IN A PICKLE !?
a workshop for Bed-Stuy CSA Members & Friends
Sunday, November 2, 2008
2-4 pm

We'll learn the basics of pickling, taste some of my favorites & make a fewbatches of fall pickles. Think Beets, Squash, Leeks, Beans, Carrots & Cabbage! Pickling is an easy, cheap way to preserve the harvest & eat locally through the winter. We'll have the local veggies & delicious brines...You bring a jar to take some home!

This workshop will take place at Adelaide House in North Crown Heights. Write Erika (erika.rumbley@gmail.com) to let us know you're coming & we'll give you the address.

Film Screening: Our Daily Bread
Friday, July 25, 2008
7:00pm-9.30pm
Make the Road NY
301 Grove Street, Brooklyn, 11237

The Bushwick CSA invites us to a film screening of Our Daily Bread. "The film is a beautifully composed, wrenching depiction of industrial agriculture and factory farming. It's not yet available through services like Netflix, and you won't find it at the local video store, so it's a great chance to see it for the first time, perhaps! The movie is educational for those who have been eating sustainably for a long time, and for those who may never have considered changing their eating habits."

More info: http://www.frif.com/new2006/odb.html

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Caring for Your CSA Share - Don't Let Those Veggies Rot!
Saturday, July 26, 2008
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Von King Recreation Center Auditorium
Lafayette Avenue between Marcy & Tompkins Avenues (across the street from Magnolia Tree Earth Center)

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by your CSA share? Tired of seeing half your share go to the compost pile? Not sure what to do when you’re approaching your third week of kale or beets? Just Food Community Chef and Columbus Circle CSA Member Martha Ma will offer tips and strategies on how to best enjoy your CSA bounty. You will learn which vegetables are best eaten immediately, vegetable storage techniques, and food preservation strategies (including freezing, pickling, fermentation and canning).
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Bed-Stuy CSA Farm Trip!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
10 AM - 5 PM
New Paltz, NY

Members will be able to arrive anytime between 10am - 4pm to take a tour of the farm, harvest some of their shares, relax and enjoy the space your food comes from. We will also have lunch on the farm at 1pm. Bring your children!!!

The farm is located at 217 Springtown Road in New Paltz, NY. It takes a little under 2 hours to drive there. (Driving directions from Magnolia Tree Earth Center.)
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Bed-Stuy CSA Farm Trip!
Sunday, August 19, 2007
10 AM - 5 PM
New Paltz, NY

Members will be able to arrive anytime between 10am - 4pm to take a tour of the farm, harvest some of their shares, relax and enjoy the space your food comes from. We will also have lunch on the farm at 1pm. Bring your children!!!

The farm is located at 217 Springtown Road in New Paltz, NY. It takes a little under 2 hours to drive there.
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Swiss Chard Cooking Demo
Saturday, July 7th, 12 Noon-1:30 pm
outside Magnolia Tree Earth Center
677 Lafayette between Marcy & Tompkins

Community Food Educator and Bed-Stuy CSA Member Madea Allen will conduct a cooking demonstration at the CSA Stand on "cooking with swiss chard." Stop by to pick up your share during those hours if you'd like to learn a new AMAZING recipe for your swiss chard!
This event is free and open to the public, as well as CSA members.
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The Bed-Stuy CSA Member Orientation
Saturday, June 9th 2-4pm
Magnolia Tree Earth Center
677 Lafayette between Marcy & Tompkins

All 2007 members, both new and returning members, are required to attend this membership orientation. At this brief meeting we will:

• Meet our farmer, Hector Tejada, and learn about where our food comes from!
• Find out what to expect this year
• Sign up for our volunteer shifts
• Meet other members
• Bring your children to "Raise a Seed" of their own and bring home!

The Bed-Stuy CSA is a volunteer-run project that requires the active participation of its members to sustain itself! We need you at our membership orientation to kick the 2007 harvest off smoothly. Whether you're a returning member or are new to the project, we need your attendance at this meeting to guarantee a fruitful year!

If you are unable to attend, please contact us at 718.387.2116 x12 or bedstuycsa@gmail.com and we will set up an alternate time to meet with you.
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Health & Art: a Bed-Stuy CSA Open House
Saturday, May 12th from 12pm - 5pm
Tompkins Park & Magnolia Tree Earth Center
Lafayette between Marcy & Tompkins Aves.

The Bed-Stuy CSA invites you to join us for fresh food, art and movies.

12pm - Cooking Demonstration with Yonnette Fleming, Community Food Educator, City Farms Trainer and herbal wise woman. Find us at Tompkins Park at the Lafayette entrance to Von King Cultural Arts Center as we show you what fresh food tastes like and teach you how to take it home with you!

2pm - Screen Printing workshop. Want to learn how to make your own t-shirts, posters, hats, etc.? Join us at Magnolia Tree Earth Center (677 Lafayette Avenue, across from Tompkins Park), to learn about and join in the art of screen printing, with Canek, one of the Bed-Stuy CSA's Core members. We will be going through the entire process and printing canvas tote bags for the 2007 Bed-Stuy CSA membership.

4pm - "The Future of Food," a film about what we eat, where it comes from, and why we should care about both. At Magnolia Tree Earth Center, 677 Lafayette Avenue across from Tompkins Park).