CSA Week of January 21
January 22, 2012 in CSA
I think we are officially settling into life in Texas now that we have found a new CSA!
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. I’ll post more about CSAs soon, but if you are not familiar, it is a way to buy produce directly from a farm. Your support their growing season and share in the production from the farm. It is an amazing way to get truly fresh produce, as well as support local agriculture. Another benefit is that you often get to try produce you have not encountered before. So it helps you to be a more adventurous eater which Brad and I enjoy!
We decided to join Cold Springs Farm CSA. The farm is located in Weatherford (west of Ft. Worth) the owner, Beverly Thomas, has developed a really great distribution method. She sets up a food “drop” in Ft. Worth each Saturday. You show up to gather your produce – Beverly gives everyone the first 5 same items then you get to pick the next 5 items you want. It’s really a great idea!
Yesterday we went to pick up our first batch of veggies for the winter season. What a haul!!
Here is the list of items we picked up yesterday – the first 5 are the ones Beverly chose:
- Green Garlic
- Baby bok choy
- Taku choy
- Chinese celery
- Fenugreek – fresh!
- Purple potatoes
- Celeriac (Celery Root)
- Garlic
- Japanese sweet potato
- Dried Anasazi Beans
There was also had a table full of fresh fruits from south Texas, preserves & honey for sale, and a Texas lamb rancher representative (more on this later), and great local bakery selling a few goodies. This is such a cool way to run a CSA and we are really excited about the seasons to come.










