Spring Dreaming - Join a CSA
Farm for 2010
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The 65 degree breeze floating in my office window earlier this week had me daydreaming of Spring. My Spring dreams come with their own menu of seasonal offerings from my CSA farm: salad greens, snap peas, broccoli, green onions, and potatoes, yum. It must be about time to renew my membership for 2010! CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and it's a model that's really taken off in North Carolina.
>>Find CSA farms in your area.
Being a CSA member means that I pay my farmer - Fred Miller at Hilltop Farms - one lump sum in the Winter, and in exchange I get a weekly allotment of organic produce from his farm all through the Spring, Summer and Fall.
I really like the CSA model, because I get a great deal, and also a chance to cut out the middle man and support a local organic farmer directly. Of course, it's not the only way to get local organic food, but it's a good one!
Now's the perfect time to sign up for a CSA membership for the 2010 season. >>Find CSA farms in your area.
Also, an important aside: the new NC Sustainable Food Systems Advisory Council will convene in Raleigh next Tuesday, Feb. 2, thanks to legislation you all helped us get passed in 2009. Here's more detail on the Council and the meeting. It's open to the public - consider coming to see what your new Council is up to!
Thanks for all you do to support just & sustainable agriculture in NC,
Billie |
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NC Sustainable Local Food System Advisory Council
Convenes in Raleigh, February 2, 2010
North Carolina has a new Council devoted to helping our state grow and strengthen its local & organic food economy. Thank you so much to everyone who took action last year to help Toxic Free NC and our allies win on the legislation that created this Council! >>full text of the legislation
The Council's first meeting is next Tuesday, February 2 from 2pm - 4pm at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. The meeting is open to the public, and this is YOUR Sustainable Local Food System Advisory Council after all, North Carolina - join us in attending the meeting! If you're interested in carpooling to the meeting, let me know and we might be able to help coordinate. >>Download the press release with full meeting details from the Center for Environmental Farming Systems
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