I’ve mentioned before that my sister works for MyFarmSF, an awesome urban farm that installs gardens in people’s backyards, and harvests the produce for their CSA. Unlike other local CSAs, which get a lot of their produce from the Central Valley, MyFarm grows everything within SF, which I find totally amazing! I like to take [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘produce’
June 10, 2009
What’s Fresh in Your Area
I’m sorry guys, I am like 12 years old, but this title totally sounds like an ad for Summer’s Eve, no? Via Twitter (thanks for the RT that caught my attention, Foodzie), I found this really cool interactive map, where you can find out what’s seasonal and fresh where you live. Apparently okra is in [...]
June 2, 2009
Eat (and Trade) Your Veggies!
A few weeks ago, I posted about Neighborhood Fruit, an awesome website that allows you to find and share the bounty of neighborhood fruit trees. This morning, I read about a similar site, Veggie Trader, which allows users to trade, buy and sell produce, herbs, nuts, seeds, etc. Unfortunately, there are not a ton of [...]
March 25, 2009
Lunch in the Park
What a nice lunch break I just had! First I went to the San Mateo Farmers’ Market and got a bunch of great stuff – a red bell pepper, a yellow bell pepper, asparagus (which will apparently be in season until May, head’s up. Get it while you can!), Brussels sprouts, apples and hummus & [...]
March 18, 2009
Pretty Green Tip: Keep Your Carrots Fresh!
I often get a bunch of organic carrots from my CSA, or pick them up at a Farmer’s Market. The problem is, they don’t last very long! Whether I keep them in the fridge or on the counter, a day or two later they’re always shrunken and rubbery. Ewww. But I remembered that when I [...]
March 9, 2009
Daylight Savings and Dinner
I am loving the time change! Although I wasn’t too psyched this morning (why can’t they do it on a Friday night so we have time to get used to it?), it was so nice driving home from the gym at 6:30 with the sun still shining bright! As soon as I got home I [...]
March 5, 2009
CSA Bounty, or WHO Doesn’t Like Potatoes?
I just picked up my CSA produce for the week – check out this cornucopia! I got: 4 apples 4 oranges 5 FREAKING GIGANTIC red potatoes Bunch of red beets (unpictured) Celery Kale I usually get to order whatever I want, but this week I either didn’t get the email or forgot to order in [...]
February 24, 2009
Going Organic in a Tough Economy
People often tell me that they’d like to eat organic, but that it’s too expensive, especially in these tough economic times. I understand – trust me. Money is definitely tight for me lately, as I know it is for many, many people. However, I think it comes down to priorities. You – yes, you! – [...]
January 24, 2009
Farmer’s Market Bounty
I woke up early this morning and decided to head to the Farmers Market at the SF Ferry Building. The weather’s kind of yucky and rainy here, but I decided to take the bus anyway, as it is an easy trip from my house, and one of my New Year’s Resolutions was to drive less. [...]
January 9, 2009
What I’m Cooking Today: Royal Purple
My CSA is off this week, and I just ran out of vegetables! After a fun boot camp class at the gym, I was totally craving Brussels sprouts (I’m weird, I know), but Whole Foods only had ones imported from Mexico. Boo! So I had to improvise. I picked up some California-grown organic purple cauliflower [...]
