June 28

June 28, 2011

Hi Everyone,

Hunger & Potatoes
This week will be one of my favorites – new potatoes from the Black Dirt. Just last week I finished my last stash of stored potatoes from last year. Potatoes are one of the best staple crops. They’ve gotten a bad rap in recent years – for being too starchy, too carbie and too white. But I’ve read that Irish peasants were much healthier eating potatoes as their main food source than their European counterparts who relied on wheat. (Of course, relying mainly on just one food source – and one main variety like the Irish did – can have tragic consequences). If you’ve never visited the Irish Hunger Memorial in New York City, it’s well worth the trip. It’s a bizarre looking thing rising from the streets of lower Manhattan with haunting quotes of hunger. One of the most poignant descriptions of hunger was in the book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Living in this country where food (or what passes as “food”) is sold at every gas station, TJ Maxx, checkout counter and strip mall, it’s difficult to know true “hunger pains” like nearly 1 billion people do every day.

In this week’s share:
new potatoes
lettuce (3 heads)
radishes
parsley
garlic
garlic scapes
turnip greens
Swiss chard
onions
callaloo
broccoli
cilantro

Mushrooms
Zach has two new varieties of mushrooms: Shitake and Royal Trumpet that he will be selling in addition to Portobello, Cremini and White Button mushrooms.

Coffee & Coffee Share
Richard (proud father of a new baby girl, Sidanna) of Red House Roasters will be bringing samples of the various types of freshly-roasted coffee that they carry. (Also, this will be the first week of the Coffee Share). It’s still not too late to sign up for the Coffee Share. There will be sign-up forms available.

Fruit Share
This will be the first week for the Fruit Share. The first week will be a mix of blueberries, raspberries and sour cherries. The fruit share will be located on the back wall in baskets on the shelves. Please do NOT take the baskets, but take the individual containers of fruit that will be in the baskets. Also, please check off your name on the Fruit Share list which will be on the barrel next to the fruit shares.

Cheese Share
In this week’s Cheese Share (located in the cooler next to the sign-in desk) is Calkins Creamery Four-Dog Dill, a havarti-style cheese dosed with dill – my mother-in-law’s favorite!

Organic Milk
This week we have organic, non-homogenized milk in glass containers. (There is a $3
deposit on the glass jars). This is really delicious milk from the Lancaster Farm Coop which offers true “pastured” dairy and meat. Also, available is organic chocolate milk in glass bottles which is so rich and creamy it tastes like a chocolate milk shake (my son is hoping they don’t sell so that it’ll be more for him!) It’s a real treat!Also available is organic half & half, buttermilk, yogurt and ricotta cheese.

Fresh, Pastured Pork & Beef
Also available this week is fresh, pastured ground pork & beef (located in the
refrigerator). Although it’s more expensive than what’s available in grocery stores, I think it’s worth spending a little more (and eating a little less) of good quality meat.

Enjoy!

Lisa, Lauren & Jacob