Sign up for 2024 CSA Share!

04/11/2024 //

The time has come to SIGN UP for a 2024 CSA share!

Farm Spot will be partnering with Golden Earthworm Organic Farm again this year. Our CSA partner from 2006 – 2021, Golden Earthworm is now based in southern Vermont and continues to provide certified organic produce. The 2024 CSA season is 22 weeks, and they are able to provide an optional fruit share from a nearby farm. We’re looking forward to enjoying their delicious produce again, along with the helpful recipes and farm updates in their weekly newsletters.

SIGN UP HERE – and please forward to anyone that might be interested. Deadline to sign up is 5/15/24!

Information about the 2024 share:

Distribution location: St Mark’s Church on the corner of 34th avenue and 82nd street

Dates: Thursdays, June 20th to November 21st, 2024, 5:30-8pm (no distribution on July 4th)

Cost for the vegetable share: $875.30

Cost of the Subsidized vegetable share: $437.80 (limited number of shares available – if sold out, please email us to be put on wait list)

Cost for the fruit share: $145.35

VOLUNTEERING

All members are expected to volunteer two shifts per share; Members who have both a vegetable and fruit share are required to serve two shifts, the requirement does not double. Any members for whom the ongoing COVID-19 crisis makes volunteering unsafe or impossible should email Farm Spot. Farm Spot CSA is only possible with the help of volunteers – we do not have other means to operate distribution. Feel free to contact us with any questions: volunteerfarmspot@gmail.com

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Sign up for volunteer shifts here

SHARE PICK-UP

The above dates, between 5:30 pm & 8:00 pm, at St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82nd st. If you do not pick up your share during those hours, it will be donated appropriately. We are unable to save shares. If you are unable to pick up your share yourself, you may ask a friend or neighbor (even if they are not a Farm Spot member) to pick up your share on your behalf. Please remember to give them the principal share member’s name (the name that your share is listed under in the sign-up book).

Splitting shares:

In past years, Farm Spot has encouraged members to look for share partners on social media and community message boards. People have been known to find share partners on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/farmspotcsa/). If you cannot find a share on your own, please email farmspot@gmail.com and we will do our best to match you with a share partner.

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Sign up now for a WINTER SHARE

By sonya

10/12/2023 //

We are offering a Winter Share for the first time in several years! Four monthly deliveries of a 20+ pound box of organic vegetables from Golden Earthworm Organic Farm. For those unfamiliar, Farm Spot was partnered with Golden Earthworm for about 16 years, until they lost much of their leased farmland in Long Island and were no longer able to provide enough vegetables for CSA groups. They have since relocated to land they now own in Vermont, and we are happy to partner with them for a winter share (Note: our current farm, Angel Family Farm does not offer a winter share).

Sign up HERE

Winter Vegetable Share: each month a 20+ lb box of organic vegetables, including winter squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, potatoes, rutabaga, beets, watermelon radish, cabbage (and possibly broccoli and cauliflower). $221

Optional Add-on Shares from Briermere Farm, in Riverhead, Long Island, a non-organic farm that uses compost in their farming practice.

Apple Share: each month a 4-pound bag of a variety of apples. $37

Apple Cider Share: each month a 1/2 gallon of apple cider. $35

Dates: Thursdays, 5:30 – 8:00pm. November 16th, December 14th, January 11th, and February 8th.

Location: pick up for the Winter Share will be at The Queensboro Restaurant, 80-02 Northern Blvd at 80th St.

Sign up HERE – deadline to sign up is October 20th!

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Sign Ups for 2023 are Now Closed.

By sonya

06/13/2023 //

Please email us at farmspot@gmail.com if you’d like more info or to be added to the waiting list.

For our current members, see you later this week, on Thursday, June 15th from 5:30 – 8:00pm for our first distribution.

— Please remember to bring BAGS to haul your vegetables home.

— If you can’t make it to pick up, please ask a friend or neighbor to pick up for you as WE CANNOT SAVE SHARES. All unclaimed shares will be donated.

See you there! 🌟 🥬 🌟

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Sign ups extended til June 8th

By farm spot

06/03/2023 //

We still have vegetable shares available.

Deadline is extended to June 8th, sign up here!

The first distribution is Thursday, June 15th and runs through October 26th.

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Sign up for a 2023 CSA share now!

