CSA Share 7.8.11 by skionski
I joined a CSA this year to learn more about this particular kind of local food option. Each week I drive out to the Moon on the Meadow farm and pick up my share of the week’s crops. Some of the things in my basket get eaten on the way home (like the strawberries!) and others, like the fava beans, are mini-challenges to figure out what to make.
I expected this.
What I didn’t expect was the benefit no one is talking about.
When you join a CSA, you trade unlimited choice for easy access to a curated collection of the freshest and tastiest local food each week.
And this is exactly the right thing for me.
I only had to make ONE decision to eat fresh, local produce. And not just one decision for the week. One decision for the entire season.
There is something truly liberating about making one single choice to eat well and be done with it.
Want to read more? The full article plus additional content and videos can be found on my blog, The Food Advocate.
Tagged: CSA, locavore, farmers market, Moon on the Meadow
Comments
mommatocharlie (anonymous) says…
what is a CSA?
skionski (Beth McKeon) replies…
Great question! CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Basically, you purchase a share of a farm's crops for the entire season. Each week you get your "share" of the week's produce. Lawrence has a handful of CSA options.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/apr...
2011 Lawrence CSA guide: How to get a constant stream of local veggies into your house without so much as a shopping trip by Sarah Henning
DaniB (Danielle Brunin) says…
mommatocharlie, CSA stands for community-supported agriculture. Typically, you sign up at the beginning of a season for a meat or vegetable subscription (sometimes both). This the local one that I've signed up for the past two seasons, but it's certainly not the only one.
http://rollingprairie.net/
merrill (anonymous) says…
One idea:
Think about taking all of your own "packaging" to these great events thus eliminating more and more use of plastic containers. Also reduces cost to growers which in turn may result in more food.
We have been using a Coleman cooler like device. Just pile in the food. These can be transported in a bike trailer as well. This cooler and sometimes two goes along to the co-op which of course keeps stuff cool in the event more errands are on the table.
As we see it coolers sit around taking up space so why not make them more useful.