Organizers are getting Plovgh Pickup Points started in a few different neighborhoods, including Bed-Stuy, Jackson Heights, and Astoria.  The sooner they get to critical mass, the sooner they can start connecting with farms.  Give them your support to get food from farms! 

If your neighborhood isn’t on the list yet, rally your friends for a good old-fashioned write-in campaign. Plovgh will go where the people are!

Genus: Brassica

Family: Mustard - cruciferous, cabbage-like

Soil needs and cultivation: Grown best in cold weather. Requires rich, loose soil. Sow from early spring through midsummer. Harvest before flowering or for baby-leaf, clip 4-5 week-old leaves.

Uses: Lightly sauteed, or raw; use like spinach or other greens

Tatsoi: Dark emerald green, sturdy, spoon-shaped leaves. Light mustard flavor.

Red choi: Changes from dark green leaves with maroon veins at micro size to dark maroon leaves with green undersides and thin green petioles.

Funjen: Mild, delicate flavor much like lettuce. Bright green leaves with thick white ribs.

Purple bok choy: Hybrid dark purple leaf pak choi with green petioles. Tender, mildly flavored and can be harvested at any stage.

Ruby-streak mustard: Chartreuse stems and lacy burgundy leaves. Big mustard taste.

Where to get it?

Giving meaning to the mundane. 

Tomatoes…are almost here.

This week the ladies at Partners Trace Farm are putting 150 Indigo Rose and 150 Orange Blossom tomatoes into low tunnels with an Agribon support system in place.

Summer can’t come soon enough.

We’re looking for a few of you who love the open road and want to be part of getting harvest from Plovgh farms in the Catskills, Hudson Valley, and Long Island to pickup points in the city.  Here’s the deal:

·         You have a Zipcar account or you have your own vehicle.

·         You can lift at least 40 lbs.

·         You have an interest in or experience with farms and food.

·         You can read a map, use a GPS, or otherwise get where you need to go.

·         To you, on time means 15 minutes early. 

Plovgh drives are generally 6-8 hours roundtrip.  The compensation is $10/hour at a minimum, with the potential for up to 12.5% of the value of the orders you transport from farm to neighborhood.  To sign up head here.  To get more information, email us at hello@plovgh.com.

New from the farms this week: 
Red baby kale         Turnip greens
Garlic scallions        English thyme
Pea shoots              Lettuce mix

Request a time
Tell us when you want Plovgh in your neighborhood.

Volunteer for vegetables
Want a discounted order? Volunteer at a Plovgh Pickup Point this week.

Got a Zipcar? 
Hit the road, make a buck, and maybe visit a goat.

Pickup at:

Dandelion Wine
Greenpoint (map)
Saturday, April 28
12:00-2:00 pm

Dekalb Farm
Downtown Bklyn (map)
Saturday, April 28
12:30-2:30 pm

Brooklyn Brainery
Carroll Gardens (map)
Saturday, April 28
1:00-2:00pm

Dekalb Farm
Downtown Bklyn (map)
Monday, April 30
4:30-6:30 pm

Tuffet 
Williamsburg (map)
Monday, April 30
5:00 - 7:00pm

Long Island City YMCA
Queens (map)
Monday, April 30
5:30-6:30pm

Farm: Partners Trace Farm

get their eggs and pickles now on Plovgh

Location: New Paltz, New York

Distance from city: Approximately 2 hours north of New York City

Current night temperatures: Below freezing

Weather implications: At current temperatures, the farmers have early spring greens in the field and have just planted their late-spring/early-summer crops.

Greenhouse: Yes, but not year-round. The farmers use their greenhouse to start plants before they are planted in the field to get a jump start on the growing season.

Production status: On schedule.

Take a look at what the farmers are growing!

Farm: Partners Trace Farm

Crop: Tatsoi

Status: In the field

Estimated harvest date: End of May