FYI
Buying a share of a local farmer's seasonal produce keeps your food dollars in the region and supports local sustainable growers. Grow Youngstown's Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program will drop your farmer's share downtown Youngstown (B&O) and Warren (Market on the Square) from June through mid October.
Here are just a few of the advantages.
Greater Nutritional value: Food picked the day of delivery and traveling short distances, reaches customers with higher nutritional content.
Supports the local economy: Money stays within the local economy --doesn't go to Chicago (IGA) or Pittsburgh (Giant Eagle)--creating direct
and interdependent bonds and feedback between producers and consumers.
Good price: Customers pay less than they would pay at the supermarket for organic produce and farmers get more than they would get selling wholesale.
Variety: Customers get a variety of vegetables not always available at the local supermarket.
Sustainable: The food is grown sustainably and depending on the farm, certified organic.
Grow Youngstown
PO Box 1191
Youngstown, Ohio 44504
www.growyoungstown.org (http://www.growyoungstown.org)
I've heard through the grapevine that the current city administration is against urban agriculture, e.g. crops grown within the city limits. Doesn't make any sense to me.