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| - I've been wanting to start buying from a local CSA like we used to in Pennsylvania and California, and took the plunge with Vegas Roots after seeing some of their posts on IG.
Drove over there today for the veggie bag pick up (Fridays and Saturdays 10-2) which from my suburbia of Henderson was a good 30 minutes or so.
Driving through a part of Vegas I don't think I have ever driven through, neither ostentatious or newly gentrified like other areas of Vegas, you turn down Tonapah Drive, you'll see this hand painted sign that says Vegas Roots Community Garden.
Pulling into the dirt lot, a colorfully painted fence smiles back at you and a painted mural of two woman tending to a garden is the entrance to the gardens.
To pick up your bag of veggies, you'll enter through the office door in the house and be greeted by Roz, a sweet lady who runs Vegas Roots.
There's also two other lovely ladies I met whose names escape me, but one is the resident herbalist and will be soon starting educational classes, as well has a booth set up for days when they are open. The other lady was generous enough to walk me through the property and explained the plot rentals, showed me the greenhouse and the chickens who look healthy and happy, the small orchard, and described the different festivals and events that will be happening this year.
I left with my canvas bag and when I arrived home, oh my God!!!! Gorgeous kale and leafy arugula, three plump tomatoes, two huge, munificent zucchini, two firm purple pears and one huge yellow onion. Very impressed with the quality of the produce.
It's $80 for a month's worth of produce, once a week pick up. Perhaps more pricey than if you buy at Sprouts or Trader Joe's, even probably Whole Foods, but you're getting freshest quality, and the energy from a local grown CSA farm and the extra money helps the urban farm with the resources it needs to function. They also donate a ton of greens to needy families and food banks.
It's $500/year to rent a plot, which includes the plot space, irrigation and water, good soil and all that you'd need to get started.
Check the website for days and times they are open to the public, as well as public classes and events.
They have a Lil' Roots Garden Club as well, ages 4-12, but they had a 14 year old in there last class they told me. What a great way to get your kids interested in gardening and learn where healthy food comes from. Some urban/suburban kids have no idea about where a tomato comes from, what a tomato plant looks like.
Support your local farmers, with initiative set forth by our current administration, the EPA will be scraped and supporting foodlots vs small farmers/farmers markets will be the soup du jour. If you like organic, nonGMO, let's support those small biz', because if the EPA is closed down as possibly reported it might, we gonna be SOL people. It'll be harder and harder to get good, healthy, non sprayed, non injected, etc., produce and livestock, so support, support, support your local CSA, organic farms, small farmers and farmers markets. (Preach).
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