James has been telling me about this Google group for the last few days. He even had me write down the recipe for the vegan rhubarb bread I made from our first week’s CSA bounty. (The bread is mighty fine, by the way.)
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Anyway, we’re big supporters of locally grown organic food and are members of the Greentree Naturals CSA here in Sandpoint. Every Wednesday, I head down to the farm and pick up my bag of goodies. When combined with the produce we grow ourselves in our own organic garden, you’re looking at a LOT of veggies to use every week.
However, I’m proud to say that in the last two years, we’ve been CSA members, we have had virtually no waste. As we’ve gotten more into canning, we’ve figured out ways to deal with copious quantities of vegetables. Even beets! (James loves pickled beets on his salad.) I confess that the turnips and kohlrabi are a bit challenging, but we’re working on it ;-)
The Cooking Away My CSA group is only a few weeks old and already a community has grown. It’s very cool seeing people supporting local farmers around the country!