CSA Update!
Dana Weissman
THE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE SEEKS VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS FOR NEW LOWER EAST SIDE CSA
Neighbors interested in joining the Core Group to help
organize a new CSA in our community should sign up at http://bit.ly/bnQ24b.
First organizational meeting scheduled for
March 1, 6:30pm at The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway.
WHAT IS A CSA?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, a program for
purchasing fresh produce from a single, regional farm.
With a CSA, you buy a fixed-price share of a farm's output at the beginning of the season, and receive a selection of their harvest once a week from June through October.
For the farmer, CSAs reduce wasted food (in good years) and financial loss (in bad years), allowing smaller farms to avoid some of the risk of their business.
In return, you get fresh, organic vegetables from a farmer you know. (For more information, visit http://www.justfood.org/csa)
The
Educational Alliance, an organization that's been making a difference in
our community for over 120 years, has already committed to contribute
logistical support as well as to buy into the CSA for their many neighborhood
nutrition programs.
A Core
Group of members is now needed to get this new CSA off the ground.
WHAT IS THE CORE GROUP?
The Core Group consists of 6-10 CSA members willing to donate time during the year to coordinate membership and distribution. In addition, this year Core Group members will have to make some quick decisions as to how this new CSA should be organized.
Core Group responsibilities include:
Managing sign-up of new members
- Collecting member payments and disbursing funds to farmer
- Arranging volunteer schedule for distribution days
- Supervising 6-8 distribution shifts per season
- Communicating with members and farmer
Sign up to be in the Core Group or just to learn more about the CSA itself at http://bit.ly/bnQ24b.
First organizational meeting scheduled for
March 1, 6:30pm at The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway.
Dana Weissman
Director of Community Programming
The Educational Alliance
197 East Broadway NY, NY 10002
tel: 646-395-4245
Jeremy Sherber
will be held this Monday, March 1, at 6:30pm at the Educational
Alliance. If you have not done so already, please let us know if you
are able to volunteer for the Core Group, to help set up and organize
the CSA: http://bit.ly/bnQ24b.
Membership commitments will have to be gathered pretty quickly, so
even if you are not interested in volunteering to organize the CSA,
please take a minute to let us know you are interested in joining the
CSA once it's set up. Add your name to the form here: http://bit.ly/bnQ24b.
On Feb 17, 11:52 am, Dana Weissman <Dana_Weiss...@edalliance.org>
wrote:
> THE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE SEEKS VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS FOR NEW LOWER EAST SIDE CSA
> Neighbors interested in joining the Core Group to help organize a new CSA in our community should sign up athttp://bit.ly/bnQ24b.
>
> First organizational meeting scheduled for
> March 1, 6:30pm at The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway.
>
> WHAT IS A CSA?
>
> CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, a program for purchasing fresh produce from a single, regional farm.
>
> With a CSA, you buy a fixed-price share of a farm's output at the beginning of the season, and receive a selection of their harvest once a week from June through October.
>
> For the farmer, CSAs reduce wasted food (in good years) and financial loss (in bad years), allowing smaller farms to avoid some of the risk of their business.
>
> In return, you get fresh, organic vegetables from a farmer you know. (For more information, visithttp://www.justfood.org/csa)
>
> The Educational Alliance<http://www.edalliance.org/>, an organization that's been making a difference in our community for over 120 years, has already committed to contribute logistical support as well as to buy into the CSA for their many neighborhood nutrition programs.
> A Core Group of members is now needed to get this new CSA off the ground.
>
> WHAT IS THE CORE GROUP?
>
> The Core Group consists of 6-10 CSA members willing to donate time during the year to coordinate membership and distribution. In addition, this year Core Group members will have to make some quick decisions as to how this new CSA should be organized.
>
> Core Group responsibilities include:
>
> Managing sign-up of new members
>
> * Collecting member payments and disbursing funds to farmer
> * Arranging volunteer schedule for distribution days
> * Supervising 6-8 distribution shifts per season
> * Communicating with members and farmer
>
> Sign up to be in the Core Group or just to learn more about the CSA itselfat
>
> athttp://bit.ly/bnQ24b.
>
> First organizational meeting scheduled for
> March 1, 6:30pm at The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway.
>
> Dana Weissman
> Director of Community Programming
> The Educational Alliance
> 197 East Broadway NY, NY 10002www.edalliance.org<http://www.edalliance.org>
> tel:646-395-4245
kyra saulnier
The name of the CSA will be the LESCSA. We'd like the Food Coop and
the CSA to remain aligned as they are part of the same initiative to
bring fresh, organic food to the neighborhood.
Just Food has liked us up with Monkshood Farm, in Stuyvesant NY, just
50 miles upstate.
Full shares cost $610 and half shares cost $310. We can help pair you
up but we are encouraging members to find their own share buddies.
We will be discussing the CSA in much more detail at 2 upcoming
meetings we will be having at The Educational Alliance.
Free Information Session, monday March 15th, 6-7:30 PM
Meet the Farmers, Tuesday March 23rd, 6-7:30 PM.
You will have an opportunity to learn much more about the CSA at these
meetings and also reserve your spot! Bring a Check.
We are very excited to have a second CSA in the neighborhood. the
LESCSA needs 30-50 full shares to proceed so don't delay.
Contact les...@gmail.com for additional information. Stay tuned for
online signup.