Posts tagged “CSA Challenge”

CSA Challenge: Fall Inspiration

Posted on October 13, 2024

CSA Challenge is back this week and I had some incredible options thanks to our Jones Valley Teaching Farm farmers. As I was meal prepping for the week, I was reminded of a few things: Did we ever realize the mental load planning and prepping and implementing family menus for everyone to enjoy would actually have on us as a species? I mean, I know that consuming food is a basic survival skill, but calculating macros, protein, carbs, turmeric knobs, and non-toxic storage containers seems to be next level given the many, many, many complications of our industrialized food system. When you have access to local, safe, and fresh vegetables and fruit, you don’t have to do as much to the actual product. And…

Categories: Community, Jones Valley Teaching Farm, meal prep, Uncategorized

Tagged: Birmingham, CSA Challenge, DInner, farmers, Food, Meal Planning, Recipe, recipes, Vegetables

13 years later and the CSA Challenge is back.

Posted on June 1, 2024

FoodRevival started when I was laid off from my publishing job. I had a 3-month severance and started volunteering with what was then known as Jones Valley Urban Farm. In exchange for my work each week working on their paypal accounts, newsletters, and coordinating events, I got a box of food. That was the very first time I was introduced to the idea of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box. I started FoodRevival as a way to keep my publishing world alive (the layoff was a bit of a shock and I wasn’t sure what this magazine major would do with her life). I decided to start documenting what I did each week with my CSA box. I called it the “CSA Challenge.” From…

Categories: Community, Jones Valley Teaching Farm, meal prep

Tagged: community-supported-agriculture, CSA, CSA Challenge, farming, Fresh Produce, local-farmers

CSA Challenge: Poached Chicken With Bok Choy in Ginger Broth

Posted on November 5, 2012

Last week, my Snow’s Bend Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) had Bok Choy, Ginger and Garlic in it. The week before, it included a bunch of dill. Wait…what is a CSA, you ask? According to Local Harvest, ” a CSA is a way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. A farmer offers a certain number of “shares” to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included. Interested consumers purchase a share (aka a “membership” or a “subscription”) and in return receive a box (bag, basket) of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season.” So, when Snow’s Bend emailed our newsletter with THIS recipe (pasted below), you can imagine…

Categories: Recipes

Tagged: CSA, CSA Challenge, Martha Steward, recipes, Snow's Bend Farm, Soup, Whole Living