Comments on: CSA: Community Supported Agriculture http://simpleorganic.net/csa-community-supported-agriculture/ Green living for real families. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:02:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A Vegan Summer CSA Menu Plan | FIMBY http://simpleorganic.net/csa-community-supported-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-6844 A Vegan Summer CSA Menu Plan | FIMBY Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:02:54 +0000 http://simpleorganic.net/?p=2605#comment-6844 [...] and Their Benefits, Loving My CSA: Learning to eat a Variety of Seasonal Produce, CSA: Community Supported Agriculture and Your Local CSA: 3 Reasons to Join. Do you have a csa post to recommend? Please leave [...] [...] and Their Benefits, Loving My CSA: Learning to eat a Variety of Seasonal Produce, CSA: Community Supported Agriculture and Your Local CSA: 3 Reasons to Join. Do you have a csa post to recommend? Please leave [...]

]]> By: Jenny http://simpleorganic.net/csa-community-supported-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-4408 Jenny Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:22:13 +0000 http://simpleorganic.net/?p=2605#comment-4408 We just joined a CSA in our area and it starts for the summer in just a couple of weeks. Reading your post makes me even more excited to see what organic veggies we'll get each week! We just joined a CSA in our area and it starts for the summer in just a couple of weeks. Reading your post makes me even more excited to see what organic veggies we’ll get each week!

]]> By: Nicole aka Gidget http://simpleorganic.net/csa-community-supported-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-4393 Nicole aka Gidget Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:02:00 +0000 http://simpleorganic.net/?p=2605#comment-4393 we LOVE our CSA! today is pickup, in fact, and in a about a week we get to go do our first farm visit- can't wait! ours is so worth the money for the amazing organics we get, and it definitely has gotten me out of my comfort zone, especially with leafy greens! .-= Nicole aka Gidget's last blog: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gidgetgoeshome/PSQN/~3/Jo2S4uw4kKo/" rel="nofollow">A Home Tour and a Horse Ride</a> =-. we LOVE our CSA! today is pickup, in fact, and in a about a week we get to go do our first farm visit- can’t wait!
ours is so worth the money for the amazing organics we get, and it definitely has gotten me out of my comfort zone, especially with leafy greens!
.-= Nicole aka Gidget’s last blog: A Home Tour and a Horse Ride =-.

]]> By: Our CSA haul – a new weekly series beginning soon http://simpleorganic.net/csa-community-supported-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-4377 Our CSA haul – a new weekly series beginning soon Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:42:24 +0000 http://simpleorganic.net/?p=2605#comment-4377 [...] series of posts about our CSA haul – that is, the weekly bounty that we receive from our Community Supported Agriculture program.  I plan to share photos and links to recipes and perhaps original recipes as well. Our [...] [...] series of posts about our CSA haul – that is, the weekly bounty that we receive from our Community Supported Agriculture program.  I plan to share photos and links to recipes and perhaps original recipes as well. Our [...]

]]> By: Trudy G. http://simpleorganic.net/csa-community-supported-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-4375 Trudy G. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:29:07 +0000 http://simpleorganic.net/?p=2605#comment-4375 I started a small CSA this year. I was very excited by the response of the local community to my endeavor. I am hoping to turn this into a full-time job in the next five years. I went with garden staples this year just for the reasons listed above and because I know that I can grow them with no trouble. This week I will be making the first delivery to the members and am looking forward to actually meeting several that I do not know other than via email and phone. .-= Trudy G.'s last blog: <a href="http://gardencartcsa.com/2010/05/29/garden-update-surgery-edition/" rel="nofollow">Garden Update – Surgery Edition</a> =-. I started a small CSA this year. I was very excited by the response of the local community to my endeavor. I am hoping to turn this into a full-time job in the next five years. I went with garden staples this year just for the reasons listed above and because I know that I can grow them with no trouble. This week I will be making the first delivery to the members and am looking forward to actually meeting several that I do not know other than via email and phone.
.-= Trudy G.’s last blog: Garden Update – Surgery Edition =-.

