CSA vs farmers' market

Great Debates
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[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.
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Au contraire, mon frere!

U of A Farmers’ Market

Tucson CSA
(obviously I don’t know their quality or selection, but still!)

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[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.
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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.

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[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.
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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.

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[QUOTE=Procrastinator]
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.
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Thanks.

We just discovered that zucchini/potato cakes freeze okay also.

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[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.
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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?