snowshovel

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:34:39 -0600

Big thumbs up to Growing Home. We've had their CSA share since spring, and the boxes are huge and the produce always looks like it was picked the same day. They also have quite a few pick-up sites around the city for the summer season.

Kaonashi

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:52:41 -0600

Good Lord, Ingrid! Thanks for the info. I think I'll give them a pass and check out the Green City Winter Market.

Ingrid

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:12:49 -0600

I was really disappointed with Irv &Shelly's Fresh Picks. Their delivery system is not convenient at all, but the worst is the way the food arrives. It's like they just toss everything into a big plastic bag, so I get this huge bag filled with old, wrinkled potatoes, peppers, apples and whatnot just floating around with cottage cheese where the carton had cracked open and was oozing out onto everything. A loaf of banana bread had the hard plastic packaging cracked open as well. The blueberries were soft, wrinkly and moldy. The whole thing was just a mess. If it were just one little thing, I would give them another chance, but when I complained, it didn't seem like they were interested in changing the way they do things. This is really no way to promote or do business. They also don't give all ingredients on the site for things like baked goods either, as one of the breads I ordered had a major ingredient that I'm allergic to. Seriously...my delivery looked like it was meant for the compost heap. You don't have to gift wrap it, but at least make some effort towards presentation and also check the food for freshness. I'm picky about that, as I'm sure the majority of people are who take the time and expense to shop at places like this.

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