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Jul 17th
A week of CSA vegetables
Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage-1 head Napa Cabbage-1 head Red Leaf Lettuce-1 head Summer Squash-2 pounds Red Sorrel-1 bunch Red Ace Beets with Greens-1 bunch Travisio Raddichio-1 head Rat Tail Radishes-1 bunch Eggplant-1 2 Pickling Cukes 2 Boothby Blonde Cukes
Jul 17th
Detour (4/4)
I head outside to my bike, my bags stuffed with veggies and sprinkled with dirt. My bike is boxed-in by an indifferent hispanic lady with a large cooler. A man walks up and mumbles something in Spanish. The cooler opens and out wafts an intoxicating aroma. Beef and chicken empanadas. In my mind I hear, “Fried means saturated oils! Carbs! Don’t eat that. Eat from these three bags...
Jul 17th
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Veggies (3/4)
Grace and I decide to try decade-old neighborhood, Chelsea CSA. Each share costs $520, roughly $20/week. Actually, there’s a waiting list. We get our share after a member moves away from the area. We’ve only missed a few weeks, and pay a pro-rated $411.56. On tuesday, I went to Hudson Guild community center to pickup our first share of organic fair trade sustainable veggies. For a...
Jul 17th
CSAs to the rescue (2/4)
Community Supported Agriculture The idea of solving dizzying healthy eating conundrums with one simple decision seems almost too easy. CSAs are co-operatives connecting communities with local family farms. The farm is certified organic. They are local. They use sustainable farming methods. They set the prices so it’s also fair trade. Delicious. How it works CSA members buy 1 share of the...
Jul 17th
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People like food. (1/4)
and they really like food fads. Eat this, not that. Less meat. More veggies. Less saturated oils. Less carbs. More bacon. Less high fructose corn syrup. Local. My wife, Grace, and I mostly adhere to the “Eat food” suggestion by Michael Pollan, and eye those tongue-twisting chemicals suspiciously. Lately, it’s been, “Eat organic.” This makes sense to us too, but...
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