]]> By: Rea http://simpleorganic.net/csa-community-supported-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-4366 Rea Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:53:39 +0000 http://simpleorganic.net/?p=2605#comment-4366 I purchased a half-share in a CSA about 2 summers ago. Although it was SO exciting to go pick up that box of goodies every week I quickly tired of their selection. I am not a radish eater, so to get bunch after bunch after bunch week after week was really frustrating and wasteful. I did get to try some interesting new greens, but found that during the summer months there was very little that I really wanted to eat. And then came tomato season and the incredibly meager amount of tomatoes they gave. For what it cost, it was definitely not worth the price. Now my own garden is up and growing and if I want something different I will make the drive to the farmers market. .-= Rea's last blog: <a href="http://simply-rea.blogspot.com/2010/06/promise.html" rel="nofollow">Promise</a> =-. I purchased a half-share in a CSA about 2 summers ago. Although it was SO exciting to go pick up that box of goodies every week I quickly tired of their selection. I am not a radish eater, so to get bunch after bunch after bunch week after week was really frustrating and wasteful. I did get to try some interesting new greens, but found that during the summer months there was very little that I really wanted to eat. And then came tomato season and the incredibly meager amount of tomatoes they gave. For what it cost, it was definitely not worth the price. Now my own garden is up and growing and if I want something different I will make the drive to the farmers market.
.-= Rea’s last blog: Promise =-.

]]> By: Laura http://simpleorganic.net/csa-community-supported-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-4364 Laura Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:59:01 +0000 http://simpleorganic.net/?p=2605#comment-4364 Yay! So happy to read this. I wrote about CSA's <a href="http://www.chickencounting.com/2010/02/5-reasons-to-join-csa.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> a little while back, and so far this year we have been amazed at what we've gotten from our share. The freshest, most beautiful greens, strawberries, radishes, scallions, and the season has barely begun. We have been eating salad daily and it's the best salad I've ever had. I love how we are almost "forced" to eat more healthfully by making use of our share. And since we get to pick up our share directly from the farm each week, our children are getting a great education in connecting food with its source. .-= Laura's last blog: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChickenCounting/~3/WPnhjZ-Qw6o/this-moment-prom.html" rel="nofollow">This Moment: Prom</a> =-. Yay! So happy to read this. I wrote about CSA’s here a little while back, and so far this year we have been amazed at what we’ve gotten from our share. The freshest, most beautiful greens, strawberries, radishes, scallions, and the season has barely begun. We have been eating salad daily and it’s the best salad I’ve ever had. I love how we are almost “forced” to eat more healthfully by making use of our share. And since we get to pick up our share directly from the farm each week, our children are getting a great education in connecting food with its source.
.-= Laura’s last blog: This Moment: Prom =-.

]]> By: Primal Toad http://simpleorganic.net/csa-community-supported-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-4363 Primal Toad Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:22:35 +0000 http://simpleorganic.net/?p=2605#comment-4363 I was introduced to CSA's when I read Michael Pollens book, In Defense of Food. Before that I had no idea what it was. Since then I have attracted it into my life more and more. The more I hear about it the more interested I am. It is time I bring it up with my parents to see if they want to buy a share! If not, I will just wait till next year when I am living in my own home :) Thanks for the inspiration! .-= Primal Toad's last blog: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/primaltoad/~3/aOfBySWJn7w/" rel="nofollow">If You Want Happiness In Your Life Then Simply Choose It</a> =-. I was introduced to CSA’s when I read Michael Pollens book, In Defense of Food. Before that I had no idea what it was.

Since then I have attracted it into my life more and more. The more I hear about it the more interested I am. It is time I bring it up with my parents to see if they want to buy a share! If not, I will just wait till next year when I am living in my own home :)

Thanks for the inspiration!
.-= Primal Toad’s last blog: If You Want Happiness In Your Life Then Simply Choose It =-.

