Community Supported Agriculture

Spring is nearly here, a time when our thoughts turn to pea shoots, ramps, watercress, and other bright green, fresh edibles. It’s also when many Wisconsinites are signing up for Community Supported Agriculture, farms that offer boxes of food to members each week. Commentator Catherine Jagoe signed up for a farm share and tells us how she got more than just food.

Catherine Jagoe

Catherine Jagoe is a translator and writer whose most recent poetry collections are Bloodroot and News from the North. Her essays have appeared or are forthcoming in the 2016 Pushcart Prize XL anthology, “The Gettysburg Review,” “TriQuarterly,” “Fourth Genre,” “Memoir Magazine,” “Water~Stone Review” and other journals.