A Note From The Farmer

Dear Supporters of Whirligig Farm,

Our frst CSA farmshare pick-
up is this week - sugar snap peas
- await you! If you are not in the
CSA, you are welcome to come
check out what we have to offer
any time this weekend from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. The produce is
gorgeous, delicious and plentiful;
and everyone, CSA supporters or
not, may come walk through the
farm felds this weekend and taste
for themselves!
We are especially grateful for
our CSA community, who is truly
the heart of the farm, and its
economic lifeblood during the
early season. Since we are are
still signing up people interested
in a share of this seasons bounty,
I am devoting this weeks note
to sharing some of the benefts
of joining our CSA. Please help
spread the word! Next week well
share the compelling history of
how the CSA model started and
has evolved.
Why Whirligig CSA?
Top Ten Reasons:
1. Save Money: Pay less for your
vegetables than farm stand or
local organic supermarket prices.
2. Beyond Organic: Our Northeast
Organic Farming Association of
New York designation as a Farmers
Pledge farm is our guarantee of
accountability for practices that
are sustainable on many levels, far
beyond the exclusion of unhealthy
chemicals.
From left to right, Creek Iversen,
Dan Moon and Phil Erner play
music and sing along with attendees
at the farms June 7 Pinxter
celebration.
The lush leaves of Red Russian kale soak up the late afternoon sunlight.
On a perfect day for transplanting,
the farm crew plants a bed of
scallions.
Caption
Newsletter
June 2014 Issue 2
Continued on page 3
By Creek Iversen
CSA Vegetable List
What you can expect
in your share this week
Sugar Snap Peas
Salad Mix: Lettuce, Mustard,
Kale
Hakurei Turnips
Giant Red Mustard
Spinach
Young Chinese Cabbage
Garlic Scapes
Pea Shoots, Calendula Petals
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Why Whirligig CSA? Continued
Meet One of Our Farmers: Dan
Hometown: Putnam Valley, NY.

Favorite Vegetables: Spinach, Tomatoes and Hakurei
Turnips.

First farming experience: During one of my summers
in high school I tried to grow some wheat to harvest and
make flour from it. I planted a small plot with seeds from
one of my mothers dried flower arrangements. The plants
grew well but they yielded less than a cup of grain, which
wasnt even enough to make a cupcake. Fortunately during
the season a watermelon seed from the compost happened
to sprout in the plot and produced two giant watermelons
that we enjoyed!

What made you want to work at Whirligig Farm? It
has been my dream since I was a teenager to be an organic
farmer. It started with my realization that our culture and
food system have diverged too far from nature, which has produced many negative consequences. In addition to growing food and
healing the land I want to build a farm that serves as an access point for people to rediscover mankinds relationship with the land and
the many species that we coexist with. This is a vision that I feel is shared with Creek, Michael, and the farm crew. It is also encouraging
to see that consumers are beginning to realize the need for real local food, which is why community farms like Whirligig are vital.

