Bountiful Harvest
Blog reader Sernin has a couple of photos that I find interesting. Her description:
"I got my first Community Supported Agriculture basket today. I showed up too late for eggs, and I swapped my loaf of 8-grain bread for dietary reasons."
The goods:
2 bell peppers
1 gallon bag of field greens
1 quart bag of basil
1 tub of pesto
1 blob of fresh whole wheat pasta
1 pound beefalo
1 gallon bag of frozen (purple hull?) peas
8 sweet potatoes (half of them in swap for the bread)
1 big yellow (spaghetti?) squash
2 little decorative gourds
1 box rice
1/2 quart bag of popcorn
1 bag cornmeal (in swap for them running out of eggs)
1 unit colby cheese
When asked for details of the program, Sernin responds:
"Their website is here. And lots of CSA information here.
Their email is csalittlerock@yahoo.com and phone is 501.374.1660
To sign up for the program, just visit them at the River Market to fill out the enrollment form. They have a choice of vegetarian baskets or whole market baskets. Payment is required in advance. I signed up for a three month stretch of whole market baskets for $180, and just got my first basket last Friday morning."
Anybody else in the CSA program? Thoughts or comments?
"I got my first Community Supported Agriculture basket today. I showed up too late for eggs, and I swapped my loaf of 8-grain bread for dietary reasons."
The goods:
2 bell peppers
1 gallon bag of field greens
1 quart bag of basil
1 tub of pesto
1 blob of fresh whole wheat pasta
1 pound beefalo
1 gallon bag of frozen (purple hull?) peas
8 sweet potatoes (half of them in swap for the bread)
1 big yellow (spaghetti?) squash
2 little decorative gourds
1 box rice
1/2 quart bag of popcorn
1 bag cornmeal (in swap for them running out of eggs)
1 unit colby cheese
When asked for details of the program, Sernin responds:
"Their website is here. And lots of CSA information here.
Their email is csalittlerock@yahoo.com and phone is 501.374.1660
To sign up for the program, just visit them at the River Market to fill out the enrollment form. They have a choice of vegetarian baskets or whole market baskets. Payment is required in advance. I signed up for a three month stretch of whole market baskets for $180, and just got my first basket last Friday morning."
Anybody else in the CSA program? Thoughts or comments?
Comments
I've been getting the baskets for about a year now -- I highly recommend them. We're supporting small local farmers, buying fresh food that hasn't traveled thousands of miles to get to us, cooking with things we might normally pass up -- I can't say enough good things about the CSA program. Hardin's Mercantile makes it easy to eat local.
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October 29, 2007 06:50 PM
I agree with Kelly. We've been part of the program almost since it began. Jodie Hardin works hard (VERY hard) to make sure the baskets are worth the cost. Over the course of the year, it's MORE than worth it. Our biggest problem is using all the food fast enough. We usually parcel out things like rice to our kids, since we can eat only SO much of it! The best thing is the baskets have introduced us to some foods we night have tried, otherwise.
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October 29, 2007 07:01 PM
Cheers to the EAT AR Blog for posting this blog. It's refreshingly optimistic to see that there are people who are rallying behind their local farmers and supporting the sale of healthy food products. I love it. Just wish I could afford the baskets, myself. They look beautiful and conjure up many guilt-free recipe ideas in my head. Love to see people doing something good for their communities and their bodies!
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October 30, 2007 10:00 AM
After reading "Omnivore's Dilemma" recently, I'm even more convinced this is the route I want to go. I appreciate the information about this program.
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October 30, 2007 11:24 AM