Captain’s Log, Supplemental
I’m pretty excited about this organic co-op I’ve joined.
I first read about it in Radiant Magazine. An organic co-op is a group of local farms that join together. Consumers pay for a crate of fresh vegetables every week during the growing season. You commit for a month at a time, and pre-pay for each month.
Each week costs only about $25. Considering how expensive everything is here in California, that’s about how much I spend on vegetables and fruit every week at Safeway or Trader Joe’s.
You don’t get to choose which fruits and vegetables in each week’s crate, but you do get whatever’s fresh and ripe for that week, and the variety is pretty impressive. Since it’s a local organic co-op, it ensures the produce is fresh and not picked early before being shipped across country. All the produce is also organic and not genetically modified.
There are various pick up points in the Bay Area, and the closest one to me is only a few minutes’ drive away. They also send out a weekly newsletter to let you know what will be available that week, and some recipes.
I’m totally excited about this. I’m hoping this will also help me eat healthier and lose a little weight, since I’ll be forced to finish the vegetables each week to make room for next week’s crate. More veggies in my diet is always good, right?
The only thing I don’t know how to cook is the rutabaga.
I’m pretty excited about this organic co-op I’ve joined.
I first read about it in Radiant Magazine. An organic co-op is a group of local farms that join together. Consumers pay for a crate of fresh vegetables every week during the growing season. You commit for a month at a time, and pre-pay for each month.
Each week costs only about $25. Considering how expensive everything is here in California, that’s about how much I spend on vegetables and fruit every week at Safeway or Trader Joe’s.
You don’t get to choose which fruits and vegetables in each week’s crate, but you do get whatever’s fresh and ripe for that week, and the variety is pretty impressive. Since it’s a local organic co-op, it ensures the produce is fresh and not picked early before being shipped across country. All the produce is also organic and not genetically modified.
There are various pick up points in the Bay Area, and the closest one to me is only a few minutes’ drive away. They also send out a weekly newsletter to let you know what will be available that week, and some recipes.
I’m totally excited about this. I’m hoping this will also help me eat healthier and lose a little weight, since I’ll be forced to finish the vegetables each week to make room for next week’s crate. More veggies in my diet is always good, right?
The only thing I don’t know how to cook is the rutabaga.
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