Well, I certainly don’t have enough room for a garden here. And the Saturday Market really is a good place to purchase some fresh vegetables in season, but here is another place. It also helps refugees to our state to get started producing a product. The Global Gardens CSA is an awesome way for each and everyone of us to get fresh produce. From their web page,

What is a CSA?

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It’s like a subscription program to our farm. You pay one price for the whole season, and each week from June through September you get a delicious bag of whatever produce is available from the farm.

We have our CSA pickup on Tuesday nights starting at 5:30 pm, at Edwards Greenhouse, off of Hill Road in Boise. They have a small farmers market there with live music every week. It’s a great place to pick up your veggies and get to know your farmers.

Also, by joining Global Gardens CSA, you are directly supporting a refugee family, and/or a refugee community organization that supports refugees by providing various services including educational and cultural opportunities. You are enabling refugees to develop entrepreneurial skills that are transferable to many jobs, to improve their English, and to spend quality time with their families and communities while growing and eating nutritious local produce. What a good choice! Cheers!

Please do check out their web page for a listing of the vegies you will receive and the costs involved – payable over time, if you wish. We do. We share our weekly supply with our daughter and her family. But for $20 a week for the local vegies, I think it is worth thinking about. Contact Katie Painter either by email or by phone, (208) 336-4222 or stop by their office at 1607 W Jefferson Street, Boise.