Did you ever buy bags of salad mixes at the grocery store or vegetables and then it goes bad after a couple of days in your refrigerator? I couldn't count the number of times this happened to us. We end up throwing up bags of salad mixes in the trash and it's so frustrating.
A couple of times I thought it was just because I didn't set the crisper drawer in our refrigerator correctly. Until recently... using the same humidity setting, I noticed that our CSA share vegetables lasted longer. CSA vegetables are harvested just before pick-up and that a huge difference. Unlike grocery store produce CSA shares, doesn't travel for days, neither does it come from another state or county. You are 100% sure that it is harvested at a local farm in our area. You can even visit the farm, pick your own and more importantly build a relationship with the people who plant your vegetables.
Another bonus of having freshly picked vegetables is that it tastes a hundred times better. I noticed that the greens are milder in flavor and sweeter and it makes every meal delicious!
Our Fox Creek Farm CSA share includes:
- Tendersweet Cabbage
- Lettuce
- Green Beans
- Scallions
- Arugula
- Summer Squash
- Cucumber
CSA Recipe of the week: Unstuffed Cabbage
Catch up on our CSA series here:
- Why I love our CSA Shares Reason #3: Meal Planning Starts with Vegetables
- Why I love our CSA Shares Reason #2: Cooking & Eating a Variety of Seasonal Produce
- Why I love our CSA Shares Reason #1: It Reinforces Healthy Eating in our Family
- CSA Recipes
