CSAdventure (Cont'd)

We've been CSAing (its a verb now!  I make words!) for over a month.   And its awesome.  The produce is the perfect amount for a whole week of veggie-intense cooking, the price is very right, and the pickup location couldn't be more convenient.  Actually, it could be delivery- that would be the most convenient... but whatever- it would be a tragedy because I'd miss chatting with the farmers.  I love my bongo and rain stick playing farmers!!!  They are true hippies to the core.  Respect.

What keeps surprising me is how good real food tastes.  I'm a skeptical person- and  always thought farmer's market yuppies were more or less talking out their collective asses when they'd proclaim "natural food is more flavorful!" or "you need less when there's more nutrition..."  Sorry yuppie bros- you were right.  I don't see myself going back to the old routine unless our CSA stops existing.  

Another pleasant side-effect is that I find myself easily avoiding Ralph's or Whole Foods (our local chains).  I don't like giving my money to giant grocery stores, right-wing and/or libertarian crazies posing as CEOs, agribusiness, Monsanto, and all the other destructive food-related evils.  Ralph's is notorious for having incorrectly weighted scales and measures, food waste, and treating employees poorly.  Whole Foods pisses me off more. With UFCW Local 770 (*SOLIDARITY!*) workers about to go on strike to protect their wages and healthcare benefits, its an even better reason to stay out of the major grocery chains and shop local (or Trader Joe's for the yuppie deliciousness and soy products I can't say goodbye to!).  Nobody wants to be a scab.

'But enough preaching!' you say!!   'Show me the food porn!!?!'

Haha.  Yeah- I posed my food that week.  But now I'm too lazy.

upper left - fatty basket of FRESH FIGS, WUT?!!

I love being able to use such good stuff to cook meals for me and Dylan.  Its making my (mostly) vegetarian lifestyle almost too easy.  Veggies are quick to cook, and alleviate some of my guilt about not being a kitchen-talented spouse.  And I know its good (health-wise and environment-wise) for D to cut out meat for a few meals a week. 

Sooo- I don't really know where I'm going with this post.  But I would heartily recommend joining a CSA to anyone who might be on the fence about taking the plunge.  It has improved our lifestyle for the better.

I mean- I love me some roasted organic sugar beets, greens, and lentils:

(hippie snacks)