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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
What do you want/look for in a CSA?
I have a friend who started a farm a few years ago, and he's now growing enough produce to start a CSA. He's curious what people look for in a CSA, and how he can make his desirable. He's "certified naturally grown" which is basically organic without the expensive organic certification. He only grows produce.
So what do you look when choosing a CSA? Lowest price only? Conveinent pickup times/locations? If so, when and where? The ability to chose what you get? Variety? Thanks very much!
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Re: What do you want/look for in a CSA?
I'm way late to this, but hopefully you'll see this.
When I did a CSA, there were two things I liked about it. First, my pick up was every two weeks, and about 5 days before, we got an email with a guestimate about what was going to be in our boxes. Loved that, because it gave me a heads up to start finding recipes and getting whatever groceries I'd need to cook with the stuff I was getting.
The second thing I liked about it was that with each box, we'd get a newsletter. The newsletter had pictures of the farm, updates about what they were planting or when certain crops would be ready, and recipes submitted by members. I'm sure this could easily be substituted by an email newsletter, but it was nice to be reminded that I was part of a community. I get my produce at a farmers market now because it makes more sense for us for a variety of reasons, but the one thing I miss was that sort of "family" feeling I got with the newsletters, sort of feeling like I was part of the shareholders in the farm. It was nice.