Whats the future of farming for you? Ive farmed in Dutchess [County]; Ponder, Texas; Westchester [County] and New Paltz.
Whirligig farm is the largest farm Ive worked on, and it has enormous potential. Whats special about this farm is that theres space to
grow. I look forward to exploring sustainable agriculture on a larger scale, incorporating renewable energy and inputs into our farming
practices, developing a healthy farm ecosystem and revitalizing the land through good farming practices. I am also excited about seed-
saving, incorporating more livestock, and being part of a vibrant and growing farming community.
On the farm:
Last Seedling Sale!
June 14 and 15
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Produce and eggs
will also be available
Music Jams
Saturday, July 5
Sunday, August 3
5 to 9 p.m.
potluck at 6:30 p.m.
Farmstand Opening
Saturday, July 5
(Time TBA)
Open farm day
Off the farm:
Woodstock
Transition Gathering
Saturday, June 14
Woodstock
1 to 5 p.m.
Music, vegetable and
info table
Clearwater Festival
June 21 and 22
Croton-on-Hudson
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Festival of Music and
Celebration of The
Environment
3. Build Local Economy and Local Food System:
Support the development of local farmers. Our
entire farm crew is hired from the mid-Hudson Valley,
and spend their paychecks in your community. Help
our region transition to a more local, sustainable,
and resilient food production.
4. Maintain Farming Heritage: Help our
neighborhood retain its small working farm history,
aesthetic and character.
5. Friends and Neighbors: Weekly farmshare pick-
ups gather smiling people of all ages who care about
healthy food, local farms, and a sharing community.
6. Education: Learn new recipes, garden know-how
and a better understanding of sustainable farming.
Support our work bringing farm experiences to
students and community groups.
7. Music, Arts, Culture, Fun: Evolve the local
artistic culture around the celebration of the land -
the beautiful and unique Hurley Flats between the
Esopus Creek and the Catskill Mountains - and its
bounty.
8. Grow Food Justice: Help us make healthy local
food accessible to everyone in our communities.
From donations to food pantries, to work-for-
vegetable barters, to subsidized prices for lower
income communities, to community harvest suppers,
all may Come sit at our welcome table!
9. Participation: Be a part of the growing of your
own food in joyful community with others.
10. Taste and Health: Delicious farm-to-mouth
vegetables all season.
See you down on the farm,
Creek
FARM
EVENTS
Dan Moon
Pinxt er:
This springtime religious holiday was brought
by Dutch settlers to North America in the 17th
century; it was a day to rest and
gather with friends. Pinxter
comes from a variation on the
Dutch word for Pentecost,
Pinksteren. By the 19th century,
this celebration was practiced
mostly by African-Americans, in
which many African traditions
were incorporated in a three-
to-four-day holiday to dance,
sing and spend with family and
friends.
Dan Moon prepares
beds of soil for planting
on a foggy morning as
the sun peeks through
the trees (above).
The farm crew gets
briefed on planting
plans for You-Pick beds
of vegetables, herbs
and fowers (right).
Greg Cerne, Nina Petrochko, Lisa
Mitten, Jasmina DeLeon-Gill and Shay
Otis harmonize with the other singers.
Mr. Moon,
Cecelia
Hernandez
and Shifty
(right) join
Creek
Iversen and
the rest of
the musical
group
(above).
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Layout deisgner and photographer: Gianna Canevari. Thanks to Phil Erner for copy editing.
1375 Hurley Mountain Road, Hurley, NY 12443
Fast Facts: CSA 2014
You will receive 22 weeks of fresh, seasonal,
sustainably-grown vegetables.
The weekends of June 13-14 through Oct. 31-Nov. 1
(note that the distribution on June 20-21
will be a small box pickup only.)
READY TO SIGN UP?
Download the form: http://bit.ly/1jOsyTr
Email us at CSA@whirligigfarm.com
Call us at (845) 331-0316 with questions!
Two Share Sizes:
1. Duo Shares
(for one to two
people)
2. Family shares
(for three to four
people)
Student Shares:
Available for 11
weeks,
August 21 & 22
to October 31 &
November 2. We
offer sliding scale
share prices, so
you pay what you
can afford.
Our CSA
members have
the opportunity
to immerse
themselves in
our vibrant farm
community
with monthly
music jams,
weekly Saturday
coffees, regular
work parties
and potlucks,
farmhouse
concerts,
seasonal harvest
celebrations
and educational
workshops!
Friday Evening
Farm Social from
4 to 7 p.m. at
Whirligig Farm
Saturday
Morning Box
Pick-up at
Tweefontein
Herb Farm
(4 Jenkins Rd,
New Paltz)
Saturday Morning
Coffee from 10 to
11 a.m. at Whirligig
Farm (or just come
pick up a box we pack
for you at any time
over the weekend)
You choose your pick-up time and place:
CSA Feature of The Week: Kale
Our kale is coming up wonderfully!
Ingredients:
1 bunch of kale
1 head of lettuce
1 to 2 avocadoes
1 handful sunfower
seeds, raisins and sliced
almonds
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
1 Tsp. garlic powder
Salt and pepper to taste
Method:
De-stem and chop
the kale.
Cut avocado and
massage into kale.
Add lettuce.
Mix olive oil, vinegar
and lemon juice.
Pour over lettuce.
Add toppings and
enjoy!