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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

"This week your box includes..." is written on a slip of paper that arrives with our CSA delivery. Our CSA delivery comes with the share we purchased from Virginia Green Grocer. The program allows us to receive fresh, organic produce. Our participation allows the farmers to offset their costs. The box usually comes with 6 types of vegetables and 2 types of seasonings and provides most of our vegetables for the week. Tomatoes full of flavor and meaty texture, eggplant with an even cream color inside, peppery arugula, spring greens and the basil aroma fills the room before opening the bag. All in all, it is really nice to have this service available.
Some say to be successful in business, business needs to be nimble; to encourage a successful farming community, the community needs to be engaged! CSA is one way to get engaged with your local farmers.

Our CSA supplements our local, 6x8 garden... though I really wish we had a big house on 5 acres just down the road where our vegetable garden would get more sunlight.







If you want to learn more about CSA, head over to you local library or check out some of these options on Amazon: Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat or Sharing the Harvest. Or search for a CSA program in your area.

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