By farm spot

04/02/2023 //

We are announcing sign ups for our 2023 season! Also, a reminder that the Meet the Farmers event hosted by the Sunnyside CSA at Sunnyside Community Services (43-31 39th St. at Queens Blvd. 40th St. stop on the 7 train) is on Monday, April 3rd at 7pm. Come meet our farmers from Angel Family Farm and ask them any questions. All are welcome!

This is the link to sign up for the 2023 share, deadline for signup is by May 31st. This year the price of the vegetable share remains the same at $700 for the 20 week share. If you don’t want to buy a full share, please consider splitting a share with a friend/neighbor. We have a very limited amount of subsidized shares available on a honor system/first come basis. As you may know, we run on extremely slim margins in order to keep the price for the share affordable and to be able to offer a very limited amount of subsidized shares to community members in need. Please consider making a donation to Farm Spot so that we can fundraise for subsidized shares.

Sign up for a 2023 vegetable share here!

Distribution will run from June 15th to October 26th on Thursdays from 5:30-8pm at St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82nd St., Jackson Heights, NY 11372.

Each weekly share will have 5-6 items (generally 6 items, but if there’s a very large amount of one particular item, it may be 5 on some weeks). After discussing feedback from last season, our partner farm, Angel Family Farm has provided us with the following list for this coming season including:

Beets

Carrots

Lemon verbena

Sweet peas

Collard greens

Kale

Onions – multi variety

Cilantro

Lemon balm

Parsley

Basil

Lettuce — multi variety

Asian greens

Radishes

Arugula

Swiss chard

Lemon grass

Tomatillo

Oregano

Chamomile

Kohlrabi – multi variety

Garlic

Zucchini – multi variety

Potato – multi variety

Tomatillos

Tomato – multi variety

Sweet peppers

Hot pepper

Eggplant

Corn – bicolor

Sweet potato – multi variety

Winter squashes – multi variety

Pumpkin – multi variety

Volunteer shifts: The requirement for membership will still be two shifts per share. We are 100% volunteer run and really value the time that you spend helping to make this happen in our neighborhood. Please remember that volunteering is part of your responsibility as a Farm Spot member. Megan, our volunteer coordinator, will email with details about volunteer sign ups. As a note, two households splitting a share are required to do a combined two shifts in total.

We thank Megan for her hard work and service as Volunteer Coordinator for the past few years and are currently looking to pass the torch to another member who would like to step into this role. Please email farmspot@gmail.com if you are interested to volunteer as a core member.

Splitting shares: In past years, Farm Spot has encouraged members to look for share partners on social media and community message boards. People have been known to find share partners on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/farmspotcsa/). If you cannot find a share on your own, please email farmspot@gmail.com and we will do our best to match you with a share partner.

Unclaimed Shares: Shares must be picked up each week between 5:30 – 8:00pm. If you can’t make it, feel free to ask a friend or neighbor to pick up your share. Farm Spot is not able to store unclaimed shares, all unclaimed shares will be donated.

Thank you for reading this all the way through, we look forward to our upcoming season!

If you know anyone that might be interested, please forward this link.

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Sign up for 2022 CSA Vegetable Share!

By sonya

04/02/2022 //

This is the link to sign up for the 2022 share, deadline for signup is May 31st:

https://csa.farmigo.com/join/farmspot

This year we are offering a non-certified, organically-grown Vegetable Share from Angel Family Farm (please see previous post for more info on the farm!). The share will include enough to feed a family of 3-4 people. The season will run for 20 weeks, from June 16th – October 27th, 2022.

MEET THE FARMERS at a virtual meet + greet on SUNDAY, APRIL 3rd at 6pm. Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81148071982?pwd=OGY0dkpUa25xcUYwNTMzaWRQUVlnZz09 (if you can’t make it live, we will have a recording of the Zoom session available – just let us know!)

Distribution is Thursdays, 5:30 – 8:00pm at St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82nd St., Jackson Heights, NY. Please note: we cannot save shares as we have no access to refrigeration. If you can’t make it to pick up, you can ask a friend/neighbor/family member to pick up your share. They simply need to know the name that the share is listed under. All unclaimed shares will be donated at the end of the evening either to Lion’s Share Food Pantry or the Jackson Heights Community Fridge.

Prices: Full Price Vegetable Share – $700 for 20 weeks (please note: across the board, all CSAs that we have been in contact with have had to increase their prices for the year, including Golden Earthworm.)

