Well, we ask for a mix of western/eastern veg from the farm, and this is what we got last week: 1 red cabbage, 1 green cabbage, a bag of potatoes, a bag of carrots, 2 small heads of broccoli, a bag of lettuce, a bag of choi sum, a large squash (maybe zucchini? not sure) and a bag of fresh thyme. In recent weeks we've gotten tomatoes, corn on the cob, fresh rosemary, fresh basil, spinach, asparagus, aubergine ... it's just a variety, and since we like everything except beets we're pretty happy with it and it seems like good value to us.
I do it partly for the health reasons but also in large part for the environmental ones. The fact that not only is this food grown organically but that it is local instead of flown in from all over the world gives it a lot smaller "footprint." And it helps to support a farmer, which I'm happy to do. Of course I still buy plenty of things from overseas (like Carang said, our food supply is so global!) but every little bit helps, I think.
I do it partly for the health reasons but also in large part for the environmental ones. The fact that not only is this food grown organically but that it is local instead of flown in from all over the world gives it a lot smaller "footprint." And it helps to support a farmer, which I'm happy to do. Of course I still buy plenty of things from overseas (like Carang said, our food supply is so global!) but every little bit helps, I think.