BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Two local foods growers are thinking outside the box when it comes to their CSA boxes. They have teamed up with a fitness club to provide healthy foods and recipes for its members and with a retail shop to pair farm produce with oils, vinegar and spices for their foodie customers.
Farm expands CSA idea with business partnerships
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Chelsea Meiss, who farms with partner Dylan Cook at Cook Farm in Bloomington, sells produce weekly at the Downtown Bloomington Farmer’s Market on Saturday. The farm’s Community Supported Agriculture subscription allows people to shop during their business hours at the farm stand as well.
Saturday morning shoppers line up at the Cook Farm Booth at Downtown Bloomington Farmers Market weekly.
Chelsea Meiss who farmers with partner Dylan Cook cleans radishes at Cook Farm in Bloomington to prepare for the weekly Downtown Bloomington Farmer’s Market on Saturday.
Hollie Bobell of Downs, shops at the Cook Farm south of Bloomington. The farm’s community supported agriculture subscription allows people shop during their open hours at the farm stand, not only at a specified CSA pickup time. She also gets to choose the vegetables and flowers she wants rather than get a pre-selected box.
