I did one of those this past summer. It was more food than my family could have possibly used even if I cooked that much. During the summer, I'm not a huge cooker, mostly grilling and light stuff. It made me work since I need to find recipes for all this stuff I've never used before and then to put all that effort in and have my kids hate it was really disheartening. It was also a big time commitment for us because it required quite a bit of picking (3 hours or more) some weeks. It was also pretty far from home.
I know some people swear by it, and I am all for supporting the local farms and the organic ones at that, but it was just not a good fit for us. Next year we will be checking out quite a few farmer's markets to get what we want, in the quantities we want without the hours driving to and from the farm and the hours spent picking at the farm.
Good Luck.
Muggle Mom
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