berries – Southside CSA

Stephanie Member Diary

Holy greens this week! This is what my partner, Brian, and I got in our MimoMex Veggie and Orchard half shares: mustard greens, red mustard greens, arugula, mizuna, spinach, broccoli, cilantro, onions, baby pumpkins, a Sugar Baby pumpkin, Empire apples, apple cider. Monday: Usually I try to clear out the fridge before my pickup so that there’s roomContinue reading “Stephanie Member Diary”

Meeshka Member Diary

We split a Half Monty Deluxe between three households. Two of us have been part of the Southside CSA, so we generally know that once the blueberries start, you are in blueberry heaven for a few weeks, so we use a quick recipe to make some easy breakfast muffins.

Package Spotlight – Just Jammin’

We organize the shares offered at Southside CSA into packages. This helps us volunteers keep things organized while meeting our farmer’s sales needs. The earlier you sign up, the more likely you are to get whatever type of package your heart desires. We have crafted a big variety of packages — Full Share Packages & Mixed Full -HalfContinue reading “Package Spotlight – Just Jammin’”

Want to eat local this Winter?

Eating local can be challenge during the snowy months as the produce available at farmer’s markets gets less numerous by the week. And then this happens!

Dramalama Member Diary – Week #21

Marla + Adam (aka Dramalama) — Our share family size is two, consisting of me and my husband Adam, and we’ve been members of the Southside CSA since 2010. Having just moved from California where the produce is known for being fresh, I was eager to join a local CSA. A long time friend ofContinue reading “Dramalama Member Diary – Week #21”

VLAD Member Diary – Week #20

VLAD’s CSA share of veggies and meat is split between Jenny, Laura Jo , Jordan, and Marc. Laura and Jordan lived together and split one half and Jenny & Marc split the other. For the week of September 9th, the CSA haul was tomatillos, swiss chard, green peppers, eggplant, mini purple eggplant, habanero peppers, tomatoes,Continue reading “VLAD Member Diary – Week #20”

Cougar Member Diary Week #15

Here’s a picture of this week’s** pick up! We have almost all of the shares, we are only missing the chicken share. Included this week are: Veggie share: cucumbers, potatoes, cabbage, red onions, radishes, corn, parsley, kale, zucchini, and garlic heads Berry share: Blueberries and blackberries Orchard share: three kinds of plums Egg share (1Continue reading “Cougar Member Diary Week #15”

Novack Member Diary Week #12

This is our first year doing a CSA. I’d been wanting to join one for a long time and I guess the thing that finally got me to Ryan’s apartment to sign up was a longing to attach some kind of ritual to our ‘grocery shopping,’ ideally one that didn’t involve icy air conditioning orContinue reading “Novack Member Diary Week #12”

RAINA Member Diary Week #10

Clockwise from top left: strawberry and almond milk smoothies our daughter supervising the monday CSA Pickup Dal and bhaji In production (yellow lentils, garlic and spinach with white onion) peas and carrots, frozen and ready for some homemade baby food roasted beets in situ beet greens sauteeing with garlic barley, beets, beet green salad carrots (theContinue reading “RAINA Member Diary Week #10”