About

Breanna

Site Staffing

What do you do when you’re not volunteering with the CSA? I work in advertising, selling swag (aka promotional products). When I’m not at work I love to travel and am constantly working on finding the best pizza in NYC has to offer!

Why did you become involved with the CSA? I was able to volunteer a few shifts my first year with the CSA and really enjoyed the neighborhood interaction and feeling the connection from farm to Crown Heights!

What’s your favorite dish to make with CSA produce? While it’s hard to pick just one, but with last year’s haul I made a Thai Veggie Curry dish that I ended up re-creating several times since. Looking forward to this year’s version!

Bruno

Social Media

What do you do when you’re not volunteering with the CSA? I’m likely reading a book on the subway to/from my job in Manhattan or reading a book at home around the corner.

Why did you become involved with the CSA? To connect with my community and eat in a more healthy way until Halloween candy undoes everything.

What’s your favorite spot around the neighborhood? I love getting lost in Prospect Park. There are spots where the trees cover up everything else and mute all the sounds. At those moments you forget you’re in the middle of a big city.

Casey

Volunteer Coordination

What do you do when you’re not volunteering with the CSA? I’m a Type Licensing Director by day and love to chat about fonts and typography. For fun, I love to travel and eat delicious food.

Why did you become involved with the CSA? Working from home during the pandemic, I wanted an excuse to meet my neighbors and folks in the community. I love all the fresh produce and supporting local farmers and producers.

What’s your favorite CSA vegetable? Everything. If I had to pick my top three: Heirloom tomatoes, Cherries, and Garlic scapes.

Daisy

Site Staffing

What do you do when you’re not volunteering with the CSA? I’m a librarian at The Met and on the weekends you can find me birding all over Brooklyn, reading books, and knitting in the company of my two cats. 

Why did you become involved with the CSA?I’m in it for good veggies, getting to meet neighbors, and supporting a more direct food distribution model that values small businesses. 

What’s your favorite spot around the neighborhood? I love getting tacos and margaritas at Gueros! 

Genesis

Site Staffing

What do you do when you’re not volunteering with the CSA? I’m a law professor and mediator. When I’m out living life, I enjoy making industrial furniture, sci-fi/horror movies and creating exciting cocktails for special events.

Why did you become involved with the CSA?
I want to eat better and make a habit of going to my gym. This was a two-fer.

What’s your favorite spot around the neighborhood? I LOVE the margaritas and nachos at Gueros!

Heather

Site Staffing

What do you do when you’re not volunteering with the CSA? When not volunteering with the CSA, I can be found working in theater. Either as a stage or production manager.

Why did you become involved with the CSA? I became involved with the CSA because I believe in supporting local farmers and love working distributions to see everyone’s excitement each week to receive such a bountiful share.

What’s your favorite dish to make with CSA produce? Hard to pick just one favorite dish to make with CSA produce so here’s a few: pasta salad with the summer squashes and cherry tomatoes, eggplant relish, or delicata squash lasagna (recipe from a fellow CSA member). Also can never go wrong with raw kohlrabi as a sweet and crunchy snack.

Jasmine

Registration, finances, and vendor liaison

What do you do when you’re not volunteering with Prospect Park CSA?  I teach in NYU’s food studies program and consult with nonprofits working in food, arts and culture, social justice, open space and the environment.

Why did you become involved with the CSA?  I’ve been a member since 2012. It’s important to me to support the kind of agriculture I believe in, and I’m a sucker for beautiful vegetables. My current work schedule is more flexible than in years past, so I figured it was a good time to get more involved.

What’s your favorite dish to make with CSA produce? It’s crazy in the heat of summer, but on Tuesday nights I crank up my oven and make cast-iron skillet pizza with whatever goodies Ted showered on us, followed by a bountiful breakfast salad the next morning.

Jen

Communication

What do you do when you’re not volunteering with the CSA?  I manage a paper flower studio in the Bronx, and source hard-to-find botanicals for cosmetic companies. When I’m not doing that, I like to visit the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, work on my apartment terraces (can you tell I like plants?!), and ride my bike around different neighborhoods.

Why did you become involved with the CSA? I wanted to take better advantage of my flexible schedule and contribute more to my community. Plus I’m always striving to make environmentally conscious choices so this felt like an awesome way to do both.

What’s your favorite spot around the neighborhood? Mayfield – their food is delicious.

Matt

Administration, Site Staffing

What do you do when you’re not volunteering with the CSA? I’m a stay at home dad that likes riding bikes around Brooklyn

Why did you become involved with the CSA? I got involved with the CSA two years ago because I was working at home at the time and honestly wanted to meet some new people. 

What’s your favorite dish to make with CSA produce?  My favorite vegetable is when we get hot peppers later in the year because I love making hot sauce

Natalie

Site Staffing

What do you do when you’re not volunteering with the CSA? You can usually find me on the subway because I’ve made too many plans in one day and I’m running late to all of them! I love going to see music at NYC’s many wonderful venues, biking around Brooklyn, obsessing over the herbs I’m growing on my balcony and hanging out with my perfect cat.

What’s your favorite dish to make with CSA produce? Comically elaborate salads

What’s your favorite spot around the neighborhood? Puerto Viejo! Family-owned Dominican spot that’s been in the neighborhood for 30+ years, the vibes are impeccable and the food is, too.

Than

Delivery Coordinator

What do you do when you’re not volunteering with the CSA?
I’m leading the effort to build Brooklyn Curling Center — New York City’s first dedicated curling facility. You know… the sport with the ice, the sweeping, and the yelling. 

Why did you become involved with the CSA? I’m really excited to eat great food from a farmer I know on a first-name basis. Also, unloading the produce truck sounded like a great workout without it being a workout.

What’s your favorite spot around the neighborhood?
I’m a little biased as I live upstairs, but Wild Birds on the corner of Dean & Classon has been a godsend over the past year, with fantastic live music on the sidewalk seven days a week.