Farm Share News:

* WE DID IT! Yep, all those payment reminders last week might’ve gotten a bit old. But members showed up in force this past Friday to set individual accounts straight. That means we can make our final payment as a group to our farmers in full and on time. Thank you, thank you, thank you for helping us stay true to a main tenet of our purpose: supporting the family farmers who grow our food.

* More big thanks to Farm Share members Carmen Gothe and Janet Ballatore for their assistance in collecting payments.

* The farmers have set the date for our first fruit delivery: It will be July 9 (a little later than we’d heard originally). Herbal medicine shares will begin on July 16. You can find these dates, plus other good info, on our updated F.A.Q. page.

* Interested in having a hand to help plan cooking demos, a group-wide composting plan, the farm trip, more potlucks and events, our finance and membership, or our outreach and advocacy? Sign-up clipboards will make another appearance this Friday at pick-up. For more information, contact Carey King at careyking@yahoo.com.

Carey, Julie & Katherine

& the ever-growing membership of the Farm Share Coordinating Team

Member News:

* A blue water bottle was found during clean-up after the potluck. If it’s yours, or you know who it belongs to, please let us know!

* The community gardeners at Chenchita’s Garden will hold a Garden Cleaning & Planting Day this Saturday, July 3, starting at 9 a.m.. Several Farm Share members have plots in the garden, or pitch in in other ways to get the place looking good. The garden is (as any of you who came to the potluck know) located on Madison Avenue between 111th and 112th streets. Contact Farm Share member Bill Schmidt if you have any questions at wonkavator1@hotmail.com, or click the Meetup group link located in the Links section at the bottom of this page.

* All of us with bikes are already big fans of MODSquad Cycles shop on Frederick Douglass between 114th and 115th streets. But did you know that owners Oye Carr and Danielle Tully, plus little ones Sekai and Mahdia, are Farm Share members? Danielle says to pass along the fact that MODSquad is having a big mid-summer sale, with 4 to 15 percent off all bikes and 10 percent off everything else. The sale runs July 3-5. Call the shop at 212-865-5050 if you have any questions.

* Farm Share member and photographer Anthony Phillps has a multimedia exhibit up at Native (161 Lenox at 118th Street). The installation, “De Panama Tu Espiritu (Your Spirit of Panama),” is comprised of photos from Anthony’s 2008 visit to Panama, where he witnessed an annual pilgrimage of worshipers who travel miles to thank Cristo Negro of Portobelo (the Black Christ of Portobelo) for his miracles. Anthony was raised here in New York in a devout, religious, close-knit Jamaican family, and he says that the show demonstrates the human commonality he experienced on his trip: “Out of many, we are one.” The exhibit is up until July 11 and prints are available for sale. Contact Anthony at Anthony@oxstreetmedia.com or check out his site.

* Save the date! Farm Share member Anand Gan plays in the band Lily Sparks, and — following a tour to Ireland and the U.K. — they’ll be back in New York for the “Women in Rock” concert Wednesday, August 18, at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, near Thompson Street). Tickets are $12 and a portion of the show’s proceeds will benefit the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls. Anand plays at 9 p.m.. Check out the Lily Sparks site to rock out in advance on their tunes.

Got Member News to share? E-mail it to harlemcsa@gmail.com.