Fresh, local, organically grown fruit and veggies. Mmmmmmm.

Here is a letter from my dear friends, The Cochrans, who run the Eco-Gardens CSA, which we love. What is CSA? It stands for Community-Supported or Shared Agriculture, and it's a lot like having a garden but without all the work!

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Greetings friends!

Hope everyone enjoyed Happy Holidays!

It is time!

Please help me spread the word about Eco-Gardens CSA's early bird Discount. The cost is very reasonable, averaging $16.07 per week for those who Post-Mark their Sign-Up Forms on or before Feb 20.

Members receive a weekly basket of FARM-FRESH, LOCAL, CHEMICAL-FREE vegetables, berries, melons and herbs, from May to November. Farming brothers Andrew and Reuben Habegger are dedicated to growing the most pure, most nutritionally dense produce and are always trying to learn more methods to bring the healthiest food our way, always grown free of all synthetic chemicals.

See highlights below and details in the attached Brochure and Sign up Form. Also attached, find our Anticipated Harvest Chart, which gives an idea of what to expect as we go through the season, and comments from past Eco-Gardens CSA Members. (NOTE: you'll need to e-mail me or Lisa for the attachments.)

Please help pass this along to any friends, groups or businesses who may be interested.

Thank you so much!

Lisa Cochran

331-0104

eco-gardenscsa@bellsouth.net

Eco-Gardens CSA 2012

*Fresh, Local, Chemical-Free Produce!

*Lovingly nurtured using organic growing practices on the Habegger family farm

*28 Week Season

*A share = 3/8 bushel (3 gallons) or more

*Harvest should begin early May

PRICING

If Post-Marked on or before February 20:

Lump-sum payment in full = $450 (weekly average = $16.07)

Payment Plan = Deposit of $75 plus 4 payments of $100 due May 1, June 1, July 1, August 1

If Post-Marked After February 20:

Lump-Sum Payment in Full = $475

Payment Plan = Deposit of $100 plus 4 payments of $100 due May 1, June 1, July 1, August 1

Nashville Locations

Crieve Hall Area

(Off I-65 between Harding Place and Brentwood Exits. Convenient to Oak Hill, Brentwood, Antioch, Woodbine, Franklin...)

Tuesdays 3:30 to 6:30 pm

Crievewood Baptist Church

480 Hogan Road, 37220

Belmont Area

(Near 21st Exit off I-440. Convenient to Vandy, downtown, West End, Green Hills, Berry Hill...)

Thursdays 3:30 to 6 pm

Christ the King Catholic Church

3001 Belmont Boulevard, 37212

Nashville Contact: Lisa Cochran eco-gardenscsa@bellsouth.net 331-0104

Or visit crievewood.org

If you would like to join:

Complete the attached Sign-Up Form and MAIL directly to the farm (149 Strawberry Lane, Scottsville, KY 42164). NOTE: you'll need to e-mail me or Lisa for your sign-up form.

We wish to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of you who have supported Eco-Gardens CSA over the years!

A Happy New Year to you all in 2012!

Lisa, Gregory and Joseph Cochran

Well, it's finally happened. I've been waiting a LONG time for someone to take the Nourishing Traditions principles touted by the Weston A. Price foundation and make them accessible to pretty much anyone anywhere. (I LOVE Sally Fallon and Mary Enig--they're two of my modern-day heroes!)

Jordan Rubin, author of The Maker's Diet, founded Beyond Organic, making it really easy for people to enjoy whole foods that are prepared in traditional ways--not in newfangled, conventional ways, processing and refining everything to death. (He just got added to the modern-day heroes list, too). I've read a lot about fermentation and lacto-fermentation, but it's all been almost overwhelming. Beyond Organic did it for me. Hooray!

I'm absolutely thrilled with what Jordan Rubin is doing--not just with food but also with education and environmental stewardship--and I can't wait to get us all eating and drinking the stuff that I ordered yesterday. Everything is absolutely chock-full of probiotics and Omega 3s and CLA and antioxidants and fiber and nutrients our bodies need to THRIVE, not just survive.

We're beginning to talk about our next little Toddlett, so the timing couldn't be better. I've got to get this body back in gear and ready to take on nourishing another little person! I'm planning to be healthier at 40 than I've ever been in my entire life. I'm on the right track and have two and half more years to go.

Now I'm off to help plan my high school's 20-year class reunion. YIKES!