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| Farmer Kate -- from her website |
Community Support Agriculture (CSA) is growing in popularity as people are realizing the importance of knowing where our food comes from and supporting local farmers. What is a CSA? Here's the deal (from Local Harvest): a farmer offers a number of "shares" to the public. It's usually a box of produce, but some farms offer cheeses and meat and dried meals for over the winter. Consumers buy a membership or a subscription in order to receive these boxes of happiness each week throughout the farming season. Of course, paying a farmer is not a guarantee. You are making an investment in the farm, and what you receive sometimes depends more on the weather than on what the farmer has planned. Generally it's 15-18 weeks of produce in Minnesota. Most farmers deliver to multiple drop off sites--sometimes a store, sometimes someone's house. Our site is three blocks from our house--perfect. For more information or for starting your search on a CSA, take a look at the Local Harvest website.
What's included in our CSA? Tons!
- weekly fresh, organic vegetables
- a variety of fresh herbs
- bouquets of fresh flowers
- Weekly newsletter with seasonal recipes and tips
- invites to the farm and its seasonal festivals
I used the awesome list serve for connecting neighborhoods called e-democracy to put out an "ad" for a CSA buddy. We have connected with a family who live in PoHo and they are willing to share the share with us. This is also working out well because we will be able to to connect and meet another family in our neighborhood. It is not 100% official, still waiting for the deposit from the neighbor, but I wanted to post this. If it falls through, I promise, we have a back up. I'll keep you posted. Until then, we are optimistic and can't wait for the first drop off!
Peace!
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