My CSA subscription with Huasna Valley Farms ended last month, and the Skinner family has elected to take the next year “off” in order to finish projects they’d hoped to complete years ago, hone in on their agricultural specialties, and come back in 2008 as a new-and-improved CSA program.

I was fine with all of this. We are, after all, moving 30 miles away from the nearest drop-site in the upcoming year, and in the past, I’d been quite adept at getting out of the house early enough to hit up the Saturday morning Farmer’s Market. Lately, however…. things have changed. I’m not sure when my last visit to the Farmer’s Market was, and I’m really starting to miss my weekly box of veggies.
Enter Rutiz Family Farms.  For $10 a week, one can pick up their harvest box on Friday afternoons. The best part? Very little commitment. They’ll send you an email on Wednesday with this week’s offerings. You decide if you want a box, and if you do, you simply email them back by Thursday evening. Friday, you stop by, pick up your box, and drop off your $10. In the spring and summer, you can even choose from the lists which veggies/fruits you do or do not want.

Today, I’m picking up my first box.  I’ll let you know how it goes.

This week’s offerings:

  • Snap peas
  • Broccoli
  • Avocado
  • Red Leaf Lettuce
  • Butter Leaf Lettuce
  • Yukon Gold Potatoes
  • Radishes
  • Purple scallions
  • Fennel Bulb
  • Liptick Sweet Red Pepper–last of the season