Comments on: New York Times Discovers CSA? http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:56:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Debs http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/#comment-8250 Debs Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:16:47 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/#comment-8250 Debra, I also thought that was weird. It seemed kind of disempowering to the farmer who, after all, knows vastly more about farming than the average NYT reader. Debs <a href="http://food.gofrolic.org" rel="nofollow">Food Is Love</a> Debra, I also thought that was weird. It seemed kind of disempowering to the farmer who, after all, knows vastly more about farming than the average NYT reader.

Debs

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]]> By: Debra http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/#comment-8225 Debra Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:44:12 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/#comment-8225 Did anybody else think it was weird that the NY Times described CSA's as "hiring a personal farmer"? It seemed to me like an odd way to describe the service, as if I were hiring someone to work in the fields and send me pictures of him doing it, rather than arranging to buy a box of organic produce. Did anybody else think it was weird that the NY Times described CSA’s as “hiring a personal farmer”? It seemed to me like an odd way to describe the service, as if I were hiring someone to work in the fields and send me pictures of him doing it, rather than arranging to buy a box of organic produce.

]]> By: Leah Koenig http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/#comment-8223 Leah Koenig Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:05:40 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/#comment-8223 Yes, I agree with you both Rabbi Shmuel and Melinda - it isn’t entirely fair of me to be cynical, and a lot of people do not yet know what CSA is. The article just stunned me a bit. This certainly isn’t the first time the NY Times has written about CSA. Here’s a nearly identical article written in 1998 for a different section: http://tiny.cc/DnTZb I guess I just figured that for the front page, they could have gone with some interesting new angle about CSA, which then also explained what CSA was, to people who didn’t know. Yes, I agree with you both Rabbi Shmuel and Melinda - it isn’t entirely fair of me to be cynical, and a lot of people do not yet know what CSA is.

The article just stunned me a bit. This certainly isn’t the first time the NY Times has written about CSA. Here’s a nearly identical article written in 1998 for a different section:

http://tiny.cc/DnTZb

I guess I just figured that for the front page, they could have gone with some interesting new angle about CSA, which then also explained what CSA was, to people who didn’t know.

]]> By: Melinda http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/#comment-8219 Melinda Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:53:28 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/#comment-8219 I'm not sure that's 100% fair. The NY Times' audience is the "urban elite," for lack of a better term. CSAs have been around forever but it's pretty recently that awareness of them has gone mainstream. I’m not sure that’s 100% fair. The NY Times’ audience is the “urban elite,” for lack of a better term. CSAs have been around forever but it’s pretty recently that awareness of them has gone mainstream.

]]> By: Rabbi Shmuel http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/#comment-8218 Rabbi Shmuel Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:14:32 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/#comment-8218 I thought that too at first but remember - we take a lot of things for granted. I come into contact with many, many people who simply have never heard of CSA's - strange but true so the milk is still good even though its a bit past the expiration date:) I thought that too at first but remember - we take a lot of things for granted. I come into contact with many, many people who simply have never heard of CSA’s - strange but true so the milk is still good even though its a bit past the expiration date:)

]]> By: Debs http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/#comment-8169 Debs Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:27:30 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/new-york-times-discovers-csa/#comment-8169 You know, I kind of had the same reaction when I saw that. CSAs aren't really brand new anymore. "Past ripe" is a good way to phrase it, especially given the topic at hand. Debs <a href="http://food.gofrolic.org" rel="nofollow">Food Is Love</a> You know, I kind of had the same reaction when I saw that. CSAs aren’t really brand new anymore. “Past ripe” is a good way to phrase it, especially given the topic at hand.

Debs
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