Carve for Farms – a big orange success!!!

A belated but hearty Thank You to everyone that came out to the Carve for Farms event! Over 160 pumpkins were carved and over $2,000 in donations were collected to support farms impacted by hurricane Irene.

Bushels and bushels of pumpkin fun was had! Check out all the photos on Facebook.

Congrats to the carving winners!

Will, our kid’s contest winner, won a $50 gift certificate to BQ Sports!


“Most Brooklyn” Winner Juliana, Best “Pollock-like Abstraction” Winner Chad and “Best-in-Show” winner Myriam. They each received giftbaskets from Sprout Skincare and Vesica & Bison Grass Vodka. Best-in-show winner Myriam shows off her awesome chef’s knife donated by our favorite kitchen store, Brooklyn Kitchen.

Thanks also to the below group of fantastic donors and sponsors – the event could not have been a success without you!
Bison Grass Vodka
Brooklyn Kitchen
BQ Sports
Just Food
Keg ‘n Lantern
Lokal
R Cano Events
Sprout Skincare
Teddys
Vesica Vodka
The Warsaw

Pumpkins were generously donated by R Cano Events.

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AUGUST 2010 FARM TRIP

It was a great day, Chris and Eve gave tours of the fields and the members saw firsthand how essential daily irrigation has been this summer.  The irrigation tape on a row of eggplants had been chewed through (probably by a mouse looking for water) and it killed the whole row of what looked like hundreds of eggplants.  On the positive side we tasted the some absolutely gorgeous and supersweet sungold cherry tomatoes, there were tons of hot peppers, and the chickens were lively and happy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 CSA members got to munch on some yummy blackberries and were able to pick a half pint of the fruit to take home!
 
Kids were offered a ride on a tractor-train and some intrepid members took a dip into the chilly waters of the Long Island Sound – beautiful but the weather wasn’t hot enough for good long swim.  A group of swans found it to their liking, though, and came over to check us out.
 
 

FARM TO FOLK FEST: SUNDAY, AUGUST 22ND

We invite you to FARM TO FOLK FEST, a benefit concert and artisanal food fair on Sunday, August 22nd at Union Pool featuring live music from local musicians and goods from local food vendors to help raise money for the Greenpoint-Williamsburg CSA’s (GWCSA) Low Income Fund.

Local and sustainably conscious bands Mia Riddle, Pearl and the Beard, and The Madison Square Gardeners will be performing in the outdoor courtyard of Union Pool. DJ Jess Ramsay will provide additional tunes.

Artisanal food vendors including Bakesalery, The Brooklyn Salsa Company, Cheshire Canning, The DP Chutney Collective, Sour Puss Pickles and Los Rebeldes Mexican Home Cooking will be on site selling their yummy wares from 3-8pm.

The GWCSA will be asking guests for a suggested $12 donation at the door with all proceeds directly benefiting the GWCSA’s Low Income Fund.

Children are welcome when accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Co-sponsors include: Brooklyn Kitchen, Greenpoint Food Market, GrowNYC Greenmarket, Just Food, Sixpoint Craft Ale, and Sound Fix Records.

See you there!

Introducing… POTLUCK CLUB!

WHAT IS POTLUCK CLUB?
Potluck Club is new endeavor from the GWCSA for members to get to know each other, greet our neighbors, eat delicious CSA food, swap recipes and have a great time!
Potluck Club will feature themed potluck dinner parties, hosted by CSA Members welcoming other CSA Members and families and friends into their homes or other venues. Don’t miss a chance to meet other members of the CSA, and share your love of CSA cooking (or eating!) while supporting a closer-knit community!

HOW CAN I GET IN ON POTLUCK CLUB?
You can host or be a guest at a potluck. The host will determine the date, amount of guests they can accommodate, location, and a theme for the potluck (see below for some theme ideas). The CSA will take care of invites, organizing your guest list and the dishes they should bring. To be a guest all you have to do is RSVP and show up with delicious food!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “THEMED” POTLUCKS?
A theme can help bring like-minded CSA folks together and can be a great icebreaker! If you’d like to host a potluck a theme is not necessary but can help set the mood.Here are some potluck theme ideas, be creative!- No utensils need potluck (finger foods)- Vegan potluck- Singles potluck- Picnic Potluck, meet at the park! Bring a frisbee!- Literary potluck (ex. green eggs and ham OR a movable feast)- Comfort foods potluck- Death row dinner (what you would eat if it was your last meal)- Foods you hated when you were little but love now potluck

WHAT NEXT?
If you are interested in hosting or attending one of the potlucks, please send an email to potluck@greenpoint-williamsburgcsa.org , with the subject heading “potluck host” or “potluck guest”, whichever you are interested in. If you are planning on hosting please email date and time you’d like to host, how many people you would like to attend, the location (your home or local venue, park, etc), if you have an idea for a theme (you don’t have to have a theme), and what your guests should bring. If you are interested in attending a potluck please let us know which one and if there are still spots available we will send a confirmation with a location.

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