I’m really disappointed when I’m at the grocery store hoping to buy something that’s in season in Ohio, only to find it’s been shipped in from Chili or California.  I want to work my cooking around local produce because it costs less in transportation, it’s fresher, and so I can support the area farmers. So I’ve been looking into farmer’s markets & CSA’s (community supported agriculture) in the area.

Recently I wrote about a CSA I visited.  The waiting list to join was long, so I asked if anyone knew of others in the NE Ohio area.  A reader named Emily suggested City Fresh, a non-profit that collects fresh produce from NE Ohio farmers & delivers it to selected urban drop-off points for pick-up.  I discovered that a drop-off point is a couple miles from my house, so I decided try out their program.

Today I picked up my first share of produce.  This is the family share (for 3-4 people), and it cost $28.  There are two bags of green beans, red potatoes, herbs, zucchini, beats, broccoli, a jar of raspberry jam, red onion, cucumber, lettuce, and pickling cucumbers.