This is week 13 of my CSA from Geauga Family Farms (my iPhone, Donna was on the road). Very happy (green peppers went into a steak and bell pepper stir fry). Tomato garlic basil pasta for dinner tonight, along with a green bean, onion and corn salad with a creamy lemon peper vinaigrette. The cubanos will be stuffed with sausage and cheese and grilled.
The photos below show a nice cross-section of CSA's from around the country, from Cape Cod to San Diago, thanks everyone. It would be interesting to see fall CSA shares from southern states. Hold your cursor over the photo for the name and location of the sender. I was unable to add the name of the farm or the CSA or link to each one, but if you see yours here, please feel free to name the farm and give a link in comments.
Emily
The 8th one down is from Grant Family Farms outside of Fort Collins, Colorado (with delivery options across the Front Range and Denver Metro areas). They're great!
http://grantfarms.com/home.php
Julie Ann
Emily, I recognized it immediately. The conehead cabbage was my first clue.
JB in San Diego
The 9th one down is Be Wise Ranch in San Diego county, CA.
Chris
I'd like to point out that my alma mater, the University of Florida (and I am sure other universities in the US), has recently started a CSA program that connects UF employees and several local farms for weekly delivery of CSA shares.
It's great to see such a a large organization bringing awareness of, and more importantly, access to, great local produce. It makes me proud.
Kimberly
The 13th picture down is from Fair Shares CCSA, a combined CSA in St. Louis, MO, which sources food from over 100 different farms. Every other week we get $50 worth of local meat, cheese, eggs, produce, bread, and/or other locally-produced items ... and we love it!
Here is a link to our Fair Shares (http://www.fairshares.org/), which has 315 members currently, and to my blog (http://www.rhubarbandhoney.com/), which chronicles what we get, what we do with it, and any other food musings I may have!
Thanks for including my photo, Michael!
Melissa
Wish I had gotten in on this. I have a zillion photos of my organic CSA – Grant Family Farms in northern Colorado. Love, love, love them! Great series of photos you have here. By the way, I have your book. It's wonderful. =)
Melissa
YOD
the 6th one down is from Covered Bridge Gardens CSA, out of Ashtabula County, Ohio. http://www.coveredbridgegardens.com/
it's my third year with them. Love them!
Denise (from Cleveland)
Kay
Thanks for posting a photo of our CSA Covered Bridge Gardens from Northeast Ohio. We love growing and for six years have been connecting with members around the area. As farmers we couldn't ask for better people than our members.
Aaron
I love these pictures. To see my haul from Abundant Harvest Organics in LA, check out my latest blog post @ http://bvmrd.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-new-love-csa.html
kaela
Mine is the second one down, the wonderful CSA from Ryder Farm Cottage Industries http://www.ryderfarmorganic.com/ in Brewster, NY, about 75 minutes north of NYC. Betsey Ryder and her team not only grow a gorgeous variety of organic heirloom vegetables and herbs, they give us wildflower arrangments with the CSA! Wednesday is my favorite day of the week.
Jonny
Veg Porn!
dineindiva
It's awesome to the different shares.
I'm in two in Northeast Ohio - you can see the photos of Brunty Farms CSA (A Cuyahoga Valley Farm) on http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=8209&id=123540254350138&ref=mf. Our shares include chickens, eggs, baked goods and canned items.
We only got photos of about the first 5 weeks of White House Gardens, but the blog has photos from last year, as well as a weekly recap of what the shares contained.
http://whitehousegardenscsa.blogspot.com/
Trudy G
Thanks for posting the picture of my CSA share for the past week - it's the bottom one. I just started my CSA called the Garden Cart CSA, http://www.gardencartcsa.com, this year and am happy with how things are turning out - nice to see I am in line with others from around the country... it's been a great experience and one I plan to continue.
Looking at the pictures though I definitely need to make some improvements on how I take mine!!!
Amber
The top photo is from the Park Slope CSA in Brooklyn: http://www.parkslopecsa.org
We get our amazing organic vegetables from a farm upstate called Windflower Farm, which supplies a lot of NYC-area CSAs. I joined four years ago, and it's one of the best things I've done.
I loved seeing all of these CSA shares. Nice photos, everyone!
Mari
The seventeenth one down (the first with meat) is Thompson's Painted Hill Farm in Wells, MN.
http://www.thompsonspaintedhillfarm.com/
Bob Bornt
Were missing the Veteran grown CSA because we need help with financial partners and development - and a great local chef or cooking school to sign on and make the kitchen a classroom - see http://www.CGOF.org
Thanks for the emotional lift this morning....
Bob
Barbara | VinoLuciStyle
All I can say is...jealous. After hearing about CSA's all summer in blog posts I decided to look for one in Denver area and except for two community gardens where I would have to work hours each week, all of them seem to be at least an hour away.
I used to have a vegetable garden but with my youngest now moved into her first apartment I don't know if it's practical for one. Thinking I should start my own neighborhood CSA...they can use my raised beds and help with the work and reap the rewards!
Emily
Barbara - Grant Family Farms delivers all over Denver and you can probably still get in on a pro-rated share for this year - check out the link in the first comment.
Lexi
15th down is from Stoneledge Farm in South Cairo, NY (delivered to Manhattan)
So cool to see all of these together! I'd love to see a national CSA map with all of these images laid out geographically, if I had the photoshop skills for such a project.
SimplyForties
Hooray to you for talking about CSAs. My CSA (Colvin Family Farms) here in east Tennessee is a weekly pleasure. Joining a CSA is one of the best ways to show support for local agricultural operations. I pick mine up on Saturday mornings at the local Farmer's Market. Can't wait to see what I'm getting this week!
Gabe
Our CSA Program, here on the coast of Georgia, actually finishes in late July and begins again in mid-October. It's simply too hot to grow anything here in August and early September but we do grow and provide CSA shares all winter long. Our climate and seasons are just totally different from those up north.
Jennifer
Mine is in the middle, on the red tablecloth. It's from Bozeman, Montana (MT, not MO) where the growing season is ridiculously short. The CSA is from Towne's Harvest, which is run by the students at Montana State University. (I believe Towne is the name of the person who donated the land.) A substantial percentage of the vegetables grown go to the Gallatin Valley Food Bank; the rest is split into shares.
Dianasaur Dishes
That's so cool! My husband and I did our first CSA last year and were amazed at how much money it saved us. I'm now trying to find grants to pair up low income residents with local farms to provide CSAs for the families who just can't afford them.
Jeff
The 10th one down is a family share from City Fresh (cityfresh.org), in Cleveland OH.