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January 22, 2006
Final Thoughts On Willie Green's Organic Farm Winter CSA
Today was the final week of the final session of the Willie Green's Organic Farm Winter CSA, and I have to say I have been less than impressed as the season wore on. The pricing wasn't terrible. For the 12 weeks, I bought 360 credits at roughly 70 cents each. Items were tagged with a cost in credits, apples were 1.5 credits each the whole season, or $1.04 each. A little on the pricey side, but the apples at least were ripe and in good condition. I really can't recommend anything else from the program. The herbs were always half dead (and I do mean half dessicated) and in smaller bunches than you get in the clamshell packs at the grocery store. The salad greens were a bit haphazard -- there were some things in there that were clearly weeds. No, not fancy greens. No, not sprouts. Actual non-edible weeds. The baby lettuce heads were absolutely full of dirt and took forever to wash and clean. Squash rotted on two occasions (something that properly harvested and stored winter squashes should not do, at least not within 48 hours of receiving them), and the one gigantic butternut squash I did manage to get and use before it went bad... was the palest most bland awful butternut I've ever had.
The one week that I decided to use close to 60 credits and really stock up on veggies for the holidays, they fucked up my order and gave me someone else's non-custom box. They eventually delivered some of the stuff that I'd ordered, but it wasn't complete, and the quality was again lacking.
Throughout the course of the season, there were a couple of minor issues with incorrect items, but the big screw up was really a bummer.
All in all, I have to say that I'll be trying Pioneer Organics or even looking to somewhere else for my organic produce needs. Willie Green's is a nice concept, but the quality was poor for the price.
Posted by jodikins at January 22, 2006 8:03 PM