Last year, I wrote about 8 community supported agriculture (CSA) programs in the Los Angeles area that let you pick up a box full of locally grown organic veggies on the cheap every week. One of those programs since ended — but two more have sprung up! The new CSA programs to consider:
Napa Valley Grille (PDF)
Cost: Roughly $35 a week for a box enough to feed two for a week.
Pick-up location: Westwood
This brand new CSA program’s run by Chef Joseph Gillard of eco-minded restaurant Napa Valley Grille in Westwood, where CSA members will need to pick up their boxes every Wednesday. The produce, grown by organic standards, comes from Country Fresh Herbs’s two farms in Tarzana and Somis. You will need to pay up front: $520 per thirteen-week season ($455 for winter) — or $1900 for the whole year. An extra bonus for this CSA’s members: A seasonal farm dinner will be held for all participants at the farm and Napa Valley Grille! (via Vital Juice)
Farm Fresh to You
Cost: $31.50 for a box enough for “4 people or a couple that enjoys cooking.”
Pick-up location: Delivered to doorsteps all over the L.A. area!
Don’t have the time — or don’t want to drive — to pick you your CSA box? Farm Fresh to You will deliver to your door local produce picked within less than 48 hours — if you’re willing to expand your definition of local produce to include those grown 90 miles northeast of San Francisco in Capay Valley. The produce comes from such various and far away farms that this program toes the line between a CSA program and a less farm-specific organic produce delivery service.
Still, customers can select the “Capay Valley Organic Service,” and all your produce will come from farms in Capay Organic Valley. You also have the option of going for the “Regular Organic Service” for more variety — but then some of your produce will be sourced from even farther away — including from farms outside California. The flexible program lets you opt for veggies only, fruits only, or bigger boxes.
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I’ll soon update my original post about CSA programs in Los Angeles so you can have all the current CSA info in one place! Know one I missed? Let me know now –
Update, 2/25/10: As promised, Locavoring in a box: Organic CSAs in Los Angeles has now been updated with the new CSAs, latest prices, and added locations.
Photo of South Central Farmers CSA box contents by Dave Bullock (eecue)
I’ve been with FFTY for ~ 6 months now and love them. You can check a list of things you never want, and they’re pretty open to making minor adjustments week by week, too. Still devoted to my local farmers market, but this is a good mid-week supplement.
Comment by mel — February 24, 2010 @ 4:29 pm
Just a small note: SCF (South Central Farmers) now deliver to USC starting this last week!
I had first heard about CSAs from your post last year, so thanks for getting me up to date! I’m happy to finally have started getting food from a CSA. The box this week has lots of fun things to try.
Comment by Sophia — February 25, 2010 @ 10:23 pm
mel — I’ll have to try out FFTY as an experiment :)
Sophia — Thanks for the note! I’ll put it in the next update. I believe SCF’s also started delivering to SaMo recently.
Comment by Siel — April 14, 2010 @ 10:46 pm
Just wanted to pass on the fact that Farm Fresh to You is giving a 20% off discount for the first box to their new customers using promo code 482! Pass on the good news!
Comment by Andy — January 18, 2011 @ 7:47 pm