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Posts tagged “Virtual CSA Box”

Virtual CSA Box: Radishes

It's still early for the CSAs in New York and the Midwest, but the ones out West have been swinging along for a couple months. Be Wise Ranch in California has a splendid box coming to their members th...

Virtual CSA Box: Strawberries

Strawberries are showing up this week and next in many CSA boxes - another ubiquitous produce item that is available at any time of the year in hothouse, nearly tasteless varieties bred for durabili...

Virtual CSA Box: Romaine Lettuce

It's time for spring lettuce again, and it turns out that even the ubiquitous romaine lettuce has a season. Expect the romaine lettuce showing up in produce boxes across the country to be fresher and ...

Virtual CSA Box: Broccoli

Ah, broccoli. Neither obscure nor particularly difficult, broccoli presents a different sort of challenge to those of us who are finding yet another bunch in our CSA box this week. Broccoli is the...

Virtual CSA Box: Asparagus

Fresh green asparagus is back in season and appearing in Community Supported Agriculture boxes from farms such Full Belly Farm in Guinda, California. Asparagus is one of the simplest vegetables to e...

Virtual CSA Box: Beets

Beets are one of our all-time favorite foods. They are popping up in CSA boxes now, along with the other root vegetables that populate late winter, but their crimson innards beat starchy potatoes and ...

Virtual CSA Box: Navel Oranges

Orange crop production is expected to fall by 18% this year due to unexpected cold weather in California and Florida, so if you find navel oranges in your CSA box, enjoy them! They're showing up in bo...

Virtual CSA Box: Tatsoi

Tatsoi may not show up in every CSA box this week, but we noticed it last week in the boxes coming from Tierra Miguel Farm in Pauma Valley, CA. Tatsoi is in the same family as spicy mustard greens...

Virtual CSA Box: Arugula

Arugula, also known as rocket, is a spicy winter green showing up this week in CSA boxes across the country, including the ones from Be Wise Ranch near San Diego. Arugula goes by several other n...

Virtual CSA Box: Green Cabbage

We felt that green cabbage would be a good choice for this, our first installment of the Virtual CSA Box. Green cabbage is a cold weather crop and it keeps well, so it has been a common winter veget...

Introducing: The Virtual CSA Box

Community Supported Agriculture boxes have become more familiar in the last few years, and it sounds like many of you subscribe seasonally or yearly to a farm share CSA. Subscribers pay a set amount t...