Ansche Chesed CSA, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, Garden of Eve Farm
MaggieTauranac

AnscheChesedCSA_logoCommunity-Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a mutually beneficial partnership in which urban consumers receive fresh, organic vegetables while sustaining the livelihoods and stewardship of regional farmers. In a CSA, the farmer pre-sells shares; the money goes to the cost of growing, distributing, and paying the farmer a living wage.

Members of the Ansche Chesed CSA have the option of purchasing vegetable, fruit, egg and fresh flower shares from Garden of Eve — a certified organic farm on the east end of Long Island.  To further education and awareness of food issues, we also organize events and workshops for members throughout the season.

Garden of Eve has been partnering with the Ansche Chesed Synagogue for over 10 years to distribute local produce and build community in the Upper West Side. We were Garden of Eve’s first CSA and the very first Hazon-sponsored CSA in the country!

2020 Sign-Ups are OPEN!

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
Ansche Chesed CSA Core Members have been in constant contact with the farm regarding how this year’s pick-ups will proceed given Ansche Chesed Synagogue’s indefinite closure. Above all else, our priority is the safety of our CSA members, ensuring their access to safe and nourishing food, and protecting the livelihoods of our farmers and their workers. Using the survey we sent out as guidance, we have come up with the following protocol for the time being:
  • Distribution will be on Wednesdays, as always, but will happen from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM from a truck parked outside Ansche Chesed. We are hoping that even if you are hard at work at home, you will be able to run out at lunchtime. Or you can designate someone else to do your pickup should you be an essential worker, high risk, or unable to leave your home during those hours.
  • The delivery truck will park in the loading zone at Ansche Chesed on West 100th St. (by the door you normally would enter to pick up shares). We will have a volunteer in the back of the truck who will hand the share to the member. We will have a volunteer outside the truck to facilitate pickup, sign you in, and ensure social distancing is maintained.  We ask that once you have your produce you step out of the line and leave.
  • All volunteers will be masked and gloved. We ask that everyone coming to pick up also wear a mask as we need to protect all of our members.
  • Shares will be pre-bagged.
  • There will be no swap box this year.
  • If you cannot pick up any particular week, you will have the option to put your share on hold and pick up at a later date.
  • We may ask that you come in 30 minute increments to avoid long lines.
  • Please do not bring your own containers as the farm will not be taking any of the containers back.
  • If you signed up and just can’t make any pickup arrangements, the farm will refund your money.
Please take a moment to learn about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
and to look at our farmer’s site to get info about the farm.
Share List
Pick-Ups begin June 10 and end Nov 18
Note that as we don’t have the option for boxes,
the customizable box is not an option for Ansche Chesed CSA members.


Vegetable Share:

Fruit Share:


Egg Share:


Flower Share: 


Helpful Tips:
COVID UPDATES IN RED
  • No Swap Box during COVID-19 Crisis – Swap Box: If there is a vegetable or fruit you just don’t want, drop it in the swap box and take something you would rather have. Do not take an extra share of something from the tables!
  • Pick Up at 11:30am-12:30pm during COVID-19 Crisis – Pick up hours are 5:30-7:30 PM at Ansche Chesed. Please do not come early unless you are a volunteer. We need the time to set up signs and supplies. Thank you for your understanding.
  • Bags Will be Provided, please DON’T bring bags – Don’t forget to bring BAGS! We at Ansche Chesed CSA love our planet, and know you do too. (We still love our planet.)

    Latest News from the Farm
    Written by our Farmer, Eve

    Who’s been watching the news about the Meat Packing plants?  (All of us?)

    Not that long ago, maybe our parents’ generation (or grandparents), there were small meatpacking plants in communities all across the US.

    But they couldn’t do it cheap enough for the big fast food chains and supermarket chains, so they went out of business. Now there are so few meat plants that even though at some plants (Tyson, Cargill,  etc) up to 50% of the workers are testing positive for coronavirus, the president has ordered them back to work so Americans can have their cheap meat. Hmmmm… make you glad you get your food locally? We are. And we’re happy we can bring you that safety and quality of food.

    Usually at this time of the year we are welcoming our new crop of 7-9 International Trainees. But this year they can’t get their visas because all the embassies abroad are closed. One trainee had his visa and a plane ticket but all flights were cancelled. We’ve hired some people locally but are so grateful to our year-round staff for the stellar job they are doing in a pinch! We are all working like crazy to get crops planted: potatoes, peas, onions, sunflowers, strawberries, blueberries….

    Our kids are helping out again since they are back to homeschooling – we did homeschool until our son was in 7th grade (he’s now finishing 9th at a local school). Of course they drive us crazy like everyone’s kids do, but it’s nice to have them integrated into our lives again, where we can all share experiences and have sit-down dinners.

    We have been cooking more (like everyone) and learning some new recipes. Shout out to the loyal CSA members on the Facebook “Garden of Eve Organic Farm CSA Members” group. Cauliflower Pizza, Peanut Butter soup, Ziti were a few new ones for me. And the homemade dumpling wrappers! You know who you are.

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Published by MaggieTauranac