St. Rose’s CSA

For Students, Faculty and Staff

Is accepting membership until May 1st

~$17 a Week Buys 6-8 lbs. of Locally Grown Organic Vegetables

Delivered Each Week For 22 ($370) Weeks to the Rose Hill Campus (McGinley Center)

Between mid-June & early-November, 2013

Supplier: Norwich Meadow Farms, Norwich, NY

The increase in cost from $330 to $370 was set by our farmer. He relies on capital from CSA shareholders in the beginning of the season to get up and running, without the need to take out loans. As an investor, you are getting excellent return on your investment because you will receive organic produce at a fraction of the cost from

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St. Rose’s CSA

For Students, Faculty and Staff

$15 a Week Buys 6-8 lbs. of Locally Grown Organic Vegetables

Delivered Each Week For 22 ($330) Weeks to the Rose Hill Campus (McGinley Center)

Between mid-June & early-November, 2013

Supplier: Norwich Meadow Farms, Norwich, NY

Operated by St. Rose’s Garden, an organic garden and outdoor classroom located on the Rose Hill Campus, was funded by Fordham College RH, Gabelli School of Business, and Residential Life, and assisted by Farm to Fordham, Biology Dept., Sodexo, Security, Facilities, Environmental Policy and student volunteers

Students, faculty and staff are invited to join. Application deadline: April 12^th,  2013.

To get more info and sign up, go to St. Rose’s CSA

Even if you don’t want a share, get involved!

e-mail: sustainablefordham@gmail

We planted all kinds of vegetables and fruits including (but not limited to) Purple broccoli, red cabbage, lettuce, asparagus, dinosaur kale, watermelon, orange fantasia chard, crimson tomato, fennel, beets, spinach, pimento sweet peppers, midnight zucchini, now peas, and much more!

Meetings are Thursday’s at 5:30pm.

The St Rose’s gang getting ready to enjoy some South American cuisine.

St. Rose’s hosted a South American themed Potluck dinner on Sunday February 26^th before the Oscars. It was a fun and easy way to raise money for the garden, get together with friends, and most importantly, eat some good food! We all gathered on campus in Walsh Hall to enjoy lots of homemade goodies including empanadas, Pico de Gallo, bean dip, and Brigadeiros (Brazilian chocolate candies).

Lauren’s homemade Brigadeiros looking festive in the Brazilian flag colors.

It was a fantastic way to end the weekend and to learn some new recipes. All we asked for was a $1-2 donation and we ended up making $25. Not bad for first time Potluckers! We had lots of fun and are definitely going to be hosting more events like this in the future. Make sure to check back here and on our Facebook page so next time you can come join the festivities. Thanks so much to everyone who came out and to all the wonderful people who made dishes!

Contributed by Hayley

Some of the St. Rose’s Volunteers running the table.

In the fall St. Rose’s Garden ran one of the stands at Sodexo’s on-campus farmers market outside of the McGinley Center. St. Rose’s volunteers harvested some of our best veggies from the garden and sold them to students passing by. We had an array of peppers, tomatoes, herbs, and baby eggplants. It was a great way to promote the importance of organic and locally grown produce. Everything from juices, to pickles, to canned beats were being sold. The event helped to fundraise for the garden also helped recruit some new helpers!  Thanks to everyone who put in time at the stand. We’d also like to thank Sodexo for letting us be a part of such an awesome event! We’re looking forward to being a part of the farmers market again next fall!

Some of the delicious produce we were selling!

Contributed by Sabrina

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Talks:

Jason Aloisio: Growing media affects edible plant production and leachate on a simulated rooftop farm

Jim Lewis: Rising CO₂ shifts the balance between carbon and nutrient limitation of growth

Michael Sekor: Selection and adaptation to novel environmental conditions in introduced genotypes of the annual plant Brassica rapa

Posters:

Beth Ansaldi: Gene flow and pollen limitation on experimental green roofs

Andrea Caruso: Physiological and morphological responses of the invasive grass, Microstegium vimineum, to varying resource availabilities

Alison Cucco:Microbial extracellular enzyme function and nutrient cycling along the New York City urban-to-rural gradient

Seth Ganzhorn: Genetic diversity of Manilkara maxima: An ecologically and economically important tree species from a biodiversity hotspot

Tim Kerin:Evidence of mycorrhizal host generality for hemlock woolly adelgid-infested Tsuga canadensis trees growing in a Quercus-dominated landscape

Graduate students Kaitlyn Parkins and Steph Tougas were also in attendance working as student volunteers.

Mt. Hood – A volcano located in the Oregon Cascades, taken while hiking Tom, Dick and Harry.

Fordham PhD student Dustin Partridge talks about his research focusing on birds and their usage of green roofs.