does anyone do a CSA delivery?
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Anonymous
| trying to think of ways I can simplify my life now that I'm expecting DC2. can anyone recommend their CSA or organic/local food delivery? thanks much! |
Anonymous
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haha.. at first I thought this was some new way to give birth.
I did one through Great Country Farm that was good. There is also washingtons gree grocer which is not a CSA but still delivers a bow of produce every week. They deliver other items as well. |
Anonymous
| We use Green Grocer. |
Anonymous
| A CSA will not simplify your life. It is all food that takes preparation, nothing you can just pull out of the fridge and serve. |
Anonymous
| Check out relay foods. They do home delivery and you can get a produce box as well as select individual items and grocery and prepared foods, all good quality stuff. |
Anonymous
I had them two years ago and was really disappointed. OP, what comes in a CSA box is whatever they planted that was successful. Which means that for several weeks our house was crazy with zucchini and squash, neither of which I like at all. Plus, while it's fun to experiment with new veggies (scapes!), I would not have found trying to figure out new ways with new foods with a new baby any fun. However, you might be a better cook than I am. 
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Anonymous
I am a long time CSA subscriber. It is a lot of work and you will be wasting your money with a new baby in the house. Instead I recommend setting up a soupscription with Souper Girl and delivery with South Mountain Creamery. |
Anonymous
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We get a small box from Earth Spring Farms April - Nov and highly recommend them. It's an organic farm in PA with various drop locations in the city. The produce is gorgeous, and their weekly newsletter provides easy recipies for using it. You can also add in fruit, meat, cheese, and egg shares from their partners (we did the fruit, which was better priced than our farmer's market.)
Yes, you'll need to use the veggies every week, but ES is good about providing items and quantities people want. We gave up our car and I found it so convenient to just pick up my box once a week and know I'd meal plan around its contents. For us it ensured that we ate vegetables---and lots of them! |
Anonymous
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Ok, starts in May.
http://www.earthspringcsa.com |
Anonymous
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We get a small box from Earth Spring Farms April - Nov and highly recommend them. It's an organic farm in PA with various drop locations in the city. The produce is gorgeous, and their weekly newsletter provides easy recipies for using it. You can also add in fruit, meat, cheese, and egg shares from their partners (we did the fruit, which was better priced than our farmer's market.)
Yes, you'll need to use the veggies every week, but ES is good about providing items and quantities people want. We gave up our car and I found it so convenient to just pick up my box once a week and know I'd meal plan around its contents. For us it ensured that we ate vegetables---and lots of them! |
Anonymous
| I've been an enthusiastic subscriber to Earth Spring Farm these last two summers, but I'm not going to do it this summer because I have a new baby. I simply can't imagine keeping up with the sort of inventive cooking that a CSA requires, and I LOVE cooking. My baby is only 7 weeks right now, so maybe I'll have more energy for cooking by May, but I'm not betting on it. |
Anonymous
| I thought this was about a type of birth that I had never heard about…. |
Anonymous
| Peapod would save time, but not a CSA. |
Anonymous
| Another rec for relay foods. It is a great combo of whole foods, Safeway, and farmer's market. We use at least once a month and love it. |