Fresh Fruit and Veg: bountifulbaskets.org

[skyking]

Is anybody else doing this? We have been buying our fruit and veg there for a couple of months now.
http://bountifulbaskets.org/
It costs $16.50 per week. I can describe what we get for our money and how it works for anyone interested.
You don't get to pick what you get.
It has always been perfectly fresh.
I estimate the value at $25~30.
We eat more fruit and veg when there is always a pile of it around.
We spend time googling up new recipes for different veg.

 

[Q]

 

[skyking]

Thanks for the thread crap, I really appreciate the bump!

 

[FoBoT]

i don't suppose by 'veg', you might mean, bacon?

my mother in law does something similar to that, but they get other items as well, almost anything you would find in a grocery. most of it is either damaged or close to expiration date, but she really digs the whole thing

 

[skyking]

LOL!
But it does let you save money for more bacon, and we got 6 big tomatoes that would make for kickass BLTs yesterday

 

[BoomerD]

That's not available here, but in the past, we've subscribed to the CSA package from a couple of local farmers. Find yours here:

http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

 

[skyking]

Here is this week's haul of fruit. You get half fruit and half veg. One of the grapefruit and one orange was from last week.

we got brussels sprouts, romaine, asparagus, zucchini, sweet potatoes and some other veg this week.

It is a non-profit co-op.

EDIT: another angle.

 

[crab]

Looks darn good...don't see anything in Indiana, though.

 

[waggy]

hmm don't look worth 15 bucks..

 

[skyking]

They get the money together and order right from the distributor. they bring out the truck, unload it, and the volunteers divvy it up into the baskets. You have about a half hour to pick it up. You don't show and they take it to the nearest fire station for the firemen. If they don't use it they agree to give it away on calls to families in need.

 

[skyking]

hmm don't look worth 15 bucks..

That is half of it ,the other half is veg. There's 5 bucks in tomatoes alone.
We tallied it up a few times and priced it out.

 

[skyking]

Looks darn good...don't see anything in Indiana, though.

Definitely hit and miss across the country.

 

[AmdEmAll]

Figures MI not listed..

 

[Ronstang]

It could be great if you live within a couple of miles of the pickup. For me it would be about a hundred mile round trip. Not worth the gas.

 

[herm0016]

we have this and love it. ours is every other week. great stuff and cheap. most weeks i think you save about half over a grocery store. esp here, as we do not really have good grocery stores.

you can start one in your city if you are willing to do the work.

 

[BoomerD]

Looks darn good...don't see anything in Indiana, though.

Figures MI not listed..

If your area isn't listed in SkyKing's link...try the link I posted.

Community Supported Agriculture is a great way to (a) support your local farmers, (b) get some great farm goods, usually at a much better price than your local store, and (c) often get produce/fruit that you won't find at your local grocery stores.

 

[skyking]

we have this and love it. ours is every other week. great stuff and cheap. most weeks i think you save about half over a grocery store. esp here, as we do not really have good grocery stores.

you can start one in your city if you are willing to do the work.

:thumbsup:

Boomer, thanks for the linkage. We have several options here but a very short season to enjoy it.

 

[BoomerD]

:thumbsup:

Boomer, thanks for the linkage. We have several options here but a very short season to enjoy it.

Always glad to help. In our area, we have tons of peaches, apricots, plums, plus apriums and pluots. Many varieties never make it to the stores, and their season is usually pretty short, so unless you're at that farmer's fruit stand during the couple of weeks when he has that particular variety, you never get to try it. CSA is a great way to get in on all/most of the unusual/uncommon varieties and hybrids.
Plus, we have thousands of acres of tomato growers here, most go to the canneries, but lots of them are sold at the various fruit stands and farmer's markets...some of them also are hybrids with a short season, and CSA is a good way to get in on those too. Same with melons, apples, citrus, and even (without so much hybridization or unusual varieties) almonds and walnuts.

 

[Matthiasa]

That is half of it ,the other half is veg. There's 5 bucks in tomatoes alone.
We tallied it up a few times and priced it out.

$5 in 5-6 tomatoes?
You are getting majorly ripped off where you live.
They should should be less than ~$3lbs.

 

[paulney]

Yeah, we get a fruit basket per week, and it costs roughly the same, but I have no idea who the provider is.

 

[skyking]

$5 in 5-6 tomatoes?
You are getting majorly ripped off where you live.
They should should be less than ~$3lbs.

2 pounds of tomatoes at 2.99 at Safeway. More like 6 bucks.
Edit:
To clarify, you do not commit beyond that week. Each Monday we pay between Monday night/Tuesday mid day. That way we are not on the hook f we are going out of town, etc.

 

[Miramonti]

Impressive list of locations, altho none around me. There is another co-op that we've considered joining, will probably look into that again.