Meet the Farmer March 15th: Thank You For Joining Us

Hi everyone,

We hope you are enjoying the beautiful weather this Saturday. Parkchester CSA had a successful Meet the Farmer Event. We saw familiar faces coming back for this years CSA and new faces excited to join the CSA funnest. Everyone were asking questions and the intersections were mutual and exciting. This brought positive energy and a great start of this year's Parkchester CSA season.

Parkchester CSA is thanking you for passing by and listening to Cheryl Rogowski, a wonderful farmer and Also for sharing your thoughts and questions. We are looking forward to see you very soon. I believe that we will arrange a farm trip on March 29th. As mentioned by our farmer, Cheryl Rogowski: Rogowski Farm is having a welcome CSA members to the farm on March 29th and everyone who is part of the CSA or are interested in joining this year can join the trip and get farm breakfast for free.

Please email Lizzette Bonfante, the member coordinator and marketing representative of Parkchester CSA if you are interested in join us on March 29th and also want further information about the trip and about Parkchester CSA.

Here is a clip that was recorded today of the Meet the Farmer: CLICK HERE

( I will be posting more videos and pictures! )

Cheryl Rogowski Farmer (left) and Lizzette Bonfante G. (Member Coordinator and artist)

We are also selling Parkchester CSA logo Tote bags fort $5: This tote bags were hand crafted by Lizzette Bonfante who is also an artist who volunteered to make this happen. All of the money will go to the CSA program and this will help a lot for members that can not afford to pay a full or half share.


Enjoy the weather!!!

And THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT!

Meet The Farmer 2014 Event, Come and Join Us: March 15th from 10am to 12pm

Meet the Farmer Event:

It is a wonderful opportunity to learn about Parkchester Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and about the CSA farm W. Rogowski farm and the CSA farmer, Cheryl Rogowski. Cheryl Rogowski, who became the first farmer ever to win a MacArthur  Fellowship, better known as the "Genius Award." She continues to work very hard to grow her long time family farm W. Rogowski Farm. She is a real farmer and an advocate of local, non-pesticide and No GMOS vegetables. 

Parkchester CSA invites you to visit us March 15th from 10am to 12pm and get the opportunity to speak to a real farmer and hard worker and learn about joining a CSA and the Farm: W. Rogowski Farm. Parkchester CSA hopes you join us in this wonderful gathering and in the support of family farm and healthier living. 

Also, there will be gourmet farm goodies to taste. 

See you all there!!! 

Location: 1891 McGraw Avenue, Bronx, New York 10462 at St. Paul Lutheran Evangelical Church. In the basement. 

Our Meet The Farmer Event!

Over a dozen people met our farmer, Cheryl Rogowski, at St. Paul's Church in Parkchester on Saturday morning, April 21.    Cheryl brought some fantastic pestos and spreads from the Rogowski Farm's Black Earth line and a couple of baskets full of Sweet Potato Bombs made with sweet potatoes grown on the farm. 

Cheryl told us everyone at the Farm is excited about the new growing season, and a lot of work has gone into rebuilding from last year's Tropical Storms Irene and Lee and the Halloween snowstorm. Peas, onions, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, scallions and various colors of carrots are among the veggies growing for harvest in June.   Later in the summer, the farm will have tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squashes, basil, dill, turnips, snap beans, cabbages, kale and more.

There is still time to sign up to become a member of Parkchester CSA -- deadline is May 31. 

Save the Date: April 21, 2012: Meet Our CSA Farmer Cheryl Rogowski-- free homemade samples from the farm!

Parkchester CSA invites you to Meet Our Farmer Cheryl Rogowski, from W. Rogowski Farm!

How often do you get to meet the person who grows your food?  Here's your chance!

** Save-The-Date **

Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Where: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1891 McGraw Avenue, at Virginia Ave, in Parkchester

The Rogowski family farm is located about 1 1/2 hours drive from the Bronx in Pine Island, NY in Orange County, an area known for its black dirt -- a rich soil that was once the bed of a prehistoric glacial lake. In 2004, Cheryl became the first farmer ever to be awarded the MacArthur "genius" Fellowship for her innovative approach to redefining American family farming.  Cheryl's family started as onion farmers in New York in the late 1800s, but farmers have been in her family history since the 1400's in Poland. She was crowned the Princess of the 1983 Orange County Onion Harvest Festival.

Cheryl will be bringing delicious homemade foods from her farm's bounty for us to sample.

Come say hello and introduce yourself to Cheryl...
Come with all of your questions about the CSA, the farm and how the vegetables are grown…
Come meet other people interested in the CSA as well as previous members…

You'll also have the opportunity to sign up and make payments for the CSA, and sign up for volunteer shifts.

Come celebrate on the eve of Earth Day!

For planning purposes, please RSVP by Tuesday, April 17th by clicking here.

In the meantime, if you are interested in joining, visit our website http://parkchestercsa.blogspot.com.  Request an application by replying to this email at parkchestercsa@gmail.com.

Membership in the CSA is an amazing opportunity to purchase pesticide free Certified Naturally Grown produce directly from a local New York farmer.
The share season this year is 23 weeks from June 16th to November 17th. The cost per share is $435 (less than $19 per week).  Each week the farm makes a neighborhood delivery bringing 7-10 types of vegetables.  Each member share has enough produce to feed a family of four or two people who cook regularly. Share buddy arrangements are acceptable. Sign up is open only until May 31st.

Finally, if you are interested in joining the core volunteer group to help keep the CSA running, we would love to have your help! We need help in many areas and are open to fresh ideas to bring in members. One CSA member arranges for a table at the local Starbucks and distributes flyers and applications to customers. We welcome other such initiatives to reach the community.

If you have any questions, comments or wish to volunteer, please contact Trudy Williams at parkchestercsa@gmail.com.

We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you on April 21st!