Just Add Water

Not so happy with the service. Went to pick up some boxes that didn’t arrive and said they were ‘stolen’ so they can’t comp me for them. They put the food in a recycled box, and went to pick up my box one day to find it was in a RAID box. Food in a bug poison container. Found a praying mantis in one of my boxes. Sometimes the stuff would be old already, and when I made requests to leave certain items out a lot of times it was ignored. Kimberly is a nice enough person on the phone but she sounds kind of flaky and isn’t on top of the employees who actually put the boxes together. You can get the same prices and fresh local food at Kokua market, plus you can pick out exactly what you want. I think it’s better to learn how to grow your own stuff anyway.

I have now received 3 weeks of an individual box from Just Add Water. This is my first CSA so I can’t compare it to much, but I am fairly happy. However, I heard that the Mao Farms CSA has a lot more diversity.
In the box, I received:
* 1 mango
* Once I also received 3 apple bananas
* 3 – 4 leaves of a variety of Kale (I’ve gotten the one with purple stems or lacinato)
* Once I received 3 bunches of baby bok choy
* About 2 handfuls of green beans
* a large handful of some kind of sprouts
* 1 small eggplant
* 3 – 4 stalks of swiss chard varieties (red /​yellow stems)
* 2 large leaves. sorry I still can’t figure out what this is but I use it in soups.
* random leaves of herbs including basil, thai basil, coriander (maybe 3 – 4 leaves of each)
* 3 handfuls of red lettuce
They say you can customize it, but I’m not sure what I would add/​change… when I received my 3^rd box I was slightly disappointed that it was almost the exact same stuff.
But, I have to say, that it’s making me eat my veggies and they all taste absolutely wonderful! Very flavorful. the BEST mangoes ever…
For $ 20 a week for an individual box, that I split with my boyfriend, I’m fairly happy. I’m going to try Mao’s CSA next as I hear you get a lot of very unique vegetables (e.g. purple carrots!?) and it’s pretty different each week.
CSA’s are also a GREAT way to support local farmers and the organic movement.