Reviews for: Dennison's Family Farm

Ten months ago I didn't know what a CSA was and I darn skippy didn't eat unknown green things. Now, June won't get here quickly enough...I want my Dennison's CSA.

Each and every week was like Christmas. There was CSA eve, and then there was THE day. A box filled with the beautiful colors of each week's harvest...yes, I have photos! There were thing I recognized and enjoyed and there were things so foreign to our palates I would NEVER have looked at them twice in another venue. The Dennison family spent time identifying the foods as well as sharing their recipes. These good folks brought cookbooks pertaining to eating around the harvest and recommended books others had shared with them. This experience was and is like being an extended member of a gracious family.

Now, the facts, plain and simple. We are a family of two adults. The full share we enjoyed allowed us to share with a nieghbor and freeze some items. Additionally, we enjoyed fresh herbs and dried others for use throughout the winter months.. There were eight to ten different items, in ample portions, each and every week. Some weeks there was more. The quality was second to none.

Now, I cannot inagine my summers without the Dennison family and this amazing CSA they allow me to share in. It's time to share the secret...we're eating good, healthy, and local. What's not to love?

Fresh strawberries from Dennison's Farm have always been an eagerly anticipated Spring event. So it was very easy to make the leap from Dennison's Farm strawberry consumer to Dennison's Farm CSA member for my family. We figured we spent at least the subscription price, and probably more, on fruits and vegetables at the grocery store during the ten-week CSA season. However, we had no idea of the quality of the produce that we would receive in our boxes from Dennison's. The fruits and vegetables were always at their peak of freshness and when I picked up my box I always felt as though I was getting a surprise package! Most of the vegetables I recognized . . . .some I didn't. But my family has learned to eat new vegetables and I've become one of the "chard heads" . . .my new favorite veggie! Thanks to the Dennison family for allowing my family to enjoy the "fruits of their labors."

Dennison's Family Farm's CSA made summer 2009 a tasty culinary adventure in my house! Every week on pickup day my husband would come home wanting to know "What's in the box"?

And what was in the box? Tomatoes, strawberries, onions, bell peppers, jalapenos, chard ... too much to name. There were even things I had to Google (tigger melon, for example). I like the element of surprise, not knowing exactly what you're going to get every week.

I would not have guessed that 2009 was their first year to have a CSA program. The deliveries were always on time and the produce was obviously just harvested - I never found any wilted leaves or other signs of inappropriate storage. Their attention to detail was fabulous.

My only complaint: 10 weeks of this makes the other 42 weeks of the year look bad.

I only signed up for the half-share this year, since I'm afraid my class and work schedule aren't going to leave me much time for figuring out how to store extras, but I'm rethinking it the closer it gets to spring. The idea of Christmas every week for 10 weeks is more appealing than just for 5 weeks.