We are members of the Tucson CSA, which stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It's a pretty good deal. You buy a share at the beginning of the season and then you own a small portion of a local farms' output. Each week they harvest whatever is ready and each member gets an equal share. We've been getting a lot of squash, carrots, corn, kale, arugula, potatoes, cucumber, green beans, peppers, tomatoes, jalapenos, dried beans, okra, peaches, melons, apples, oranges, and whatever else happens to be in. It's all organic, and even better it's all local, so we could safely eat tomatoes and jalapenos while the rest of the country was freaking out about salmonella. People often talk about how important it is to eat local, but very few people actually do it. Seek out local farmer's markets and see if your area has a similar program. It's totally worth it and it's fun to be surprised at what your getting each week so it gets you to try different foods.
This is about an average one-week portion:
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