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Friday, April 6, 2012

Community Supported Agriculture

I am seriously considering joining a CSA this year. If you're not familiar with a CSA program, the idea is that you pay a fee upfront to a local farm (or farms) and are provided with a box of fresh produce every week. Its a little risky because you pay a lump sum up front, and don't ever know what you'll get from week to week. Factors like draught, storms, etc can impact the types and quantities of vegetables that you'll get. Making the investment in local, organic farmers and in return being forced to try new vegetables and figure out new ways of cooking the old ones sounds like a win-win to me. Does anyone have experience with this?

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  1. I haven't heard of it, but how great it could be to support the farmers that works so hard.

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