CSA (Community Support Agriculture) -- anyone use them?

[FTM2Hannah]

Hello,

I've been doing some brainstorming about cutting food costs and ran across two CSA's @ Laguna Farm and Orchard Farms (both in Sebastopol) and wondered if anyone has tried them or know of anyone who has. It looks like they give you a "box" of organic veggies for a certain price every week or every other week....

Thanks!
Beth

[LMS]

never even heard of them! Lemmi know how it goes if you decide to go with them! We might be interested.

[KaisaG]

One of my co-workers' wife owns "Shea's Organics" and she delivered stuff to people within the office. She even brought some stuff in for people just to try/take home. I don't have any experience with the two CSA's that you mentioned but I can highly recommend Shea's. Their stuff is BEAUTIFUL and EXTREMELY fresh!! You can check them out at http://www.sheasorganics.com

[KaisaG]

Also I have one of their flyers/registration forms if anyone wants one (I can make copies if there is more than 1 person).

[My3sonsplus1]

i'd be intereste Keisa

[KaisaG]

OK- I can mail it or email it to you- or wait until I see you. Just PM me with your info and I will send it or hold it :)

[karen-clark]

My Mom was in one of these (not sure which one) and quit because they give you SO much so unless you have someone to share it with, or go through a lot of veggies every week, it may be hard to keep up. It was just the 2 of them so it may be better for big families or like I said splitting it with someone. You have to take the stuff each week even if you don't need it yet.

[JuliaSannar]

So do you get to choose the veggies/herbs that you want - or do they give you whatever they have??

[My3sonsplus1]

my understanding is it is a X pound box of whatever is available, you don't pick anything (the CSA that is)

[FTM2Hannah]

Shea's organics isn't doing the CSA until the summer...

Beth

[Kellie_MO5]

I would love to get involved on a CSA, when we have the $$, I was looking into a few others that aren't listed (will have to find them later) but the SHEA seems a bit $$... i think the others I saw were between 50 and 75/month....

[justamom]

I would be interested! Sorry I did not see this post sooner.

[StacyK]

We do the Laguna Farm CSA box every other week. We've only been doing it since the winter, so I don't know what it's like in the summer, but I wouldn't be worried about getting too much. We do eat quit a bit of veggies, but I guess it depends on your household.

I think the biggest adjustment is learning how to add new veggies into your cooking. - for instance, I've never bought fresh beets before, but I love them, so it was just a matter of finding a recipe for them.

You don't get to pick what's in your box, but you can trade for something else in their store if it's something you *won't* use. And when they're short on stuff to put in your box, they might put something else, like last week we got a bottle of organic asian paer/apple juice...mmmmm.....

We pay $16 every other week and Ashur loves to make the trip to the "barn."
So far it's been a good experience, but I hope the veggies pick up in the Summer.

They have a website
www.lagunafarm.com

On there they also have recipes for things you miht find in your box.

[colleen&Kail]

that sounds like a cool ides, we might have to try that.

[Kellie_MO5]

that ^^ looks like a good deal... can you give an example of what you get/how much you get?

[becky]

this sounds great...this is something my husband would love since he just got a pulverizer for xmas

[Lynette]

I just signed up online to check it out. Thanks for the info Stacy!