The Season Is Too Short

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This is the second week of our CSA participation this year, and the first week we have received strawberries. And all we received was a single pint of them.

Next week we will miss out, as we will be out of town. Some friends will take our share for the week. There might be a final pint or quart of strawberries the next week, but they will be about it.

I know we can get strawberries at the grocery most of the year now, but we are trying to be locavores as much as possible. Buying only locally produced, seasonal foods.

It's tough to do, but we do what we can. The CSA program has helped.

But it is hard to resist the nice looking produce at The Fresh Market and Whole Foods. Produce that has traveled thousands of miles to get here.

Comments

[Becky]

Have you tried Good Foods, on Southland Drive? They're very focused on getting local produce (and local food in general). And they're a local business!

[Margaret]

It is too short a season. We have lots of berries around here, but only for a limited time.