CitySprout: Connecting Communites with Farmers

There are few things better than fresh-from-the-ground produce, pulled from the dirt just hours before it ends up in your kitchen. Farmer’s markets are one way to get the freshest of ingredients, CSAs, another still. And now, there’s a third way: CitySprout. CitySprout calls themselves the “online marketplace that connects communities with local farmers to provide farm fresh food.” It’s like a CSA, but on a grassroots level: it boasts the same kind of convenience in getting local, fresh produce delivered, but for smaller groups of people, in any location. And it doesn’t only benefit your summer meal-planning. It provides an advantage for farmers, too, who don’t necessarily have the bandwidth to get involved in a larger CSA operation. Plus, you get to pick your shares. Not the biggest fan of radishes? Skip that share, and buy the next. So far, CitySprout is running operations in a few major cities - New York, LA, and Chicago among them - but hopes to expand its reach in promoting healthy eating and the economy of local farmers everywhere. Sign up to help them sprout their shares, and you’ll be on your way to straight-off-the-vine tomatoes, delivered by a farmer whose name you’ve come to know. CitySprout