Bring It On

Several weeks ago, Badge and I went to a yoga potluck where the hostess told us about Community Supported Agriculture. CSA is a relationship between local farms and regular folk (such as yours truly) that allows you to purchase a share of the upcoming harvest each month. Your share can be large or small, weekly or bi-weekly, depending on your needs. This hostess gave glowing reviews about the quality and diversity of her weekly deliveries, and of course touted the "greenness" of buying local.

We were intrigued.

After researching a few local farms, we've decided to sign up for a weekly small CSA delivery from Seabreeze Organic Farm, located in the Carmel Valley area. They deliver right to your door (no you do not need to be home) and they even include a bouquet of flowers with each delivery. Every Monday, the weekly delivery is posted so you can plan your meals. This week's delivery consisted of the following:

Avocado, pink grapefruit, gala apples, oranges, peaches, summer squash or beans or mixed peppers or cucumbers, scallions or leeks, bok choi or Swiss chard, mixed sprouts, lavender, Spanish onions, lettuce, salad with edible flowers, celery and a bouquet of flowers.

Love it. I can't wait to get our first delivery and check out the goodies! It will be interesting (and challenging I'm sure) to plan meals based on available produce, rather than buying produce based on planned meals. I'm ready to flex my culinary muscles.