Join us at Green Living Expo. Sandy Spring CSA will have a booth and we’ll be giving a demonstration on CSA, specifically, ways to cook CSA veggies. The third annual Green Living Expo features green suppliers, products from local and national businesses, exhibits and seminars from government agencies and nonprofits, and more! Help us educate [...]

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What do Meryl Streep, Vogue magazine and our little CSA have in common? Well, it’s a stretch, but in the January 2012 issue, Meryl is on the cover, Annie Leibovitz was the photographer, and in the opening paragraphs it says Meryl supports and is a shareholder of a local CSA. It seems the term CSA [...]

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From The Atlantic.com: At the University of California-Berkeley, a group of students protested the proposed opening of a Panda Express branch. What is surprising is that the students not only defeated the chain but also took their victory one step further by raising $100,000 to replace the proposed restaurant with a student-run co-op carrying fresh, [...]

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Eden was a garden, not a farm. Toby Hemenway, author of Gaias’s Garden, published this fascinating article in Permaculture Activist. Food for thought.

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Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie’s honeymoon he’s enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in [...]

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September 2, 2009: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: sweet corn, peppers, eggplant, zucchini, herb, sweet potatoes, and apples. FINAL REMINDER FOR FALL CSA SIGNUPS: To repeat the recent email that went out to members, there are just a few shares remaining for Sandy Spring CSA’s Fall Season that runs Oct 7 to Nov [...]

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