FLATBUSH FARM SHARE
www.flatbushfarmshare.com a partnership of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, Hunger Action Network, and Just Food
NEWS
This weeks eats*:
Farmers busy picking vegetables this
morning!! Find out what veggies at
distribution!
* Please let us know what you think of the veggies
you are receiving! Our farmers want to know and
will try to adjust accordingly.
Core Group Meeting this Week
August 26 at 7:00pm. If you would like to play
a bigger part in FFS, join us around the corner
of the porch!
Mid-Season Survey
Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey
when you come to distribution! How we can
improve the Farm Share, and what are we do-
ing well already?
The results will be shared with the organizers
and partners as well as the farmers.
Helpful Produce Tips: Extending
Fresh Summer-Harvested Herbs
Garlic can be stored up to three months in
the refrigerator if you mince it in the food
processor and store in a jar with enough
olive oil to cover entirely.
Many green herbs such as basil, parsley,
dill etc. as well as arugula can be stored for
months in the freezer if you mince them and
add either olive oil or water to cover, freeze
overnight until hard in ice cube trays, then
place cubes in a freezer-safe ziploc or other
airtight storage to protect flavors.
Add a clove of garlic or sprigs of herbs
(prewashed, and thoroughly dried) to a
decanter of vinegar or olive oil, making sure
the herbs are covered well and not floating
on the surface exposed to air.
1.13 / AUG 26 2009
last weeks share! courtesy of Amy Dreher
Food Democracy: Some Internet Reading and Resources
Want to learn more about how CSAs like Flatbush Farm Share fit into a growing
world-wide movement for justice and sustainability? Want to get more involved,
connect what you are already doing within a larger network, or find more resourc-
es for your current projects? Heres three easy-to-use websites to start with:
http://civileats.com
Civil Eats promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food
systems as part of building economically and socially just communities. In our
efforts, we support the development of a dialog among local and national leaders
about the American food system, and its effects abroad. Civil Eats can be humor-
ous, serious, academic, philosophical, conversational its style of conversation is
as diverse as its 40+ contributors but it is always thought provoking, innovative,
and focused on food politics. Lots of articles and announcements.
http://www.lavidalocavore.org/
La Vida Locavore is the blog for anyone whose crazy life includes planting, grow-
ing, weeding, fertilizing, raising, picking, harvesting, processing, cooking, baking,
making, serving, buying, selling, distributing, transporting, composting, organiz-
ing around, lobbying about, writing about, thinking about, talking about, playing
with, and eating food! News and original writings by locavore Jill Richardson,
author of the new Recipe for America: Why our Food System is Broken, and
What we can do to Fix it. Lots of links and resources, including legislative per-
sonnel and committees.
http://brooklynfoodconference.org/2009/
Blog for projects of the Brooklyn Food Coalition, that includes local and national
event announcements and news items. Within the site, http://brooklynfoodconfer-
ence.org/resources/ leads to many links on Food Security Issues, Food System
Sustainability Issues, and Community Food Organizing Models. And become
a friend of Brooklyn Food Conference on Facebook, to receive announcements
about local events presented by various groups.
New Co-Op Forming! Potato Salad
A group of residents in Prospect Lefferts Gardens (PLG) are courtesy FFS member Sarah Falkner
interested in starting a food co-op in the area that would serve
PLG, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Ditmas Park, Kensington, and There are so many
surrounding communities. If you are interested in helping to different varieties of
improve the availability of healthy food in Prospect Lefferts Gar- potato salad: this one
dens and its neighboring communities, attend the first meeting is traditional Southern
on Wednesday, August 26 at 7 p.m. to discuss our options and Indiana with Mediter-
start planning. Location TBA. ranean influences.
The goal of this meeting is to build a group of residents to work 3 cups diced red potatoes (about 9 3 potatoes)
on the following: 1 red onion
Planning for a community-wide food issues meeting for 6 celery stalks
October 1 cup cooked and cooled (or canned) garbanzos
Mission/Vision/Starting the planning process for a food 4 hard boiled eggs, quartered
coop olive oil
Advocacy for improving the quality of food in our nabe apple cider vinegar
4 Tbs mayonnaise
We anticipate meeting regularly to plan goals and create realistic
1/4 cup olives, pitted and chopped (Cerignola
action plans toward making our food in this neighborhood fresh,
green olives or something mild and not too briny)
sustainable, and affordable. If you are interested in getting in-
volved in this effort, please join http://www.meetup.com/PLG- Simmer potatoes in salted water until tender. Remove
FoodCoop/ and also RSVP to the event if you plan on attending from heat, sprinkle with 2 Tbs vinegar and cool until
the event. You can also email contact@plgfoodcoop.com for room temperature, then chill overnight in refrigerator.
more information. Sautee onion and celery stalks in olive oil until slightly
softened; add garbanzos at very end just to marry
Super-Simple Summer Borscht flavors, stir and remove from heat, and cool at least to
courtesy by FFS member Sarah Falkner
room temperature. In a large bowl blend mayonnaise
There are many styles of Borscht and about 3 Tbs vinegar; add onion-celery-garbanzo
from light to mighty, and most can mixture and olives, mixing well. Gently fold in pota-
be served either cold or hot depend- toes and eggs. Serve wel chilled, garnish with chopped
ing on the season. This version is arugula.
very light and refreshing for a sum-
mertime meal. Plum Torte
courtesy of FFS member Casey Romanick
About 9 medium sized beets, peeled and diced (approx. 6 cups)
6 cups of your favorite stock or broth (onion, beef or vegetable 1/2 cup unsalted butter
are most traditional) cup sugar
6-9 Tbs apple cider vinegar 1 cup unbleached flour
salt 1 teaspoon baking powder
dill 2 eggs
24 halves plums and/or other fruit
Simmer beets in stock until tender; add 6 Tbs vinegar, and remove from
heat to cool. Once room temperature, chill in refrigerator overnight. sugar, lemon, cinnamon
After chilling, adjust seasonings, adding salt and more vinegar if neces- PAM
sary to taste. Puree if you prefer a silky-textured soup. Garnish each Preheat oven to 350. Cream sugar & butter in bowl.
bowl with a pinch of chopped dill.
Add flour, baking powder and eggs and beat well. Spoon
Protein-rich garnishes to make a heartier, one-dish cold meal: batter into springform pan that has been prepared with
- halved hard boiled egg PAM. Place fruit on top, skin side up. Sprinkle with
- sour cream, strained greek yogurt or cultured cottage cheese sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon. Bake 1 hour, and cool.
- cubed tofu
Other traditional garnishes:
- chopped cucumber
Flatbush Farm Share written up on
- raw or chilled-cooked carrots Mother Nature Network!
- raw or chilled-cooked onions, scallions, garlic http://www.mnn.com/food/farms-gardens/stories/csa-
Excellent served with potato salad or challah bread. aims-for-affordability