A fresh-food opporunity from Schlafly and Fair Shares' CSA:

From Schlafly Bottleworks (they do great things, support them if you can):

We'd like to take a moment to tell you about Fair Shares, a combined CSA*!

Would you like to support local, but don't have the means to do so easily? Do you have difficulty getting to farmers' markets? Are you interested in learning how to cook seasonally, thereby eating the best-tasting, most nutritious food available? Fair Shares is a non-profit organization dedicated to getting fresh, local, seasonal food into the hands of more St. Louisans--regardless of their income.

Fair Shares is working with local farmers and producers to form a Combined CSA* (CCSA). Each week, they'll collect, organize and distribute a well-rounded example of the freshest, seasonal, sustainably-produced foods available in St. Louis all year long. Members of Fair Shares will receive bios on all the farmers and producers we feature, plus menu ideas, recipes, and storage and preparation tips each week. There are still spaces left for this season!

Fair Shares was created in 2007 by sisters Sara Hale and Jamie Choler. (Sara has been a tremendous employee at Schlafly Beer for more than 15 years). Because Sara and Jamie believe eating healthy food should be a universal right, not an elite privilege, Fair Shares was organized as a nonprofit in the hopes of finding grants and holding fundraisers to help them reach their goal of making local, seasonal foods more accessible to all.

*Community Supported Agriculture is a partnership between consumers interested in safe, fresh, local foods and farmers interested in a stable market for their products. Consumers pledge to support the farms as co-producers, sharing in the bounty and the risks of farming, including poor harvests due to pests or weather conditions.

Please visit the Fair Shares website at www.fairshares.org and get all the details about this wonderful organization!