Phoenix Area people....

A friend just told me about this food co-op, called Bountiful Harvest. I signed up, and we are getting our first basket of food Saturday. Our friends seemed pretty excited about it, and said they always get a bunch of stuff. It costs $15 for a basket, and here is what someone said they got in their last four baskets....there are a bunch of pick-up locations.

Bountiful Baskets Website

04/25/09
Guadalupe & Lindsey

2 heads romaine lettuce
1 bundle of celery
10 pink lady apples
1 bag of grapes
1 box of blackberries
1 pineapple
4 cucumbers
2 acorn squash
2 bunches of bananas
2 cantaloupes
3 heads of broccoli

05/09/09
Guadalupe & Lindsey

10 lbs russet potatoes
3 oranges
3 cucumbers
2 orange peppers
8 granny smith apples
1 bunch bananas
1 lb strawberries
6 plums
1 cantaloupe
3 lb salad mix
3 lbs broccoli
1 lb grape tomatoes
1 lb brocciflower


Asian Pack Add On

3 heads garlic
1 head bok choy
1 head cabbage
1 piece ginger root
1 lb snow peas
1/2 lb mushrooms

05/23/09
Guadalupe & 101

3 bananas
1 pineapple
1 head green leaf lettuce
1 head romaine lettuce
4 scallions
1 cantaloupe
5 ears corn
2 cucumbers
4 tomatoes
4 fuji apples
5 nectarines
5 mangoes
12 red potatoes

05/30/09
Guadalupe & Dobson
1 cantaloupe
1 head romaine lettuce
1 bunch celery
1 bundle spinach
3 scallions
5 bananas
1 pineapple
2 avocados
5 fuji apples
2 tomatoes
5 mangoes
4 nectarines
5 ears corn

wow, that is cool! LOL i know myste gets co-op in her area, i may have to look into one in my area if i ever have the spare money!

That's an awesome price for those baskets of wonderful food!!!

That's fantastic!
We have a farmer's market not far from our house and I love taking Owen there. He enjoys being outside and seeing all the colors, etc.
I am going to look into the co-op though because those prices are amazing!
Can't wait to see what you get!

I wish we had a co-op here for fruit and veges. We have them for fish and clothes which can be good at times but fish isn't in as hot demand as staples.
I usually shop at my local fruit and vege shop which is fairly large or on weekends they have the farmers markets over at the local showgroup and their stuff is usually organic but it's far to cold for me to go there at the moment. Once winter is over i'll reconsider it.

I get a CSA share (which is the basket things you're talking about) and I shop at a co-op market nearby for all the rest of my groceries. I love it, it's slightly more expensive than shopping at the regular grocery store but the quality is 100% better, the people are friendlier and I'm very glad I joined. We eat about 90% organics and probably 60% local. I'm not fanatic about it but I try.