Jewish Home Lifecare, a nursing home on 106th Street, is offering local residents the chance to buy into a “community-supported agriculture” program that will allow Upper West Siders to get fresh vegetables every week during the summer. (By the way, does anyone know if there any other programs like this in the neighborhood? Let us know in the comments.)
We asked a PR rep for the nursing home why they were offering the program and where the veggies come from. Here’s what she wrote:
“The farm is called Angel Family Farm in Goshen, NY. Jewish Home initially wanted to offer organic, healthy produce to their staff. They decided to open it up to the West Side community since they could offer quality nutritious vegetables affordably, especially since the program accepts food stamps!”
The full press release is below:
Jewish Home Lifecare is hosting a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm share program beginning in June, 2012. This program is designed to give all residents of upper Manhattan (and employees of Jewish Home Lifecare) direct access to high-quality, farm fresh produce that is grown by local farmers.
Through the CSA, staff, families and community members can sign up to purchase a “farm share.” Before the harvest season, members commit to buy fresh, organic, locally grown vegetables for the growing season. Each week, members will pick up their “farm share” which will be distributed at Jewish Home Lifecare’s Manhattan campus.
The CSA will distribute vegetables for 20 weeks, beginning on Wednesday, June 6 and concluding on Wednesday, October 31.
Distribution will occur Wednesdays from 3-7 pm, on the patio outside Jewish Home Lifecare’s Manhattan’s lobby, 120 West 106th Street.
Farm shares are available in two different sizes:
Full Share
· 7-8 different types of vegetables, sized to serve a 3-4 individuals· $440 for the 20-week growing season
Partial Share
· 4-5 different types of vegetables, sized to serve about 2 individuals· $320 for the 20-week growing season
Food stamps are accepted. Deadline for registration is June 1, 2012
For more information or to register contact Jessica Auerbach Burgoon at 212-870-4753 or email FarmtoCityCSA@gmail.com.
Photo by Avi. Caution: the vegetables in the CSA may or may not look like the ones in the photo!
IS THIS A SCAM,SO THEY CAN SOFTEN PEOPLE UP TO GET THE 97TH ST SITE
There are a few others. Top of mind is the one at BJ on 86th & West End Ave. which unfortunately is no longer accepting applications for this year. This site lists all the options on the UWS and other NYC locations: https://justfood.org/csaloc/manhattan
Roxbury Farm offers CSA shares in the neighborhood with pickups near Columbia (which may be sold out already) and on 86th and West End. More info at: https://www.roxburyfarm.com/content/5952
If you go to Justfood.org, you will see a number of CSAs that deliver in the neighborhood. Typically, you have to go pick up your veggies, and I can’t do that because i’m at work – but if I could, I would. The vegetables are often lovely (and there is often fruit, local meat, etc., as well).
I’d sign up, but then I’d miss the opportunity to share quality time with all my lovely, kind and peaceable neighbors at Fairway.
Now if the CSAs could figure out a way to run over my toes with a shopping cart or gratuitously thrust an elbow into my abdomen, or have a worker with a loaded trolley yell “Watchaback” at me, tossing me sideways while I did my shopping, they might be able to compete for my affections.
But for now? They’re just not offering true, painful UWS ambience.
JHl is so finely attuned to 97th Street, that they haven’t noticed the Farmers’ Market every Friday, North side 97th Col/Amst. for the past several years.
I guess redundancy is what they’re all about – among other things???
CSA at 100th and West End at the Anschse Chesed Synagogue. I believe it is still open.