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@susankayequinn@wandering.shop  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Met a lady yesterday who said she hesitated to get farm share not because of cost or accessibility but because she was afraid of ending up with food she didn't want.

I told her I take the food I don't want to the food pantry.

She was like HMMMMM...

#solarpunk#farmshare #foodpantry

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Thinking about signing up for a CSA but want to learn more about the idea before you commit? Read on. For over 40 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of "shares" to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included. Interested consumers purchase a share (aka a "membership" or a "subscription") and in return receive a box (bag, basket) of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season.
Thinking about signing up for a CSA but want to learn more about the idea before you commit? Read on. For over 40 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of "shares" to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included. Interested consumers purchase a share (aka a "membership" or a "subscription") and in return receive a box (bag, basket) of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season.
Thinking about signing up for a CSA but want to learn more about the idea before you commit? Read on. For over 40 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of "shares" to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included. Interested consumers purchase a share (aka a "membership" or a "subscription") and in return receive a box (bag, basket) of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season.
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@susankayequinn@wandering.shop replied  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

It's great to grow your own food(you can share the excess with the food pantry!)but even better to support community food resilience.

(Aside on cost: grocery stores & industrial ag jacked up prices under cover of "inflation"鈥攜ou think they might do that again with "tariffs"? Yeah, me too)

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@susankayequinn@wandering.shop replied  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

(I watched grocery store prices rise while my farm share costs stayed flat for the last 3 years, js)

Find farm shares (and food co-ops too!) near you: https://www.localharvest.org/csa/

More reasons to get farm share: https://susankayequinn.com/2025/04/how-to-prepare-not-prep-for-uncertain-times-and-build-a-better-world-in-the-process.html

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