May 21st, 2009

Hurray for New CSA in LA! Local, Organic Produce

Posted by Jessica Jensen

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We’ve written many times in the past about CSAs– Community Supported Agricultural cooperatives. These are programs where community members support local farms by ordering their local produce in bulk.  You can find hundreds of CSAs across the country at Local Harvest.

Well I had bemoaned for a long while the absence of a CSA in central Los Angeles. Can you imagine!?  A city this big!? There were places to the North and South and, yes, they would deliver– but at a pretty steep price.  Now there is a new CSA that is dishing out delicious fruits and veggies right at Fairfax High School at Fairfax and Melrose.  Hurray! I went today and got a glorious bag bursting with grapefruit, oranges, peaches, cherries, spinach, cilantro, onions, broccoli, asparagus, tomatoes, and more.  All for $25– take that Whole Foods! I am in organic food heaven.

The mastermind behind this new CSA is Sara Marie Paul, who is a dyed-in-the-wool organic vegan.  You can get your order in to her by each Wednesday at 7PM but emailing here: Sara [@] CSACalifornia.org.  (Also check out the CSA California website here.) Then you can pick up your food at Fairfax High on Thursday between 2-4PM.  A portion of proceeds also benefit the development of the Fairfax High School Garden Project!

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