This week’s newsletter focuses on eggplants.  There are 2 recipes for jumbot and 2 recipes for babaghanoush.  There is also a recipe for a salsa verde using tomatillos.

Carnegie Hill Newsletter – Week 8

Dear CSA Member

This year our farm is delivering to 18 different CSA Locations.  Each CSA location that we work with is independent, organized and run by the members.  Each CSA location reflects their community.

One project that we have worked with for a number of years is the PS 11 CSA Farm Market The PS 11 Farm Market is branch of the Chelsea CSA.  The PS 11 Farm Market has been in operation since June 2008 and operates Wednesday mornings from 8 am to 10 AM in front of PS 11, 320 West 21st Street from mid-June through late November.  Our farm delivers shares to the school each Tuesday.  The third grade students run the market each Wednesday morning using the shares that were delivered.  They research the vegetables, price, display and then handle the sales for the market.  Debbie Osborn is the organizer and spirit behind the market.  This year Chef Melissa Muller Daka from Eolo on 21st Street and 7th Avenue has been providing the program  with recipes specifically for the produce each week.  All the recipes are available on the PS 11 blog or at the market on Wednesdays.

What an opportunity for children to learn about local, fresh vegetables, math and consumer relations all in a really delicious way.  Debbie Osborn writes, “ Also, thought you would be interested to know that PS11 is the unofficial pilot site for using CSAs in the school kitchen. We are the only public school in NYC approved. Hopefully not the last.”   There was a nice article and photo in  Now Chelsea under the headline “PS 11’s Produce Absolutely Delightful.”

If you have a project that your CSA is involved with and would like to share, please let me know.  Lets’ spread the good word and good works.

Enjoy the Vegetables
Deborah, for everyone at Stoneledge Farm

Full Vegetable Share
Summer Squash – 1 pound – yes, the Summer Squash has been feeling the heat and is starting to slow down
Cucumbers – 1 slicer
Wala Wala Onion – 1 bulb
Okra – 3 pieces
Lilac Peppers – 2
Yellow Banana Peppers – 2
Tomatillo – 1 pound
Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes – 1 basket
Slicing Tomatoes – 1 pound
Orient Eggplant – 1
Bell Eggplant – 1
Summer Spinach – 1 bunch
Opal Basil – 1 bunch

Fruit Share
Yellow Peaches and White Nectarines – 1 bag packed together
Sugar Plums – 1 basket

This week’s newsletter contains recipes for vegetable frittata, brasied eggplant & tomato, and some thoughts on what to do with fennel.

Carnegie Hill Newsletter – Week 7

We all owe Adelaide Mueller and Barbara Thalenfeld our gratitude for putting out such and outstanding newsletter this season.

Dear CSA Member

Hot and humid.  Summer is here! Our Farm Work Visit was held this past Friday.  Hearty members came to help out on one of the hottest days of the year.  We did brave the heat and were rewarded with a long swim in the creek.  Suddenly the heat seemed just right.  Thank you to the members that visited the farm.

Our farm and family have recently been featured in the “Pure Catskills Guide to Farm Fresh Products”.  If you go to www.buypurecatskill.com and then click on Online Version under the GET THE GUIDE heading you will be taken to the on line version of the publication.  Go to page 58-59 and there we are early this spring when the plants were still in the green house and so were we.  At some point we will try to get everyone that works on the farm together for a photo, but it is really hard to do.  Seems like we are all moving in different directions all at the same time.

Members have been sending great links and ideas to pass along.  A member this week wrote:
“I am a CSA member and love the weekly info emails and the recipes that are posted on the site.  I thought you might be interested in knowing about/sharing with other CSA members a 4-times/year publication that we have recently discovered that is full of information about local farms and sustainable agriculture, and includes terrific recipes that use in-season produce. It is published by the Edible Communities group and there are region-specific versions across the country.  In CT, it is called Edible Nutmeg:
http://www.ediblecommunities.com/nutmeg/ and in the Hudson Valley/Catskills it is
Edible Hudson Valley http://www.ediblecommunities.com/hudsonvalley.”

If you have recipe ideas, please pass them on to Brenna at stoneledgefarm2@hotmail.com.  If you would like to order Coffee, Maple or Honey please log into your account on the farm website and place the order.  If you don’t remember your username, just send the farm an e-mail and we will send it to you.

Enjoy the Vegetables
Deborah, for everyone at Stoneledge Farm