Sun, 5 September 2010
Bookseller and blogger Michael discovers a letter nearly 140 years old sent from Switzerland to the United States.
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Jackie and Seth's patience has paid off and they are now proud members of their local CSA. Four baskets of local produce later, Jackie gives us the lowdown.Starting in January, we became members of the Jardins D’Ouchy CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). By now, we have gone to four pickups of our large basket of vegetables, full of local winter goodies, each of which is essentially about three bags full of root vegetables.
Fortunately, with the exception of celeriac, which has the unpleasant taste of celery, we like winter vegetables. But we can’t wait until spring and summer veggies, particularly the strawberries, which is a specialty of the farm which supplies the fruit (for now, we’re talking apples, jam, and this week, locally grown kiwis!).
I wish we had thought to join a CSA (or, as they are known around here, une association pour le maintien d’une agriculture paysanne, AMAP) earlier. They first began in Switzerland, and they are still very popular here. We thought to join one last summer, but had to hang out on waiting lists until January. If you are living in Lausanne and looking to join a CSA/AMAP, look at Jardins du Flon and Jardin Potager as well, but I know ours is currently looking to expand and is accepting applications to join in May.
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