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CSA share: week 12

Posted in csa, photo, tagged on February 25, 2011|

CSA share: week 12

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CSA share: week 11

Posted in csa, photo, tagged on February 18, 2011| 2 Comments »

CSA share: week 11

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CSA share: week 10

Posted in csa, photo, tagged on February 11, 2011| 2 Comments »

CSA share: week 10

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Edible plant contest

Posted in events, location, tagged , on February 8, 2011|

Enter your prettiest edible plant in the Urban Oasis Project contest, win up to $100 cash, and be featured at South Beach Food Food and Wine festival!

Urban Oasis Project will create an edible garden oasis at the South Beach Food and Wine Festival. They will be at “Fun and Fit as a Family” at Jungle Island the weekend of the festival, with Chef Aria Kagan as she teaches kids how to “eat their rainbow” of vegetables every day.

Urban Oasis Project is looking for farmers and gardeners who would like to exhibit a beautiful edible plant growing in a container, at peak, in full flower/fruit. Most plants entered in the contest will be featured in our edible oasis at SoBe Food and Wine Festival, some will be winners and receive cash prizes.

Please e-mail admin@urbanoasisproject.org with the type of plant you are entering, size of container, and complete contact info. Plants must dropped of on Monday or Tuesday, Feb. 21 or 22nd in Miami Shores, Kendall,  or Homestead. Details will be send after entries are received. Limited pickups at your location are available, please explain why you need a pickup.

Prizes will be given in cash: $100, $75, and $50 for Prettiest Overall Plant in first, second, and third place. $25 for Biggest Vegetable or Fruit growing on the plant, $25 for Most Interesting Plant, and 10 randomly drawn prizes of $25.

For more details, go to the Urban Oasis Project web site.

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Whole Foods helps CSA programs

Posted in farmer/grower, food, location, media, tagged , , , , on February 8, 2011|

Check out this article in the Miami Herald today about Teena’s Pride CSA pickups at area Whole Foods stores. Farmer Margie Pikarsky is also quoted.

Farm fresh: Shoppers can now order straight from growers

Whole Foods offers help to Community Supported Agriculture programs. Consumers can now pick up their pre-ordered produce from local farms at stores.

By ELAINE WALKER
ewalker@MiamiHerald.com

Geane Brito has to wait until her two kids get out of school before going to Whole Foods in Miami Beach to pick up their box of vegetables for the week from Teena’s Pride in the Redland.

Magnus and Isadora Kron, ages 8 and 10, dash immediately into the store, eager to take inventory of the seasonal vegetables just picked from a local farm: broccoli leaves, heirloom tomatoes, poblano peppers and carrots with the tops still attached.

Brito’s family is part of a growing group in South Florida and around the country embracing Community Supported Agriculture. For $20 to $40 a week, they buy ultra-fresh food straight from the farm at prices similar to the grocery store. And their contribution helps small farmers remain in business.

“I want my children to have the experience of knowing that fresh vegetables don’t grow at the supermarket,” said Brito, who lives on South Beach.

While the CSA concept historically has cut the grocery store out of the equation, Whole Foods stores in Florida are aiming to change that. The chain is kicking off a program to offer local farms free use of Whole Foods stores throughout the state as drop-off and pick-up points for the weekly deliveries.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/07/2055665/farm-fresh-shoppers-can-now-order.html

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