CSAs and recipes
Deborah Madison interviewed
By Kim Carlson
July 16, 2008
Chef and author Deborah Madison, a regular on this site who was interviewed last week over at The Jew and The Carrot, says that she’s begun to see a new way for farmers to get their goods to market:
Another thing I’m seeing is a different form of CSA — where someone puts together food from a group of farmers. Instead of a person getting chard and endless bunches of kale, they get a box that has a dozen eggs, a chicken or cheese, an array of vegetables, and maybe a baked good. So it’s somewhere between a store and a farmers’ market. It’s still all local, but it’s kind of like a shopping service. I think it’s very interesting that people are thinking in these innovative ways.
Have you seen this kind of system in your community?
Read the interview for more on Deborah and the paperback release of her beautiful and timely book Local Flavors.
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1. by anonymous on Jul 16, 2008 at 1:05 PM PDT
in austin we have greenling.com which is reasonably local.
2. by Rob on Jul 16, 2008 at 4:28 PM PDT
We used to live in Philadelphia, and the CSA we belonged to did that. Loved it. Always had eggs, 1lb of meat (or tofu), some kind of cheese, a loaf of bread, seasonal fruit and veggies and the best butter you’ve ever eaten. We now live in Portland, OR where there’s much more of all of that, but sadly, we haven’t been able to find a comparable CSA.
3. by rwho on Jul 17, 2008 at 2:15 PM PDT
We’ve moved from a traditional CSA to Fresh Picks (freshpicks.com), which is based on the model Madison describes. We’ve been very happy with the variety of food offered.
4. by anonymous on Jul 18, 2008 at 11:06 AM PDT
In the Atlanta area, we are members of Farmer’s Fresh Food network (www.farmersfreshfood.com) and that’s how it works: multiple farms, varieties of food in each pickup. We’re quite happy with it.
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