Saturday, October 11, 2008

Organic Vegetables

About a month ago we found this Organic Food Co-op that meets every week on Saturday in Redlands in front of The Farm restaurant. Today was our first time going there, picking up our pre-selected basket of organic fruits and vegetables, paying for the next time we come, and taking it all home for a way better price than at the grocery store. Each week someone collects all the money from everyone participating and then goes to local organic farmers and buys their produce at cost. They then devide all the produce evenly (depending on how many people decide to RSVP for that week) and distribute it on Saturday morning. We were really impressed with all the different kinds of fruits and vegetables we were able to get, and it's kind of fun to just let someone else pick out what's in season right now for you to eat. Our next pick up for us will be October 25th because we don't think we'll be done eating all our stuff by next week.
After we picked up our produce we took Jackson for a walk around downtown Redlands (does that alley look familar?). Then he was so tuckered out that he and Hermione took a nap together.