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29 octobre 2008,
St-Chrysostome

Bonjour à tous (English will follow)

Sous les flocons nous avons lavés les carottes qui feront part du panier de cette semaine. La neige nous a pris par surprise, mais heureusement que nous avions déjà fait la moitié des récoltes du panier. Nous voilà à l'avant dernière livraison de la saison, content à l'approche du grand repos mais triste aussi de vous dire aurevoir.
Dans le panier cette semaine, nous vous avons déterré du panais, des bonnes carottes, des betteraves et du poireau. Si elle se porte bien sous le couvert de neige vous aurez de l'escarole et des fanes de crucifère (petit radis qui ont fait beaucoup de feuilles, se prépare comme du kale à la poêle ou en soupe). Il y aura de l'ail, une petite courge et encore d'autres surprises.

Vous avez bien répondu à l'annonce des produits en commande additionnelle, tellement qu'il nous reste plus de saucisse de poulet. Le reste ça va encore dont la saucisse de mouton.

Vous trouverez ci-joint le questionnaire de la saison 2008. On veut en savoir plus et de manière sincère sur comment vous avez vécu votre expérience avec Les Jardins d'Ambroisie cette saison. Les légumes que vous avez aimé, ceux que vous avez moins aimez, le déroulement au point de chute, les communications, les points à améliorer et vos suggestions. Vous pouvez nous le renvoyer par courriel ou en personne au point de chute ou encore par la poste.

Le ferme ne produit pas que des légumes, voilà que cette semaine c'est un petit chaton gris que nous avons découvert derrière les balles de foins. Il a environ deux semaines et sa maman l'a abandonné. Il est vigoureux et affectueux. Les chances qu'il survive l'hiver si petit sont minces alors si vous avez envie de compagnie, il est à vous, on va l'amener au point de chute jeudi, premier arrivé, premier servi.

Ce n'est pas tout le monde qui peut se permettre de manger 100% bio pendant l'hiver, et c'est parfois pratiquement impossible, alors on a cru bon de vous laisser avec la liste des fruits et légumes les plus arrosés chimiquement ainsi que celle des moins. Cela vous aidera à faire des choix plus judicieux. (En anglais seulement)

Merci et à demain

Ying et Francis.
514-802-6328

Hello Everyone,

Under the falling snow we have harvested and prepared the vegetables going into this week's basket. It took us by surprise with a lot of the fall cleanup not finished, this blanket puts a halt into our lives, for a moment until the meltdown. Here we are at the second to last basket of the season, happy that the big rest will come soon and sad to have to say goodbye.

In this weeks basket we have dug up for you parsnips, more great carrots, beets (some white, red and candy cane or chiogga) and leeks. As far as greens go, you will get brassica leaves (they're actually a kind of radish that didn't make a bulb but made great leaves, eat like kale). Garlic, a small squash and other surprises can all be expected in this weeks basket.

The response has been good to the additional products, so much that we are out of chicken sausages, plenty of sheep sausage though.

You will find attached this season's questionnaire about your CSA experience with Les Jardins d'Ambroisie (Sorry french only). We would like to know your sincere impressions on the vegetables you liked the most, the ones you liked the least, how things went at the drop off point, points to improve on, suggestions etc. You can send it back to us by email, mail or in person at the drop-off.

This week the farm produced something else than vegetables, a small kitten was abandoned by its mother. We have been feeding it by hand and its very vigourous and affectionate. Whoever needs company this winter can have him or her, we're not sure. First come, first serve.

We would like to leave you with an interesting list below of the top contaminated fruits and vegetables. Not everyone can afford a 100% organic diet in the winter but this list will help make better choices.

Good night and see you tomorrow.

Ying and Francis
514-802-6328

"The Top 12 Most Contaminated Fruits & Vegetables"

by Frederic Patenaude

We know that pesticides are definitely dangerous to human health. We also know that one of the best things we can do to avoid pesticides is to consume organic food. However, this isn't always possible due to several restraints: availability, price, etc.

There's another thing we can do, however, to reduce our pesticide exposure: avoid the fruits and vegetables that are the most contaminated.

When organic is not available, eat fruits and vegetables with consistently low pesticide loads.

It's been shown that you can lower your pesticide exposure simply by avoiding the top 12 most contaminated types of fruit and vegetables, and eating the least contaminated instead.

Eating the 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables will expose a person to nearly 20 pesticides per day, on average. Eating the 12 least contaminated will expose a person to a fraction over 2 pesticides per day.

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The Black List
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So, what are the most contaminated fruits and vegetables? Here's the black list, according to the most recent data analysed:

---> The top 4 are fruits, in the following order:

#1 (Most Contaminated): Peach
#2: Strawberry
#3: Apple
#4: Nectarine

---> The other highly contaminated fruits in the top 12 are:

#5 Pears
#6 Cherrie
#7 Red raspberries
#8 Imported grapes (Chile, Mexico, etc.)

Some of these fruits, such as peaches and nectarines and raspberries, can contain up to 45 different pesticides! Overall, studies show that those fruits have a high chance of being contaminated with a good number of different pesticide residues.

As for the vegetables, those that are the most likely to expose you to pesticide residues are:

#1 Celery
#2 Spinach
#3 Potatoes
#4 Sweet Bell Pepper

Those vegetables have a high chance of containing pesticide residues, some of them containing several!

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The Least Contaminated Produce
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---> Now, for the "good" vegetables, here's the top, least contaminated, in order of purity:

- Sweet corn
- Avocado
- Cauliflower
- Asparagus
- Onions
- Peas
- Broccoli

---> The least contaminated fruits are:

- Pineapples
- Mangoes
- Bananas
- Kiwi
- Papaya

Very few mangoes and pineapple have pesticide residues on them, and when they do they usually contain only one type. Bananas do often contain pesticide residues, but rarely multiple ones.

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Conclusion
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To avoid pesticides, the best thing is to consume organic foods. When that is not possible, select the foods that have the least pesticides on them, and avoid those on the "black list."

---> Other importance tricks to help reduce our pesticide exposure:

* Peel non-organic fruits, whenever possible*: That means pears, apples, etc. I know many nutritionists say that the peel contains the most vitamins, but it isn't quite true. The peel of fruits is indigestible, so even though it may contain many vitamins, they are not assimilated as well as the vitamins in the flesh of the fruits.

*Wash your produce with a non-toxic soap*. You can buy a non-toxic soap for washing produce in most health food stores. Use this soap to wash your non-organic peaches, or other fruits if you happen to buy them.

Remember however that eating non-organic fruits and vegetables is still better than drinking organic beer or eating organic pizza!

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