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Brooklyn Food Coalition will host its annual free conference on Saturday, May 12 at Brooklyn Tech HS in Ft. Greene to bring Brooklynites together to build a local food system that provides healthy, affordable food for all and supports sustainable practices and justice for food workers across the food chain. Please pre-register! For more information visit http://www.bkfoodconference.org/

Brooklyn Food Coalition’s message:

We invite everyone to attend the FREE Brooklyn Food Conference on Saturday, May 12, 9am-6pm at Brooklyn Tech HS in Ft. Greene and to participate in the many opportunities available.

Over 5,000 people from NYC and beyond are expected to attend. There will be lots of educational and practical hands-on learning for all ages. The goal is to bring people together to build a local food system that provides healthy, affordable food for all our people, supports sustainable practices, and justice for food workers across the food chain.

1) Please have your organization or business become a sponsor today for as little as $50-$100!

    Table at the event (300 nonprofits and businesses expected)
    Your company’s name and logo will appear on the program and website
    Customized social media exposure
    100% of your sponsorship is tax-deductible

2) Pre-register now and avoid long lines at the door.

The 2012 Brooklyn Food Conference will include:

    Over 175 workshops on a wide range of food justice topics
    Enormous expo of for-profit businesses and non-profit organizations (300 companies expected)
    Mega sessions (2500 person auditorium)
        1) Building a Rural-Urban Food Alliance
        2) Saving Our Farmland and Fracking, and
        3) The Future of NYC Food Policy
    Cooking demos;
    Family activities;
    Youth summit;
    Neighborhood meet-ups;
    Lots of fantastic food for sale;
    Music, films and art!

Become a Sponsor and Pre-register today—the deadline for Sponsorship is April 20th!

For more information on plenary speakers, workshops, and programmed activities please check out www.bkfoodconference.org

Thank you!

Jesse Alter
Conference Coordinator
Brooklyn Food Conference 2012

At last sign-ups for our 2012 season are here. This year we will have a two-step sign-up process.

First, complete our sign-up form in full and submit it.

Then, wait for your invoice to be emailed to you within a couple of days of submitting the form. Once you receive your invoice, mail in your payment per the instructions ASAP. We will send you a deadline for payment receipt in your invoice. If we receive payment from you by the deadline, you will receive a confirmation of your 2012 share details.

As always, please email or call us ((347) 746-5710) if you have any questions. All details for this season’s pricing and pickup are in the form linked to above, or in the season info post on our website. NOTE: pick-up will be at the same location as last year, but we have adjusted the pick-up time to 6pm-8pm this year.

We look forward to sharing vegetables with you in the spring!

Just an update/confirmation that our 2012 season will run 22 weeks from Jun. 12th to Nov. 6th, pickups Tuesdays from 6-8 PM. See the full season info in our previous post!

Vegetable Share Prices and Details

When you purchase a full vegetable share, you receive an assortment of veggies once a week for 22 weeks, from June 12 to November 6 (for an idea of variety and quantity in the share, please review our newsletters from the previous season). You can also purchase a half-share, which you will pick up every other week throughout the 22 week season.

We have three price tiers, following the Community Supported Agriculture model of neighbors subsidizing each others’ shares. Each tier includes a $5 administrative fee, which our core group uses to buy some basic materials and as a way to subsidize fun activities we offer throughout the year.

• Plan A full share: $555, Plan A half share: $280
• Plan B full share: $465, Plan B half share: $235
• Plan C full share: $270, Plan C half share: $135

Select Plan A if your combined household income is greater than $80,000/year, or if you think you can afford it. By choosing a Plan A share you are helping to subsidize our lower income neighbors, bringing real, healthy food access to more people and ensuring that the “community” aspect of Community Supported Agriculture rings true.

Select Plan B if your household earnings are less than $80,000/year, or if you feel that is the level you can afford.

Plan C is designated for our neighbors who are living at a significantly lower income level than either the Plan A or B guidelines. At this level we can accommodate those paying with food stamps.

Fruit shares

From the farm: 20 weeks of fruits produced with minimal inputs by local farmers. Windflower Farm grows small quantities of organic strawberries and raspberries. To round out the share they partner with local growers to supply fresh, minimally treated (non-organic) fruit. Fruit shares begin in the early summer with strawberries, cherries, blueberries and raspberries, progress in mid-summer to include peaches, plums, nectarines, and apricots, and conclude in the fall with assorted apples, pears, and cider.

• Fruit: $144 (20 Distributions)

Flower shares

From the farm: 10 weeks of fresh cut flowers grown organically at Windflower Farm. Flowers vary by the season but have included spice-scented stock, showy sunflowers, Bells of Ireland, campanula, Asiatic lilies, long-lasting lisianthus, China asters, and cockscombs (or “brain flowers” as one young CSA member calls them). Flowers arrive in bouquets or bunches, and packed in a floral sleeve for safe travel.

Flowers: $124 (10 Distributions)

Egg shares

NOTE: As of April all egg shares are already SOLD OUT.

22 weeks of brown eggs from free-range chickens grown by Windflower Farm neighbor Elihu Farm. Their hens are truly pastured and their eggs are as nutritional and good-for-you as eggs can be.

• 2 dozen/week: $230 (22 distributions) – SOLD OUT
• 1 dozen/week: $120 (22 distributions) – SOLD OUT
• 1/2 dozen/week: $62 (22 distributions) – SOLD OUT

Pickup Location

Members will be able to pick up their shares on Tuesdays beginning June 12th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm, at Fountain Studios, 604 Grand Ave., between St Marks Ave. and Bergen St. (Google Map).

Member Work Shift Requirement

All members of our CSA contribute to this volunteer-led effort by working at our distribution location once or twice during the season. All work shifts will take place on Tuesdays, beginning June 12th and running through November 6th. There will be an afternoon shift (1:30-2:30pm) and two evening shifts (5:30-7pm, 7pm-8:30pm). Full-share members will work 2 shifts throughout the season. Half-share members will work 1 shift.

Just an update from our last post to let everyone know that sign-ups will start in early April! Stay tuned!

We will be emailing more information soon, so stay tuned! 

Weekly newsletter for the fifteenth week of the 2011 CSA season. Click to read!

Weekly newsletter for the eleventh week of the 2011 CSA season. Click to read!

Weekly newsletter for the ninth week of the 2011 CSA season. Click to read!

Weekly newsletter for the eighth week of the 2011 CSA season. Click to read!