This year I’m part of a Community Supported Agriculture call Sunroot Gardens, with my farmer, Kollibri Sonnenblume.
It’s been great to have very local produce, and to have a good relationship with my farmer. Every week I get fresh, beautiful produce from South East Portland, grown in urban Portland, transported and cared for by a farmer on bike.
There are tons of CSA options for the Portland Area, but I chose Kollibri because of his urban, bike-powered gardening (that was competitively priced with other CSAs in the area).
So far this year I’ve got a very wide range of fresh, delicious veggies each week, from radish pods (seen above), garlic spears, lambs quarters, salad mixes, beautiful multicolored carrots, string beans, french beans, green beans, potatoes, multicolored beets, green onions, red onions, leeks, garlic, basil, rosemary, pattypan, zucchini, spinach, english peas, and even a taste of homegrown tobacco.
I’m also very excited about the Staple Crops project, which is not part of the CSA shares, but an extra project growing grain. I’m hoping to volunteer next year to help the harvest and processing, Kollibri says about the project:
Much attention has been given over to growing vegetables and scoring fruit in the city, and many creative approaches tried out; yet those foodstuffs comprise only a small percentage of the typical human diet, which is heavy on grains augmented with proteins (the majority of it vegetarian). The less-than-an-acre plot we harvested on Saturday is part of one attempt to address this issue.
The only things I’d like to get more local easier is meat (especially rabbit and pork) and eggs, oh, and honey. There’s a meat CSA in Estacada that I am thinking about joining for the meat and eggs portion.
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