organic produce delivery

[goldilocks]

I live in the bay area and a company called "Planet Organics" delivers organic produce to your door for about $25 every other week. You specify items you don't like, but other than that, they deliver the freshest stuff they have to you. You never know what's in the box when you get, so it's like "Ready,Set,Cook". I am considering doing this. There is only 2 of us and I feel it would encourage us to eat more fruits and veggies. Does anyone else do this? What do you think about your experience and any tips to eliminate any wasting of the produce?

[makedah]

I don't do this because I can't afford it and I live alone. The people that I know who are members of Community Supported Agriculture (they have shares in a farm) really enjoy it. Two of the three families I know that do this are 2-person households. The third has a 3 year old kid and 2 adults. If you think you can't eat all the veggies, you can sell part of your share to a friend or family member. For instance, you can offer to give them some of the veggies for $5-10 a week.

[foodiedelite]

I did this for a little while, with a company called "Boxed Greens." I would order a medium box for $35.00 every other week. The fruits and lettuce were the best we had ever eaten. They would drop a cooler box off at approximately 6:30 am in our area.

I discontinued the service as it was too expensive. I couldn't select the items in my box. They have a special order for selecting items, which was much more $. Also,
I try a lot of different recipes and found myself running to the market for items not included in my goodie box. It's a great service if your menu planning is flexible.

We didn't have a problem with left over produce or using it up before our next delivery, as everything vanished quickly.

[This message has been edited by foodiedelite (edited 05-02-2001).]

[cindyluwho]

I did this when I lived on a hill in San Francisco during the period when I didn't have a car, but I found that I would sometimes get vegetables that I didn't know what to do with, even though I was given the opportunity to exclude many things from the list that I didn't like, and they would go bad before I had a chance to figure out what to do with them. If there are 2 of you, it might be a little easier. For me, a better (and cheaper) bet once I had a car was to go to the local farmers' markets so I could pick out exactly what I wanted. There also used to be a place in Berkeley called Berkeley Bowl which was an amazing produce place that also carried dry goods. I've been away from the bay area for several years now, so I don't know if this place still exists.