Our deadline is tomorrow, May 1, and we will NOT be extending the deadline this year. Sign up today – details are below, on our Join page and in this post. We hope to have you as a member this year!
TODAY! Virtual Meet the Farmer at 6pm – and sign up for 2020
Dear local vegetable fans and CSA members,
When was the last time you met the person who grew your food? Now’s your chance!
We are delighted to share that TODAY, April 21st at 6pm, our farmers from Sang Lee Farms on Peconic, Long Island will join us for a virtual Meet the Farmer event! Come to learn more about how our farmers do their amazing work, how they’re preparing for this coming CSA season, and more about what it means to be part of a CSA — including the many benefits to you, your wallet, and your & your family’s health.
We will be using Zoom to gather online for this virtual Meet the Farmer event and pre-registration is required so simply click this link to join us TODAY (4/21) at 6pm.
If you need any assistance using Zoom, or have any questions about the event, please let us know so that we can help you prepare for the event next week.
We look forward to “seeing” you on Zoom soon, and to being together with our incredible farmers. Season updates we recently sent and registration info for this year’s season can be found in this recent post.
Take care,
Brooklyn Bridge CSA Core Group
Join us for our virtual Meet the Farmer event on Tues, 4/21!
Dear local vegetable fans and CSA members,
When was the last time you met the person who grew your food? Now’s your chance!
We are delighted to share that next Tuesday, April 21st at 6pm, our farmers from Sang Lee Farms on Peconic, Long Island will join us for a virtual Meet the Farmer event! Come to learn more about how our farmers do their amazing work, how they’re preparing for this coming CSA season, and more about what it means to be part of a CSA — including the many benefits to you, your wallet, and your & your family’s health.
We will be using Zoom to gather online for this virtual Meet the Farmer event and pre-registration is required so simply click this link to join us next Tuesday (4/21) at 6pm.
If you need any assistance using Zoom, or have any questions about the event, please let us know so that we can help you prepare for the event next week.
We look forward to “seeing” you on Zoom soon, and to being together with our incredible farmers. Season updates we recently sent and registration info for this year’s season can be found in this recent post.
Take care,
Brooklyn Bridge CSA Core Group
Our Farmer, Fred Lee
An update from the Brooklyn Bridge CSA
Hello everyone,
We know it’s been a tough time for all of us – the COVID-19 pandemic presents new challenges each day, and we hope you’ve been staying healthy and safe.
As you can hopefully see, spring has sprung – and if you can believe it, our farmers at Sang Lee Farms are hard at work getting things ready for the summer CSA (with added safety protocols in place, of course). They sent us a note we are sharing with you all below.
We know that folks are facing more financial difficulties than ever, and it’s our mission to provide as much access as we can to our CSA. As always, we offer Reduced Price Shares (see more below), as well as payment plans. If you would like to set up a payment plan with us, just email us and we would love to figure this out with you.
Please know that we are also prepared to set up new safety protocols for our summer CSA pickups, using best practices and guidelines from our resources. In this moment, it’s amazing to have direct access to a farm that is growing our food — and realize how many fewer hands will touch our food before we receive it than if we had bought it at the grocery store.
We will be holding a virtual Meet the Farmer event on April 21 at 6pm – more info to follow on that as we get closer. We hope to have you aboard as a member in 2020, our 10th Anniversary Season, so that we can all delight in healthy, healing food for our bodies. More season details are below the farm’s email. If you haven’t yet already, please register today!
Take care,
Brooklyn Bridge CSA Core Group
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Greetings CSA members and potential members,
During these unprecedented times, we want to tell you that we are here for you. We are growing vegetables for the season ahead in the same quantities as we did last season. We are planning to feed you all, no matter what.
While so much is unknown right now about how the next few months will go, we do know that we are an essential business, and that now more than ever, many are realizing the importance of securing a food source close to home.
