Ensuring the Future by Acting in the Present
A little piece of heaven… only an hour away!
From Honey Brook’s website, “Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is an attempt to address the many problems of modern agriculture by redefining the relationship between the farmer, consumer and the natural biological systems which comprise a farm. A CSA program is a type of “cooperative,” where a consumer financially commits to a full season of produce months in advance of the start of the growing season. Each week from June to November, members receive a variety of freshly harvested crops. Since the nutritional value of produce declines significantly while on supermarket shelves, as a member you will enjoy the freshest, most nutritious produce available – harvested daily for you and your family by the farm staff.” Honey Brook has two farms and always sells out their CSA’s. Some are delivery to a pick up spot like mine (Temple Beth Sholom in Cherry Hill) and most go to the farm to pick up their boxes or chose their produce from a Farmer’s Market type of set up. One of the great things about being in the Honey Brook CSA is that we get to go to the farm and do the “U Pick It” free of charge! So, a group of us went to the farm for a tour, a potluck healthy lunch and then picked tons of great fruit, veggies and flowers. One of the picking options was something called “Ground Cherries” This veggie (fruit?) was new to most of us. We learned that the only way to pick these little cuties was to take the pods that had fallen off the plant and peel open the dried brown pod to reveal a beautiful yellow tiny tomato like food. We also picked huge, juicy blackberries, raspberries, edamame and herbs. My favorite part by far was cutting flowers to make huge bouquets (see me holding our bounty above!). It was a beautiful warm day and wonderful to be around lots of other people who shared our love for fresh, local, organic food. And while we are on the subject… This will be the first screening in the Delaware Valley of the major documentary covering the what, why and how of fresh food and sustainable agriculture. Expert panel following the movie, featuring the filmmaker, ana Sophia Joanes, restaurateur Joe Palombo, Stacey Kennealy of GreenFaith and others. The panel, which will answer audience questions, will be moderated by Lori Braunstein of Sustainable Cherry Hill.
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