Welcome to a new year with Hellgate CSA! Our wonderful organic vegetables start coming to us straight from the farm THIS TUESDAY, JUNE 7.

Like every week, pickup will take place 5:30-7:30 pm at Fresh Start Organic Market, 29-13 23rd Avenue, just west of 31st Street. Walk through the store to the patio at the rear. Please remember to bring your own bags!

For our first pickup, we'll have a festive atmosphere with some light refreshments, music, and an opportunity to meet your core group and fellow CSA folks.

Hellgate CSA 2011 Events
Save the Dates!

The new season of fabulous organic produce starts soon. Note these dates for three upcoming events as we head into the season--

Meet the Farmers
Drop by the relaxed atmosphere at local business Mosaic Cafe and meet our vegetable farmer, Bill Halsey of Green Thumb Farm, and other folks who will be providing our organic produce this season. Families welcome. No need to RSVP, but send any questions to HellgateEvents@gmail.com.

Hellgate CSA 2010 Season Special Event
Pumpkin Tour and Hayride at Green Thumb Farm!
Saturday, October 9

Registration is required.  To register, see the event page at http://hellgatecsapumpkins.eventbrite.com.

The bus leaves at 9:00 a.m. from the parking lot at Astoria Park and returns at about 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 10
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Reading, Slides and Signing

Tomatoes—the Late Blight Catastrophe, the Controversies, the Culinary Joys

Food Systems Network NYC will be holding a panel to celebrate the tomato and explore the tomato blight crisis and the impact on local farming. Local farmers from upstate and from the city will talk about their tomato crops or losses due to late blight. A local agriculture expert and others will also contribute their views at this forum, the Network’s first evening program.