Soulstice CSA Offers Winter East Coast Fruit and Vegetable Share in Swampscott and Melrose, MA.
Where do get your winter fruits and vegetables? Do they travel from California or Peru? If you’re interested in a more local solution, Soulstice CSA, in conjunction with Enterprise Farm of Whately, MA, is offering an East Coast CSA Share from January 3rd through May 2nd, 2013. As suggested by the name, each share includes produce only from the East Coast, USA. Farms range from Prince Edward Island to Homestead, Florida. Shares include items such as local storage vegetables, greens and sweet potatoes from the Carolinas, and lovely citrus fruit and strawberries from Florida. This is Soulstice CSA’s third year in operation on the North Shore.
The benefits of getting our food from an East Coast "foodshed" are numerous. From the consumer end, members enjoy produce that has traveled less and is consequently fresher and more nutritious. For regional growers along the Eastern Seaboard, this relationship provides an established market for their harvest, helping to ensure the viability of sustainable farms. Closer to home, we provide a market for our New England organic farmers, and encourage them to produce more storage vegetables for winter distribution, and to develop means such as hoop houses for three season growing.
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The full season is 18 weeks, though you may join or drop at any time. Shares come in two sizes (small $30/week and large $41/week) and contain a variety of mostly organic fruits and vegetables. Pick-ups are each Thursday, January 3rd thru May 2nd from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. The pick-up location is the Greater Lynn Unitarian Universalist Church at 101 Forest Avenue in Swampscott, MA. Delivery is available to most addresses in Salem, Marblehead + Swampscott for an additional charge.
We are now able to offer a pick-up location in Melrose, hours TBD or home delivery for an additional charge.
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For more information or to sign up, you can visit http://www.soulsticecsa.com/
