Friday, February 02, 2007

The Last Veggie Post

I'm not going to bore you all with the details of what I did and didn't eat. I know my life is hopelessly fascinating, but I can concede that some things are a bit much. We'll just go with an overall assessment of my CSA experience.

In theory, this is a wonderful thing. Eating locally grown food is one of the best things you can do for the environment (the reasons why are listed here). I'm happy that So Fla has a CSA program, and happy that I participated in it. I liked the sense of adventure inherent to not knowing what you'd be eating for the week until you picked the box up. It forced us to be creative, and we didn't even really stretch our imagination that much, given that we've had a chaotic month.

But in reality, it's a lot of food. A LOT. And a lot of food that we just don't eat, at least not on a weekly basis. I've been up to my ears in greens. I never eat beets. Turnips, those I was pleased to find were pretty decent. The carrots, green beans and tomatoes were all delicious. My husband loved the tangelos and carambolas. But it was A LOT of food for 2 adults and one toddler, and as it is, we were splitting the share.

Another issue is money. I haven't really figured out how much I spend on fruits and veggies, but the thought of putting $580 (the cost of a full-share for a season, roughly 20 weeks) seems steep. If we were vegetarians or better about eating veggies with every meal, or if I actually liked a wide variety of veggies like Ben does, it would make sense. If we were to take this on for a season, I think we'd start with a half share ($350). I would also probably join the egg share, too.

Final assessment: Loved my experience, it's not for us right now, will revisit this option in the future.



Posted by Tere @ 2/02/2007   | |

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