Jackson Heights Life

Hello neighbors,

Farm Spot CSA is now open for sign-ups for the 2020 season.

Sign up here: https://csa.farmigo.com/join/farmspot/summer2020
 
The season runs from June 4th to November 12th, 2020 (total of 25 weeks).

Farm Spot has been Jackson Heights' CSA since 2006. If you're not familiar with CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), basically it is purchasing a share in a local farm. Farm Spot is partnered with Golden Earthworm Organic Farm, located in Jamesport, Long Island. Each member pays before the beginning of the season for a share of the harvest, and in return receives a box of vegetables (and optional fruit) once a week, to be picked up at St. Mark's Church on Thursdays between 5:30-8:15pm. CSA supports small, family-owned farms and boosts the local economy. Members receive fresh, seasonal, organic produce directly from the farm (no middle men).

For more info visit our website: www.farmspot.org
For questions, get in touch at: farmspot@gmail.com

Best wishes,
Sonya Gropman

I am doing a book event at one of our neighboring Queens bookstores, the Astoria Bookshop, for The German-Jewish Cookbook, which I co-authored with Gaby Rossmer (aka my mom, she'll be there too tomorrow. We will talk about German-Jewish food, Q+A, sign books, and have tastes from the book to sample! - Sonya Gropman

Saturday, May 4th, 2pm
Astoria Bookshop
31-29 31st St.
Astoria

Good news! There is still time to sign up for a winter csa share, but hurry because we are only accepting sign ups for a few more days. The  deadline to sign up is Saturday, November 25th. We have a few choices of different types of shares -- you can sign up for any combination of shares, or just one.

There will be 4 deliveries of the winter share, once a month from December - March. The dates (all Thursdays) are:
 -- Thursday, December 14, 2017
 -- Thursday, January 11, 2018
 -- Thursday, February 8, 2018
 -- Thursday, March 8, 2018
Pickup will be at St. Mark’s Church from 5:30-8:15pm

Types of Winter Shares:

1) GOLDEN EARTHWORM ORGANIC VEGETABLE SHARE

2) BRIEREMERE FARM APPLE SHARE

3) BRIEREMERE FARM CIDER SHARE

4) FARMBRIDGE (formerly Winter Sun Farm) FROZEN VEGETABLE SHARE


Please use this link to sign up for shares #1, #2, or #3 below:
https://csa.farmigo.com/join/farmspot/winter2018

#1 GOLDEN EARTHWORM CERTIFIED ORGANIC VEGETABLES (root vegetables and hearty winter greens)
Cost: $125 for a share (4 distributions)
If you signed up for a winter share last year, note that this year's share is larger by at least 5 lbs.
Each box will contain 15+ lbs of the following crops grown on the Golden Earthworm Organic Farm (and sourced from other local, organic family farms). Actual crops depend on availability: Potatoes, Watermelon Radish, Purple Top Turnips, Parsnips, Rutabaga, Carrots, Beets, Leeks, Winter Squash and Cabbage.  If we have a warm December, the first box may include greens from the fields.  Exact contents to be determined.

#2 NON-ORGANIC BRIERMERE FARM APPLE SHARE - $32 for a share (4 deliveries, 4 lbs of apples per delivery)

#3 NON-ORGANIC BRIERMERE FARM CIDER SHARE - $23 (4 deliveries)

Please use this link to sign up for shares #1, #2, or #3 above:
https://csa.farmigo.com/join/farmspot/winter2018

#4 FARMBRIDGE FROZEN VEGETABLE SHARE

To sign up for #4, a frozen share, please follow this link:
http://thefarmbridgeshares.csasignup.com/members/types
(please scroll down to the "Jackson Heights Share"

The frozen share will receive a total of 35 items spread out over the four deliveries. The share consists of frozen items which are either individually quick frozen (IQF) or pureed fruits/vegetables. The IQF process freezes each kernel of corn, each berry, which not only maximizes flavor, but allows you to parcel out what you need (without having to hack off a chunk from a solid block), and put the rest of the package back in the freezer. We freeze at the peak of freshness, often hours after the farmer’s harvest.

farmspot@gmail.com

There are still some shares left for the upcoming season of Farm Spot, Jackson Heights CSA!
Certified organic vegetables are grown at Golden Earthworm Organic Farm in Jamesport, L.I.
Pick up is every Thursday, 5:30-8:15pm at St. Mark's Church in Jackson Heights.
Starts June 2nd, runs for 26 weeks (until Thanksgiving).

