Wow! My mother sent me this listing from Local Harvest of a CSA in Harlem, New York! Park Slope CSA in Brooklyn is also another CSA (this one I knew of its existence).
In NYC it is quite common for CSAs to make deliveries (community gardens are not enough). But here is the kicker. These CSAs accept food stamps! I have never heard of such a thing and frankly, this option should be more widely available and publicized. If our all-wise-and-ever-know-it-all government would get on the bandwagon and encourage more CSAs to do the same we just might start a wonderful chain reaction of getting more support for local farmers, farms that want to go organic, educate the public (in all socio-economic classes) about healthier food choices, a decline in the obesity rate, decline in hypertension and diabetes…I think you get the idea…
