The CSA panic strikes -- again!

From Susmita Sharma — Blog by Susmita Sharma

March 10, 2009

You all might have heard about a CSA by now. You haven’t? CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. In a nutshell, you commit to buying your ‘share’ of produce from a local farm or group of farms, and each week you are blessed with a bag/box of farm fresh produce. Not just any farm fresh produce, but usually it is Organic, Sustainable, Local -- all those buzz words that even the Safeway shopper likes to utter (as they have a list of 100 reasons why they cannot join a CSA). This truly is a blessing - my 5 year-old has eaten more varieties of fruits and vegetables than sadly, most adults have in the United States. The mere words “honey, this is x (insert vegetable name) from the farm” is magic! He will try it. Not always like it, but hey, if you know 5 year-olds trying it is more than half the battle.

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