yay, CSAs!!!!

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as life goes along, i'm looking for inexpensive ways to give back.  maybe it's just not using plastic bags at the grocery store, maybe it's eating more local products, but it all helps.  i'm trying to do a little at a time, but it's hard not to get really excited about some things that you can do. 

and then i found this and it blew my excitement out of the water.  CSA's are a great way to "give back" and get fresh, organic food while you are doing it!!!  it really isn't a pricey thing, per se, but the cost is all up front.  I'm looking at doing the Grant Farms one, in our area, but there are tons around.  basically, (i'm sure you know this, but humor me) you go to a pick up area, once a week (ours is right by our house, but i also just found out a friend of ours has her house as a pick up area) and you pick up the allotted amount of veggies.  i'm splitting ours with my parents, so we are getting a "family" amount.  this happens once a week, until mid to late December.  this particular farm is so big, they have cut flower shares, egg shares, fruit shares, meat shares, and (get this) organic artisan bread shares.  don't think that next year i might not be finding myself with a loaf of bread a week for more than half the year for $130.  it's amazing.