Jackson Heights Life

Yes, same owner as La Abundancia across the street. I met the owner - he invited me to hang two of my photos (one in each of the two businesses), as part of my current exhibition "Queens People Eating".

UPDATE: A limited number of Subsidized Vegetable Shares are available for the 2020 Farm Spot CSA season. The season starts this week, Thursday, June 4th, 2020.

To see if you are eligible for a Subsidized Share, please read income requirements here (scroll down the page to "subsidized shares"): https://farmspot.org/share-types/

To sign up: https://csa.farmigo.com/join/farmspot/summer2020

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

Woo hoo!! It's so nice to hear good news once in a while.

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

Farm Spot, the Jackson Heights CSA (community supported agriculture) offers very fresh, local, organic produce for half the year. The season starts June 1st and runs into November. Deadline to sign up is May 18th. (Of course, it's not the same as buying produce at a store, but since it's timely I thought I'd mention it!)
farmspot.org

-- Sonya

Agreed! Lemon Farm is unique to the neighborhood, offering a wide selection of goods not available anywhere else in JH. I hope the new owners will retain the same concept, while making improvements as needed.