My First CSA!!!

Greetings all!
Today I wanted to share with you my first forey into a CSA (Community-supported agriculture).
What is a CSA you ask?

To quote from Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture )

"Community-supported agriculture (in Canada, community-shared agriculture) (CSA) is an alternative, locally-based socio-economic model of agriculture and food distribution. A CSA also refers to a particular network or association of individuals who have pledged to support one or more local farms, with growers and consumers sharing the risks and benefits of food production. CSA members or subscribers pay at the onset of the growing season for a share of the anticipated harvest; once harvesting begins, they receive weekly shares of vegetables and fruit, in a vegetable box scheme, and also sometimes herbs, cut flowers, honey, eggs, dairy products and meat, as well. Some CSAs provide for contributions of labor in lieu of a portion of subscription costs."

As I started researhing locl CSAs to my area I came across Evergreen Meadow Farm ( http://www.greentowns.com/initiative/community-supported-agriculture/evergreen-meadow-farm-rockwell-nc ) in Rockwell NC, which is not even 5 miles from my house.

Yesterday (Satruday, April 7th) I made my first pickup of goodies. Katiue French is the propritor of Evergreen and met me at the main gate to her farm with a basket full of Easter Cheer!

This week the package contained, Challah Bread, Angel Food Cake, Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs (Hard Boiled), 1 Dozen Farm Freesh Brown Eggs and a Bag of Lavender Heads (which smell so good!)

These Lavender Heads just make a room smell good!

and yes the bread is as good as it looks! We also had some of the eggs with breakfast this morning as they were devine!















Cant wait to see what goodies ill get next week!!

Until then...

Cheers!