Winter CSA comes to Gowanus

Do you spend the long New York winters yearning for fresh produce?

If so, you might consider joining a new CSA distributed through the BIG!NYC warehouse in Gowanus. This year, the Full Plate Farm Collective is opening up their winter CSA to residents of Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, and Park Slope for the first time.

Members will be able to pick up their twice monthly share boxes at the BIG!NYC warehouse any time during business hours from Thursday to Sunday, reports Gowanus Lounge. A typical box will include:

“…two pounds of carrots, two pounds of potatoes, onions or leeks, two pounds of other root vegetables, two bunches of cooking greens, and a mix of other items like baby spinach, kohlrabi, Brussels Sprouts, cabbage, and winter squash. Also included will be some special tasty farm treats such as lacto-fermented pickles, apples and tender baby salad greens straight from the greenhouse.”

The Full Plate Farm Collective consists of three farms in and around Ithaca, New York who share resources and grow complementary crops. All of their crops are organic.

Membership in the Brooklyn Winter CSA costs $160, and applications must be submitted by January 8th.

Correction: An earlier version of this article said that the share boxes were twice weekly. They are twice monthly.