Pros: - makes me eat produce
- expanded my horizons to new veggies - Kohlrabi, for instance is now a favorite.
- produce is mostly organic and always very fresh. Beets, onions, potatoes, corn, salad greens, etc ...
- supports local (Lancaster County) farmers
- eggs are very fresh and really free range - you can tell the difference
Cons: - this year we got a LOT of eggplant and cooking greens, but not nearly as many tomatoes, butternut or acorn squash, corn, etc when they were in full season at the farmers market - I never got ONE winter squash in my 25 weeks! - are they pushing the hard to sell at the farmers market choices on the CSA members???
- cooking greens are often given in such small quanities as to make cooking them laughable .. who is really going to spend 45 minutes cooking SIX leaves of collards? It'd be better to get a whole bunch one a season than a little bit frequently.