A guest post by Sharon Tomasulo, from Library Hungry. Brenda’s CSA this year comes from Smith Farm in Hudson, New Hampshire, and I’ve been given the honor of introducing it because I was born there. My parents, Tom and Tina Smith, own and operate the farm, and this is their second year running a CSA in [...]

Tuesday was the first day of this year’s CSA with Stone Soup Farm. The haul is pretty sparse this time of year, but the greens are lovely. As for the rest, we’re going to go really basic and make a green garlic and bok choy sauté. I’m actually glad that there wasn’t more, since I [...]

No, Boston Organics isn’t going out of business or anything; we’re just canceling our service. This is the third time we’ve signed up with them in the middle of the winter and canceled before summer arrived. But there’s just something about their service that destroys all of our good intentions to make meal plans and [...]

Putting up food is no good if you don’t ever get around to eating it. I tend to have an out-of-sight, out-of-mind problem, so attacking my freezer with this focused mindset is really necessary.

It may seem early, but if you wait to find a CSA much longer, choices will dwindle. Most already have waiting lists of people who expressed interest during the year. I loved Stone Soup and am definitely signing up with them again. (If you wonder what sorts of things you’ll get, check out my weekly photos.) But there are a lot of options out there. If you live in the Boston area and don’t know yet which to pick, Boston Locavores has a pretty full list of farms on their site. It’s a relatively large investment up front, but worth it when summer rolls around. And doesn’t just thinking about it now make summer feel that much closer?