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Down to Earth

03.02.2009

Submitted by dsimmons on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 12:00am.
The Bite:
Looking for a no-nonsense way to get local food? We'll give it to you straight: WI's Sweet Earth Organic Farm CSA (community-supported agriculture) program. The big-name CSAs are fillin' up, but certified organic SEOF's taking orders now for weekly 3/4 and 1/2 bushels (Middle Ages-speak for about a grocery basket full) of fresh-off-the-vine produce like rainbow chard and beets (June/July); heirloom tomatoes (July/August); and herbs (all season, summer-fall). Just choose where you wanna pick up every Saturday, then whip up recipes from SEOF's e-newsletter (last year's Chocolate Zucchini Bread = deliciously moist). You'll save the average 1,500 gas-guzzling miles nonlocal food travels and signing up by May 15 means you can pay in installments ('steada one lump sum) to, y'know, stay financially grounded.
Wanna Try: 
Sweet Earth Organic Farm, Wauzeka, WI (608-875-6026). Locations include 1831 W. Chicago Ave. Map It; and 4819 W. Berteau Ave. Map It. Full Share (3/4 bushel box), $485; Partial Share (1/2 bushel box), $375.
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Scientists estimate that the earth weighs about 6.6 sextillion tons - the equivalent of 206,250,000,               000,000,000 zucchinis.

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If 10,000 Chicago Biters buy only locally grown food from late spring through early fall, we'll conserve 3,705 Olympic-size swimming pools of gas.

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David  on March 03, 2009 at 08:17 AM 1
CSA and Local Food Open House at the Urban Ecology Center, in Milwaukee WI www.urbanecologycenter.org Saturday, March 7 Noon - 4 p.m. Riverside Park location Come learn about community supported agriculture (CSA) and other local food producers, meet the farmers who produce this food, and sign-up for a weekly delivery of fresh, organic produce. Stay for children’s activities and win a $300 certificate towards local food! Co-sponsored by the Urban Ecology Center and Slow Foods WISE.

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