Now accepting members for our Summer 2012 Season!

The Summer CSA season runs from: June 5th – August 21st (12 weeks)
Membership applications are due May 21st, 2012
Select a pick up location in either Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, or East Williamsburg

To sign up for the 2012 Summer CSA Season:
1) Submit a 2012 Summer Member Form (PDF version) electronically or via mail
2) Complete payment online or by check
Checks should be sent to: Local Roots NYC, 101 Warren Street #A3E, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
3) Receive confirmation e-mail and eagerly wait for the CSA season to begin!

Half Shares feed households of 1-2 people
Full Shares feed households of 3-5 people

Product: Vegetables
Farm: The Rogowski Farm
Growing: Organic
Shares: Half / Full
Cost: $151 [$12.58 per week] / $288 [$24 per week]
Sample Share: Half – 1/2lb Spinach, 1lb Summer Squash, 1 bunch Scallions, 1 bunch Beets, 1 bunch Kale
Sample Share – Full – 1lb Spinach, 2lb Summer Squash, 2 bunch Scallions, 2 bunch Beets, 2 bunches Kale

Enjoy a variety of 4 – 6 different seasonal vegetables a week, including spinach, kale, scallions, lettuce, bok choy, herbs, squash, and corn. Distributions are weekly for half and full shares.  Bring on the vitamins!

Product: Fruit
Farm: Red Jacket Orchards
Growing: Integrated Pest Management
Shares: Half / Full
Cost: $80 [$8 every week] / $160 [$16 every week]
Sample Share: Half – 1lb Peches, 1lb Nectarines
Sample Share: Full – 2lb Peaches, 2lb Nectarines

Strawberries, Blueberries, Plums, Nectarines, and everything else great about summer fruit!  Fruit shares are weekly and begin the third week of the CSA season due to the seasonality of fruit grown in the NorthEast.

 

Product: Juice
Farm: Red Jacket Orchards
Growing: Integrated Pest Management
Share: Half / Full
Cost: $42 [$3.50 per week] / $84 [$7 per week]
Sample Share: Half – 1 32oz Juice
Sample Share: Full – 2 32oz Juice
100% All Natural juices – no water and no additives, just great taste. Flavors range from Fuji Apple, Cranberry, and Cider, to Raspberry, Apricot and Blackcurrant

Product: Cheese
Farm: Consider Bardwell
Growing: Antiobotic and Hormone Free, Animals are Free Range
Share: Half / Full
Cost: $60 [$10 every other week] / $120 [$20 every other week]
Sample Share: Half – 1/2 lb Pawlett Cheese
Sample Share: Full – 1lb Pawlet Cheese
This artisanal cheese share includes five different types of goat and cow cheese for an every other week distribution.  Each variety has won awards from the American Cheese Society, World Jersey Cheese, and North American Jersey Cheese Competitions.  Their Mettowee goat cheese was listed as a Top 300 Cheese by Murray’s Cheese Shop.

Product: Bread
Farm: Orwasher Bakery
Share: Half / Full
Cost: $30 [ $5 every other week] / $60 [$5 per week]
Sample Share: 1 Challah Loaf

This share is comprised of Artisan Wine Breads, Classic New York Breads, and Classic European Breads. In other words, that means Sour Dough, Challah, Swiss Health, Whole Wheat, Beer Bread, etc.  This bread share goes great with our cheese and fruit share.  Half shares are every other week and full shares are every week.

Product: Meat
Farm: Arcadian Pastures
Growing: No Antibiotics, No Hormones, Free Range
Shares: Half / Full
Cost: $228 [$38 every other week] / $456 [$76 every other week]
Sample Share: Half – 1lb Sirloin, 1lb Ground Lamb, 1/2 Lb Spicy Sausage
Sample Share: Full – 2lbs Sirloin, 2lbs Ground Lamb, 1 lb Spicy Sausage

For the meat eater: a mix of beef, pork, lamb, and duck.  Half and full shares are every other week

Product: Milk
Farm: Ronnybrook Dairy Farm
Growing: Organic
Shares: Half / Full
Cost: $24 [$4 every other week] / $48 [$4 per week]
Sample Share: Half – 1/2 gallon of Creamline or LowFat every other week
Sample Share: Full – 1/2 gallon of Creamline or LowFat every week

Members will have a choice between Creamline or Low Fat at CSA pick up.  Creamline is pasteurized but not homogenized, so the cream floats to the top.  The cream can be spooned off for your coffee or shaken for the full flavor and benefits of whole milk.  It has been called the “Dom Perignon” of dairy according to the New York Times.  Their lowfat milk is 1% with a full-bodied flavor, some say as rich as whole milk.  This milk will stay fresh for 14 days from CSA pick up.

Product: Brooklyn Share
Farm: A rotation of artisanal purveyors
Growing: Made in Brooklyn, sourced from local farms when possible
Shares: Half / Full
Cost: $84 [$7 per week] / $168 [$14 per week]
Sample Share: Half – 1 bag of spicy bacon caramel popcorn
Sample Share: Full  - 1 bag of spicy bacon caramel popcorn and 1 bag of honey almond caramel popcorn
We’ve curated a share that shows off the artisanal Brooklyn food scene and it doesn’t get more local than this!  This season’s participating purveyors are Brooklyn Soda Works (soda), Ovenly (snacks), Mike’s Hot Honey (honey), Rick’s Picks (pickles), KBBK (kombucha), Liddabit Sweets (candy), and  SlantShack (beef jerky).  Each week will feature a different purveyor.

Product: Grains / Beans / Flour
Farm: Cayuga Pure Organics
Growing: Organic
Shares: Half / Full
Cost: $37 [$12.30 per month / $59 [$19.70 per month]
Sample Share: Half – 1lb Pinto Beans, 1lb Wheat Berries, 2lbs All Purpose Flour.
Sample Share: Full – 2lbs Pinto Beans, 2lbs Wheat Berries, 2lbs All Purpose Flour
Products range in variety from Popcorn and Spelt Berries to Cornmeal Flour and Polenta to Pinto Beans and Sweet Soybeans. Half and Full shares are monthly.

Product: Eggs
Farm: Feather Ridge Farm
Growing: No Hormones, No Antibiotics, No By Products, 100% Vegetarian feed
Shares: Half / Full / Omega 3
Cost: $27 [$4.50 every other week] / $54 [$4.50 per week] / $60 [$5 per week]
Sample Share: Half – A dozen eggs every other week
Sample Share: Full – A dozen eggs every week
Sample Share: Omega 3 – Half a dozen eggs every week
A dozen of these golden yellow yolks are delivered every other week for half shares and once a week for full and omega 3 shares. Omega-3 eggs are eggs that are produced by hens fed a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids and have three to six times the amount of omega-3 fatty acids than regular eggs.

A 3% charge is added to online purchases due to google checkout processing fees and is noted as “tax”.  Checks should be sent to 101 Warren Street #A3E, Brooklyn, Ny, 11201.  Please email localrootsnyc@gmail.com or call 347.766.8702 for questions on submitting your membership order.

Please note that there are no refunds for missed shares and as a member of a CSA, you share both the bounties and risks of the farmer.  CSA shares will vary from week to week depending on seasonality and weather, and there is no guarantee on the exact amount of contents of the share.

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