timouse Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 for the third glorious year running, we have signed up for a CSA share at our local organic farm. any of you skanks ever done this? for $400 a season, we get more vegetables than we can eat once a week direct from the farm, plus get to talk with the folks that grew our food and see how things are going. during the summer, we hardly eat anything with a barcode on it check out the link again for a list of farms in ontario that offer this program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Thanks for the link. I will be looking in to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Zimmy Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 I was part of this in Ottawa the last 2 summers, haven't decided if I will go for it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 I was part of this in Ottawa the last 2 summers, haven't decided if I will go for it again.Pros? Cons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Zimmy Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Well, you get a load a veggies that are in season. Once I got (among other veggies) about 2pds of onion...and well, how many onions can you eat really? You don't get a bit of everything every delivery, only what is in season...but at a really good price.I loved all the fresh peppers and carrots, zucchini and tomatoes...things like beets I shared with my friends if I got too many.I had to go and pick them up the community centre, so if you don't have a car it could be hard.All in all, I would go for it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 I was part of this in Ottawa the last 2 summers, haven't decided if I will go for it again.... All in all, I would go for it again. Glad I could help with your decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Ms.Zimmy who was your share with? We've been looking into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted April 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 ask about trading. our CSA lets you trade for things you'd prefer...some times though, that's part of the deal. if there's a lot of one thing in a given week, then you adapt and learn new recipes. jennifer and i joke about CSA shares as being training for eating in a world without long distance trucking of food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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