About a year ago, we decided to buy into a CSA. For those of you not familiar, that is a Community Supported Agriculture farm. Members pay up front so the farmer has cash for seeds and gas and other needs. They then go to the pickup site, usually the farm, to get their weekly share of the crop as it comes in. If the year is good, there is a lot of food for a family of four. If the weather is bad, everyone's share is smaller. Members take a chance just as farmers everywhere do each year.
My hope in joining was that we would increase the amount of vegetables in our diet but this year the weather didn't cooperate and our share was small. Most of our weekly box was supper on pickup night. There were a lot of items that were unfamiliar to us and we struggled to know how to prepare them. There were some items for which we never did acquire a taste.
All-in-all, our experience was not entirely sucessful. But, we have decided to try again with a different farm for 2012. I like the idea of supporting local farmers and getting organic produce that hasn't been shipped in from far away. I like changing how we eat to include more whole foods. And I like exposing my grandkids to the farm. They should know where food comes from.
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