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I find it interesting that none of the discussion here has been around CSAs. Are these less of a thing, even in other cities? In the D.C. area there are tons of

I find it interesting that none of the discussion here has been around CSAs. Are these less of a thing, even in other cities? In the D.C. area there are tons of them. They provide really great variety and I suspect many also include recipie ideas with each box (the one my wife and I used did). Most will deliver to nearby farmers markets and in our case they had enough customers in our apartment building to deliver there directly. We learned so much about different types and combinations of ingredients in that time. It was a lot of fun and made for some delicious meals.

ghaff 9y ago
CSAs are fairly common around where I live but they're generally just a box of the vegetables of the week.
nhdoaeu78ao 9y ago
It could be that there's no discussion of CSAs because nobody here knows what they are. I certainly don't. Can you explain? Searching, I get Client-Server Architecture, Community Supported Agriculture, Compliance Safety & Accountability, and more. I assume it's the second one? What does it involve?
- undersuit 9y ago
  Community Supported Agriculture, the community buys directly from farmers. A big organizer I know of is Bountiful Baskets, they cover a number of US states(though I bet there are a number of arguments that they aren't a CSA).
- cdubzzz 9y ago
  Adding to undersuit's response, here's a wapo article about the CSA scene in the D.C. area (in 2015): http://wapo.st/1AlQgSF http://wapo.st/1AlQgSF Basically you pay a set amount directly to the farm ahead of the harvest season and get weekly boxes of a variety of different veggies (and some bigger ones will also do meats and cheeses). Typical they cost around $30-40/week in this area, but can also be considerably more than that. Usually pick up at a local farmers' market is necessary. We lucked out with delivery to our door so some added value in that case for people in larger cities.
dragonwriter 9y ago
> I find it interesting that none of the discussion here has been around CSAs. Are these less of a thing, even in other cities? In the D.C. area there are tons of them. They are definitely a thing; Farm Fresh To You, specifically, seems to be big in Northern California; they aren't really, though, directly competing with meal kits. (I see them more as complementary.)

ghaff 9y ago

CSAs are fairly common around where I live but they're generally just a box of the vegetables of the week.

nhdoaeu78ao 9y ago

It could be that there's no discussion of CSAs because nobody here knows what they are. I certainly don't. Can you explain? Searching, I get Client-Server Architecture, Community Supported Agriculture, Compliance Safety & Accountability, and more. I assume it's the second one? What does it involve?

undersuit 9y ago
Community Supported Agriculture, the community buys directly from farmers. A big organizer I know of is Bountiful Baskets, they cover a number of US states(though I bet there are a number of arguments that they aren't a CSA).
cdubzzz 9y ago
Adding to undersuit's response, here's a wapo article about the CSA scene in the D.C. area (in 2015): http://wapo.st/1AlQgSF http://wapo.st/1AlQgSF Basically you pay a set amount directly to the farm ahead of the harvest season and get weekly boxes of a variety of different veggies (and some bigger ones will also do meats and cheeses). Typical they cost around $30-40/week in this area, but can also be considerably more than that. Usually pick up at a local farmers' market is necessary. We lucked out with delivery to our door so some added value in that case for people in larger cities.

dragonwriter 9y ago

> I find it interesting that none of the discussion here has been around CSAs. Are these less of a thing, even in other cities? In the D.C. area there are tons of them. They are definitely a thing; Farm Fresh To You, specifically, seems to be big in Northern California; they aren't really, though, directly competing with meal kits. (I see them more as complementary.)