sad news
We found out last week that our CSA of several years, LIFE Farm, is shutting its doors. Read the details here. This year’s drought was just too much. We received our last CSA boxes last week, and they were beautiful and packed full of local goodness, as usual. LIFE’s news has reinvigorated me to not only support our local farmers, but it has challenged me to fight for local food – in our local restaurants, at our grocery stores, and at our table.
How can we better support our local farmers?
8 Comments
Molly - Love Well Live Well
What a bummer! And yes, I agree we need to fight for local farmers and food. Would love to hear your tips on how best to do this! I just found out about a winter CSA that I am going to try. Have you ever participated in a CSA during the winter time? It will go November-April while the Farmer’s Markets are not in season. I was sold when they told me they had strawberries in November!
sara
Molly – I’m working on some ideas on fighting for our farmers and local food 🙂 I have never done a winter CSA (besides what local stuff we get from Green BEAN). I do try to can and freeze a ton of stuff from the garden, so we can enjoy it in the winter. Let me know how the winter CSA goes. How are they getting strawberries in November I wonder?
Molly - Love Well Live Well
Looking forward to hearing what you have in store! They have an indoor farming facility so they are able to harvest everything locally during the winter months. I’m interested to seeing how it goes and learning more about it! I really miss Green BEAN! I wish they would come to West Lafayette.
Tammy
That is so sad. Can you invite them out for a discussion so that the community is more aware of what it would take to keep them going?
sara
Tammy – that’s a great idea! I will contact them and see what they think. Maybe they could write an article for the blog too?
Tammy
That is so sad. Can you invite them out for a discussion so that the community is more aware of what it would take to keep them going?
sara
Tammy – that’s a great idea! I will contact them and see what they think. Maybe they could write an article for the blog too?
sara
Molly – I’m working on some ideas on fighting for our farmers and local food 🙂 I have never done a winter CSA (besides what local stuff we get from Green BEAN). I do try to can and freeze a ton of stuff from the garden, so we can enjoy it in the winter. Let me know how the winter CSA goes. How are they getting strawberries in November I wonder?