Full Vegetable Share
Red Ace Beets – 1 pound
Carrots – 1 pound
Delicata Winter Squash – 2
Butternut Winter Squash – 1
Treviso Radicchio – 1 head – a member suggested that the farm try growing this kind of radicchio for a fall crop like it is grown in Italy.  The result is a beautiful Treviso Radicchio from a great suggestion.
Perpetual Spinach – 1 bunch
Scallions – 1 bunch
Dry Savory – 1 bunch - you can hand and dry to finish drying for the winter if you like
Cauliflower – 1 head

Fruit Share
Jona Gold Apples
Cortland Apples
Bosc Pears

This week’s newsletter includes a recipe for winter stir fry and green tomato pickle.

Carnegie Hill CSA 18

Dear CSA Member,

This week the member news is about the coffee that we have available for members to purchase through our Farmer to Farmer Coffee Share Project.  We just received an update from the UPC Coffee Cooperative and a very nice presentation that they put together for the CSA members. Each year our coffee sale profits are donated to the UPC Cooperative in Guatemala. The cooperative is a group of farmers from the Western Highlands of Guatemala that has a sub group within the cooperative of women coffee growers.  We purchased the Women’s Cooperative coffee for this years share.  It is grown by women, harvested by women and organic.

Last year the donation from Coffee Share sales was used by the UPC Cooperative to fund agricultural education and certificate for women growers.  The donation was also used to establish a vivero or shade tree nursery for the cooperative.   Just think, your choice in a delicious cup of coffee that can be so far reaching and positive.

Pete and I are planning to travel to Honduras with Farmer to Farmer this winter to visit coffee growers there before heading to Guatemala to visit the members of the UPC Cooperative.  In Honduras the farmers that work with Farmer to Farmer are growing cloud forest coffee.  Next season we hope to be able to import Honduran and Guatemalan coffee.  Our coffee roasters Jimmy and Diamond are already planning a blend of the two coffees.

If you are a Coffee Share member this season, thanks, and we will let you know how the donation will be utilized by the cooperative after we visit in January.   To increase our donation to the cooperative we would like to sell more coffee.  If you are not a member and would like to help out and also get the best tasting coffee as well, please go to the farm website, www.stoneledgefarmny.org,  click on the  Coffee Share listing on the left side bar to get to the information about the coffee, the farm donation and also the order form.

At the farm we are now sloshing through all of the rain that we waited for all summer.  It fell over a two day time period.  I think the Kale and Collards are just drinking it up.  In addition to the great fall crops there will be one more week of tomatoes.  Who would have thought after such a disastrous season in 2009.  The tomatoes you receive will be green.  I just went on line to see what kind of recipes are out there for green tomatoes.  There are many fried green tomato recipes, recipes for relish, and even pie.  I’m sure you will be able to find a recipe to suit your taste. The green tomatoes will also ripen if you just leave them so that is another option.  Do not put them in the refrigerator to ripen.

So, something like the slogan says, eat locally and drink globally.  Enjoy the vegetables-
Deborah for everyone at Stoneledge Farm

Full Vegetable Share
Beets – 1 pound
Acorn Winter Squash – 2
Delicata Winter Squash – 2
Onions – 2
Peppers – 5 – they are getting smaller but still good
Red Russian Kale – 1
Tomatoes – 1 pound
Carrots – 1 pound
Sage – 1 bunch – My favorite way to cook Winter Squash is with Sage.  Skin then halve the Winter Squash. Delicata has a tender skin and does not need peeling if you wish. Cut in 1/2 and then slice each 1/2 into 1/4″ moons.  Sautee the sliced winter squash in olive oil just until getting soft.  Add a sliced onion and sage leaves to the squash.  Continue to cook until everything is soft.  The winter squash will get slightly browned.  Salt and pepper to taste.  So good.
Hot Peppers – if you like

Fruit Share
Bosc Pears
Mutsu Apples
McCoun Apples

The Mutsu are the large greenish apples.  Good for eating fresh and cooking.  McCoun are the red apples.  Good for eating.

Winter Sun Farms is offering a monthly winter share this year.  The delivery location is the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House at 343 E 70th Street.  Delivery days are December 14, January 11, February 8 and March 15.  If enough people are interested in an extension there will be an April delivery as well.  For more information on the program and how to sign up, visit the Winter Sun website.