A Fabulous Selection of Squash!

Welcome to the Tempe CSA blog! My name is Hannah and I am completing a summer internship with this awesome, community based organization, so I decided to start a blog so that I can update everyone on the daily/weekly happenings of the group as well as my experience with them! PLEASE feel free to comment with questions, suggestions, comments, recipes, or anything else, and tell your friends about us so that they can experience the great benefits that Tempe CSA has to offer as well!

different summer squash selections and grapefruit

The best part about the Tempe CSA is that there are so many new foods to try every single week that are not easily found in a grocery store. For example, this past week we had quite a few different types of squash, and most were varieties that I had never had the option to try before. You can see some of them in this picture to the left: we had 8 ball (at the very bottom), yellow crookneck, patty pan (both mixed in the middle), and zucchini in a range of sizes (the top two boxes). The great thing about these summer squashes is that they require little to no cooking, so when you get them fresh from the Crooked Sky Farms like we do they can easily become a quick, last-minute meal! Zucchini is probably my favorite vegetable of all time, so I was extremely excited to eat them and even more excited that they were so fresh and DELICIOUS! Who wouldn't want to have the option to avoid a trip to the grocery store AND get the freshest, best tasting vegetables around?!

fresh bagels

Plus, there is fresh bread that is available for purchase through the website tempecsa.org! It costs an additional fee, but if you're planning on buying bagels or loaves of bread anyway the more convenient choice is to get it while you get your vegetables at the Tempe CSA, right? My favorite part about this bread is that it is LOCAL! It hasn't been sitting on a shelf for who-knows-how-long or shipped across the country. The people at Tempe CSA know the bakers and have it delivered directly to the pick-up location from the bakery. It can't get much better than that!

To all of our members and to everyone who is thinking about joining the Tempe CSA: don't forget to renew/purchase your membership soon because the early bird rates will not last long! All of the information can be found at tempecsa.org!