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Sign up for 2024 CSA Share!

By sonya
04/11/2024 //

The time has come to SIGN UP for a 2024 CSA share! 

Farm Spot will be partnering with Golden Earthworm Organic Farm again this year. Our CSA partner from 2006 – 2021, Golden Earthworm is now based in southern Vermont and continues to provide certified organic produce. The 2024 CSA season is 22 weeks, and they are able to provide an optional fruit share from a nearby farm. We’re looking forward to enjoying their delicious produce again, along with the helpful recipes and farm updates in their weekly newsletters. 

SIGN UP HERE – and please forward to anyone that might be interested. Deadline to sign up is 5/15/24!

Information about the 2024 share:

Distribution location: St Mark’s Church on the corner of 34th avenue and 82nd street

Dates: Thursdays, June 20th to November 21st, 2024, 5:30-8pm (no distribution on July 4th)

Cost for the vegetable share: $875.30

Cost of the Subsidized vegetable share: $437.80 (limited number of shares available – if sold out, please email us to be put on wait list)

Cost for the fruit share: $145.35

VOLUNTEERING

All members are expected to volunteer two shifts per share; Members who have both a vegetable and fruit share are required to serve two shifts, the requirement does not double. Any members for whom the ongoing COVID-19 crisis makes volunteering unsafe or impossible should email Farm Spot. Farm Spot CSA is only possible with the help of volunteers – we do not have other means to operate distribution. Feel free to contact us with any questions: volunteerfarmspot@gmail.com

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Sign up for volunteer shifts here

SHARE PICK-UP

The above dates, between 5:30 pm & 8:00 pm, at St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82nd st. If you do not pick up your share during those hours, it will be donated appropriately. We are unable to save shares. If you are unable to pick up your share yourself, you may ask a friend or neighbor (even if they are not a Farm Spot member) to pick up your share on your behalf. Please remember to give them the principal share member’s name (the name that your share is listed under in the sign-up book).

Splitting shares:

In past years, Farm Spot has encouraged members to look for share partners on social media and community message boards. People have been known to find share partners on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/farmspotcsa/). If you cannot find a share on your own, please email farmspot@gmail.com and we will do our best to match you with a share partner.

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Categories csa, from the farm, New York City, organic, Queens NYC, Uncategorized, vegetables, weekly share

Sign Ups for 2023 are Now Closed.

By sonya
06/13/2023 //

Please email us at farmspot@gmail.com if you’d like more info or to be added to the waiting list.

For our current members, see you later this week, on Thursday, June 15th from 5:30 – 8:00pm for our first distribution.

— Please remember to bring BAGS to haul your vegetables home.

— If you can’t make it to pick up, please ask a friend or neighbor to pick up for you as WE CANNOT SAVE SHARES. All unclaimed shares will be donated.

See you there! 🌟 🥬 🌟

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Categories csa, from the farm, New York City, Queens NYC, Uncategorized

Winter Cooking Demo Recap

By sonya
02/11/2019 //

Chef Tony Liu gave a cooking demo last week during distribution at The Queensboro focusing on winter root vegetables. If you missed it, take a peek at the photos and recipes below.

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Golden Earthworm Organic Farm sent us an extra box of winter vegetables, which chef used to make two dishes – both delicious and simple.

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The first was Sweet Potato Gnocchi. A very simple dough of baked sweet potato, flour, and eggs was rolled out and cut off into small pieces. These were scored with a fork to create ridges (which catch the sauce), boiled, then pan-fried with butter.

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The second dish chef made was Root Vegetable Pakora. For this, a variety of root vegetables (including carrots, golden beets, and leeks) were julienned using a mandolin (though a food processor or a knife can be used instead).

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The julienned vegetables were then mixed into a chickpea flour batter before being fried.

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A batch of golden pakora after being fried!

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A tasting plate with a vegetable pakora (left), and sweet potato gnocchi (right).

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Here are the recipes. Enjoy!!

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Notes:

  • besan, or chickpea flour, is available at Indian grocery shops.
  • in the gnocchi recipe the # sign is shorthand for “pound”, i.e. 3 pounds of sweet potatoes
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Categories csa, events, from the farm, news, organic, Uncategorized, vegetables

Golden Earthworm Harvest Festival, Sunday October 20th

By farm spot
10/14/2013 //
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Join us next Sunday, October 20th for our annual CSA Harvest Festival! 11am-3pm. Free for all current CSA members and their guests.

Hayride tours, walking tours, kids activities, music from Barbara S. Garriel, cooking demos for kids from Allergic To Salad and from SustainablePantry.com. Homemade tamales, soups and organic baked goods for sale, but you’re also encouraged to bring your own picnic!

Visit the Golden Earthworm website for more information.

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Categories events, from the farm

SHARE: a field to plate dinner at the golden earthworm

By farm spot
07/19/2012 //
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The Golden Earthworm Organic Farm is hosting a fundraiser, SHARE: A Field to Plate dinner, on August 12th from 4-7pm.  There will be a farm tour, live music and an auction.  Tickets are $175 and will benefit North Fork Education Initiative, an amazing new organization that creates educational programs with a focus on arts and the environment on the East End.  They will be launching a K-3 school, Peconic Community School, in downtown Riverhead this fall.  Please join us for an enchanting evening featuring our delicious organic produce prepared by top local chefs, Shinn Vineyard wines and artisanal products from local producers.  It’s going to be an evening to remember! TICKETS now available for online purchase here. This is an intimate gathering, so seating is limited!

Categories events, from the farm

end-of-season letter from Golden Earthworm

By farm spot
11/29/2011 //
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Dear Friends,

So it’s finally the end of the season…and time for the end-of-year synopsis.  We usually try to write a comprehensive midseason update, but frankly, we were too busy trying to keep the season afloat to sit down and type you a letter.

How was the farming year you ask? Well, I would say it was the most difficult and unsatisfying one yet.

The beginning was actually pretty nice, with a lot of anticipation for a good season. April, and the first part of

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