So my friend recently posted on her blog about a produce co-op she participates in. And I am soooo jealous! I wish we had a location where we lived. It's sounds awesome. Here's what she wrote....
I belong to a produce co-op called Bountiful Baskets. You order a basket early in the week and pick it up on Saturday at the pickup location in your town (if you're lucky enough for them to come to your town). It's half fruit and half veggies, and I love it. Everything is so fresh and yummy. The co-op changes things up every week, so you never know what you're going to get. It's fun to watch the kids anticipate what we're going to get each time. We loved the mangos and honeydews, the blueberries, the corn and the pineapple (ok, we love it all, but somethings aren't what I normally would buy in the store)! Every once in a while there's something that my kids have never tried before, and that makes it fun. You can also order extras, like awesome 9-grain bread... So, this last week... for $15 (+a $1.50 handling fee) I got: 3 lbs. of apples, 9 huge bananas, 10 tomatoes, 8 peaches, romaine lettuce, 2 cucumbers, 1 lb. baby carrots, 4 avacados, 4 oranges, 1 lb. strawberries, blackberries, 2 summer squash, and 2 COCONUTS!
Check out the website to see if "Bountiful Baskets" comes to your neck of the woods.
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I should have mentioned that the co-op is all run by volunteers. When you participate in the co-op, they ask that you volunteer once in a while when you can.
Another example of what we got one week: 8 bananas, 3 lbs. apples, celery, spinach, 2 bundles of swiss chard, 5 lbs. new red potatoes, romaine, 6 tomatoes, 2 honeydews, 1 pineapple, blackberries, and 1 lb. baby carrots. It's amazing. The down side is, that sometimes we have to wait in line a while (when the truck is late...) Other sites run a little more smoothly than mine.
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