Today, I have a guest blogger who is going to explain about CSAs? I am always looking for ways to support farmers and eat local. This is a great way to get fresh, in season produce if you don't have a place to grow your garden. Thanks for the entry Edonna Koon.
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| Tomatoes |
A CSA, Community Supported Agriculture, allows you
to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer.
Here’s how it works, a farmer offers “shares” to the
public. The shares are boxes of vegetables, fruits or other farm products. You
purchase a share (membership) and get a box (bag, basket) of seasonal/local
produce each week throughout the farming season.
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| Squash |
This arrangement benefits both the consumer and the
farmer. The consumer gets food straight from the farm, can visit the farm
itself and gets to try new veggies and find out how to prepare them. The farmer
gets money early in the season to help cash flow and can market there own
product.
June 7th I got to visit, “Love is Love
Farm” here in Atlanta, GA to see how a CSA works and how the food is grown.
What they have managed to do on 1.5 acres is nothing short of amazing- take a
look for yourself (http://loveislovefarm.com).
The operation has tomatoes, squash, mushrooms and more.
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| Mushrooms are grown on and around the tree. |
I could go on forever but to get more info on CSAs
for your own edification check out this site, http://www.localharvest.org/csa/ .
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