Yesterday the PD wrote a wonderful article on CSAs... Program guarantees fresh, local vegetables -- by contract written by Debbi Snook. They even furnished a list of local CSAs...
And in case anyone noticed an omission and is wondering, we are still here and kicking. Our season will start in a few weeks and we have 35 members for 2008.
Perhaps we were omitted because of our small size? But with 35 members, according to their list, we would be the fourth largest in the region. And CSAs with 4, 8, 10, 12, ect were mentioned.
Maybe it is because we are way out here in Summit county, in between Hudson and Cuyahoga Falls? But CSAs in Ashtabula, Geuaga, and Stark Counties were all mentioned. In fact one CSA is only a couple miles from us...
Maybe it is because we are so new to being a CSA? Actually, 2008 will be our fifth season of running one, making us one of the older ones in the region.
Maybe we were not listed because of our obscurity? But the article lists a source as the Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy (which they misspelled), and we are listed on their CSA list, as were a majority of those in the PD article. We are also listed on Local Harvest a major local food search site, and our website will pop up with a Google search for local CSAs...
Maybe we were not mentioned because we have never gotten any press before? But we have been mentioned in PD articles as a CSA at least twice, once when we were awarded the lease on our farm in the national park and once when our local Slow Food sent us to Terra Madre'.
Maybe it is because our CSA is full? But of the 17 farms listed 10 are listed as sold our or wait list only.
So in case anyone was wondering we are still here... We are thriving, and this is going to be our best season yet! Thanks to everyone who emailed to bring this to our attention, we appreciate your support of local food!
And in case anyone would care to there is a place to leave comments on the bottom of the PD's list...
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