"Okay Bay Area friends! If you’ve ever been curious, now's
the time. I’m always raving about my weekly box of produce, picked
fresh and yummy from Eatwell Farm in Dixon, CA (just 65 miles away from SF –
as opposed to the average 1500 miles your food would otherwise travel). Well,
now's the time to get in on the action. Eatwell has just expanded
their CSA, and the summer bounty is starting to arrive.
Seriously, this food will change the way you cook, eat and enjoy vegetables and
fruit. It’s amazing stuff. And you can be happy knowing
that you are contributing not only to a great local family farm (Nigel, Frances
and their twin boys feel like family to me) but also to sustainable agriculture
and all the good things that come with that (improved water and soil quality,
no pesticides and other horrible-for-us chemicals, reduced landfill because of
reduced packaging, reduced dependence on oil because of reduced food miles, and
on and on!). And of course the best is biting into a carrot and realizing
that you really do LOVE carrots, or that you’d actually rather have strawberries
than cookies (okay, maybe not all the time, but definitely some of the time!),
etc! This food tastes so much better because it is both organic and
local – it is picked a day or two before you get it and so it’s picked
ripe and flavorful, and it doesn’t have to travel on trucks and sit in ripening
facilities, etc. Because of all this it’s also more nutritious
(yes, there are actual studies to prove this). And one of the many
great things about Eatwell is that their newsletter has tons of recipes so that
if you’re not quite sure what to do with some item, there’s sure to
be a great way to cook it in the newsletter.
Please visit www.eatwell.com and check out their pick up locations – they
are all over the place and there’s probably one within a mile of where you
live or work. You can get delivery weekly or every other week depending
on how many people you’re feeding and how much you cook. You can
start with a trial subscription of 4 boxes for $108 (a little more if you also
want tasty eggs with your basket!). One hundred-eight dollars for four weeks of amazing food! If
it's not for you after that, then you can simply not renew. Really
hardly anything to lose! You can fill out an online
application form or call Molly, the CSA manager, at 866-627-2465)."
Mari K. Mielcarski
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Karin in Mill Valley recently sent us this email:
"I got my first box of the new cycle on Thursday. What a treasure! We missed our boxes sorely for the three week intermission. It is a wonderful anticipation again. It is like getting a surprise birthday present every week--that same tingle of mystery and anticipation. Thanks!"
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