We might have to shift our systems and adjust our protocols to comply with safe handling, distancing, and the like this season. We assure you that we will find a way to deliver your vegetables to your neighborhood this season.
We would like to thank you for your continued support over the past seasons, and for your support this season, when things are changing all around us. Your investment in your food source now ensures you will have the best possible produce and add on items all season long.
We will keep you updated as things shift, and look forward to seeing some of you on our ZOOM meet the farmer session in April.
Best,
William, Fred & Lucy
Sang Lee Farms Team
An additional note about the farm – right now, the farm is closed to the general public (they usually have the farmstand open on the weekends by this time each year) but you can order to have it shipped to your house. Here’s the note currently on their website: Pre-ordering for 4/3 & 4/4 for home delivery & farm pickup is sold out. Please join the waitlist to be notified Monday when we open pre-ordering for the next weekend. Thank you for being patient and kind during this difficult time. We are doing our best.
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The Details:
Our 2020 season will run from June 3rd to November 11th for Vegetable Shares. Pick up Wednesdays from 5pm-8pm at First Presbyterian Church, 124 Henry St, Brooklyn.
Vegetables:
Vegetables come from our fantastic farmer Fred Lee at Sang Lee Farms, a certified organic specialty vegetable farm in Peconic on the North Fork of Long Island. For 2020, each veggie share is expected to be 8-10 items that week and this year the season is 24 weeks. You can sign up for a full share (pick up every week) or a half share (pick up every other week). Sample share listings for the 2020 Season can be found here.
Vegetables come from our fantastic farmer Fred Lee at Sang Lee Farms, a certified organic specialty vegetable farm in Peconic on the North Fork of Long Island. For 2020, each veggie share is expected to be 8-10 items that week and this year the season is 24 weeks. You can sign up for a full share (pick up every week) or a half share (pick up every other week). Sample share listings for the 2020 Season can be found here.
Member bonus for 2020! Get 10% off all purchases at the farm and online as a CSA member. Also, pre-order and receive items from their certified organic kitchen directly to our pick up site without delivery charges.
Payment/Pricing:
You can become a member by signing up for a Full or Half Veggie Share.
The pricing listed on the sign up form includes a $19 administration fee, and a commitment to volunteer (covering two shifts over the course of the season). The farm has advised us that the prices have gone up as all of their costs have gone up this season, especially labor costs as the minimum wage increases each year in a labor intensive industry.
As in past years, we are offering three tiers of pricing:
– Standard pricing to cover the basic costs of the product and CSA administration
– Reduced pricing for those who need it. Separately, if you’re interested in discussing a payment plan or other options, please reach out to brooklynbridgecsa@gmail.com
– Sponsor shares for those that are able to donate a bit extra – please consider it! Sponsor shares subsidize reduced-price shares and enable low-income individuals and families to be part of our CSA.
– Standard pricing to cover the basic costs of the product and CSA administration
– Reduced pricing for those who need it. Separately, if you’re interested in discussing a payment plan or other options, please reach out to brooklynbridgecsa@gmail.com
– Sponsor shares for those that are able to donate a bit extra – please consider it! Sponsor shares subsidize reduced-price shares and enable low-income individuals and families to be part of our CSA.
Add-On Shares:
KITCHEN SHARE –
MONTHLY (6 deliveries total) including: 1 dressing, 1 dip, 1 pesto, 1 fermented/pickled, 2 (16 oz) soups from the Certified Organic Sang Lee Kitchen. More info and sample items here. This is only available monthly (6 deliveries total over the 24 week season.)
KITCHEN SHARE –
MONTHLY (6 deliveries total) including: 1 dressing, 1 dip, 1 pesto, 1 fermented/pickled, 2 (16 oz) soups from the Certified Organic Sang Lee Kitchen. More info and sample items here. This is only available monthly (6 deliveries total over the 24 week season.)
Fruit
Fred has partnered again with Briermere Farms to bring us this add-on to our CSA offerings. Fruit is conventionally grown, while utilizing many organic practices and composting.
