Comments on: Community Supported Agriculture

By: shuna fish lydon

shuna fish lydon — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:33:00 +0000

I love that this post is so to-the-point and informative. Someone gave me the use of their box last week and it was such an interesting turn in how I cooked that week.

Thank you for providing clear cut information. It’s great to see it comparitively.

By: Jennifer Maiser

Jennifer Maiser — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:42:00 +0000

Tana – thanks for pointing out Local Harvest. I have to admit that I have never had much luck with it, but I can see that it may be useful to get someone started.

Luisa – your CSA looks great. Love that they have a sliding scale.

Cookiecrumb – thanks for mentioning that you could split your share. Likewise, with boxes that are too small, you could double your share. Mariquita used to have a “small” box and a “large” box but when they realized that most orders were for a small, they went to one size with the idea that people who wanted a large box could purchase a double share.

By: cookiecrumb

cookiecrumb — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:41:00 +0000

And there’s no reason to chicken out if you don’t think you will eat all the produce each week. Just team up with another family, split the cost, and share the bounty.
My brother subscribes to Two Small Farms CSA, and they have the best newsletter (which you can receive even if you’re not a member).

By: Luisa

Luisa — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:12:00 +0000

What a coincidence! I just wrote about my beloved CSA on my blog today. Anyway, I can’t say enough good things about CSAs in general, thanks for spreading the word!

By: Tana

Tana — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:39:00 +0000

As this is a topic near and dear to my heart, please let me recommend going to LocalHarvest.org, which allows you to enter your zip code to find CSAs (and farms, and restaurants who support farms) and all other manner of sustainable food resources. Beyond presenting individual member listings (with links to their personal websites), you find yourself looking at a map with little triangles on it. The triangles represent farms.

Maps are very evocative to me: zooming and moving around the area is a form of mini-travel that I enjoy. (I'm a map geek!)

There are many readers of this web site who are far flung from San Francisco, and they will find it useful to find their own local CSAs and perhaps even visit these farms and meet the people who are doing such amazing work.

Thanks, Jen, as ever, for bringing farms into the spotlight.