Today was the last scheduled delivery of fresh organic veggies from The Little Farm in Gilbert. We subscribed last year to receive a weekly bag of mixed fruits and veggies with no idea what might be in the bag from week to week and loved the variety of fresh salad greens, beets, carrots, parsnips, chard, eggplant, basil, spinach, and everything else that kept us eating more fresh vegetables than I think we would have eaten otherwise. This last bag of the season was the icing on the cake; the tomatoes you are looking at are the real thing. They are not factory-farmed, picked green, flavorless red orbs, these are sweet, tangy, incredible tomatoes. The potatoes are the most potato-ie spuds we have had the opportunity to cook up.

Next season, which begins in November will be Lauren’s last year operating a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) where about 45 of us valley residents subscribe and pay $64 a month for the luxury of receiving a weekly surprise package. Sadly, Lauren’s Little Farm in Gilbert is the second in a year to give in to our local government and land developers who are putting more value on property taxes and profits than the quality of life. I am certain all of us who have benefited from her and her volunteers’ hard work will sorely miss her but at the same time be awful darn grateful that we were lucky enough to have been supporters.