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– Just Food Staff The rapidly expanding national organic food industry, at $13 billion of sales projected this year, demonstrated its newfound political clout this past April, for the first time since the national organic standards went into effect in October 2002. For about 10 … Read More

– Just Food staff Just Food, the citywide nonprofit organization that develops Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) groups in NYC, has a broad mission to promote economic, social, and environmental justice through local sustainable food systems. And although CSA is a large part of the work … Read More

– by Amaliya Morgan-Brown The formal 2002 CSA season is coming to an end. This does not mean that the spirit of your CSA experience has to end. Here are a few suggestions for continuing to eat local, healthy foods, and participating in the educational, … Read More

On October 21st USDA organic foods labeling standards will take full effect in the United States. The production of organic foods has grown at an annual rate of 20% over the last ten years and currently represents $7.7 billion of the $400 billion generated annually … Read More

– by Kristy Apostolides Want a 58th variety? Heinz thinks you will. By the end of this summer, supermarket shelves everywhere will be stocked with Heinz Organic Ketchup. The decision to produce an organic version of this nation?s favorite condiment came as a result of … Read More

– by Christina Schiavoni Now that tomato season has (finally!) rolled around, we’re likely to start seeing more and more of these delicious veggies (or fruits, depending on your definition) at distribution. Something we’re unlikely to see, however, is uniform-looking conventional tomatoes like the ones … Read More

At the last meeting of active volunteers, the Chelsea CSA developed a list of guidelines for distribution to prevent running out of items before the end of distribution (as this has happened a few times so far in the season, most likely due to misunderstanding.): … Read More

I joined the Chelsea CSA this year (2006) and was pleasantly surprised by the first week’s wonderful mix of produce. The bouquet of sage was bigger than the usual supermarket sprig, and sage’s edible purple flowers were new to me. I sprinkled some flowers and … Read More

I’m Dore Nash, your average lower Manhattanite used to eating out or on the run. I joined the CSA onan impulse last year after finding a notice in the Chelsea Piers newsletter. I had no idea what impact that once-a-week full share of vegetables would … Read More