]]> By: Jeanne http://simpleorganic.net/csa-community-supported-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-4361 Jeanne Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:28:43 +0000 http://simpleorganic.net/?p=2605#comment-4361 This is the first year that any of our local farms has offered a CSA, and we are charter members! It's been an excellent experience. Our CSA is very small since they're just starting, which gives us a great opportunity to get to know the farmers. We pick up our shares at the farm, so we get to interact with the farmers as well as see all the crops and how they are grown. Since our CSA is so small, they actually let us choose what we would like in our basket each week. This is helpful for picky eaters, but it's probably only offered by smaller farms or those that are just starting their CSA program. .-= Jeanne's last blog: <a href="http://www.simplemathbakery.com/blog/2010/05/27/daring-bakers-challenge-piece-montee" rel="nofollow">Daring Bakers Challenge: Pièce Montée</a> =-. This is the first year that any of our local farms has offered a CSA, and we are charter members! It’s been an excellent experience. Our CSA is very small since they’re just starting, which gives us a great opportunity to get to know the farmers. We pick up our shares at the farm, so we get to interact with the farmers as well as see all the crops and how they are grown. Since our CSA is so small, they actually let us choose what we would like in our basket each week. This is helpful for picky eaters, but it’s probably only offered by smaller farms or those that are just starting their CSA program.
.-= Jeanne’s last blog: Daring Bakers Challenge: Pièce Montée =-.

]]> By: abbie http://simpleorganic.net/csa-community-supported-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-4360 abbie Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:17:21 +0000 http://simpleorganic.net/?p=2605#comment-4360 I used to belong to a CSA, both when I was single, and after I got married and had children. As a singe person who had sole discretion planning my menus, I loved belonging to my CSA. It was pretty pricey actually, at $750 for a full share 5 years ago. I shared this "share" with another vegetarian and it was basically 60% of the foods I consumed each week. Our CSA produced biodynamic crops, and supplemented with yeast-free breads, yogurt, fruits, berries, grains, eggs, dairy, and pastas. (Not all in one week of course.) As a married person, with a very young child and the nausea that a first trimester 2nd pregnancy brings it was very difficult for me to keep up with our CSA. I certainly wasn't in a flexible menu situation, and I ended giving away most of it to friends. I also got tired of the same veggies I didn't like as much like chard, and kohlrabi for months on end. Now, as a gluten-free individual it is hard for me to justify paying more for pasta, breads and grains I can't eat. There are other CSAs near us, but they don't drop off conveniently. So this year I decided just to go to the farmers' market and pick out what we want. I loved supporting smaller farms. And I loved eating locally. The quality of the produce was second to none. Really. My son who is a picky eater wouldn't eat the store melon. He'd ONLY eat the CSA picked-the-day-before melon, juice running down his chin and all. For those interested in joining a CSA, do your research early, like February or March. Most shares are sold out by now. Also, most CSAs will give you an idea of what they are planting, when you'll get what, and about how much your family might need/consume. Many CSAs have multiple drop-off points, and payment methods if you can't plunk down a chunk of cash all at once. Do check out localharvest.org, your county parks and recreation website, your local newspaper "metro" section, and even eatwild.org has links to farms that also do produce and meat CSAs. Great article! Thanks. I used to belong to a CSA, both when I was single, and after I got married and had children. As a singe person who had sole discretion planning my menus, I loved belonging to my CSA. It was pretty pricey actually, at $750 for a full share 5 years ago. I shared this “share” with another vegetarian and it was basically 60% of the foods I consumed each week. Our CSA produced biodynamic crops, and supplemented with yeast-free breads, yogurt, fruits, berries, grains, eggs, dairy, and pastas. (Not all in one week of course.)
As a married person, with a very young child and the nausea that a first trimester 2nd pregnancy brings it was very difficult for me to keep up with our CSA. I certainly wasn’t in a flexible menu situation, and I ended giving away most of it to friends. I also got tired of the same veggies I didn’t like as much like chard, and kohlrabi for months on end.
Now, as a gluten-free individual it is hard for me to justify paying more for pasta, breads and grains I can’t eat. There are other CSAs near us, but they don’t drop off conveniently. So this year I decided just to go to the farmers’ market and pick out what we want.
I loved supporting smaller farms. And I loved eating locally. The quality of the produce was second to none. Really. My son who is a picky eater wouldn’t eat the store melon. He’d ONLY eat the CSA picked-the-day-before melon, juice running down his chin and all.
For those interested in joining a CSA, do your research early, like February or March. Most shares are sold out by now. Also, most CSAs will give you an idea of what they are planting, when you’ll get what, and about how much your family might need/consume. Many CSAs have multiple drop-off points, and payment methods if you can’t plunk down a chunk of cash all at once. Do check out localharvest.org, your county parks and recreation website, your local newspaper “metro” section, and even eatwild.org has links to farms that also do produce and meat CSAs.
Great article! Thanks.

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