- I like fresh veggies
- I am into organic stuff
- I like to support my community–local farmer’s/business
- I care about the environment –even a little bit

If you agree with any of the above then check out the Piedmont Environmental Council’s new site Buy Fresh, Buy Local. At this site you can search by county to find your community farmer’s market. These days a lot of us are thinking about where are food comes from, if it is organic, how far it travels, etc. By supporting your local farmer’s market you are also supporting area CSA’s. This summer I was about 2 weeks too late as I began researching available shares in our local CSA’s. What is a CSA you ask?

Wikipedia’s thorough definition,

“Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is a relatively new socio-economic model of food production, sales, and distribution aimed at both increasing the quality of food and the quality of care given the land, plants and animals – while substantially reducing potential food losses and financial risks for the producers. It is also a method for small-scale commercial farmers and gardeners to have a successful, small-scale closed market. CSA’s focus is usually on a system of weekly delivery or pick-up of vegetables, sometimes also flowers, fruits, herbs and even milk or meat products in some cases. ”

Now you know.