Hmm. I was kind of hoping my last post would lead to some comments about what beautiful books I should read next... oh well. I'm sure I will find some. I accidentally joined some book social network thing... I might have to figure it out.
This is just a quick post for now... my super-duper awesome roommate and I got ourselves a CSA for the summer. CSA stands for community supported agriculture. Basically we contacted a local farmer with a CSA program and agreed to pay in advance for a share of produce. Obviously this is pretty great for the farmer. They get the cash beforehand in order to buy seeds, compost, or whatever else they need. But it's also pretty great for us because since we paid for it up front, we now get what feels like free produce for the rest of the season (until OCTOBER!). Being special insiders, we get the "first fruits" at a cheaper rate than we would have at the farmers' market. Our CSA is super awesome because the farm we have not only has delish organic vegetables, but also free range eggs and fruit!
Here's a picture of our first week's haul:
This is just a quick post for now... my super-duper awesome roommate and I got ourselves a CSA for the summer. CSA stands for community supported agriculture. Basically we contacted a local farmer with a CSA program and agreed to pay in advance for a share of produce. Obviously this is pretty great for the farmer. They get the cash beforehand in order to buy seeds, compost, or whatever else they need. But it's also pretty great for us because since we paid for it up front, we now get what feels like free produce for the rest of the season (until OCTOBER!). Being special insiders, we get the "first fruits" at a cheaper rate than we would have at the farmers' market. Our CSA is super awesome because the farm we have not only has delish organic vegetables, but also free range eggs and fruit!
Here's a picture of our first week's haul:
The bag at the top of the table is lettuce. I think next week we get strawberries. I will keep you posted!
This sounds awesome! You have inspired me to find something similar in Pittsburgh!
ReplyDeleteYay! I need to take a picture of this week's goodies and post it soon!
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