Why aren't we doing more of this across Canada???

Community activism at its roots!

CSA stands for Community Cupported Agriculture. Essentially, members prepay the farmer for 18 weeks of produce and share in the ups and downs of the growing season. They also sell eggs, meat, and other local/organic stuff outside the CSA that they deliver or sell at the Saturday farmers market.

You can learn more about this particular CSA program and the farm on their website - thegreenranch.ca. There are memberships of 3, 5, or 7 items per week (5 was plenty for us two non-vegetarians). We went online at the beginning of the week and picked our items from what was available that week. Then there was a central pick-up location on Tuesday evenings (last year it was the Science Center parking lot) or we could choose pick up at the Saturday farmers market (or even deliveries if needed). Selection varies but some of our favourites last year were microgreens, salad mixes, carrots, potatoes, herbs, green onions, raspberries, hot peppers, squash, and pumpkins. They let you skip one week (e.g. vacation) and you can always get a friend to pick up (or ask to contribute a week to the food bank).

Thank you to Gillian at SaskPower, for passing this on!

Taunya