Flatbush Farm Share CSA!
We just heard from the organizers of a new CSA in the neighborhood – Flatbush Farm Share:
FLATBUSH FARMSHARE is a new Brooklyn-based CSA. CSAs are a way for people to get together and buy vegetables directly from a local farm.
Our CSA is special – The mission of Flatbush Farm Share is to make fresh, organic, produce available to any Brooklyn resident, regardless of economic status.
We are committed to distributing food in a neighborhood where there is not an abundance fresh, organic produce; where many people choose fast food over cooking healthy meals; or where affordability is a major factor in what people eat.
We have 100 shares available for all income levels, and a generous subsidy program for low-income members. By joining our CSA, you are not only subscribing to a weekly basket of the most affordable, fresh, organic produce available, and supporting a family-owned farm; you are also supporting our community-focused mission.
Through our CSA, we will provide not only great food, but a level of food security and food-community to the Lefferts Garden / Prospect / Flatbush area of Brooklyn.
They have partnered with Hunger Action Network of NYS, Just Food, and NYC Coalition Against Hunger. Pickups will be on Wednesdays at the Flatbush Reformed Church, 890 Flatbush Avenue (at Church). More information available here.
This is an awesome idea, not only to get the freshest food available, but also keeping the money in the very local economy. Next best thing to having your own garden.
Permapoesis: meaning-making through active participation with one’s local community-ecology.
Hi all,
We have a CSA at 33 Flatbush – http://upstatefarmsny.com/paisley_farm.html
Call us if you are interested in participating!
Jennie
718.855.5356
Anyone interested in splitting a half-share? Or working out an arrangement? I will be away for 4-5 weeks in the summer and will have difficulty making Weds pick ups in fall, although in principle I’d like to be part of this.
I am amused by the fact that the Teaneck market is painted as indicative of economic decline or somehow particularly noteable. Teaneck may be a middle-class suburb in general, but there are many poor and working class people there (I know some of ‘em) – and i’m fairly sure that the deli where this photo was taken is located in an area that has many more poor/working class people and people of color than the areas most people think of when they think of Teaneck (the wealthy Jewish or white areas of the town with huge houses). Not to mention that many corner deli’s have ALWAYS accepted EBT cards, even in middle class areas. I wish people would remember that most communities labelled “middle class” still have poor and economically struggling working and lower-middle class families, even if they’re not the majority. They are frequently made invisible in media representations, however.
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Nina – this is a great post. Last night I went to a panel at the Museum of the City of New York featuring Dan Barber, Michael Hurwitz, Ian Marvy and Gabrielle Langholtz being a “locavore” in NYC. There was an extensive conversation about the ways in which the movement has been criticized for its elitism (as might be expected). I learned for the first time about the two-dollar checks one can use at the Markets – (I’m help organize CSAs in the city, not greenmarket, that’s my excuse!). You’ve outlined here, beautifully, some of the complexity of all of these issues around class and food and taught me a lot! Keep up the good work. Once they put up the podcast from the panel I promise I’ll post it.
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I’ve never used anything like food stamps/EBT cards, but I know well about it. Also, when I was younger, my family was in a really bad slump and I know what it’s like to live in a budget yet still try to be healthy and functional. However, I still believe people should always, ALWAYS save for a rainy day… Recession or not, stuff like this will happen.
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Nina – thanks for this thoughtful and informative post. I always appreciate people acknowledging their own learning experience and being so open about it – its much needed in this food movement. I work in the same building as a WIC program. Maybe I can interview them for a future post. Meanwhile, I hope changes in these government programs continue towards the healthier.
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