'A small but mighty role': local farms give low-cost access to healthy food

Community-supported agriculture programs offer sliding-scale shares to customers who can choose their payment levelEvery Wednesday during the growing season, Emilyn Sosa picks up a box of produce from a community center in Brooklyn crammed with the week's harvest. This might include carrots, beets or sometimes kohlrabi, which she cooks up into soups and salads for her family of five. The price? It's whatever Sosa judges to be fair. For a weekly box, the 33-year-old pays about $15 (?12). If she were to buy a similar amount of fruit and vegetables at a standard supermarket - where the prices are of course non-negotiable - the cost might be upward of $60 (?50) per week. Continue reading...