Full Circle Farm

We have discovered the joys of CSA. It must be shared.

First of all, let me apologize to you all. My poor little food blog has become anemic over the winter. *sigh* Life just gets so busy sometimes that there are too many projects and responsibilities to juggle. I try to find that balance, but there’s always bound to be something that gets neglected. Plus, in the wintertime it’s almost impossible to get good pictures with the lack of lighting (inexpensive camera for now – the goal is there!) and it’s uninspiring to post things that have lame pictures. I’m sorry friends.

Excuses are over. Onto the good stuff.

Josh and I have discovered the joys of CSA. For those of us new to that acronym, it stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Sort of like a co-op for produce if you will.

We’ve been wanting to do one for several months now, and I’d been looking into a few, but wasn’t terribly drawn to any of them. I noticed the folks at We Heart Food mentioned theirs, and I asked for a recommendation. They sent us to Full Circle Farm and immediately we knew we’d found our spot.

Full Circle Farm is located in Carnation, Washington, and distributes organic produce to pick-up sites in several locations throughout the Northwest (and even Alaska). The deal is, everything you get is organic, reasonably priced, and they strive to be local when possible. Obviously this time of year, it’s hard to eat anything local so some foods are brought in from other small organic farms they’ve partnered with. You get an email telling you what produce you have coming to you for the week (between 12-14 different kinds of fruits, veggies, and herbs), and you have the option of adding and swapping, which comes in handy if you’re planning for a certain recipe or have allergies in the house. They also offer other produce you can add to your box, or “green grocer” items such as eggs, honey, chocolate, and coffee.

I will tell you, the Nib Brittle Chocolate is wonderful.

Yesterday we picked up our first week’s worth of produce, and I am so stoked. We got celery, leeks, apples, pears, broccoli, red bell peppers, zucchini, tangelos, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, red chard, red lettuce and kiwi. Plus they sent a page of recipes to inspire you. And we subscribed for small box at $30 a week. Not bad for gorgeous, organic produce. We would easily pay that much at the market, we’re supporting within our community, and we’re inspired to try new kinds of produce (leeks are new for me, and I’m loving digging into recipe options).

Love it.

Tags: Veggies

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