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Home » Considering a CSA? Information You Must Know — at Modern Alternative Mama

Considering a CSA? Information You Must Know -- at Modern Alternative Mama

by Adrienne 9 Comments Published May 31, 2011 Updated: Dec 04, 2018

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Are you wondering about the ABCs of a CSA?  Trying to sort out where to get your produce from this summer?

Well, whether you still have a CSA near you with spots open, you are thinking about it for next year, you bought a share and are wondering if it was the best purchase or not -- or you don't know what a CSA is 🙂 -- then head on over to Modern Alternative Mama where you can read my thoughts on the subject.

You'll get a handle on the pros and cons of a CSA as well as what to expect if you are already signed up.

This year, we are trying our hand at greatly expanding our backyard garden, so most likely we will not be purchasing a share in a CSA this summer, but we're a bit behind with our plans, so we will see.

Like many health-minded folks today, you may be considering a CSA as a source for your summer produce needs.

CSA is an acronym for Community Supported Agriculture -- an arrangement where members pay for a share of a local farm's harvest and receive a weekly portion of the farm's produce.

Sounds like a great idea for health-conscious, frugal, community-loving, brown-thumbed persons like me!

By this time of year, most--but not all--CSAs are full.  But whether you are considering a CSA for this year or next, I have some thoughts on this topic.

Basically, CSAs run about $400-$600 for roughly 20 weeks of produce.  So you're laying down a significant amount of money.  Not as much as most used cars, but still a nice chunk of change.

So before you go and commit to spend (because for good money managers, impulse buying is not a good thing, right?) let's see what CSAs have to offer and what you need to think about before committing.

You can click here to read the rest of the post.

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  1. angry

    August 24, 2015 at 2:13 pm

    You can click here to read the rest of the post. --- leads to a page not found.

    NEVER SPLIT POSTS!!! It is annoying to have to click and wait for YET ANOTHER heavily ad-laden page to load.... only to find out that the rest of the post is NOT THERE!!!

    Monetizing websites has gotten out of hand, and is now making visitors PISSED OFF what with split posts, and slideshows (they are the WORST offenders)

    CLEAN eating is good... CLEAN WEBSITES are even better!

    Put the whole post on a SINGLE PAGE.... GRRRR!

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    • Adrienne

      August 24, 2015 at 2:19 pm

      Hi "Angry".

      Thanks for commenting. I didn't split the post. It was a guest post on a different blog and it appears she redid the blog posts and didn't redirect the posts correctly. I am putting the correct link in the post now. I don't like splitting posts to get more views either. Gives me a big headache. Slideshows too. If you reread the post you can see that I stated that it was a guest post.

      Hope that clears things up for you and that you'll finish reading. Thanks.

      Reply
  2. jennifer edwards

    August 22, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    I say a free cookbook sounds wonderful! Thanks Adrienne!

    Reply
    • Adrienne

      August 22, 2011 at 10:57 pm

      Hi Jennifer!

      Would you mind hopping over to the Cookbook post and leaving a comment there? My (ahem) assistant, Daniel, emails them out from there. Thanks :-)!

      Reply
  3. Stacy Myers

    June 01, 2011 at 12:52 pm

    Great guest post Adrienne! 🙂 Our local CSA is full quickly, but my parents farm so it's not a need for us. I liked your pros and cons.

    Reply
  4. CarolM

    June 01, 2011 at 11:43 am

    I subscribe via email.

    Reply
    • Adrienne

      June 01, 2011 at 12:13 pm

      Hi there.
      Would you mind leaving a comment under the "How About A Free Cookbook" post? We are emailing the books all from that post so things get a bit tricky otherwise :-). Thanks for understanding!

      Reply
    • Adrienne

      June 01, 2011 at 3:17 pm

      Hi!

      If you wouldn't mind, could you please comment under the "How About a Free Cookbook" page? We are emailing from that list to keep everything "organized." Thanks!

      Reply
  5. Barbara

    May 31, 2011 at 4:47 pm

    I just subscribed via email! I don't soak my grains (yet) but I need to learn and start - THANKS for the push! I'd love to get a copy of "Is Your Flour Wet." My daughter is gluten sensitive, so I'm searching for ways to help her.

    Reply
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