Hungry, Hungry Hipsters

It's easy to ridicule hipsters as same-dressing, trend-following, white-man's-burden-bemoaning twits, but what to make of those who take up the foodmaking crafts of yore? In Brooklyn is a whole community of Slow Food advocates who don't just patronize restaurants or wax poetic about heirloom this-and-that, they actually produce products like chocolate, butchered meats, and cheese in the quest for great taste and conscious living. Here's a group of hipsters everyone can admire; now, if only they could teach their brethren in Southern California the same ethos...

CSA: Can Save All

We get our produce from Morning Song Farm, a beautiful bunch of acres in the unincorporated community of Rainbow, California. They offer what's known as a Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA, for short), which means that consumers fork over money for a basket (small or large) of whatever the farm is offering in a particular season (right now: lots of kale, rainbow chard, strawberries, and other yummies). The CSA idea is still catching on in Southern California, definitely not as entrenched as back East or other regions, but all can change. Not enrolled? Stop by The Road Less Traveled on a Wednesday and check out all the goodies!