More info: www.farmspot.org

Sonya Gropman, Farm Spot Coordinator

Applications for our Winter CSA are now available! Registration is open until November 30th. Sign up now to secure your shares!

Farm Spot is a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). We are partnered with small, local farms. Members pre-pay for a share from  the farms and receive local, some organic, seasonally harvested produce. Winter Share runs for 5 deliveries - every 3 weeks, beginning December 20th. Pick up is at St. Mark's Church on 82nd St. www.farmspot.org

Golden Earthworm Winter Vegetable Share – Certified Organic (farm in North Fork of Long Island) $157
Approximately 15-18lbs of mixed root crops and greens
Winter Share vegetables may include any of the following: Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Beets, Potatoes, Rutabaga, Kohlrabi, Watermelon Radish, and possibly Kale, Spinach & Arugula. The farm has worked hard to add lots of great greens grown in their greenhouse to the winter shares!!

Briermere Farms Winter Apple Share- Non-Organic, low spray, farm in North Fork, Long Island $25
3lbs mixed apple varieties per delivery

Briermere Farms Winter Cider Share – Non-Organic, low spray, farm in North Fork, Long Island $24
1/2 gallon fresh-pressed cider per delivery

Click here http://www.farmigo.com/join/farmspot/winter2013 to sign up for the Golden Earthworm and Briermere Farm shares.

Edit your subscription, add more shares, etc, here http://www.farmigo.com/account/farmspot/winter2013
or make an additional payment here http://www.farmigo.com/pay/farmspot/winter2013

Winter Sun Farm non-organic, Upstate, NY $149
This is a flash frozen share from multiple farms in Upstate NY. Get summer veggies and fruit all winter long!!
Each month, members receive 7 individually packaged items such as frozen blueberries, corn, broccoli, butternut squash, peppers, and more! They also add a fresh item each month (e.g., greenhouse pea shoots).

New this year, lower prices; get a 5 month share at last year’s 4 month share price!

What’s in a share? Click here to see! http://www.wintersunfarms.com/share.php
Check out this video that tells you all about Winter Sun Farm http://www.wintersunfarms.com/mission.php

Click here http://csa.farmigo.com/join/wintersunfarms/winter2012-2013 to sign up for Winter Sun Farm share….(choose Jackson Heights CSA)

We hope you will join us!! Any questions, write to us at farmspot@gmail.com

Warmly,

The Farm Spot Core Team

www.farmspot.org

 
There are a few shares left for the 2012 season!!!

Join Farm Spot, the Jackson Heights Community Supported Agriculture program to get fresh, organic, local, sustainably farmed vegetables and fruit this summer.
 
- We have a composting program on site for members where you can drop off your veggie/fruit scraps each week.
- Each share is asked to volunteer 4 hours per year (two households splitting a share count as one share) to keep the program running. Most volunteer shifts are at the distribution site (scheduled in 2-hour blocks), which is a lot of fun!

The details:
26 weeks, starting Thursday, May 31, 2011.
Distribution will be Thursdays, 5:30 – 8:15 pm

Vegetable Share – $574.60
Fruit Share – $180.50
Herb – $51.84
Subsidized Vegetable A – $374.92
Subsidized Vegetable B – $224.90

For more info: http://www.farmspot.org

Click here to complete easy and secure online registration and payment: http://csa.farmigo.com/join/farmspot/summer2012

We are only accepting payment by electronic check this year. This is the least expensive and most efficient way for us to receive payment. It is safe and secure and easy to do.

Please make sure to have a copy of your check out when you are applying so that you can enter all information (i.e. name and account numbers) *exactly as printed on your check*. 

Thanks!!
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This is proposed rezoning of retail real estate on the Upper West Side of
Manhattan in order to maintain mom+pop businesses (and limit banks and drug
stores from taking over). I wonder if something similar could be implemented in
Jackson Heights?

http://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/real-estate/carters-view/city-plans-rezoning-retail-spaces-commercial-avenues-upper-west-side/45142