What ratio of fruit to vegetables can I expect in a CSA basket each week?
The fruit and vegetable ratio changes each week. In the orchard we have blackberries, fioja guavas, apples, peaches, plums, apricots, Mexican guavas, oranges, avocados, macadamias, and more. Supporters have to love being part of the ebb and flow of a local, just-picked harvest, as opposed to walking into a grocery store and buying off the shelf from near and far. We like to think that our supporters are more than vegetable/fruit buyers, but rather passionate, committed, Community Supported Agriculture participants. There’s a big difference between a CSA supporter and a simple buyer of produce who wants to know how many pieces of fruit or vegetables, or what ratio of the two, they’re going to be getting per dollar each week. Last summer there were weeks when we were inundated with tomatoes and had no avocados, and weeks when we had no lettuce but plenty of zucchini. In that sense, we’re not unlike a giant garden. I’m proud of our consistent variety and mix, and think no CSA is as fantas
