From teachout@PREMIER1.NETTue Feb 13 10:37:14 1996 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 15:04:10 -0800 From: Teachout Reply to: Organic Gardening Discussion List To: Multiple recipients of list OGL Subject: Re: "sustainable" options Thanks Laurie for this positive note! It helps when we can see a positive side that gives us alternatives! Debbie >One strategy that seems to be working around here (San Francisco Bay Area) >is the use of direct farmer to market co-ops. We get our organic produce >from one called The Box. I'm not exactly sure how they work their >organization, but the general idea is that the farmers in the co-op send in >whatever is ready to harvest once a week, and they compile all of it into >cardboard boxes of random misc. fresh organic produce for individual >customers. We get this every two weeks, and it's wonderful. They deliver >to our door whatever is fresh and in season. It's a great way for us, as >city dwellers, to get very good food that is locally and sustainably >produced at reasonable prices. For the farmers, the large retailer >middleman is eliminated, and profit is maximized. I know that these co-ops >are all over the country, and IMHO supporting them either as consumers or >producers, is one small way to get away from some of the restrictions of >agro-corp mentality. Thanks for listening. *************************************** Debbie Teachout-Teashon Professional Photographer Gardener-WA state Zone 8 Part Time Potter teachout@premier1.net ***************************************