Below is an email we received about a new Crown Heights CSA which is an interesting alternative to going to the super market for food that can be bought from local farmers.
contact: CrownHeightsCSA@gmail.com OR (347)-715-5777
Hi Everyone,
Sorry for the long delay -- we were waiting to hear back from Just Food so we would have more info to share with you. We are very excited to report that we officially have a farmer and will be meeting with him in a couple of weeks! We will be working with Sang Lee Farms, a certified organic farm in North Fork Long Island, www.sangleefarms.com. They are already working with the CSA in Dumbo and provide partial AND full shares. It will be 26 weeks long and a full share will be about $585 and a partial share $375 (these numbers are not yet set in stone). A partial share means that you basically get the same number of items as the full share, but just less of each. (Go to http://www.sangleefarms.com/resources/2006CSA_2.htm to get more details on what you'll get each week.)
The drop off will be on Tuesday evenings. The majority of folks voted for the Ronald McNair park so we will have a drop off site either there, or at a nearby community garden on Franklin and Eastern Parkway, about a block from Ronald McNair. If we work with the community garden, we don't have to deal with the bureaucracy of the parks department, and the garden is near the entrance to the Franklin Ave. train, which is convenient. We are awaiting confirmation from the garden folks.
There is also a possibility of having a 2nd drop off site at St. Marks Church (Union & Brooklyn Ave). If we can get enough people interested in that site the farmer would probably be willing to drive to both places. But the garden/Mcnair drop-off site is a definite go!
We now have about 20 people who have expressed interest, so if each of you finds one person in the hood who would want to join we are good to go! That sounds feasible doesn't it? We still need to get enough people to buy up about 40 full shares (or the equivalent in partial shares), and we need to start collecting membership agreements and fees soon after we meet with the farmer (around March 10th or so). Also, if you are interested in helping us do other outreach (we were thinking of flyering, going to some of the larger apt. buildings in the area, etc.), please let us know! And please let us know if you want a partial share or a full share so we know what our numbers are looking like.
We are so excited that this is really getting off the ground. Let us know if you have any other ?'s and please please please tell your neighbors about this!!!
Thanks
Daniella and Mary |
