with apples and pears in December then apple for the rest of the season. The fruit is from Briemere Farms, and is not organic.

10 lb. fruit shares cost $65, while 14 lb. shares are $90

The Cider share is made from non-organic apples, pasteurized, as required by law. One half-gallon per distribution. The cost is $18.75.

The egg share consists of one dozen eggs per distribution. Eggs will vary in size (medium, large or extra-large.
Eggs from a North Fork family farm run by the Wines family. The chickens live uncaged in big greenhouses on the ground and unless it is extremely cold, go outside to open fenced areas. The wheat is grown by the Wines’ and is blended with other conventionally grown grains. Added to the feed mix are minerals. There are no antibiotics or hormones at any point in the hen’s life..

The egg share costs $17.50.

There are unlimited cider shares available and enough egg shares for folks to move more than one-please indicate how many of each share you would like on the contract.
Full payment needed by first delivery date. Please bring contract and check to the first distribution., Tuesday, December 11th, 2007.

All checks for shares should be made payable to: Golden Earthworm Organic Farm

Add comment December 8th, 2007

Winter Share

A message from Matt, the farmer…

We will be doing a winter share! The share will be between 22-25 lbs of certified organic mixed root crops from our farm, with the exception of the first delivery which may have some collards, kales, or brussels sprouts also grown by us. We expect to deliver every 3 weeks on the following dates: Dec 13, January 3, January 24, February 14, and March 6. Total cost for the vegetable winter share is $165.

The following items may be in the share: yellow potatoes, carrots, rutabaga, purple top turnips, red beets, parsnip, celeriac, daikon radish, watermelon radish. The potatoes, carrots, rutabaga, and beets will comprise a good portion of the share with sprinklings of the other stuff depending on quantities and storability.

Available separately is the non-organic fruit share which is 10 lb of fruit for $13 per delivery. There will be pears and apples for the December delivery and then several different types of apples for the rest of the deliveries. These will not be bagged but will need to be weighed out at the site. If this seems like too little fruit please tell me, it is flexible. The normal weekly poundage of the fruit share has been 7 + pounds a week when there is pears and apples. These late season apples are very good storage types, fuji, mutsu, and others.

If you are interested in joining the Wintershare, please email you name and telephone number to wintershare@foresthillscsa.com

Add comment November 13th, 2007

The Delightful Elderberry

CSA members who signed up for the fruit share received elderberries this week. They require some preparation, and Maggie from the farm passed this along this article with some recipies.

https://www.motherearthnews.com///Whole-Foods-and-Cooking/1973-07-01/The-Delightful-Elderberry.aspx

Add comment August 16th, 2007

Visual Vegtable Guide

Click here for a CSA Vegtable Guide prepared by Core Group member Betty Chen.

Add comment June 20th, 2007

Accounting for 2006 Season

TheFHCSA final 2006 accounting is available for review–just click on the link to view the spreadsheet. This is intended to give CSA members a better understanding of how our membership fees are spent. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Core Group if you have any questions.