Organic Food Co-op

[SoonerTexan]

I found out about one today (http://urbanacres.wordpress.com/) and joined--$30 for a half bin of organic produce seems like a good deal to me. Anyone else ever joined one?

[ladymoreta]

I would love to if I could find one for that price. All the ones I've looked at around here are much more.

[Deebs]

We joined one for next year (couldn't get in for this year). I'm really excited about it, but have never joined before.

[Tenacious_D]

We've been part of one for the last 2 years. It's $350 for a half share and runs from June - October with a pick up each week. It's really great to have locally grown veggies and fruits and forces us to get creative with our cooking. I am learning to love the new beet dishes we have created

[Ladybug]

I've searched high and low for one around here with no success. My friend in Seattle did this and loved it. Like Danielle said, it really pushed her creativity in the kitchen too.

[medpedspouse]

We have - we just started this spring. We pay $15 per week and it included delivery. We scaled back to every other week because we could not eat everything before the next delivery. So far we have had all kinds of leafy/root veggies...can't wait for the summer ones.

[DCJenn]

The ones down here have waiting lists- but we have an incredible Farmer's Market every Saturday and I order from this place called Greenlings (and they deliver) and they're all organic or locally grown (or both) foods.

Jenn

[rainbabies]

This is ours http://www.clearbrookfarm.com/
we didn't buy in this year, but probably will next. I go once a week. The stawberries are delish...last night we had raspberries...and dh's partner bought bread...O. M. G.
Oh, and when you buy in for the summer season, needy families get food, too. I love it there and I love that my kids get excited about it too. Next year, depending on how our garden grows we'll only go for fruit.

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

A full share in ours is $24/week and a half is $12/week. I also love that needy families can use food stamps and get reduced prices. It's AMAZING to get all this produce and it definitely forces us out of our food comfort zone.

[Tenacious_D]

I should also add that since we started also getting our milk delivered from a local farm, I haven't been to the supermarket in 2.5 weeks. When we do our veggie pick up, we also try to buy some of the local meat they sell too. I can't tell you how happy I am to avoid the supermarket!!

We joined one last year. I loved it, the one thing that I wasn't a fan of was sometimes we got veggies that myself nor my SO knew what to do with (Swiss Chard???). I would really appreciate it if co-ops provided recipes for beets, turnips--I love veggies but I usually stick to the basics. I would love to try stuff, but I also want to make sure I'm trying stuff that I know tastes good.

We were too late to sign up for this years, but we have a great Farm 2 Family bus that delivers, and they break the payments down for us. Very cost effective. Can't wait to sign up for the next one!