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June Bake Sales Were a Great Success

Michele Egan writes in about the success of her June bake sales:

Hi CSA members!

Our bake sales were a success, we raised close to $1,100 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Thank you to all for your support, week after week! Thank you for allowing your kids to buy treats then negotiating to hold off until after dinner. We all know how much fun that is!

Special thanks to Jeremy Sherber, Erica Cullman, Katia Kubicek, Teresa Wong and Ron Baltazar who baked and/or helped us sell! Also thank you, Daria Segalini for helping Michele carry all her stuff back to her apartment!!!!

What an amazing community we live in. Feel free to come cheer for us on July 8th in Central Park.

Best-
Michele, Sara & Kate

You can also contribute here.

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Poll Result: Bag It!

Apparently those Ziploc bags were a nuisance to only a small minority of our members. Most of you — 88% — like the convenience of our loose greens being pre-bagged. So that’s what we’ll stick with.

(Personally, I have a bit of nostalgic longing for taring the scales, but I guess that’s just me.)

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This Week’s Vegetables

This week’s share:

  • Beets
  • Kohlrabi
  • Scallions
  • Turnips
  • Fennel
  • Head Lettuce
  • Summer Squash and Zucchini
  • Spinach
  • Cilantro
  • Kale

Comment from Provider Farm:

Watch out, here comes summer with our first summer squash and zuke pick! The plants are beautiful, looks like a good harvest this year.

The whimsical kohlrabi is sweet and crispy. Chop it up in a salad or try cooking with it.

Also new this week, fennel. Tasty in sauces or slice it thin on salads.

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Bagged or Loose?

As you saw last week, our new farmers are pre-bunching our veggies into full- and reduced-share sizes so that you don’t need to do any counting or weighing. Max and Kerry say it’s no problem for them to do this, and helps guarantee that they are providing the right amount of vegetables for all our members. (We were sure to tell them as we prepared for this season that running out of veggies before 8:00 was a nagging problem last year.) It makes picking up your share much easier, too: all you have to do is go down the line — reduced shares to the left, full shares to the right — and pick up one bunch from each bin.

But a few members last week complained that the loose salad greens were bunched into ziploc bags, and it does seem like a bit of a waste. (In fact, since a ziploc is not the best way to store these greens, as soon as I got home I transferred them to a slightly damp kitchen towel and wrapped them up for the fridge.)

What do you think? Should they come bagged or loose for members to weigh at distribution? Please vote below!

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Fruit, Eggs, and Pasta start this week … plus Syrup!

Week One reduced share from Provider Farm.

With week one behind us (and most of us already craving a fresh round of greens), we get the full set of shares for week two: fruit, eggs, and pasta shares will be delivered, along with our maple syrup from Circle C Farm.

Circle C should also have a few pints of dark amber syrup for sale for $13 each, in case you didn’t order in time. They’ll also have some maple sugar available — 2oz for $4 and 4oz for $7.

Beef and Veal from Provider Farm can still be ordered online here. If you have already ordered and not yet paid, please bring cash or check with you to distribution on Tuesday. Beef and Veal will be delivered on June 19 (week three).

We should also start getting a vegetable list from Provider Farm a day before distribution, so be sure to check here (or on Facebook, or Twitter) so you know what to expect.

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Veggie Tip Sheets

Don’t forget, we have a great resource from Just Food — Veggie Tip Sheets. There’s a single page for just about every kind of vegetable we might end up with this summer, with suggestions on storage, preparation, and cooking. If you don’t know what to do with your garlic scapes, for example, scroll through to the “G” pages to discover that scapes can be eaten raw or cooked, added to a salad, omelette, or used for pesto.

We also always have the hard-copy version of these tip sheets available at distribution. If you have a question, just ask!

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LowLine Fundraiser Thursday at Donnybrook

CSA members may be interested in the curious Delancey Underground project — aka the LowLine — that’s been getting some attention recently. Basically the idea is to turn the unused trolley terminal underneath Delancey Street into a public park, with innovative solar collectors that would bring sunlight below ground, enabling grass and plants to grow.

One member has asked us to share an invitation for a fundraiser taking place Thursday evening at 7pm at Donnybrook (owned by another CSA member) on Clinton and Stanton.

 

Lower East Side Friends of the LowLine
cordially invite you to attend a fundraiser in support of
the Delancey Underground project (aka ‘LowLine’)

Please join us as Delancey Underground founders
DAN BARASCH & JAMES RAMSEY
will present their visionary concept for an underground park beneath Delancey Street

WHEN:  THURSDAY, APRIL 26 at 7:00 PM
WHERE: DONNYBROOK 35 Clinton Street (corner of Stanton Street)

Suggested donation is $50 (cash or check only, please)
$20+ donation gets you one glass of wine, beer, or well drink compliments of Donnybrook
Checks should be made out to: “The Underground Development Foundation”

Please RSVP: Friendsofthelowline@gmail.com

Can’t make it but still want to support the project? Donate online at delanceyunderground.org/donate

This invitation is transferable and can be forwarded to any interested parties.
Delancey Underground is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible.