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Questions about CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture)

The sun is shining brightly but there is still snow on the ground in Northwest Ohio. It is the end of February and while my grocery shopping list includes lettuce and other fresh vegetables, we also eat a lot of frozen and canned vegetables right now. Considering our food shopping and gardening patterns, I can […]

WRITTEN BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Lucas County

REVIEWED BY: Misty Harmon, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Perry County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Powers-Barker, P.

SOURCES:

  • Local Food Directories: CSA, USDA https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5593
  • Using a Community Supported Agriculture Share to Plan Family Meals, Ohio State University Extension FactSheet https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5593
  • What's In Season? Ohio Farm Bureau https://ofbf.org/whats-in-season/

Blackberries in Season!

Summer arrives and our dinner tables move outside; gardens and markets overflow with abundance; and baskets filled with zucchini, cucumbers, and summer squash appear at the workplace or on neighborhood porches with a sign that reads, Enjoy. One such treasure of the summer season is blackberries.   Soon they will appear in farm markets and at […]

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