CSA time – Sycamore Spring Farm
After watching Food, Inc and reading way to many articles about Genetically Modified food lately, Sara and I have decided to ‘adopt’ a farm this year. Well, not so much ‘adopt’ … but purchase a share in a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Farm.
We found our farm by visiting the website called Local Harvest (http://www.localharvest.org) which by zip code / city / state you can find family farms in your area where you too can get fresh produce without having to eat something that was shipped to your local grocery store from Argentina. We’re both VERY excited about the prospects of having 30 weeks of fresh vegetables, herbs, fruits and eggs to tide us through the growing season of the year! Do you take a risk in not receiving a lot of fresh produce? Sure, but just as in normal farming, you can also reap the rewards of a plentiful harvest. What an excellent way to teach our girls that there is a better way to eat, to live, and to be in harmony with the planet that we are constantly destroying these days.
Our farm is named Sycamore Spring Farm (http://www.sycamorespringfarm.org) and is less than 20 minutes away from the house in Frederick, Maryland!
They have numerous other items available at the farm such as pick you own events, classes regarding topics such as food preservation and solar/wind power, etc. I’m especially excited because I may have found a local source to replenish my worm population after my little, umm, how should I say it, slaughter of an excellent pound of red wigglers last year.. ;-(
The early spring is an excellent time to sign up as there are a limited amount of shares on each of the different CSA’s. Check it out! What do you have to lose?