Quantity: 3lb bag tree fruit or 1 pint berries per week (If you are interested in 2 fruit shares, please contact us.)
If fruit comes in early or all at once, Briermere may choose to give it out earlier. This would mean more fruit in the early shares and less fruit in later shares. The number of weeks may also be less in this case. Please read through the share contents CAREFULLY so you understand what fruit CAN grow on Long Island and that week to week you will be getting similar things depending on the time of year. If you do not LOVE apples, we suggest you do not participate in the share as the last month or two is primarily filled with apples.
Note: if you select to include fruit, whole vegetable shares must pick whole fruit shares. Half vegetable shares must choose half fruit shares.
Cheese
This year we will be offering cheese from the east end of Long Island NY as well as from the Hudson Valley NY. You will receive a different type of cheese each week from one of eight different farms! This combination gives you a wonderful selection of soft, medium and hard cheese textures and including cow and goat and sheep’s milk cheeses.
Note: if you select to include cheese, whole vegetable shares must pick whole cheese shares. Half vegetable shares must choose half cheese shares.
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We expect shares to fill up fast, so please sign up soon if you intend to buy a share this year. Registration officially closes May 1st or when we sell out of them!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us, your faithful core group, at brooklynbridgecsa@gmail.com.
Early bird bonus ends today!
Today is the last chance to sign up and pay by cc to get your insulated bag at your first pick up! More info on our “Join” page and the info post below. Join us for 2020!
Registration is open for the 2020 summer season!
Greetings!
We are thrilled to open up registration for our 10th Anniversary season to the public! Please share with your networks.
BONUS! With sign up and payment received by March 7 for your share, you will receive a FREE insulated Sang Lee CSA bag! We expect shares to fill up fast, so please sign up soon if you intend to buy a share this year. Details are below.
We hope to have you aboard as a member in 2020! Register today!
Brooklyn Bridge CSA Core Group
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The Details:
Our 2020 season will run from June 3rd to November 11th for Vegetable Shares. Pick up Wednesdays from 5pm-8pm at First Presbyterian Church, 124 Henry St, Brooklyn.
BONUS! With sign up and payment received by March 7 for your share, you will receive a FREE insulated Sang Lee CSA bag! We will send the bags with your first CSA Pickup.
Vegetables:
Vegetables come from our fantastic farmer Fred Lee at Sang Lee Farms, a certified organic specialty vegetable farm in Peconic on the North Fork of Long Island. For 2020, each veggie share is expected to be 8-10 items that week and this year the season is 24 weeks. You can sign up for a full share (pick up every week) or a half share (pick up every other week). Sample share listings for the 2020 Season can be found here.
Vegetables come from our fantastic farmer Fred Lee at Sang Lee Farms, a certified organic specialty vegetable farm in Peconic on the North Fork of Long Island. For 2020, each veggie share is expected to be 8-10 items that week and this year the season is 24 weeks. You can sign up for a full share (pick up every week) or a half share (pick up every other week). Sample share listings for the 2020 Season can be found here.
Member bonus for 2020! Get 10% off all purchases at the farm and online as a CSA member. Also, pre-order and receive items from their certified organic kitchen directly to our pick up site without delivery charges.
Payment/Pricing:
You can become a member by signing up for a Full or Half Veggie Share.
The pricing listed on the sign up form includes a $19 administration fee, and a commitment to volunteer (covering two shifts over the course of the season). The farm has advised us that the prices have gone up as all of their costs have gone up this season, especially labor costs as the minimum wage increases each year in a labor intensive industry.
As in past years, we are offering three tiers of pricing:
– Standard pricing to cover the basic costs of the product and CSA administration
– Reduced pricing for those who need it. Separately, if you’re interested in discussing a payment plan or other options, please reach out to brooklynbridgecsa@gmail.com
– Sponsor shares for those that are able to donate a bit extra – please consider it! Sponsor shares subsidize reduced-price shares and enable low-income individuals and families to be part of our CSA.
