In My Box 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 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.
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.
Oh, and everything here is vegetarian, most of it is vegan, and everything, with maybe 2 or 3 exceptions, is gluten-free!
Really nice post. Here’s an updated story that features several SF CSAs: http://bit.ly/SFCSAs.
great recepies and info thanks
I belong to Live Earth Farms here in Watsonville, CA. They actually deliver up to San Francisco. They offer a wide variety of vegetables and have an online newsletter so you can view what they most commonly offer during the month. The best part about it for me is that I pickup at the farm and have met the farmer, was just there this weekend picking strawberries. They also have farm events. Their website is http://liveearthfarm.net I found your website through google on how to make radicchio less bitter as a friend suggested I grill it after bathing it in olive oil and it was so terrible, I had to spit it into my napkin at dinner and that is a first.
come join my “what’s in the box?” link party! it’s all about celebrating the goodness that is fresh, local and organic produce
looking forward to seeing you there 
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