Gretchen and I buy a “share” of fruits and vegetables from a local farmer. The way it works is that you pay for a year’s worth of fruits and or vegetables up front in February, and the farmer prepares a bag of whatever they grow every week. You have to pick it up at a pick up point every week. The advantage for the farmer is that he gets his money in February, when they are buying seeds, fertilizer, etc. and not making much income, and gets to avoid all the middle men getting their cut. The advantages for the member is that you get *A LOT* of fresh locally grown produce and new friends.
Here is a website to sign up or check it out:
http://www.localharvest.org/csa/
and here is the website of the Kirshners, the farmer that we get our shares from:
http://www.northstarorchard.com/
Awesome vegetables from North Star Orchards
To the Moon 