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We found our CSA through LocalHarvest.org. It was the only one listed in the area.
[There's a whole thing here about how people say they get more good food cheaper through their CSA, but I gotta say that I must have the queen of thrifty produce shopping gene or something, because it's totally not cheaper for us than going to my favorite tiny produce markets. I do it to support our seasonal eating and our local farmers, myself. But I think a NJ CSA might well be cheaper than the grocery stores.]
Anyway, the other weekend I was at the Easton Farmer's Market and talking to a vendor. He had some really nice rhubarb but I don't think our menu has moved to encompass rhubarb yet, and we already had Too Much Mixed Greens from the CSA; we are eating Salads and Cooked Greens as fast as we can. I mentioned that we had a CSA, and he also does a CSA, and I mentioned finding ours on Local Harvest.org-- and he had never heard of it.
Wah! These days, it's more important than ever that small local growers who have stands or do CSAs or whatever publicize themselves, because the traditional method of finding small local growers (driving around aimlessly in the countryside) is less and less doable with the price of gas. (You can also call your local Cooperative Extension agent, which can be helpful...)
So I told the vendor about localharvest.org and urged him to get listed on it...
[There's a whole thing here about how people say they get more good food cheaper through their CSA, but I gotta say that I must have the queen of thrifty produce shopping gene or something, because it's totally not cheaper for us than going to my favorite tiny produce markets. I do it to support our seasonal eating and our local farmers, myself. But I think a NJ CSA might well be cheaper than the grocery stores.]
Anyway, the other weekend I was at the Easton Farmer's Market and talking to a vendor. He had some really nice rhubarb but I don't think our menu has moved to encompass rhubarb yet, and we already had Too Much Mixed Greens from the CSA; we are eating Salads and Cooked Greens as fast as we can. I mentioned that we had a CSA, and he also does a CSA, and I mentioned finding ours on Local Harvest.org-- and he had never heard of it.
Wah! These days, it's more important than ever that small local growers who have stands or do CSAs or whatever publicize themselves, because the traditional method of finding small local growers (driving around aimlessly in the countryside) is less and less doable with the price of gas. (You can also call your local Cooperative Extension agent, which can be helpful...)
So I told the vendor about localharvest.org and urged him to get listed on it...
