Or community supported agriculture, if you aren't familiar with the acronym. We joined the local one in our area this year. They've had a waiting list since I first learned of their existence, but this year had a few openings.
Starting the week of May 23rd we'll get a weekly selection of fresh produce from a few local farms. They send an email each week a couple of days ahead of time to let us know what we're getting and suggestions for how to use it.
I'm excited to have fresh produce grown without chemicals at a price I can afford! Do you belong to a CSA or any other food buying group/co-op?
Anyone interested in finding out more, you can search your area at http://www.localharvest.org/. There are other sites that do this so if you know of one, please post it!
It might be a savings if I compared it to what I would have spent to get the same things at a grocery store, but since it's hard to find organic around here we usually just don't buy much. So-technically I'll be spending more, but I'll be getting good stuff in return.
Quoting MomofNikki2010:
Yes we do and I cannot wait for it to start again! Get ready for WAY too much food and to try things you never knew existed!
Oh and stash away all that money you are saving too!
Some Things Cookin' at my blog!
Oh, really? Ours equals out to $22/week and it includes fruit and veggies. For us, that is a big savings over what we pay at the grocery store for organic or non-organic! It's also a lot more than we get at the grocery store so we blanch and freeze a lot.
Quoting Kelly913:It might be a savings if I compared it to what I would have spent to get the same things at a grocery store, but since it's hard to find organic around here we usually just don't buy much. So-technically I'll be spending more, but I'll be getting good stuff in return.
Quoting MomofNikki2010:
Yes we do and I cannot wait for it to start again! Get ready for WAY too much food and to try things you never knew existed!
Oh and stash away all that money you are saving too!
Ours is $22/week too, but what I was saying is that until now, we didn't spend much on produce because I'm not willing to pay the price for organic at our one and only grocery store, and it's not economical to drive 30-40 miles to go to another store. So, I simply haven't been purchasing it. I'm sure that if I bought an equivalent amount at the grocery store I'd be saving money.
Quoting MomofNikki2010:
Oh, really? Ours equals out to $22/week and it includes fruit and veggies. For us, that is a big savings over what we pay at the grocery store for organic or non-organic! It's also a lot more than we get at the grocery store so we blanch and freeze a lot.
Quoting Kelly913:
It might be a savings if I compared it to what I would have spent to get the same things at a grocery store, but since it's hard to find organic around here we usually just don't buy much. So-technically I'll be spending more, but I'll be getting good stuff in return.
Quoting MomofNikki2010:
Yes we do and I cannot wait for it to start again! Get ready for WAY too much food and to try things you never knew existed!
Oh and stash away all that money you are saving too!
Some Things Cookin' at my blog!
Ok. This is SWEET BUSINESS! Just a question though. What on average do they cost? I looked up one in Las Vegas and it was around $2000 (it looked like it was only for summer/fall). I looked at another one and for 10 weeks it is $20 per week.
They will vary greatly and it's important to talk to the growers and find out what to expect for your investment. Mine is $22/week prepaid. If the $2000 one includes, dairy/eggs/beef/pork/chicken or any combo of the above, it might be worth it. Get as many details as you can.
Quoting Orbie1985:
Ok. This is SWEET BUSINESS! Just a question though. What on average do they cost? I looked up one in Las Vegas and it was around $2000 (it looked like it was only for summer/fall). I looked at another one and for 10 weeks it is $20 per week.
Some Things Cookin' at my blog!
JOB!!!
- Kelly913
on May. 13, 2012 at 12:24 AM