Think all drive thru’s are bad? Well here’s an awesome new CSA in LA that’s found a way to lower the cost of a subscription and make pickup wildly convenient!
The Ramirez Farm in Riverside serves up their produce to 5 farmers markets and 4 CSA’s in the LA area. But rather than having to pay ahead (and in full at a cost of $400-500) of the growing season to become a CSA member, customers can sign up with a one time payment of just $25 to sample a week’s worth of local and organic fruits or veggies. (Larger families can order more and price will be adjusted accordingly; $2 from each bag goes to school garden and nutrition programs.) After that, you get to customize your membership: pick up a bag every week or maybe just every other week. Going out of town? Totally cool! You can just skip that week. All you have to do is place your order each Monday, then drive through their location in Little Tokyo in downtown LA that opens today to pick up your loot.
Here’s a sampling of what was in a recent mixed fruit and vegetable bag:
1 head of romaine lettuce
1 lb Broccoli
2 corn
2 avocados
1 lb red bell peppers
2 garlic
1 basket of strawberries
1 lb yellow peaches
1 lb white nectarines
1 lb apricots
choice between spinach or kale
choice between cauliflower or celery
A Full Fruit Bag:
1 watermelon
1 cantaloupe
1 basket strawberries
1 basket figs
2 lbs yellow peaches
2 lbs white nectarines
They have other locations throughout LA, so if you live in the city, head to www.csacalifornia.org to find one closer to you. And for the rest of us non-Californians, well this is our cue to be insanely jealous of a place where a CSA subscription offers avocados and figs!
(Photo care of Helen Abraga’s Flickr Stream.)
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