An article in the food section of today’s San Francisco Chronicle features Nigel Walker, the farmer of Eatwell Farm.  Walker is “our” farmer at Tuv Ha’Aretz in Berkeley.  (San Francisco’s Tuv Ha’Aretz’s farm, Capay Valley, is also mentioned.)

While the article talks about how CSAs are becoming more and more popular, one of the more notable points indicated that many consumers are not ready to give up certain non-local fruits and vegetables:

While the true CSA model means only getting what is coming straight from the farm or neighboring farms, [home organic delivery services like] Farm Fresh to You also offer the additional option of receiving bananas from Mexico and apples from Washington.”People are drawn to CSAs for different reasons. Some are on the local-sustainable bandwagon,” says Moyra Barsotti of Farm Fresh to You. “There’s also the facet that finds it convenient.”Barsotti points to a survey of her customers that asked what was most important to them: Whether food was local, sustainable or organic. They answered local. Yet in a separate section asking what their favorite fruit and vegetable was, bananas were the top pick.

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