Comments on: Moncton’s First Farm-share Program

By: tommyboy

tommyboy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:12:56 +0000

booo haa haa…ours started two weeks ago…sucker!

although yours is a lot cheaper….booh ha ha on me…

By: Jody

Jody — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:58:22 +0000

We’re picking up our first box of goodies from this farm-sharing program today. I’ll post photos!

By: Nadine

Nadine — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:34:19 +0000

What an excellent idea- they way of the future I am sure.

By: Moon

Moon — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:33:29 +0000

There’s nothing like fresh creamed potatoes, carrots and peas!

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:40:15 +0000

It’s a honey dew melon. We also got plums.

By: Jody

Jody — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:06:32 +0000

Is that a cantelope cut in half there?! From Newfieland?!

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:56:19 +0000

One of our last hauls from the veggie co-op last year.

By: Jody

Jody — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:09:35 +0000

Sorta related but not really: I have lots of garlic over from last year. It’s hanging in a bundle from the rafters of my garage; whenever you walk in there the pungent aroma of garlic hits you. It’s great! Steve is storing his motorcycle in there during the winter. ’nuff said.

By: tommyboy

tommyboy — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:17:08 +0000

Phillip my carrot guy here was able to pull carrots on January 7….due to the weather conditions the carrots got cold but did not freeze…they were the sweetest carrots I have ever eaten….it beacame a bit of a joke as word spread of these carrots people were coming to Market just to get these limited supply of root vegetable….kinda like an ice wine…yeah…

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:44:32 +0000

We have an organic store here in Gangneung. Korea is a small country so everything is more or less local. Expensive but I like food with no chemicals. They also have free-range meats and other produce like honey.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:30:16 +0000

Jenny and I have signed up to a veggie co-op for the past 2 years. Not as expensive as yours, though we probably don’t get as much as you. All of it organic. There’s another organic farmer in St. John’s who began selling at a tiny market last year. I prefer to got to the market and select what I want instead of having it all pre-selected for me (who the hell needs garlic scaps?). It’s all a bit expensive, but it’s generally very tasty veggies. I love fresh carrots.

By: Jody

Jody — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:06:32 +0000

We paid $450 for 18 weeks of food, one large basket a week. They posted a basket example for the month of August:

Large: large multicoloured carrots, cucumbers (lemon, English and Lebanese), large salad greens, garlic, Heritage tomatoes, selection of herbs, multicoloured beans, beets, mixed sweet peppers.

Don’t know how much of each, but they say enough for a family. I’ll give any leftovers to my parents.

By: tommyboy

tommyboy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:34:51 +0000

We have a number in this region and one comes to the Market. They are known here as CSAs(Community Supported Agriculture). You pay for a share up front, like now and then enjoy the the vegetables as they come in season….you enjoy the bounty or famine..as the season progresses….in a way it gets the consumer closer to the the producer…many CSAs also have perks like free herbs or flowers and often will encourage visits to the farm…I have heard of some that will trade labour for a share…personally I think it is a great way to get involved in ones food supply….short of shooting, or running something over with your car, gutting it and bringing it home…..I had my first road kill baby deer last week…roasted in an outdoor wood oven…nothing says food like road kill….

oh a share here is about 800 dollars or a half share around 500…thats canadian for all you international viewers…