Hellgate CSA Blog - Astoria, NY

Welcome back!
Our CSA season is beginning. Our crops in the field are in full swing. We have had a cold May - very rainy with many cold nights, so our plantings have been delayed somewhat. This will effect crops all summer, as harvest will be delayed one or two weeks. Our [...]

The LIC CSA is still accepting members! Their next distribution is June 9th from 4pm-7pm at the Jacob A Riis Neighborhood Settlement located at 10-25 41st Ave. LIC, NY 11101. Distribution day is every Monday from June 2- Oct 27 at the above address.
They have 23 full shares still available and are offering full [...]

Nancy from Lewis Waite Farm sent us the delivery schedule for the winter, as well as some info about new orders — they’ve added two farms, and are getting a new batch of grass-fed beef that will be there in time for December orders.
We still need volunteers for the monthly winter distributions, so PLEASE let [...]

Just a note to say thank you to all of you that volunteered this season. Of course, volunteering is part of your CSA contract, but we’d like to thank you just the same. The CSA can’t survive without your work as volunteers.
A big load of thanks to the Hellgate CSA Core Group, too: [...]

The New Oxford American Dictionary has selected “locavore” as its 2007 word of the year. According to the OUP blog, “The “locavore” movement encourages consumers to buy from farmers’ markets or even to grow or pick their own food, arguing that fresh, local products are more nutritious and taste better. Locavores also shun supermarket offerings [...]