# CSA vs farmers' market **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 26, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csa-vs-farmers-market/457815 "2008-07-26T02:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csa-vs-farmers-market/457815/21 "2008-07-29T03:14:26Z")
[QUOTE=autz] I’m jealous. Those of us who live in the desert don’t have much fresh produce choices. Whenever I hear people urging others to ‘eat local’ I think, “They obviously don’t live in Tucson!” Here if I ate local dinner every night would be cactus pads and fried javalina. [/QUOTE] Au contraire, mon frere! [U of A Farmers’ Market](http://www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/M16379) [Tucson CSA](http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M10029) (obviously I don’t know their quality or selection, but still!) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csa-vs-farmers-market/457815/22 "2008-07-29T06:25:49Z")
[QUOTE=Procrastinator] Well you can always freeze/can it for winter. It takes not time and saves you from buying zucchini that is grown elsewhere during winter. [/QUOTE] Do you have a source for ways of freezing this stuff (which I can bury small towns in at the moment) We freeze corn, snow peas, and beans, but haven’t tried them. We do mix up zucchini, eggplant and tomato, and freeze that. ---
**Author:** ![Procrastinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@Procrastinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrastinator)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csa-vs-farmers-market/457815/23 "2008-07-29T11:28:49Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] Do you have a source for ways of freezing this stuff (which I can bury small towns in at the moment) We freeze corn, snow peas, and beans, but haven’t tried them. We do mix up zucchini, eggplant and tomato, and freeze that. [/QUOTE] [http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/foods/he187w.htm](http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/foods/he187w.htm) Scroll down, they have a table with methods of freezing many vegetables. For zucchini, you cut them into small cubes, blanch them (if you want them to store longer) and freeze them. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csa-vs-farmers-market/457815/24 "2008-07-29T16:15:24Z")
[QUOTE=Procrastinator] [http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/foods/he187w.htm](http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/foods/he187w.htm) Scroll down, they have a table with methods of freezing many vegetables. For zucchini, you cut them into small cubes, blanch them (if you want them to store longer) and freeze them. [/QUOTE] Thanks. We just discovered that zucchini/potato cakes freeze okay also. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csa-vs-farmers-market/457815/25 "2008-07-29T22:12:21Z")
[QUOTE=autz] I’m jealous. Those of us who live in the desert don’t have much fresh produce choices. Whenever I hear people urging others to ‘eat local’ I think, “They obviously don’t live in Tucson!” Here if I ate local dinner every night would be cactus pads and fried javalina. [/QUOTE] Here in Vegas, there are at least 3 Farmer’s Market’s advertised but I’ve always been wary- like it may just be hyped normal grocery store produce (or worse, rejected produce) so I haven’t gone to one yet. Anyone in Vegas been there? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csa-vs-farmers-market/457815.md?page=1)