Hellgate CSA

As you know, eggs and granola that were part of Tuesday's share were not available at Tuesday's pickup. They will be delivered and available for pickup on Sunday. Please refer to the email you should have received from Hellgate CSA listing the place and time of pickup. If you did not receive an email about Sunday's pickup, please contact info@hellgatecsa.com.

Thank you for your patience and to everyone who made this second delivery possible.

This is a reminder that tomorrow is Election Day. Polls in NY are open 6AM to 9PM.

We know it will be a challenge to incorporate both Voting and the CSA pick-up and are especially grateful to all volunteers working at set-up and pick-up tomorrow.

Just an FYI to those with fruit shares - THERE IS NO FRUIT THIS WEEK, JULY 8.

Apparently, the farm ran out of fruit!  This is the first time it's ever happened.  Gerry, one of our farmers, blames it on mother nature - strawberries, cherries, and apples are all gone, and the upcoming fruit isn't quite ripe.   Sounds like this season has been a bit out of the ordinary.  They will make it up to us next week with extra fruit.

We apologize for this inconvenience.

Thanks to Freeze Peach (yet again!) we are providing free iced tea tomorrow at distribution!  Be sure to stop in when you come to pick up your veggies and fruit, for a free cup of iced tea.   We hope to provide our members with free tea the first Tuesday of each month during the CSA season.

See you at distribution!

Sign-up for the 2008 season has begun! An email went out today - please contact us if you were a member in 2007 but you didn't get a notice about rejoining this season. Here is the content of the email:

Hello 2007 Hellgate CSA members!

We are now opening registration for the 2008 season for last years members! The season runs from June 10th through November 25th, and includes vegetable, fruit, herb, basil, and tomato shares.

If you're on the waiting list you'll be contacted at a later date so stay tuned!

On the recommendation of a fellow CSA member (and reminded by the mailing I got today), I thought I'd mention a great resource in Astoria, Build It Green. They are a salvage/reuse organization in western Astoria, located at 3-17 26th Ave.

Are you a member of Facebook?  If you are, consider "becoming a fan" of the Hellgate CSA there!  Or, join Facebook and see what it has to offer.  Stay in touch during the cold months with your fellow CSA members, and enjoy Facebook's spin on things.  Hope to see you there!

You don't have to have a monthly share to purchase meat, eggs, cheese, honey, syrup and jam from Lewis Waite Farm. The monthly distribution dates over the winter will be: December 18, January 22, February 26, March 18, April 29, and May 20.

Here are the instructions for ordering:

Ordering and payment happen individually -- you'll put in an order with the farm directly, pay them, and they'll deliver to us at the CSA site. Yay! Orders come frozen and packed in insulated boxes with a mid-afternoon delivery.