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Looking Forward to

Next Week

Anticipated for Aug 25^th

§ Basil

§ Beans

§ Cucumbers

§ Fennel

§ Lettuce

§ Onions

§ Peppers

§ Potatoes

§ Tomatoes

§ Zucchini

Volunteer Time!

The “C” in CSA stands for “Community, and there’s no better way to build it than to work together.

Each season there are plenty opportunities to get involved, whether it is unloading the truck, signing up for a shift at the CSA site, or working at the annual October Harvest Festival. Of course, you can always help out by sending recipes in for the newsletter!

For more ways to pitch in, contact your local site manager or call Rachel at 518-672-4465 x 105.

Dear CSA Members:

Here on the farm, the season is subtly changing. It is no longer fully light when we start harvesting at 5 am on Wednesday and the sun is setting earlier at the other end of the day as well. The greenhouse is now mostly empty and the bulk of our time is devoted to harvesting with less and less transplanting, weeding, and seeding. Along with these changes in the work of the garden, my own personal work has changed as well. Two weeks ago I delivered the CSA vegetables to Spring Valley, Garden City, Riverdale, and Consumers Union for the last time.

I will certainly miss the people and the ritual of the CSA delivery. I’ve met many of you as you met the truck and helped me unload. One of the real pleasures of the job was developing some personal relationship with the people that enjoy the fruits of our hard labor. From seeing Jenna in Spring Valley fully pregnant last fall and then with twins at the first pick up this spring to Eva and William at Garden City always ready to help and with occasional treats for Flash. From the boy at Riverdale who once spent a full half an hour singing to Flash in the truck to the friendly gate keeper at Consumers Union who at first couldn’t believe I was dropping off vegetables but then had a big smile and a wave every week.

For me, seeing a friendly face was only a part of the relationship, though. I realized early on that a lot of people really cared about the farm and wanted to know what was going on. The interest that people showed deepened my own commitment to the CSA and made an otherwise long day driving through traffic fun and something I looked forward to.

Now I am moving on to begin training for becoming the next herdsman of the dairy cows at Hawthorne Valley Farm. This job will involve the milking and care of our 60 dairy cows and many more young stock and beef animals. I am looking forward to my new job but I will certainly miss being an intimate part of the CSA. Dante Hesse will take over from me and I’m sure he will do fine. Dante comes to us by way of Spring Valley although he also grew up in part here in Harlemville so he already has a connection to two of the sites. And maybe, if he lets me, I’ll get to do the odd delivery now and then.

Thank you all for a great year and a half and see you at the farm! Dan

Basil

6/23 Pasta with Goat Cheese & Snap Peas

6/30 Thai Chicken Roll-ups

7/07 Creamy Basil Dressing

7/14 Classic Pesto

7/28 Herb and Red Wine Vinegar Dressing

Beets

7/14 Tips for Preparing Beets

7/14 Beet Salad with Orange, Feta & Walnuts

8/04 Beet and Green Bean Salad

Cabbage, Napa & Savoy

6/30 Seth’s Summer-Style Kimchi

6/30 Thai Chicken Roll-ups

7/21 Savoy Cabbage & Mixed Greens Salad with Tangy Herb Vinaigrette

Chard

7/07 Sautéed Chard with Lemon & Hot Pepper

7/07 Cold Chard Stalks with Prosciutto

6/09 Chick-Peas and Chard

6/16 Penne with Goat Cheese & Chard

6/23 Turnips with Swiss Chard

Cucumbers

6/30 Melon Chicken Salad

8/04 Beet and Green Bean Salad

8/04 Cool Cucumber Salad (Raita)

Daikon Radish

6/30 Seth’s Summer-Style Kimchi

6/30 Melon Chicken Salad

Dandelion Greens

7/28 Pasta with Dandelion Stems

7/28 Potato Salad with Dandelion Greens

Fennel

8/10 Tips for Fennel

Green Beans

7/21 Lemon-Sage Green Beans

8/04 Beet and Green Bean Salad

Kale

7/21 Caldo Verde

Lettuce

6/16 Lettuce Soup

6/16 Bok Choy and Snap Pea Salad

6/16 Lemon Vinaigrette

6/23 Salad Greens with Cashews

6/23 Peas with Lettuce

7/21 Savoy Cabbage & Mixed Greens Salad with Tangy Herb Vinaigrette

7/28 Olive Oil and Lemon Juice Dressing

7/28 Herb and Red Wine Vinegar Dressing

8/04 Beet and Green Bean Salad

Onions/Scallions/Green Onions

6/30 Seth’s Summer-Style Kimchi

6/30 Melon Chicken Salad

7/07 Lentil and Veggie Tostadas

7/21 Savoy Cabbage & Mixed Greens Salad with Tangy Herb Vinaigrette

7/21 Caldo Verde

8/04 Beet and Green Bean Salad

Peppers

6/30 Thai Chicken Roll-ups

8/04 Beet and Green Bean Salad

8/11 Stuffed Peppers for Summer Swelter

Potatoes

7/21 Caldo Verde

7/28 Potato Salad with Dandelion Greens

Snap Peas

6/09 Sugar Snap Pea, Turnip, and Carrot Stir Fry

6/23 Salad Greens with Cashews

6/23 Pasta with Goat Cheese & Snap Peas

6/23 Peas with Lettuce

Tomatoes

6/09 Chick-Peas and Chard

6/23 Pasta with Goat Cheese & Snap Peas

7/07 Lentil and Veggie Tostadas

7/21 Savoy Cabbage & Mixed Greens Salad with Tangy Herb Vinaigrette

Turnips

6/09 Garlic Butter Turnips

6/09 Sugar Snap Pea, Turnip, and Carrot Stir Fry

6/23 Turnips with Swiss Chard

6/30 Seth’s Summer-Style Kimchi

Zucchini/Summer Squash

7/07 Lentil and Veggie Tostadas

7/14 Spaghetti with Zucchini and Garlic

8/04 How to Stuff a Wild Zucchini

8/11 Zucchini Houdini “Pasta”