Comments on: Community Supported Agriculture

By: etherbish

etherbish — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I love the idea of CSA, but I find it difficult in my area to find one that will a) deliver or make readily available *small* weekly shares for just two people and b) make shares available at reasonable prices. As I recall from my last round of research, shares in my area usually cost around $550/year or even more. Of course, prices may have dropped by now, but it wasn’t very encouraging then. It’s possible to get half-shares, but that usually just means you get a share every other week instead of a half-share every week. One nice thing, however, is that some of the CSAs are also including small shares of organic meats, free-range eggs, and locally-produced cheese, bread, and pasta.

By: Barbara Fisher

Barbara Fisher — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I suspect that as more farmers become involved in CSAs, the prices will lower, and the idea of a share will become more fluid.

One idea is to split a share with another couple--then you pay half the price, and recieve a half share once a week.

I also like the idea of egs, bread, meats, pasta and cheese becoming a part of the CSA idea. Some CSAs also do fruits, ciders and preserves.

By: wwjudith

wwjudith — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

What a great idea! You could also shop a bigger share when you had entertaining going on and skip the times you weren’t at home—that’s really useful.

Tomatillos make me laugh. I grew some several years ago to fill in a section while I was waiting for the perennials to fill out. No problem, I thought–they’re tropical, so they will only last the one season.
Ha!
I now have wild tomatillos throughout my garden—who would have thought that they’re actually zone 4 plants?
Funny memory…last Fall as the Weed Slave(my teener employee) and I were cleaning up, my strongly non-gardening husband came out to chat. “Eat this!” said the Weeder, holding up a tomatillo, husk and all. The memory of the look that my husband gave Saskia the weed Slave always makes me laugh.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks Barbara for sharing. This is pretty new to me, and I don’t think CSA is practised here at all, and I don’t know if it will. Land is so scarce here and almost everyone lives in concrete blocks, though it will be a different story if and when we do move back to BC. Shirley.

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I wish we had CSA here in the UK. I know another blogger who is in one and raves about it all the time.
Still, given all the farmers markets I probably shouldn’t really complain!