some csa love.

the csa idea is a great concept. and so far, in real life, i have not been disappointed at all even a little bit. i am really glad i went with stillman's farm for my first csa experience. since i work on sundays my roommates have done the picking up of the produce box so i still have not actually seen the set up or met the folks who make this happen. but yesterday i made it to the coolidge corner farmer's market and stillman's had a stand there!  i bought some lettuce to supplement the head i had already eaten. (by the way, i have never once bought lettuce in my adult life. the first time i had even possessed lettuce in my fridge was after the first stillman's box, and i just cannot handle how fast they turned me into a salad kid...more on salad adventures later?). it was great to see the people who make eating local a possibility for a just-starting-out-college-graduate-with-no-car-in-the-city-girl.

this is what really strikes me. it is so rare nowadays to find people who make their living directly from the earth or directly from goods they harvest or construct. i am really starting to realize how much i respect that. it is so simple. these farmers use their skills to grow delicious fruits and vegetables. then they sell them directly to the people who will be consuming them. it's so strange to write down because it seems so obvious. but there was definitely a very genuine satisfaction that comes from purchasing a head of lettuce from the people who grew it that just doesn't happen even when you buy the locally-labeled produce in the store. i almost felt like i was making the world healthier, if that makes any sense.

my experience so far has been absolutely wonderful!