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Organic Delivery Service- what do you think?

post #1 of 7
Thread Starter 
A few people from a new place called Organics Delivered were going door-to-door about a month ago. Here's their web site...

https://www.tmw.to/members.php?uri=o...-delivered-ltd

what do you think? I think it sounds pretty good to me.
post #2 of 7
Depending on where you are in the city, you might also want to check out Irv & Shelly's or Newleaf; I haven't looked too hard at either in a while (since the Angelic Organics CSA became too much for me), but I seem to recall that there were variations available in terms of box size, customization, etc.
post #3 of 7
CSA boxes (sort of what this is) can be a great way to get your veggies, I suggest ones that are direct from farmers
post #4 of 7
Thread Starter 
I should have listened to you all I have a post in TAO about what to do. All of my fruit was bruised, moldy tomatoes.. egh.
post #5 of 7
I've had two services in the past few years and have been more than thrilled with the quality of my produce. One service had a bit better customer service than the other but the quality of food was never anything but superior. Actually, I recall having one issue once with the first service we were with and they immediately replaced the item I was not satisfied with.

Hope this helps you get an idea of what others are receiving.

GL!
post #6 of 7
We tried one but cancelled it quickly. The produce was great but there were a few other issues. There would be enough for all of us for the week but with no way to customize the boxes we kept ending up with lots of things that none of us like and not enough of what we did like. For example, one week we received five apples, two pears, and one melon as all of the fruit then four huge heads of lettuce with the veggies. It wasn't nearly enough fruit and I had to give away half of the lettuce. We would also receive mushrooms every single week but none of us care for them so they would always be given away. In a way it was good to force us to use produce we wouldn't otherwise use but with things like lettuce or celery if there was too much there was no way to freeze it and with other items our tiny top-of-the-fridge freezer would become filled with the excess too quickly.

There was also the cost to consider. Even though I opted out of the home delivery and choose to do a pick up 45 minutes away it was still nearly $100 each week. This nearly doubled our weekly grocery budget. We did get more veggies than normal and they were all organic plus we got to try interesting and organic fruit but I still often had to supplement the box with a few produce items from the store. It ended up being just way to much to spend on produce. After writing out what we spend at the grocery store on produce we realized that we were spending about $1500 each year on fruits and veggies and having the boxes for a year would run us $4500. We just couldn't justify the extra cost.
post #7 of 7
If I were you, I'd check with localharvest.org or slowfood.com and see if you can find a CSA in your area that you can begin getting produce from instead.

You wouldn't be getting things like mangos or lemons, but in your region, you WOULD be getting pretty much any of the vegetables you like (within season - more greens early on, more corn/tomatoes at this point) - and it's quite possible that you'd also be getting locally grown fruit (plums, cherries, apples later, strawberries/blueberries even!).

The thing to remember about a CSA is that you're essentially buying a share of the grower's harvest. A well-established CSA should be relatively consistent in what produce they're able to provide; but things happen (drought, hail, etc.) which can impact how much is in your share. Last year was our CSA's first year, and two hail storms plus a grasshopper infestation impacted our shares a lot. This year, they have more hail cloth, and turkeys/chickens/guineas/covers to try to keep the grasshoppers under control more, so we are probably getting twice as much produce this year as last year.

It's not always beautiful - there are spots where a grass hopper got into a leaf, or whatever - but it's locally grown and organic and tastes divine.

Prices for a local CSA vary by region. Ours costs us a little less than $400 for 12-15 weeks of vegetables. We could pay less if we went out and helped them maintain their gardens, but my girls are still more likely to pull up the veggies than the weeds right now.
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