Where Does Your Food Come From?

At dinner last night, as we were enjoying our grass-fed beef cheese steaks, the girls started discussing the importance of knowing exactly what your food is and where it comes from. As a family we try to source our food locally by doing things like joining CSAs and buying co-ops. Our beef last night was purchased through a buying club…

First CSA Pickup of 2010. aka Strawberries! Strawberries! Strawberries!

We had our first pickup at our CSA on Tuesday. For those of you that don’t know CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. You can visit Local Harvest for more information on CSAs and to locate one near you. Over the last 7 years we have been part of 3 different CSAs. This is its…

Last Farm Pickup

Our last trip to the farm yesterday was uneventful and unceremoniously quick which is unusual. It has been a slow summer for the crops with the unseasonal heat, deer and lack of rain our share has been meek. The food is most certainly not the only reason we have joined our CSA though. Helping to…

First Farm Pickup

We had our first farm pickup yesterday and have had two wonderful meals since then. We received;1 boc choi1 red baby boc choi1 head of oad leaf lettuce1/2 bowl of arugula1 bowl masculine1 bunch of broccoli raab1 bunch of radishes3 sprigs of basil3/4 of a pint of snap peas (which we ate on our way…