CSA's

[hw77]

Since its the 1st day of Spring its time to think about fresh fruit and veggies! 

Is anyone a member of a CSA?

I did a bunch of research last night and am surprised at how many options I found! Now I'm trying to figure out what I really want and which option is best. I do enjoy farmers markets too but I think we'd do well with a CSA b/c we do like all kinds of veggies and if its here in the house we will certainly eat it!

[vtdiamond]

I'm not part of one but was really considering it when I was living up in Vermont.
I'd love to hear which one you go with or would recommend.

[rikki]

My friend did Sienna Farms and really loved it. I am thinking about trying it this summer.

[elfinia7]

I've wanted to do a CSA for awhile but with only two of us and my H being as picky as he is I'm afraid a lot will go to waste. For now, we stick with going to the farmer's market.

[elfinia7]

Mar 20, 2013 9:15:53 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Mar 20, 2013 9:06:49 GMT -5 elfinia7 said:

I've wanted to do a CSA for awhile but with only two of us and my H being as picky as he is I'm afraid a lot will go to waste. For now, we stick with going to the farmer's market.

You can only focus on changing one thing at a time.  Do you want to get him on an airplane or eating greens more?

Eating greens would be the more MM option but damnit!  I want to travel!

[rikki]

Mar 20, 2013 10:26:08 GMT -5 elfinia7 said:

Mar 20, 2013 9:15:53 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

You can only focus on changing one thing at a time.  Do you want to get him on an airplane or eating greens more?

Eating greens would be the more MM option but damnit!  I want to travel!

I'd travel alone and make separate meals (kidding, kind of!). 

[drloretta]

Mar 20, 2013 9:06:49 GMT -5 elfinia7 said:

I've wanted to do a CSA for awhile but with only two of us and my H being as picky as he is I'm afraid a lot will go to waste. For now, we stick with going to the farmer's market.

This. But my local farmstand does a pseudo CSA. You buy a preloaded debit card at a slight discount and can use it to buy anything at the stand. I'm considering it this year

[elfinia7]

Mar 20, 2013 10:37:01 GMT -5 drloretta said:

Mar 20, 2013 9:06:49 GMT -5 elfinia7 said:

I've wanted to do a CSA for awhile but with only two of us and my H being as picky as he is I'm afraid a lot will go to waste. For now, we stick with going to the farmer's market.

This. But my local farmstand does a pseudo CSA. You buy a preloaded debit card at a slight discount and can use it to buy anything at the stand. I'm considering it this year

That's pretty cool!

[liveintheville]

I'm worried I'd waste a lot of it. I tend to shop for the ingredients for a recipe than structure a recipe around what I have in the house. We have a farmers market from end of May to end of Nov that we got to. Due to our region there's not a ton of local stuff in the winter months. My friend that did a CSA ended up getting kale all winter. Or he'd get like 1 tomato and other stuff. He said it was hard to make meals from it due to the randomness of ingredients and quantities. 

[mrsbro]

Mar 20, 2013 9:06:49 GMT -5 elfinia7 said:

I've wanted to do a CSA for awhile but with only two of us and my H being as picky as he is I'm afraid a lot will go to waste. For now, we stick with going to the farmer's market.

I feel the same way. I will eat anything but my H is picky and 2 kids under 4 don't consume a whole lot ::sigh::

[drloretta]

Oh, and being the fiber geek I am, I found a yarn and wool CSA that I would LOVE to do one year!

[mrsbro]

Mar 20, 2013 13:30:58 GMT -5 drloretta said:

Oh, and being the fiber geek I am, I found a yarn and wool CSA that I would LOVE to do one year!

Shush! Where? Link?

[mrsbro]

RockNVoll I knit poorly very very poorly. Like scarves and I have a pattern for a cowl that has yet to be started.

I mostly quilt (again nothing outrageously wonderful ) but I am pretty proud of a few quilts I've made! 

[drloretta]

Def join us on Crafts and rav.

Juniper Moon Farm has yarn, roving, and blanket CSAs. You're welcome

[noodleoo]

I have been wanting to do a CSA for years but I can't justify it. It came out to like $30 a week and we don't spend half that on veggies now. I think we'd waste a lot too. I need to try to hit a farmers market more often. I liked the one in Waltham when we lived there. An food ones in the Burlington area?

[preppy]

I can do a CSA through work that I may try. It's by "the farm school" and it gets delivered to our main building to pick up on Mondays. But like a lot of you I am afraid I will waste a lot of it. But I also think it will force me to branch out and try new things.