David Lebovitz, one of our favorite food bloggers, has written a great account of the “Community Supported Agriculture” (CSA) scene in Paris…
Photo: David Lebovitz
Text by David Lebovitz
About a year ago, I was having supper in a friend’s apartment and everything we ate was simple, and tasted really good. He’d lived on a farm near Toulouse for many years, where he worked for one of France’s agricultural organizations. Now he lives in Paris and I was surprised when he told me that the onions we were eating on the tart he’d made were from a panier, or a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box.
He gets a weekly panier from Les Paniers du Val de Loire. I kept hemming and hawing, thinking how nice it was to shop at my local market and pick out everything myself. But I finally signed up a couple of weeks ago, and got my first panier yesterday.
To read the full post on David’s blog, click here.
Paris & Regional CSA-Style Organizations
Campanier
Tous Primeurs
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In the United States, you can find a CSA supplier through Local Harvest
Related Posts & Links
Greenmarket Alternatives (Secrets of Paris)
The Sustainable Seafood Dilemma (Chocolate & Zucchini)
La Cucina di Terresa (Organic vegetarian cooking classes in Paris)
WWOOF (Program to live & work on an organic Farm)
Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution (DVD)
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