It started with an article I read in the News and Observer about CSAs (CSA = community supported agriculture). The local farmer has a group of people that purchase a share of his crop at the beginning of the season. The customers pay a flat fee for a portion of the harvest for so many weeks. Customers don't know what will come in this share each week, but they do know that it is local, most likely organic (depending on the farmer), and sustainable. Best of all, it cuts out the middle man and eliminates the ridiculous food shipping - sending our sweet potatoes to New Zealand while we are sold sweet potatoes from Argentina (that may be a bit of a hyperbole). Being frustrated with the illogic of our food economy, I immediately jumped on board. A friend had bought a CSA with Harry at Beausol Gardens, so that is the one I chose too. I have been buying summer and winter CSAs with Harry since 2009.
Some CSAs have vegetables and eggs and meat, some just one of those. Harry just grows vegetables. Delicious, organic, sustainable, succulent, wonderful vegetables.
But, my husband eats meat. And loves his meat.
Well, Karl, versed in Paleo diet and life philosophy, has been advocating a meat CSA since we got engaged. Several local farms/ranches offer meat CSAs. These are ranches with cows, chickens, pigs, and lamb. They have sustainable ranches, offer free range meat, and treat animals humanely - giving them happy living conditions until it's time for them to become food. It has always been our goal, and continues to be our goal, to eat this kind of meat. This year we are finally making that dream a reality!
We invested in a 6 month meat CSA with Coon Rock Farm and couldn't be more excited! We drove out to the farm to pick up our first share and deposit our money. Upon entering the farm, pink, muddy, chubby, oinking pigs trotted along with our car, safely behind a fence.
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