Deadlines

Members:

The farm is offering a range of special options this year---Holds; Customizing your share (not for all sites); and shopping at the webstore for additional items.

DEADLINE for placing a Hold is SUNDAY night 7 days before pickup.

DEADLINE for Customizing----Briarwood CSA CAN do this--is TUESDAY night.

DEADLINE for webstore shopping is Tuesday night.

Loan Program

Thanks to a generous grant from the Citizens Committee of New York City (CCNYC), the Kew Gardens CSA and the Briarwood CSA have a Revolving Loan program intended to help people join who might otherwise not be able to.
We have about 5 slots available for members who want farm fesh veggies and other items.

We will put down the initial payment for the season. Members will agree to pay biweekly, with all monies due in November.
The intention of this grant is to expand and diversify CSA membership.

Members, please get friends to join.

If interested, contact us, please.
kewgardenscsa@gmail.com
briarwoodcsa@gmail.com

Webstore

One of the benefits of CSA membership is that we can shop at the Garden of Eve webstore to supplement our weekly share. Pick from a  variety of items and they will be delivered.

The deadline is always Tuesday at midnight. That is today, folks.

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JOIN

To All:
We can still sign you up--at a pro-rated price--for the rest of the CSA season: 8 more pickups, the ebst is yet to come!

Sign up at the farm's website: www.gardenofevefarm.com/csa

Talk to us about our loan fund. We can put money up front and you can pay in installments We want to expand or membership and make CSA available to all!
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Email: briarwoodcsa@gmail.com

Website: www.briarwoodcsa.org
Twitter: @briarwoodcsa
Facebook: @briarwoodcsa

The Briarwood CSA is in partnership with the Kew Gardens CSA.

Email: kewgardenscsa@gmail.com

What We Got July 28, 2019

VEGGIES: Corn, fennel, Swiss chard, lettuce, cucumbers, zuchinni and summer squash, kale, basil, beets. FRUIT: cherries and peaches; EGGS; SUNFLOWERS; Bread: Cheese: cheddar and sheep cheese; Meat: beef and pork; Beer: IPA. 🚜

We got our first sunflowers of the season!

It was great to meet again and we 

are getting to know one another. 

Two new members brings us to 21.

Kola likes his veggies!🐕

Big thx to Suze and Norah for staying and making it all work. 💗

Pick Up July 28, 2019

This Sunday is a mega week----members pick up their shares of veggies, fruit, eggs, cheese, bread, meat, beer and any extras you ordered from the webstore.

We ask that you bring the Members Fee if you have not already done so; we will talk with you about the work shift and hope to set a date in our spreadsheet between now and November!

Hours today: 10am to 11:30 or earlier if everyone picks up.

What We Got....July 14, 2019

Photo credit: Zina

Briarwood CSA members picked up an amazing bounty from Garden of Eve Organic Farm yesterday. In the Veggie share: cucumbers, lettuce, zucchini, bok choi, leeks, Red Russian Kale, potatoes, basil, sweet corn.
Fruit: blueberries and cherries; Eggs; Cheese: 3 pieces hard and soft; Bread.
NOTE: Missing sunflowers to be made up next pickup.

We had a great time getting to know everyone. So much good will; so many good ideas. We reported back to the farm and told them there are smiles in Briarwood.

Photo credit: Zina

It was good to see Ziggy again and to meet Coca.

Next Pick up is July 14 10AM to 11:30

Briarwood CSA members---we pick up our shares tomorrow July 14 at the site by the subway, adjacent to the Briarwood library from 10AM to 11:30 (or whenever the last bag is picked up).

Let's collect fees if possible and let's talk work shift -- we will have a simple signup sheet.

The KGCSA weekly newsletter should have hit your inboxes on Friday. It has a listing of the shares for this week as well as info on HOLDS and a link to the wonderful Just Food Veggies Tip Sheets. That spiffy newsletter is edited by Lauren. We in Briarwood will get it every other week.

We hope we are clear and that you understand about several different things that are new and are intended to be member-friendly: Customizing (Briarwood members CAN do that, Kew Gardens members cannot); shopping at the webstore for additional items;  and how to place a hold.

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.

Weekly Update

Reminder: There is no Briarwood CSA pickup on Sunday, July 7, 2019. 

We are a biweekly CSA. 

Next pickup will be July 14. (10am to...11:30?).

Thx for all the help on June 30 and for understanding about the crate delivery. We are assuming we will be back to bags...Pls bring back the crates.

And, do you know we recycle the egg crates and the silver Meat share bags? So bring those, pls. 

Please also bring the admin fee, if you can. Thx.

Bring all the above next week and leave with farm fresh veggies.

So, Sunday is a good day to go out to the farm or to the Forest Hills greenmarket (8am-3pm) and stock up.