Shangri La Farm

I've known Elaine Taylor for 2 years from her charitable work in the community. So when she announced the start of an organic co-op I knew she would be sourcing the best products she could for the best prices and the products would be keeping my dollars spent locally. This is a brand new venture and Elaine's sensitivity to making organic whole foods available to someone who doesn't have 6 or 7 hundred dollars to buy a year share is the only way I could participate in a CSA at all. I'm on a fixed income and can't afford to be told I'm out of luck for a refund if crops fail. Elaine offers choices from a variety of local sources and is up front about availability of items and weather she is able to buy an organic item locally at any particular time. I can only imagine how hard it is to satisfy a multitude of tastes and differences in consumer knowledge about what it means to grow organically or where food actually comes from in its journey to our tables. The quality and quantity of the items I've received on a half share has been excellent. I've worked at Shangrila farm in the past. Some who may not understand the resourcefulness of farmers needing to keep prices low may mistake a pile of boards, a box of nails or pieces of odd tractor/machinery parts for garbage.