Living an Ideal
"The Spiritual Food CSA offers an extraordinary opportunity for like-minded people to come together in community to manifest, by acting directly and consciously, the model of a new world on which a new positive collective consciousness will be built." -Victor (Vyasa) Landa, Founder and Director
How often do we make compromises in our work, our life choices, our politics because we feel hopeless/helpless, or that the problems are too big, or the choices too limited, or that our lives are already too complex and we just can’t spare the time, focus or energy to do what we know is right and good?
How often do we compromise on our ideals?
Joining the CSA is an opportunity to live an ideal – to do the right thing, and make a difference.
We don’t participate only because -
The food is good . . . even though it is
It’s good for our health . . . even though it is
It teaches me and my family to eat better . . . even though it does
I eat new things I wouldn’t otherwise try
I eat with the seasons
It simplifies my life because I pay upfront and then don’t have to think about changing prices according to what "the market ' decides, nor even what to cook and eat because I take what is offered.
We participate in this CSA because:
Being consumer-organized, it helps farmers by giving them a guaranteed income and thus the freedom to get down to what they know best -- nurturing the soil, growing good food and healing the earth
It helps make a new economic paradigm based on solidarity, fairness and compassion a reality
Being consumer organized, we support and encourage more new farms. And we receive an array of items that rounds out the weekly menu.
It proves that when people dare to take responsibility for their own destiny, work together and sacrifice if necessary, that values and principles such as truth, cooperation, love and peace that we all long for are upheld for the good of all
Member involvement in distribution (packing shares, setting up, sorting, weighing, bagging, labeling, loading vans etc.) gives them a chance to get in touch with the food, again freeing farmers and their budget to focus on farming