Fresh, local produce…what’s not to love
- Dick Cheney will not be allowed to visit the farm while carrying a gun.
- You’ll get a potato shaped like Anna Nicole’s face and you’ll sell it on eBay for lots of money.
- You’ll get the best, fresh succulent garlic…ever.
- You’ll know where your food comes from and who grew it.
- The produce comes to you in a container that is reused every week.
- You’ll pick peas, boil corn, and create pesto (if you want).
- You’ll get the best organic produce, eggs, cheese, and fruit delivered to a convenient pick-up site.
- You’ll be the first to brag at the office that you had hoop-house lettuce for dinner.
- You’ll get a rebate from Physician’s Plus.
- You’ll be a part of a local food system that focuses on taste, nutrition, local economies, and respect for the land.
We geeks are all about love and about sharing the love. Today’s love is about Vermont Valley Community Farm, the CSA that we’ve been a part of for at least five years. It is sign-up time for the Spring and Summer shares and I know you don’t want to miss out on some of the most delicious produce on earth.
Vermont Valley is farmed by Barb and Dave Perkins. With the help of friends, family and CSA members they have cultivated a farm that fed over 1,100 families last season. The Spring share is our favorite because it is the first leafy greens of the year and we just can’t get enough of them. I always look forward to the Vermont Valley Watercress and Ramps. The Summer share is stunning with its variety plus the abundance of the two major food groups…tomatoes and sweet corn. In the Fall they offer a storage share that will keep you well stocked in tubers and roots. They also offer an organic fruit share that consists of ten deliveries of fresh, organic fruit from some of the best farms in the U.S. We’ve found this share to be delight and it certainly doesn’t last long around here…but then what does. Fresh eggs and goat cheese from Dreamfarm are also delivered and I’m telling you I haven’t found better eggs anywhere…they are superb.
So if you’re a Dane County local and you’re contemplating a CSA membership this year, or even if you aren’t, you should check out Vermont Valley’s website. If you have any questions feel free to send me an email, as you can tell I’m more than happy to talk about Vermont Valley CSA.
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Sounds like you have a fabulous CSA! I live in farm country here in northern Rhode Island, where everyone has a large garden, but I wrote a big magazine article about RI CSAs two years ago — and this year there will be twice the number of CSAs in our little state. Thanks for supporting local farms.
No 8 would be enough to convince me. I want some proper garlic- not the small, shrivelled and lacking in every way type I have in my cupboard now.
Ros, I’m so sick of bad garlic…having to pry that wretched germ out. Actually what’s worse is having to investigate the origins of supermarket garlic. I’ve found garlic labeled “organic” and it was grown in China…wHaaaa???
Vermont is one of the top contenders for our CSA this year, last year’s place (a farm in Stoughton) was terrible. We shared with another family, which we plan on doing this year (mostly because of the Physician’s Plus discount).
Did you have the regular share? How many veggies did you get?
Andy, we get a regular share every week during the summer season. We are also one of the pick up sites for Middleton. The quantity, quality, and variety are superb. Between GH and I we can mow through a regular share in a week… but we love veggies. If you check out the list of produce at their website you’ll see what we got last year. They do a phenomenal job and its all in great shape, super fresh and very tasty.