by  Minty   LaVendy

 

A buying club is a group of people who arrange to buy organic produce in bulk and distibute it thru a network of volunteers to a wide range of neighborhoods, you usually pay ahead of time, some have fees to join in and they can be more or less flexible when it comes to skipping your share for your vacation.

Joining a buying club has so many benefits, I don't know where to start:

• What you get in your share is decided ahead of time ( you can substitue what you don't like) so you don't have to brainstorm to know what you will cook during the week.

• You have the opportunity to discover new produce, kale, chard, heritage carrots. and tomatoes, jerusalem artichoke, beets tops.......

• My buying club helps the environment by trying to buy local whenever possible.

• There is no middle man ,the produce get straight to you and is incredibly fresh.

• the club I joined is very reasonably priced ( on average around $2.00 a pound).