LocalHarvest & CSAs

I found this awhile ago and thought it was pretty cool. It gives you the location of farms, farmer's markets, and community supported agriculture (CSA) throughout the US among other things. It provides a way to find healthy and environmentally friendly food.

One thing that I've been interested to try out is the CSA. If we participate in it, we pay X amount of money, and the farm/s will package a box of fresh organic groceries every week depending on what's available at the time. The box will either be delivered or can be picked up at a certain time weekly or bimonthly.

I have calculated it and figured that it can be fairly comparable to buying a week's worth of fruits and vegetables on my own. For example, according to this CSA at Garden of Eden, it costs $34.75/wk for a box for 2-3 people, $41/wk for a box for 4-5 people. So, if anyone's interested, we could try it out with the bigger box for around $20/wk/2 person, which is what I'm spending on groceries anyway.

Anyone interested?

Did I mention my new goal? I am going to buy whatever is on sale and try it in a new recipe.

So today I'm going to do an experiment. Two actually. I just got some incredibly sweet and delicious raspberries. I barely had the self control to save three of them, which I plan to plant and see what happens. Also, last weekend in San Francisco, I had some pruning plums, which I only found once at the grocery store here, and are a lot more flavorful than your typical plum. Of course, I saved the pits and plan to plant those. I know fruit trees are supposed to be grafted, but I figure there is nothing to be lost in trying.