Get fresh fruit and veggies from local CSAs
Quick ReadCommunity Supported Agriculture programs provide Long Islanders the option of receiving fresh fruit, vegetables, cheese, eggs, flowers and more from local farms. Here's where you can sign up and how much it will cost.
Photo credit: Jeff Notti | Heirloom tomatoes and other vegetables lie out on display for pick-up at Sophia Garden in Amityville. The farm offers vegetable CSA shares and they include edible flowers and herbs. (2009)
CSA shares aren't all tomatoes and potatoes. Long Island's Community Supported Agriculture programs are branching out, offering members more than a weekly crop of fresh vegetables from the farm - add-ons range from locally grown fruit and pastured poultry to organic eggs and cut flowers.
In most cases, you'll need to join the CSA's standard vegetable share to participate in the extras. But...
