Welcome to the Chelsea Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project.

EVERY Wednesday morning from 8-12
June 18th-November 28th
in front of PS 11, 320 W 21st Street, between 8th & 9th Avenue
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - here's a flyer with more info 

"People love food, they want to come & eat - that's it!" Frances Tesser, our peripatetic potluck planner emerita, told us before departing on an Italian sojourn. She took time beforehand to clue tell us about the VOM program created by the Community Food Resource Center (CFRC) (www.cfrcnyc.org). The primary VOM goal is to promote healthy eating by teaching community residents how to prepare vegetables in season.

Chelsea CSA became an active VOM partner during the 2002 Season. CFRC provided initial training and a portable kitchen kit. Several CSA members sharpened their cookery abilities to lead workshops incorporating basic food prep and knife skills. Although Chelsea CSA members no longer coordinate this effort, VOM sessions continue to be held in Hudson Guild's main building at 441 West 26th Street or at the Guild's Fulton Center at 119 Ninth Avenue. Classes run an average of 2-3 hours once a month on a weekday evening. Participants pitch in to prepare three different recipes, and then share the fruits of their labors over a communal meal.

Want to help make upcoming workshops a success? Hudson Guild needs help to both publicize VOM events & follow-up with registered participants. If you are interested, please let us know via email to chelseacsa@yahoo.com. We will communicate your interest to the appropriate Hudson Guild contact.

September 9, 2006 is the annual outing to Stoneledge Farm. The folks at Carnegie Hill-Yorkville CSA tell us that 2006 marks the Kavakos' 10th anniversary of partnering with NYC CSAs. They are planning a peripatetic potluck for this upstate venture & that sound great to us.

We want many Chelsea CSA shareholders of all ages to participate - looking for someone to take on planning transportation to & participation in this event as their season's volunteer work. Speak with any Core Group member or drop a note to chelseacsa@yahoo.com.

Thursday October 30th
Sign-up using the sheet that is available at distribution and come to the Halloween Pot-luck scheduled for the evening of Thursday, October 30th at Hudson Guild. Bring a contribution of a main dish, salad or veggie, dessert or beverage. A donation of $1 will be requested at the event to help cover the cost of supplies. Thanks to our Pot-Luck Planner and Core Group member, Frances Tesser for organizing this event. 

Please join us for an end of the summer
grillin' cookout on our roof deck!

Where: Roof top garden of Susan and Lucien Harriot at Mechanism Digital 514 West 24th Street, #3E between 11th & 10th, NYC, NY

When: Wednesday, September 17, 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Over the course of the evening, Sarah Huck will demonstrate cutting techniques to prepare vegetables for the grill. Our own Frances Tesser will demonstrate adaptations of vegetable grilling to the urban stovetop, and other members and friends will share their grilling secrets. Children are welcomed but must be supervised at all times on the deck.

Donations will be accepted at the door:
$50.00 Patron*
$15.00 non-member
$10.00 members
$5.00 low income

*Patrons will receive special recognition on the CSA website and in the next newsletter.

If you wish to contribute a dish or help out in any way please indicate when you RSVP to chelseacsa@yahoo.com. or at 212.760.9800, ext. 267 and Jessica Shea will contact you. In case of rain please call the CSA hotline at 212.760.9800, ext. 267 for further information.

Chelsea CSA has teamed with Slow Foods to meet & greet Deb Kavakos, our very own Stoneledge farmer & Terra Madre delegate Sherri Brooks Vinton, real-food advocate and author of "The Real Food Revival" will also join us to offer practical advice for anyone—wherever they shop, whatever their lifestyle—who wants food that has all the flavor nature intended.

Join us for local food, drink, learning, and merriment:

Catering from Hot Bread Kitchen: a Brooklyn-based collective of immigrant women dedicated to producing excellent bread & forging career paths in the restaurant industry, featuring a buffet of finger foods:

• antipasto with organic baguettes
• local farmstead cheeses with multi-grain loaf and flat-bread
• tostadas with hand-made corn tortillas and fresh-made salsas and toppings
• dessert: seasonal fruit crumble
• apple cider from NYC's Greenmarket farmers
• fresh ale from Six Point Craft Ales in Brooklyn
• red/white wine & still/sparkling water

For tickets, visit this link or or call 1-800-838-3006 and mention "Chelsea CSA Sign-up Night and Party" - you must reserve a spot beforehand at no cost.  We’d like everyone contribute something to offset catering costs.  We are suggesting a $15 minimum for those who can afford the price (cheaper than Starbucks!).