It’s one of the last Saturday mornings to go to the market this year, and an unseasonably warm one! Break the ice (or slush) with vendors by asking about the effects of global warming on produce. Off to take my morning walk now…
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yah, got me a nice muffin for breakfast, and picked up a couple of tubs of hummus and some tzatziki (which will go nicely with the fresh cucumbers I got too).
I hit my CSA instead - the last of the summer produce: Some corn, summer squash, red and green peppers, string beans, lettuce, cabbage.
Starting next week: Freshly pressed apple cider!
This joint is dead on weekends, eh? All you foodies out at brunch or sumpin?
/toast and coffee
Stormy, which CSA to you use?
For the lay people (myself included): CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Correct me if I’m wrong– it’s my understanding that in this arrangement, a consumer invests in a farmer’s harvest then collects the resulting produce throughout the season according to his/her proportionate share. It’s a communistic model, with a good deal of risk. In really really lay terms, it’s a little “Animal Farm” meets “Funny Farm.”
Horse & Buggy Produce. Not a CSA in the truest sense of the word, but good produce and good people. It’s where I first met Waldo, who is much taller than he appears on the Interwebs. We’ve got four more weeks of the season remaining, so I’m looking forward to pumpkins and squash and cider and sweet potatoes and apples.
Horse & Buggy is thinking about doing a mini Winter share this year (I imagine butternut squash and green house lettuce will abound). I’ve been happy with my half share this year and I also get raw milk through them. I prefer CSAs over just buying stuff at the market because it makes me eat and cook veggies I might not normally buy (and now I crave kale, for example). I still supplement with my own garden or the market if I need saomething specific or in greater quantity than my share, but I definitely eat a more varied, healthy diet thanks to Brett and April. For more info, including sample lists of weekly shares, check out http://www.horseandbuggyproduce.com/.
If you are interested in a more traditional CSA (Horse and Buggy buys produce from several Menonite farms in the valley instead of just one farm), check out http://www.buylocalcville.com for a complete listing of local CSAs as well as great info on area grocers and restaurants that buy local (and fun info about what is in season when and listings of various pick your own farms).