Subsidized Vegetable Share: $350 for 20 weeks There are a limited number of subsidized vegetable shares for members who cannot afford the full price. If you only need a half share, please consider splitting a share with another household who needs a subsidized share – we can help you find someone to split with.

Donations: As you may know, we run on extremely slim margins in order to keep the price for the share affordable and to be able to offer a very limited amount of subsidized shares to community members in need. Please consider making a donation to Farm Spot so that we can fundraise for subsidized shares. Subsidized shares are available now through this sign up link.

Volunteer shifts:
The requirement for membership will still be two shifts per share. We are 100% volunteer run and really value the time that you spend helping to make this happen in our neighborhood. Please remember that volunteering is part of your responsibility as a Farm Spot member. Megan, our volunteer coordinator, will email with details about volunteer sign ups. As a note, two households splitting a share are required to do a combined two shifts in total.

Splitting shares:
In past years, Farm Spot has encouraged members to look for share partners on social media and community message boards. People have been known to find share partners on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/farmspotcsa/) or on jacksonheightslife.com . If you cannot find a share on your own, please email farmspot@gmail.com and we will do our best to match you with a share partner.

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Welcome our new farm partners: Angel Family Farm!

By sonya

03/29/2022 //

We are excited to announce that Farm Spot CSA will now be partnering with Angel Family Farm!

The Angel Family

Ana is the head farmer. Crisostomo, Ana’s husband, farms and is the driver.

Ana & Crisostomo

Lizbeth, their eldest daughter, farms and is in charge of Finance & Outreach. David, her fiance, farms with the Angels. Ana and Cristosomo’s son, Henry, has another full-time job but helps out. They also have two teenage daughters who help when they can.

History of Angel Family Farm

Ana grew up on a farm in Progreso, Mexico, where everyone farmed organically, although there was no such word in the local lexicon.

Anna and Chrisostomo immigrated to the USA in the 1980s. They lived in Brooklyn and worked various jobs to help raise their four kids, but Ana missed farm life. In 2004, Ana heard about and was accepted to the Grow NYC’s New Farmer Development Project, which helps immigrants with agricultural experience establish small farms. She trained in organic techniques, got help procuring seeds, finding land, and making connections. Two years later, the Angels became a farming family – at least on weekends and in the summer, when they drive up from Brooklyn to work their fields and live in a trailer on the farm. The family owns 15 acres and rents 25 in Goshen, NY, the black dirt region in Orange County, NY, a 1.5 hour drive northwest from Queens. In the winter, they live in Brooklyn and work other jobs. They sow the early season seeds in their apartment, and they bring the plants to Goshen when they are ready to be planted. They have several CSAs and also sell at several farmers’ markets. With this year’s addition of three CSAs (Farm Spot, Sunnyside CSA, and Forest Hills CSA) they hope to grow more for CSAs and decrease their market sales.

Farming Practices

The Angels follow organic practices but are not certified organic. The soil in the Black Dirt Region is very fertile, and they use few machines in their farming, so the soil needs little nourishment. The only fertilizer they use is compost which they make from any of their vegetables that are not in edible condition. They do not use any pesticides, but sometimes use pepper spray (as allowed in organic certification) as a deterrent to insects and mammals.

They use crop rotation to minimize pests and for soil health. They have a tractor, but most of their farming is done by hand. They weed by hand and with handheld hoes. They mainly buy organic seeds but sometimes buy non-organic, untreated seeds when they can’t find the seeds they want organically certified, as is allowed on certified organic farms. They do not use GMO or treated seeds. All the produce in our shares is from their farm. They use a well on the farm for irrigation, which is infrequently needed. Most of their electricity is solar. This past winter, they purchased a small plot of land near their primary farmland. This plot has electricity, and they bought a walk-in refrigerator to keep our harvested vegetables fresh until distribution. Their delivery truck is also refrigerated.

Our CSA Shares

Angel Family Farm will deliver fresh vegetables to Farm Spot for pick up every Thursday, 5:30 – 8:15pm, for 20 weeks, June 16th through October 27th, 2022 at St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82nd St, Jackson Heights, NY. You will receive a generous amount of 6-8 different vegetable varieties, including herbs, that will change from week to week as the season progresses. For past Farm Spot members, it will be similar in size to Golden Earthworm’s shares, but with five fewer weeks to the season, due to the shorter farming season in Orange County.

