About My Box

This began as a log of my weekly CSA box from Eatwell Farm. Each week I would pick up a box full of produce from the farm, along with a dozen ultra-free-range cruelty-free eggs, at a pickup location in my San Francisco neighborhood.

But, after a year, my time with the Eatwell Farms CSA came to an end. There were many reasons why but I’ll be honest and say that an unrelenting tidal flood of turnips and lettuce week after week was leading to an unacceptable amount of refrigerator-composting behavior on my part. Then I heard about the Eating With the Seasons CSA, where the produce is still seasonal and organic, but it is gathered from many local (and some not-so-local) farms and each week they tell you what’s in season and you get to choose what to receive.

My kale-addicted partner, Duck, and I decided to give this new model a try for a while. A comparison of the two models can be found here. Ultimately this version felt too much like a grocery-delivery service, without the element of surprise, produce that is strictly seasonal and local, and intimate relationship with a particular farm that are, for us, all vital parts of the CSA experience. So we were CSA-less for while, and now for the last several months we’ve been getting a box from Farm Fresh to You, the CSA service of Capay Farms. So far we’ve been very happy with it, and you can find out more about how this CSA works at this post.

Basically, this is all intended to serve as a simple record of what came in each box and what I did with each vegetable and fruit. Also as a place to log any disappointments, errors, special surprises, and other incidents of note. For my own purposes, and as a place to refer people who are curious about the Eatwell Farms, Eating with the Seasons, and Farm Fresh to You CSA boxes.

If you are reading this to just get a general idea of what comes in the box each week in terms of variety and quantity, click on the category “Box Contents” to get a succinct grouping of just the posts that list the contents of each box.