CSA Veggies

This year Mike and I decided to buy a share in a farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture).  Basically, we pay a local farm a fee at the beginning of the growing season and throughout the summer/early fall, they provide us with vegetables & crops from their farm.  It's a great way to support our local farmers and to get introduced to new vegetables that we've never eaten before.      

We chose Three Springs Farm in Carlisle, KY, because they had  a reasonably priced half-share option and it's been one of the longest running CSA's in Central Kentucky.  So far, it's been really fun to see what will come in our basket every other week.  Most of the veggies are already chosen for us to pick up, but sometimes, we get to choose between herbs or flowers or some oddball crop we've never heard of before.  It definitely adds some fun to the whole process. 

Here is this week's CSA basket.  

edamame (green soybeans)
new potatoes: 'onaway' variety
red cabbage
zucchini
slicing tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
sweet corn
canteloupe
herb: shiso  (but I traded this for some basil)



So consider supporting your local farmers next summer by becoming a shareholder of a CSA.  You'll get fresh local, organic (depending on the farm) food and have fun learning to cook new veggies.