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post #16 of 29
6/14/10 at 1:00pm
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That's the main drawback I see. You live like the did in they old days, i.e. eating whats ready at that moment. Mind you, if I had more time on my hands and more storage space, I'd love to experiment with preserving like they did in the old days.

actually, that is (on paper) one of the things I find atractive - we pretty much eat what we want when we want, now. and frankly we dont eat a lot of variety. I am thinking that if I have a box of vegitables and meat every month and I have to eat it, I will have to be a little more creative in what I do with it, and the whole house will have to get alittle more used to eating differnt things. that is the theory, anyway.
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post #17 of 29
6/14/10 at 1:02pm
This week, mine will have: Cherries Strawberries Apricots Spinach Basil Lettuce Bok Choy (Mei Qing Choi) Garbanzo Beans (just a taste!) New Potatoes Carrots Garlic OR Onions It usually accounts for half of the vegetables we eat in a week, perhaps more.
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post #18 of 29
6/14/10 at 1:03pm
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This week, mine will have:

Cherries
Strawberries
Apricots
Spinach
Basil
Lettuce
Bok Choy (Mei Qing Choi)
Garbanzo Beans (just a taste!)
New Potatoes
Carrots
Garlic OR Onions

It usually accounts for half of the vegetables we eat in a week, perhaps more.

wow! I thought that with the amount you guys eat out, that would be more than you could handle.
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post #19 of 29
6/14/10 at 1:14pm
In dreary old Illinois, we got:

Strawberries
Rhubarb
2 kinds of lettuce
Kohlrabi
Spinach
Radishes
Carrots

Damn Californians.

Storms in Central IL ruined about 1/2 our farmer's crops, so it'll be light for a few weeks. No fun, but these are the times I feel good about supporting her up front and helping out when the weather turns against her.


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Originally Posted by iammatt View Post
This week, mine will have:

Cherries
Strawberries
Apricots
Spinach
Basil
Lettuce
Bok Choy (Mei Qing Choi)
Garbanzo Beans (just a taste!)
New Potatoes
Carrots
Garlic OR Onions

It usually accounts for half of the vegetables we eat in a week, perhaps more.
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post #20 of 29
6/14/10 at 1:20pm
As a board member of a Co-op that sponsors several CSA's here, I just wanted to chime in and say "thanks" for supporting your local growers.
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post #21 of 29
6/14/10 at 3:40pm
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Originally Posted by globetrotter View Post
cool, I am thinking next year of signing up for vegitables and meat.
Here there are a few that offer a special 'fall' version for cold weather crops (potatoes, radishes, lettuces, broccoli, cauliflower, bok choi, greens (mustard, kale, turnip, creasy, collards) and maybe a few others fall crops). So it's not too late. Might not be an option for Chicago climate though.
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post #22 of 29
6/14/10 at 6:34pm
csas are real godsends to farmers because they can count on a reliable base-line income, something they can't do even at farmers markets. and i agree with the young'un who said part of the fun is trying new vegetables. during the winter, you'll probably find more things to do with kale than you thought humanly possible. i had the same thing happen with beets. i love them, perhaps too much, and when i overindulge when they first come in, it's always a little startling the next morning. just ate the last of my beets this weekend: blanched the greens and dressed them with olive oil and red wine vinegar, garnished with roasted beets i'd quartered and a big old chunk of burrata. lots of good olive oil and a generous hand with black pepper is the key to making that one work.
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post #23 of 29
11/25/10 at 2:48am
about how much per lb do you guys pay for yours??
some of the ones here seem kind of expensive over $3/lb (organic)
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post #24 of 29
11/25/10 at 4:12am
can someone explain how these work exactly?

id love to eat more seasonally.
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post #25 of 29
11/26/10 at 6:39pm
here's how they work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communi...ed_agriculture we are part of this one: http://www.westchestercsa.org/ it's hard to find good produce at our local grocery stores. Each year the csa gives us less and less food in our share. with the advent of a farmer's market in our town, we may not participate next year.
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post #26 of 29
11/26/10 at 11:44pm
localharvest.org can give you some more information on CSA's in your area.
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post #27 of 29
11/27/10 at 8:00pm
i used one for a single season, and it cost $20/week. i enjoyed it but a few times we would get hardly anything useful and about a pound of nettles and more cabbage than anyone could consume in a week.
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post #28 of 29
11/28/10 at 7:15pm
We do one, ours is pretty convenient because you order online and you can turn your order on or off for a given week as long as you do it 10 days in advance, and you can select a large or small box. As far as the quality of the food, it's sometimes hit or miss, but the greens are better and last much longer in the fridge than store groceries. They do a pretty good variety usually. My wife has been canning/preserving tons of stuff, as there do tend to be more of one thing than we can eat between the two of us. Of course, we live within a day's drive of one of the richest and most diverse farming areas in the country, so...
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post #29 of 29
1/17/12 at 8:43am
Thread bump. I figured I needed to eat more vegetables, and partly inspired by the Ottolenghi book, I joined a CSA yesterday and looking forward to the first drop tomorrow. With the unseasonably warm winter this "winter box" looks very promising:

Broccoli
Beets
Carrots
Collards
Head Lettuce
Kale
Strawberries
Sweet Potatoes
Spinach
Radishes
Tomatoes
Turnips

Have others stayed active with their CSA?
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