Meet the Farmers Recap

We had a great meeting last night where we got to bring all the pieces of our CSA together: Abrons Arts Center, represented by Jay Wegman and Rose Ortiz; Henry Street Settlement, represented by David Garza; Our Lady of Sorrows Food Pantry, represented by Nivia Mendez; and our farmers, David and Julia Smagorinsky.

Thanks to everyone who participated, and all our members who came and tried the cheese!

The light was pretty dismal for phone camera pictures, but for the record is our slide show below:

Organic Beef! First-Come, First-Served

Kezialain Farm in Westtown, NY will be offering us certified organic, 100% grassfed beef in early June. They are offering us a 20lb mixed package or a 10lb ground beef package, delivered vacuum packed and frozen. If it seems like too much for your freezer, consider sharing with a neighbor! If we are happy with the beef there can be options in the future for 40lb packs, eighths or quarters. More details are on the beef order form.

There are only 4 cows being processed this time around. Although that means 1600+ pounds of beef, we are competing with many other customers since orders will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. So, our apologies for such an immediate deadline, but after speaking to our farmer (who seems so authentic and lovely) it seemed necessary.

The form we're linking to here needs to be 1) printed out and filled out by you 2) mailed, along with a check to Martha at Kezialain Farm by Wednesday, March 17.

For those who miss the deadline: We will touch base with Martha after the 17th and if more beef is available we will let you know.

There is a total delivery charge of $100 which will be split among everyone who orders (not to exceed $10/head). We will let you know how much that is before the delivery so we can collect the remainder at the delivery.

Please stay tuned for more information regarding FRUIT, EGG, AND CHEESE shares! We can't wait for this season to begin!

Meet the Farmers

We're really glad to be holding this event next Tuesday night at Abrons Arts Center (466 Grand St.). Dave and Julia Smagorinsky of Woodbridge Farm will join us, as will representatives from Breezy Hill Orchard. In addition, we expect to be joined by staff members of Henry Street Settlement and Abrons Arts Center, who host our distribution during the season, and Our Lady of Sorrows Food Pantry, where any extra food goes at the end of distribution.

Core Group members will be available to answer your questions about the CSA, and we'll be presenting you with information about extras you can sign up for: fruit, from Breezy Hill Orchard; eggs, from Knoll Crest Farms; cheese, from Woodbridge Farm; and 100% grassfed beef, from Kezialain Farm.

You'll also have the chance to sign up for your two volunteer spots, pay off the balance of your membership, buy a Grand Street CSA canvas bag for $10.

2010 Registration Now Closed

We have filled our membership for 2010! Payments are still coming in, but we have enough commitments from old and new members to close our registration form.

If you are still interested in our CSA, you should sign up right away for our Wait List. There's always the possibility that someone who signed up decides to back out, in which case we would immediately turn to the wait list to fill in any extra shares.

Seattle's Pike Place Coming to New York's Peck Slip?

This post from The City Greens: Quinn Proposes Regional Food Market In Lower Manhattan. (New Councilwoman Margaret Chin is also on board.)

For those of us who have enjoyed the New Amsterdam Market over the past year, or who are interested in the encouragement of local and sustainable agriculture (that's you, right?) this is welcome news.

General Registration for 2010

We still have just a few shares available for 2010 and you can sign up right here.

If you need more information about us before you commit, please read our About Us page. If you still have questions, email us and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

These shares should go quickly, and we will close the sign-up form as soon as we are filled up. In that case, you should immediately put your name on our 2011 Wait List.

Membership Update

We've just about completed our first two rounds of registration for past members and people on the wait list — and there are still about ten shares available for the 2010 season.

We'll open up general registration tomorrow, Saturday morning, right here on this site. If you know anyone who wants a chance to get organic produce from a local farm this summer, tell them to check back here this weekend.