Websites of Members
More about CSA and Organics
Food and Recipes
NYC CSA Websites
Community Groups
Andrea Beaman - A longtime CSA member who works as a nutritionist and health counselor. This site includes recipes, monthly nutrition topics and events listings.
Acme Plant Stuff - Acme Plant is a boutique horticultural services company owned by member Ellen Zachos. She is also a singer, actress and author.
Church of Heavenly Rest - The good folks who host the Carnegie Hill site.
Church of the Epiphany - The good folks who host the Yorkville site.
David Copperfield's - A neighbor of the Yorkville pickup site, Copperfield's has provided support to the group in many ways over the years. Quite literally the finest selection of beer in the city.
Kristin Plater - Kristin Plater sings her heart out. What more can you ask.
More about CSA, Organics and Sustainable Agriculture
The Robyn Van En Center - Information and resources on CSAs including a national farm directory.
Northeast Organic Farming Association - An organization of consumers, farmers and gardeners involved in education and farm certification.
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York - The New York chapter of NOFA.
Just Food - A group dedicating to developing a sustainable food system in the New York City region. This site contains a complete list of CSAs in New York City. Just Food assisted in setting up just about all the CSA groups in NYC, including ours. Contact Just Food if you are interested in starting a CSA in your neighborhood.
Fish Advisories from the EPA and the State of New York - Fish are a lean, low-calorie source of protein and can be an important part of a healthy diet. However, nearly all fish and shellfish contain traces of mercury. Some fish and shellfish contain higher levels of mercury that may harm an unborn baby or young child's developing nervous system. The risks depend on the amount of fish and shellfish eaten and the levels of mercury. Be a smart eater by being aware of advisories to make healthy choices.
Cornell Cooperative Extension - The Cornell Cooperative Extension educational system enables people to improve their lives and communities through partnerships that put experience and research knowledge to work.
Organic Consumers Association - Campaigning for Food Safety, Organic Agriculture, Fair Trade & Sustainability.
Community Alliance with Family Farmers - The Community Alliance with Family Farmers is building a movement of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice.
The Center for Food Safety - The nation's leading non-profit membership organization addressing the impacts of our current industrial food production system on human health, animal welfare, and the environment.
The Union of Concerned Scientists - A nonprofit partnership of scientists and citizens combining rigorous scientific analysis, innovative policy development and effective citizen advocacy to achieve practical environmental solutions.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program - A U..S. Department of Agriculture-funded initiative that sponsors competitive grants for sustainable agriculture research and education in a regional process nationwide.
Stonyfield Farm - Educating consumers and producers about the value of protecting the environment and of supporting family farmers and sustainable farming methods. This site includes an excellent booklet explaining organics in an accessible manner.
A very good way to hunt around for recipes is by typing some ingredients into your favorite search engine such as Google. Or try some of the following:
Food TV - Great site to search for recipes by ingredient. You can also find out what makes the Iron Chef tick.
Home Cooking - A cooking portal
Indolink - Recipes from South Asia, plus the latest Bollywood gossip.
Nancy's Kitchen - Recipes and an entrance in to The Kitchen Goddess WebRing.
Martha Stewart - Forget the personality, this is a treasure trove for the whole house, not just the kitchen.
Leita's Culinaria - Recipes and a bit of food literature.
Wasfa Sahla - Recipes and more from Egypt.
NetCooks - Many international recipes plus links to all sorts of international cooking sites.
Marché Aux Delices - Everything you need to know about mushrooms and more from this Yorkville based business. Many varieties and samplers available.
Troller Point - Purchase fish directly from skilled Alaskan fishermen who troll for healthy, fully matured salmon, cod, halibut and more. Trollers promote sustainable fishing techniques as opposed large, indiscriminate and often destructive nets.
Stonyfield Farm - Recipes from an environmentally conscious yogurt producer. I love their site so much I have included links to three different places within it (see above).
Purely Organic - Organic gourmet Italian products
The Advanced Rutabaga Studies Institute - If there's a funnier rutabaga site out there, I haven't seen it.
Check out the sites of our neighbors for more recipes, information, links and news about the extended community. For a more complete and updated listing, check with Just Food at the link listed above.
Queens CSA (Astoria) Forest Hills CSA Prince George CSA (Midtown Manhattan)
Clinton Hill CSA Brooklyn Green Thumb CSA (Cobble Hill)
Sixth Street Community Center (Lower East Side) Chelsea CSA CSA at St. Bart's (White Plains)
Community Board 8 - Serving the neighborhood from 59th to 96th, Central Park to the East River. Become active in local government.
Council on the Environment of New York City - The Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC) is a privately funded citizens' organization in the Office of the Mayor. CENYC promotes environmental awareness and solutions to environmental problems. This is the group that runs the green markets around the city.
The Doe Fund - Ready, Willing and Able, the Doe Fund provides many valuable services to the community. Extra items from the Carnegie Hill site are given to the Doe Fund's Culinary Arts program which has done an excellent job catering community events.
Freecycle/New York -A project to connect people with things they want to throw away with others who would like to have those things. Any member of the community can post an item they'd like to give away, or an item they are seeking. The one golden rule: every item posted must be free.
The Carl Schurz Park Association - The good folks who make the park beautiful, fun and relalxing. See what's going on and make a contibution.
Upper Greenside - Acommunity activist organization working to move Manhattan’s Upper East Side in an environmentally sustainable direction by bringing together neighbors interested in green urban living.