Our weekly “surprise” bag filled with local goodies has come to an end. Since May, my husband and I have been the lucky recipients of fresh vegetables and fruit from Jones Valley Urban Farm’s CSA (Community Supported Agriculture).This was our first year to try it and, boy, have we enjoyed it.
We never planned dinner for Thursdays because that was pickup day. Whatever was in the bag was later on the table.
My husband and I experienced the season through our taste buds, a real treat. And the beauty of eating local is that what we found in the bottom of those brown bags rarely makes it in most food markets: carmello tomatoes, Cajun jewel and burgundy okra, Italian heirloom and ghostbuster eggplants and more. Belonging to JVUF put a real face on our food, and it’s a face we won’t want to miss next year.
If you have a favorite CSA or food co-op, I would love to hear about it.
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- Check out this list of sites for finding your own locally grown food.
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