– Standard pricing to cover the basic costs of the product and CSA administration
– Reduced pricing for those who need it. Separately, if you’re interested in discussing a payment plan or other options, please reach out to brooklynbridgecsa@gmail.com
– Sponsor shares for those that are able to donate a bit extra – please consider it! Sponsor shares subsidize reduced-price shares and enable low-income individuals and families to be part of our CSA.
Add-On Shares:
KITCHEN SHARE –
MONTHLY (6 deliveries total) including: 1 dressing, 1 dip, 1 pesto, 1 fermented/pickled, 2 (16 oz) soups from the Certified Organic Sang Lee Kitchen. More info and sample items here. This is only available monthly (6 deliveries total over the 24 week season.)
KITCHEN SHARE –
MONTHLY (6 deliveries total) including: 1 dressing, 1 dip, 1 pesto, 1 fermented/pickled, 2 (16 oz) soups from the Certified Organic Sang Lee Kitchen. More info and sample items here. This is only available monthly (6 deliveries total over the 24 week season.)
Fruit
Fred has partnered again with Briermere Farms to bring us this add-on to our CSA offerings. Fruit is conventionally grown, while utilizing many organic practices and composting.
Quantity: 3lb bag tree fruit or 1 pint berries per week (If you are interested in 2 fruit shares, please contact us.)
If fruit comes in early or all at once, Briermere may choose to give it out earlier. This would mean more fruit in the early shares and less fruit in later shares. The number of weeks may also be less in this case. Please read through the share contents CAREFULLY so you understand what fruit CAN grow on Long Island and that week to week you will be getting similar things depending on the time of year. If you do not LOVE apples, we suggest you do not participate in the share as the last month or two is primarily filled with apples.
Note: if you select to include fruit, whole vegetable shares must pick whole fruit shares. Half vegetable shares must choose half fruit shares.
Cheese
This year we will be offering cheese from the east end of Long Island NY as well as from the Hudson Valley NY. You will receive a different type of cheese each week from one of eight different farms! This combination gives you a wonderful selection of soft, medium and hard cheese textures and including cow and goat and sheep’s milk cheeses.
Note: if you select to include cheese, whole vegetable shares must pick whole cheese shares. Half vegetable shares must choose half cheese shares.
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We expect shares to fill up fast, so please sign up soon if you intend to buy a share this year. Registration officially closes May 1st or when we sell out of them!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us, your faithful core group, at brooklynbridgecsa@gmail.com.
Winter CSA 2019 Wrap Up!
Greetings! We are planning for 2020 already but wanted to get a record of the last 4 winter deliveries out. Much appreciation and gratefulness to our farm, Sang Lee Farms, and our site Randolph Beer as well as the Dumbo/Vinegar Hill CSA for partnering with us for the five week winter season! If you want to be notified when registration opens for summer 2020 and aren’t on our list – please email us to be added! brooklynbridgecsa@gmail.com
