Comments on: Plan CSA & farmer’s market now

By: What’s in your garbage? | Cheap Like Me

What’s in your garbage? | Cheap Like Me — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:48:29 +0000

[...] cereal bag from Mr. Cheap’s breakfast. He usually has eggs, but our egg CSA pickup is on Tuesdays, so we were out of eggs by Tuesday morning. (I often use these for gift bags, [...]

By: Deb Coyle

Deb Coyle — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:31:11 +0000

We were members of a CSA for a few years, but opted out in favor of our local farmers’ market. Being the control freak that I am, I prefer picking out my own produce and deciding what I’m going to eat for the week. If we didn’t have the option of a farmers’ market, I would have stayed with the CSA. It’s definitely worth it. This year, in addition to the farmers’ market produce, I have started my own garden. Depending on how productive it is, I may be able to spend less on veggies this year and burn a few calories at the same time. Win-win!

By: erin

erin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:37:03 +0000

We did a CSA for about 4 years but since we had kids, we haven’t had the time to devote to cooking. I am hoping we will buy a share again next year when the kids are a little more self sufficient. We do have a nice garden going – all I have to remember to do is harvest it!

By: JAM

JAM — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:23:47 +0000

This is our first year of doing a summer CSA – last year I did fall and winter (since summer had already sold out). This year I’m doing them all, plus an extra preservation share for food to put up for later. I like it since you pay up front and then don’t have to worry about how much the veggies cost each week, and since we get things we wouldn’t have bought otherwise, we broaden our horizons. Being a Yankee I can’t waste anything, so we eat it all and generally like it. My kids eat more veggies this way, both since there are more veggies in the house, and since they know the farmer who grew it. That makes them a lot more likely to try it and want to like it. Finding grass fed meat is a lot harder for me – we have a great farmer’s market but they don’t have much meat there. I think I’m going to have to drive further afield and once I find a place with good meat I should stock up.