Deep breath ... and .... vacation!

[hrj]

Work was a lot of tidying up today -- both the things that got pushed aside to finish the Big Report and the things that needed to get done before a week off. But relaxing, even so. I dashed off at lunch to get my hair cut (which, for some reason, I felt was important to squeeze in before heading out of town). But now I'm all packed and ready to get a good sleep before heading out to the airport at an ungodly hour of the morning.

Oh, and I've finally gotten around to signing up for a CSA weekly produce box. I'd done a bunch of research on CSAs that deliver in the East Bay and selected the optimal one ... but hadn't gotten around to signing up. And then someone at work got the company to sponsor a CSA delivery site for Full Belly Farms, so I dropped my previous plans and signed up for that one. Can't get much more convenient than that! Full Belly doesn't do different box sizes, so I'll see how well their standard weekly box works for me.

Comments

[blaurentnv.livejournal.com]

What is a CSA weekly produce box?

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Community Supported Agriculture -- a sort of "produce by subscription" arrangement direct with the grower. You pay a weekly fee and get a delivery of whatever happens to be ripe this week.

[blaurentnv.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a great idea. I wonder if they do that here; something to look into!

[ysabella-dolfin.livejournal.com]

If you ever want to commiserate on how to use up all of your shares (freezing, canning, salting, pickling), let me know... I have gotten pretty creative about it at times!

[hyperparasitoid.livejournal.com]

Which CSA did you decide was optimal before you switched to Full Belly?

[xrian.livejournal.com]

Full Belly Farms iz our homeboys up here ;) I know the owners through the Davis Food Co-op, and they are quite delightful people. I'm glad to see them prospering.

The farm was actually named after Dru, the female partner, who was very, very pregnant at the time they started the biz ;)

[etaine-pommier.livejournal.com]

Full Belly is what we get, and I've been really happy with them. They're the second East Bay CSA I've tried, and the best so far.

Even if I do have to figure out what to do with turnips ;-)

[joycebre.livejournal.com]

I heard horses like turnips. :-)

[blaurentnv.livejournal.com]

OK, how do you locate CSA's? http://www.localharvest.org/csa/ lists some, but the closest to us is 40 miles, which is a bit far given that were in an agricultural county! The concept seems great.