Winter Delivery #2 – Nov 26
PARTIAL SHARE:
2 ACORN SQUASH, 1.5 lbs GOLD POTATOES, 1 bunch LEEKS, 1 head BROCCOLI, 1 head RED CABBAGE, 1/2 lb BRUSSELS SPROUTS, 1 bunch PARSLEY
FULL SHARE:
2 ACORN SQUASH, 1.5 lbs GOLD POTATOES, 1 bunch LEEKS, 1 head BROCCOLI, 1 head RED CABBAGE, 1/2 lb BRUSSELS SPROUTS, 1 bunch PARSLEY, 2 lbs SWEET POTATOES, 1 head CAULIFLOWER, 1 PURPLE TOP TURNIP
FRUIT SHARE – ELSTAR & PINK LADY APPLES from Briermere Farms in Riverhead NY
CHEESE SHARE – PLAIN TILLSIT from Harpersfield Dairy
SOUP SHARE – 32 oz TURMERIC LENTIL SOUP from the SANG LEE FARMS KITCHEN
Winter Delivery #3 – Dec 3
PARTIAL SHARE:
1 bunch CARROTS, 2.5 lbs SWEET POTATOES, 1 BUTTERNUT SQUASH, 1 head ROMANESCO, 1 bunch SCALLIONS, 1 bunch CILANTRO
FULL SHARE:
1 bunch CARROTS, 2.5 lbs SWEET POTATOES, 1 BUTTERNUT SQUASH, 1 head ROMANESCO, 1 bunch SCALLIONS, 1 bunch CILANTRO, 1 head PURPLE NAPA CABBAGE, 1/4 lb FRESH TURMERIC, 1/2 lb SPINACH (unwashed)
FRUIT SHARE – RED & GOLDEN DELICIOUS APPLES from Briermere Farms in Riverhead NY
CHEESE SHARE – 1 piece EXTRA SHARP CHEDDAR from Adirondack Cheese Company
SOUP SHARE – 32 oz HEARTY KALE SOUP from the SANG LEE FARMS KITCHEN
Winter Delivery #4 – Dec 10
PARTIAL SHARE:
2 lbs PURPLE SWEET POTATOES, 1 head CAULIFLOWER, 1 head BROCCOLI, 1 bunch CELERY, 1 head LETTUCE, 1 bunch CARROTS
FULL SHARE:
2 lbs PURPLE SWEET POTATOES, 1 head CAULIFLOWER, 1 head BROCCOLI, 1 bunch CELERY, 1 head LETTUCE, 1 bunch CARROTS, 1/2 lb BRUSSELS SPROUTS, 1 BUTTERNUT SQUASH, 1 KOREAN MOO ASIAN RADISH
FRUIT SHARE – PINK LADY & FUJI APPLES from Briermere Farms in Riverhead NY
CHEESE SHARE – 1 piece CAMEMBERT from Chaseholm Farm Creamery
SOUP SHARE – 32 oz POTATO LEEK SOUP from the SANG LEE FARMS KITCHEN
Winter Delivery #5 – Dec 17
PARTIAL SHARE:
2 lbs SWEET POTATOES, 1 bunch CARROTS, 1/2 lb BRUSSELS SPROUTS, 1 BUTTERNUT SQUASH, 1 head SAVOY CABBAGE, 1 bunch FENNEL
FULL SHARE:
2 lbs SWEET POTATOES, 1 bunch CARROTS, 1/2 lb BRUSSELS SPROUTS, 1 BUTTERNUT SQUASH, 1 head SAVOY CABBAGE, 1 bunch FENNEL, 1 head CAULIFLOWER, 1 bunch CELERY, 1 bunch SCALLIONS
FRUIT SHARE – HONEY CRISP APPLES from Briermere Farms in Riverhead NY
CHEESE SHARE – 1 piece ST STEPHEN TRIPLE CREAM from Four Fat Fowl Creamery
SOUP SHARE – 32 oz CARROT GINGER SOUP from the SANG LEE FARMS KITCHEN
2019 Winter CSA delivery #1
Distribution for all shares will be TONIGHT, November 19, at Randolph Beer, 82 Prospect St. from 5pm-7:45pm. Distribution is through the bar down the stairs.
Partial Share:
2 SPAGHETTI SQUASH
1 head CAULIFLOWER
1 head LETTUCE
2 lbs SWEET POTATOES
1/4 lb FRESH TURMERIC
1/2 lb SPINACH
Full share:
2 SPAGHETTI SQUASH
1 head CAULIFLOWER
1 head LETTUCE
2 lbs SWEET POTATOES
1/4 lb FRESH TURMERIC
1/2 lb SPINACH
1 bunch BEETS
1 bub KOHLRABI
1 head BROCCOLI
FRUIT SHARE
3 lbs Apples – Granny Smith & Fuji from Briermere Farm
Cheese share:
Ewes blue cheese
Soup share:
32 oz container Sweet Potato Soup
2019 delivery #23 – A week from 11/6
We were so happy to have Fred here last week!
