Friday, March 19, 2010

Welcome to the CSA Veggie Adventures blog!

CSA or Community Supported Agriculture is a way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Typically, each week during the growing season, CSA members pick up a share of whatever produce has cropped up that week. This encourages local, environmentally sustainable food production, supports local farmers, and benefits families by giving them access to fresh-off-the-vine produce at reasonable cost.

In our case, we pick up our share of veggies from Tangerini's Spring Street Farm in Millis, MA. Tangerini's

Epicurious Seasonal Ingredient Map

The foodie website Epicurious.com has a fabulous interactive map showing seasonal ingredients by month and state - check it out --->
Interactive Seasonal Produce Map