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egg CSA — Brooklynian

egg CSA

rainbowthespian
rainbowthespian
edited November -1 in Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
You guys know about the egg csa on schenectady, right?

IT'S FAAAAAAAAABULOUS!!! And they take EBT.

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  • the0ther
    the0ther
    um no. and what's a csa? i like eggs. how about an address or a link to a google map of the place?
  • rainbowthespian
    rainbowthespian
    Hmmm... I don't know about a link, but csa stands for community supported agriculture. You pay a little more than usual (usually) for veggies, fruits, sometimes meat or dairy that comes directly from the farm.

    In this case, it's 45 chickens that live on schenectady ave close to atlantic. The eggs come in all different colors and sizes, and personally I think the taste of them really differs from store eggs. They're fresh enough to poach beautifully, and we used them to make a friend's wedding cake recently.

    They're 5 a dozen unless u have ebt in which case they're 4 and you get these Health Bucks to spend at a farmers market later.

    Full disclosure- the race and socioeconomic politics are a little uncomfortable- I think we are the only members that actually live in the neighborhood. I'd really like that to change.

    Hope that helped!
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    I always get my eggs at the GAP greenmarket (either Tello, Flying Pig, or the guys next to the Cato cheese people). But if I didn't live so close to GAP, the CSA would be a great alternative.
  • rainbowthespian
    rainbowthespian
    Yeah, my goal is definitely to encourage crown heights residents to join.


    Where else do you get to meet the chickens that lay your eggs?

    The other day I went to pick up my eggs and I was holding a bucket for the woman that runs it. All the chickens ran over to me cause they thought I had a treat. It was so adorable and I felt so guilty!

    So I imagined them fried in a paper bucket.

    Just kidding.
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    Small farm/free range/organic eggs are night & day from store bought industrial eggs.

    The yolks are so bright orange and delicious. We get eggs from our vegetable CSA.
  • krowonhill
    krowonhill
    Or, you can get your own chicken on Classon between Dean & Pacific at the live poultry place. Probably not an organic chicken though.

    I'm constantly impressed by the diversity of our neighborhood!
  • clayfilms
    clayfilms
    How do you join?
  • noter
    noter
    How do I join, you ask?

    http://www.bkfarmyards.com/eggCSA.html

    And the eggs are fantastic. And the chickens are adorable. And everybody who works there is awesome.
  • capt. planet
    capt. planet
    With this recent egg salmonela outbreak, going local is more than just delicious. It's also safer.
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    infinitely safer. The way most of America eats it's as if all produce, meat and dairy come from the same kitchen.

    That one kitchen gets a disease, lots and lots of people get that disease.

    Consolidation is awful for food quality and safety.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    that's great. i'm glad someone is doing this.

    but...

    $5/dozen is just out of reach for our household. before i get a lecture on the false-economy of industrialized food:

    i get my [ETA: i said organic earlier, but they're not; just all the other good things -- free-roaming, no hormone, no antibiotics, all that] eggs from the coop for $2.42/doz. i buy my beef there, too -- quite pricey compared to met or whatever, but much better-raised, so i eat less of it. (well, i actually eat more than i would of regular beef, because i fear prion diseases and so almost never eat regular beef...maybe pork would be a better example.)

    i'm perfectly willing to bet that these eggs are superior in every respect (i guess -- wonder what car exhaust does for a chicken). but sadly, price does matter. i don't doubt that's some of the reason for lower participation among neighborhood residents. (even $4 of EBT seems like a lot.)
  • krowonhill
    krowonhill
    The cheapest way to have fresh, locally-grown eggs is to buy your own chicken (might I suggest checking out the Live Poultry place on Classon) and release it onto your roof or into your backyard. I'm pretty sure that there are people amongst us who have done just that, probably immigrants from other lands who were driven by a combination of poverty and a desire for eggs that tasted like the ones they grew up with. Feed your chicken organic feed, if you want organic eggs.

    This woman did it in Oakland:

    http://www.amazon.com/Novella-Carpenter/e/B001K8J69C/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

    Who wants to write a book about their experience raising chickens in Brooklyn? Brooklyn Represent!

    Krow
  • krowonhill
    krowonhill
    FYI:

    http://www.mypetchicken.com/
  • capt. planet
    capt. planet
    Bee Ayer, who runs the egg CSA, would be happy to talk to folks about setting up their own egg laying operation. She can be found every Thursday from 6 to 8 PM at the Imani Garden on Schenectady bet. Pacific and Dean. She got started in the egg business by raising 3 hens in her backyard in Crown Heights.

    To find out more about the egg CSA at Imani you can go to

    http://bkfarmyards.blogspot.com/p/chickens-eggs.html

    Incidentally the CSA operates on a sliding scale and the least expensive shares cost $90 for 22 weeks or about $4.00 per dozen. I've been a member for about 2 months and can attest that fresh eggs are completely completely different than their store-bought supposed equivalent.
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