Bringing fresh organic produce to urban residents straight from the farmer
The Great Kills CSA (GKCSA) is an all-volunteer community run organization that partners with Farmer John Krueger from Circle Brook Farm in Andover, NJ to provide organic produce to the Staten Island residents who pay for a produce share. The GKCSA host site, Christ Lutheran Church, at 121 Cleveland Ave, offers a location for the GKCSA community to distribute the produce they receive from Circle Brook Farm. Distributions are every Thursday evening between 530 pm and 730 pm between June and November for a total of 24 weeks. The GKCSA is committed to providing fresh, organic produce to the Staten Island Community at a reasonable cost, to encourage healthy living, and to support both local farmers and the health of our planet.
When it is your turn to volunteer, please come to Christ Lutheran Church, 121 Cleveland Ave, Staten Island, NY 10308 by 4:45 pm, so we can set up the site for 5:30 pm
2024 Member Schedule (to be announced before first volunteer day of June 20, 2024)
Contact Roy Fischman, the GKCSA VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR by e-mailing GKCSA2019@gmail.com or (718) 887-1854 if you wish to make changes to your volunteer schedule. If you have an emergency and cannot work on your assigned evening, please let one of the core members know so a replacement can be found. We encourage members to find their own replacment. (It can be any adult)
Message from Farmer John, October 7, 2024
Hello All, So, still no rain and none in sight-oh well. The temperatures have been agreeable, but
we are predicted to drop into the thirties for two nights at the beginning of next week. Hopefully,
we will squeak by without a frost. We still have a lot of sweet corn that we are waiting on to
mature, but it is doing so rather slowly due to the cool nights. We have done our best to control
the earworm, but most have at least a small one, so we will be cutting the tips off. We have
some nice spinach for you, and expect to have a lot more during the final weeks of the season.
We will be trying to complete the colored pepper distribution, for those who did not get any last
time.
The share will be zucchini, spinach, lettuce, radishes, leeks, rainbow carrots, sweet corn,
edamame soybeans, Napa cabbage, baby bok choi, choice of an herb and ornamental gourds.
Premium shares will also include escarole and kale.
Enjoy! Farmer John
Premium share- $1040 Share will contain, on average, 10-12 items and a larger quantity of most of the items in the basic share. Over the course of the season the premium share will include various less common vegetables, such as escarole, radicchio, fennel and frissee, not found in the basic or medium share.
Basic share- $860 Share will contain, on average, 9-10 items. It will be approximately 80% the size of the Premium share.
Pre-bagged medium share- $690 Share will contain, on average 9-10 items and half of the quantity of many of the items in the premium share. The share will be approximately 60% the size of the Premium share Share price includes the cost of bagging.
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And take a look at the video that was made at Circle Brook farm with Farmer John. "GreatKills CSA visits the Farm"
HOW TO JOIN
If you are interested in joining and have questions, email us at: GKCSA2019@gmail.com
When applying for membership you must PRINT, FILL OUT and SIGN the Application
Make your Check/Money Order payable to: Circle Brook Farm. Please mail that with your application to: Jacqueline Perine, 29 Adlai Circle, SI, NY, 10312
DO NOT SEND CASH!
I encourage everyone to ask others to join our group. Besides eating without pesticides, no more worries about contaminated produce when you go organic
Site Coordinator
Roy Fischman - GKCSA Volunteer Coordinator
Core Members
Jacquie Perine- Treasurer
Joanne Marzalik-Sanbeg - core member
Ed Vreeland - core member
For more information about each share below, please see the e-mail(s) about shares.
Please note that the following shares cannot be purchased without a vegetable share purchase
2024 Fruit Share
Fruit shares are payable before the first fruit delivery of the season. Fruit shares are delivered between July and September, for 14 weeks, offering 5-7 pounds of 2 types of fruit weekly.
COST: $250
2024 Egg Share
Egg shares must be paid before the start of the 24 week season. The cost per share is for one dozen eggs. $135 for one dozen eggs, $250 for two dozen $360 for three dozen, $480 for four dozen
2024 Flower
$100 Starting in July ending in October, 10 weeks
2024 Mushrooms
24 Weeks - $240.00
2024 Fall Extension
To be announced
