Partially related to my column in this week’s Gazette is the topic of CSA – Community Supported Agriculture. Basically you buy a “share” of a farmer’s crop. X dollars entitles you to X amount of produce. Unlike a community garden – where you have to water and otherwise tend to the crops, a CSA is the lazyman’s lobster of fresh produce. You pay the bucks, farmer does the work, and you get the food.

A new CSA is mentioned in theEnterprise this weekend:

I’m planning to buy a shared in this CSA and will post my thoughts on it.

A quick search for other CSA’s in Middleboro turned up Plato’s Harvest and I believe the Soule Homestead offers one as well.

One Response to “New CSA”

1. Anonymous says:

   March 30, 2009 at 5:19 pm

   We raised chickens many years ago. Trust me, there is no comparison between fresh and store bought eggs. Although I will be growing my own garden, I will still buy CSA shares for the eggs and cut flowers. What a great idea!