Prices: Vegetable Share is $700 for the season (20 weeks)

Subsidized* Vegetable Share is $350 for the season (20 weeks)

*limited number of subsidized shares available

Share Examples:

Early season: kale, chamomile, green lettuce, red lettuce, garlic scapes, mizuna

Peak season: zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes, fresh onions, collard greens, carrots, peppermint, potatoes

Late season: winter squash/pumpkin, thyme, onions, potatoes, carrots, beets, celery, kale

The crop plan for 2022 ought to be very similar to this one from 2021!

You can learn a lot more about Angel Family Farm online:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngelFamilyFarm

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelfamilyfarm/

A recent article on them in Dirt Magazine https://tinyurl.com/dirtmagAngelFamilyFarm

A farm video, produced by JustFood in 2012: http://vimeo.com/45161846

A Brooklyn Beet CSA Farm Visit: https://vimeo.com/316620678
They also have lots of brief Youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4c48FkwSMgQYw7TXWdKkA/videos

They were featured in the film, “What’s on your Plate?” Available on https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/whats-on-your-plate or Amazon Prime

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Update + Sign-ups for 2022 Season Coming Soon!

By sonya

03/22/2022 //

Please keep your eyes here for an update and sign-ups for Farm Spot’s 2022 CSA season!

Updates are also posted to our Instagram @farmspotjh and Facebook @farmspotcsa

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Farm Spot Update for 2022

By sonya

01/29/2022 //

Hello Farm Spot Friends,

We have some news. Since Farm Spot started in 2006, we have been partnered with Golden Earthworm Organic Farm. As you know, they are a small, family-owned farm that grows crops on rented land. At the end of last year, some of that land was sold, causing them to lose more than 50% of their growing fields. As a result, they must reduce the size of their operations and cut some of their CSAs, including all of their Queens sites, Farm Spot being one of them. Matt and Maggie feel that from a personal perspective this is a blessing in disguise for their family, as reducing production will allow them to have more time with their two young sons. They have told us if/when they decide and are able to increase production again, they will inform us.

We are sad to end our partnership with them – the quality of their vegetables is stellar. Their operation is run with respect and fair labor practices for their employees. We have appreciated their communication and transparency with us, their CSA members.

We are confident that we will find another wonderful farm to partner with, and have begun the search process. We will keep you posted on updates as soon as we have them.

We hope that you are warm and doing well, until next time!

-Farm Spot Core Members

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SIGN UP for 2021 Season now!

By sonya

03/16/2021 //

Dear Farm Spot Friends, Family and Neighbors,

>>>>>UPDATE: There are only a few vegetable shares remaining before we sell out for this season. Deadline to sign up is Monday, May 10th! <<<<<

We hope that you are staying safe and taking care of each other – what a year! We are ready to roll out the 2021 CSA season with Golden Earthworm Organic Farm. Our protocol will be the same as last year with efforts to maintain social distance and the requirement to wear masks during pick up. Please see below for highlights of our upcoming season.
This is the link to sign up for the 2021 share: https://csa.farmigo.com/join/farmspot/Summer2021

Distribution will run from June 3rd through November 18th, 2021 every Thursday, 5:30 – 8:00pm at St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82nd St, Jackson Heights.
The price of the vegetable share is $681 (25 weeks)
The price of the fruit share is $111.02 (14 weeks starting in August)

As you may know, we run on extremely slim margins in order to keep the price for the share affordable and to be able to offer a limited amount of subsidized shares to community members in need. We are offering a three month installment payment plan for those who prefer to make multiple payments. Please consider making a donation to Farm Spot so that we can fundraise for subsidized shares. Subsidized shares are available now through this sign up link. We have committed to purchasing two shares to donate to the Jackson Heights Community Fridge. Golden Earthworm has also committed a donation to the fridge.

Volunteer shifts:
The requirement for membership will still be two shifts per share, unless you fall into a category of high risk for COVID19. We are 100% volunteer run and really value the time that you spend helping to make this happen in our neighborhood. Please remember that volunteering is part of your responsibility as a Farm Spot member. Megan, our volunteer coordinator, will email with details about volunteer sign ups.

Splitting shares:
In past years, Farm Spot has encouraged members to look for share partners on social media and community message boards. People have been known to find share partners on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/farmspotcsa/) or on jacksonheightslife.com . If you cannot find a share on your own, please email farmspot@gmail.com and we will do our best to match you with a share partner.

Thank you for reading this all the way through, we look forward to our upcoming season!

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