Here’s what we picked up for veggies:
2 ACORN SQUASH, 1 head CAULIFLOWER, 1 head LETTUCE, 1 KOREAN MOO RADISH, 1 head BROCCOLI, 1 head SAVOY CABBAGE, 2 pce FENNEL, 2 lbs PURPLE SWEET POTATOES, 1/4 lb TURMERIC, 2 heads BABY BOK CHOY
Today: last day to register for winter CSA 2019!
Today is the last day to sign up for our 5 week winter season. Details are below!
The Brooklyn Bridge CSA and Sang Lee Farms are offering a five week early winter vegetable CSA share with deliveries starting on November 19th, 2019 and running weekly until December 17th, 2019. Please read this entire message for all share details (pick up location is in DUMBO for winter share) and offerings. Registration is on a first come first served basis and open until 11/7.
The vegetables for each distribution are a mix of cool weather field harvested vegetables, greenhouse vegetables, and storage vegetables. The items per week may include: Brussels sprouts . Cauliflower . Broccoli . Cabbage . Carrots . Beets . Sweet Potatoes . Potatoes . Rutabaga . Turnips . Kohlrabi . Lettuce heads . Bok Choy . Herbs . Spinach . Kale . Radishes. You can find last year’s full share contents here and last year’s partial share contents here.
We are offering the 5 Week Winter Share at a FULL or PARTIAL membership level. The FULL share is expected to include 9-11 items, and the PARTIAL share will consist of 6-8 of those same items. Both shares pick up EVERY WEEK and the farm picks who gets what items. Prices for each share amount are listed on the registration form.
Delivery days are on Tuesdays (see below) for 5 consecutive weeks, pick up in DUMBO. Cost information for all shares on registration form. Sponsor shares and reduced-price shares available (see registration form for details).
Delivery dates:
Tuesday November 19th
Tuesday November 26th (Thanksgiving week)
Tuesday December 3rd
Tuesday December 10th
Tuesday December 17th
Tuesday November 19th
Tuesday November 26th (Thanksgiving week)
Tuesday December 3rd
Tuesday December 10th
Tuesday December 17th
Add-ons available:
Briermere Farms is offering a winter FRUIT share (5 deliveries of approximately 3 lbs. of apples or pears each).
A CHEESE Share with fresh Goat’s, Sheep or Cow’s Milk Cheeses (5 deliveries of approx 4-8oz per week) from Long Island or Hudson Valley cheese makers.
The Soup share includes one 32 oz. vegan soup per week from the Certified Organic Kitchen at Sang Lee Farms. All soups are made at the farm with our fresh ingredients and homemade starters.
Soup Share Quantity: One share is one 32 oz. container of soup per week
PLEASE NOTE: You must sign up for a winter vegetable share to purchase fruit, cheese, or soup shares.
Pickup Location:
We are not able to hold winter CSA distributions at our regular season location because of the change in delivery day. The DUMBO/Vinegar Hill CSA has agreed to combine deliveries with us at the following location:
Randolph Beer (82 Prospect St) in Dumbo from 5:00-7:45 pm on the dates above.
REGISTER HERE FOR THE ABOVE SHARES
Deadline to register: Thursday, Nov 7 (We have a very limited number of shares available, so enrollment is on a first-come, first served basis.)
We will be in touch with you about volunteering after you register.
Please Note: The Brooklyn Bridge CSA accepts subsidies to help provide access to vegetable shares to low-income families. CSA stands for community supported agriculture and we believe that everyone in the community should have access to quality organic vegetables. Your subsidy will go towards a vegetable share for a low-income family in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.
We will send you an email confirmation when we receive your payment.
As always, please contact us with any questions.
Thank you!!
Inside one of the greenhouses at Sang Lee Farms
