Reviews for: Sage Produce

When I look at how vegetables are presented, I know the relationship the farmer has with what they grow. Does the farmer love what they produce?

Sage Organics produces clean, always fresh, and wonderfully packaged vegetables and greens which make my mouth water just looking at them. And when you talk with Liz, you can tell the way she grows is very important to her.

But of course, the test is in the taste. We were fortunate to be the recipient of a box of vegetables from Sage Organics' CSA program from friends going out of town. We savored the box all week long!

The contents were wonderful in that there were some new types of vegetables to try as well as the ones you want every week. For instance, I had never seen a lemon cucumber before. It was sweet, tasty and fun to eat. And the heirloom tomatoes were wonderfully full of flavor. The box even included herbs.

But the box didn't stop with just vegetables... Liz also included a newsletter about what was happening on the farm and recipes you could make with the box of vegetables! An excellent way to branch out into new dishes and stay connected to the very food we were enjoying!

Thank you and keep up the good work!

We purchase a half share for the 20 weeks, but it ended 1 week early. We were suppose to get more the last week to make up for the 1 week lost. i didn't feel it was anymore than normal. I did like getting fresh organic veggies every week, but that was about the only real plus for me. I didn't feel that we got what we paid for and a few times my bag was missed from what the list stated it should contain. Shares mostly consisted of tomatoes (often very ripe) Leeks, Swiss Chard, and Basil. We did get other item threw out, but these were almost always in the bag. I do like the idea of a CSA this one just wasn't for us. A half share broke down to $17.50 a week for 20 weeks(we only had 19 weeks) and I receive a bag that was almost full every week. I think I could get almost that and pick out my own veggies at a store.

You may fare better buying directly from Sage Organics produce stand--being able to select more of the specific vegetables you most enjoy and being able to choose from those which are not included in your share any given week. All shares were identically prepared, though there was some variance between full and half shares. Based on the price paid for our full share and the quantity of produce we received, you should expect to pay a slightly higher premium than that at the local grocer. A half-share may be a better bet, the difference between the full and half shares was oftentimes, especially early on, only very slight. 2010 was the first time Sage Organics offered CSAs and our first time purchasing a CSA. It was a learning experience, from both sides I'd suspect.