Western Montana Friends! Check out this local CSA!

What is a CSA?

Homestead organics Farm, one of the suppliers of Western Montana Growers Co-op

Community Supported/Sustainable/Sensational Agriculture. If you have enjoyed Bountiful Baskets but are curious about trying something local and Montana and live in the Missoula or Helena area, look into Western Montana Growers Co-op. They are sensational. We subscribed to a large share for the price of an organic Bountiful Basket and much less than a grocery store trip. Click here for the Co-op website!

Subscribing to a CSA cuts out the markup a grocery store attaches to its goods, and its all local! The co-op with a standard subscription will deliver to your area a wooden crate of fresh fruits and vegetables depending upon what is in season. The beauty of it is after buying your subscription, you can purchase add ons each week at a lower price too. These add ons vary from seasonal fruits and vegetables, dairy products, meats and dry goods like mushrooms and lentils. 

Take organic milk, for example. One gallon of Lifeline Dairy milk at the Real Food Market and Deli is $6.49. We are getting ti for $4.93 a gallon through our co-op because 1) the coop orders it straight from the dairy and 2) we got an extra percentage off because we volunteered to be the Helena drop point. What a happy stroke of luck and a big money saver that we get to host the drop point AND get 15% off our extra orders! Thank you Amy Pavlov at WMGCOOP! She is an amazing lady who has answered at least a dozen questions for me already and we have yet to get a delivery. Her email is on the website and she is great at answering questions!

Why Buy Local?

This is directly from the Western Montana Growers Co-op website:

"The Western Montana Growers Cooperative makes it easier for wholesale and individual customers to buy local food products, by distributing our growers’ local food to restaurants, groceries and some local schools. The concept of “buying local” is simply to purchase food from your local community. For us, that community is western Montana, from the Bitterroot to Glacier, from Missoula to Helena. There are many reasons to buy local, as shown below, and for WMGC the most important reasons are superior quality and freshness, contributing to the local economy, and reduced environmental impacts."

Please go to their website to read on! And if you decide to subscribe, feel free to mention me or this blog in the comments on their order page.