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Okay, I’ve decided for the rest of summer I am going to ditch my search for marked down fruits and vegetables and—in the spirit of the season—blog about all the cool stuff I get from my local community supported agriculture. Sound like a good idea? I think so.

As you can see, yesterday’s box was loaded with awesome vegetables. After I split it up with my friend, I was left with the broccoli, radicchio, lettuce, fennel and some onions and garlic. Not a bad haul, but I have a busy week ahead of me, so I gave most of it to my mom.

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If you walk around New York City, you’ll see a Grey’s Papaya and a silver hotdog cart on every corner. There’s an occasional fruit stand, but they’re outnumbered. So now, to help curb New York’s obesity epidemic, city officials will soon unleash 1,000 brand new food carts—selling fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods in all five boroughs. Currently, only 200 “Green Carts” are stationed throughout the city. Residents are very excited about it; The New York Times reports.

Actually, New York is pretty veggie-friendly already. In Albany, the Veggie Mobile cruises the streets selling fruits and vegetables to low-income neighborhoods and senior communities. And for years, a charming old salesmen sold his amazing vegetable peeler all over New York City.

Listen up! Now matter where you live. Great, cheap produce is easy to find. You just have to look for it. I’m a big dope, but I still manage to dig up plenty of cheap fruits and vegetables all the time.

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For the first time ever, I didn’t find any marked down fruits and veggies, but I’m a resourceful little bugger. A couple weeks ago my community supported agriculture started up again. So this week, instead of cheap manager’s special produce, let’s see what’s inside my box share.

A whole bunch of cool stuff! I got lots of broccoli and zucchinis, tons of lettuce and radicchio, some garlic tops, little bit of kale and a nice fat Napa cabbage. I split the share with my friend. So I kept the kale, a couple broccolis, lettuce, a zucchini and a few garlic tops. Nice!

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A bunch of broccoli $0.67.

Some more broccoli $0.39.

Different kinds of apples $1.71.

Today's grand total is only $2.77. I can't go for more than a day without eating broccoli. I crave it!

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My favorite, ripe bananas $0.68.

A bunch of big red onions $1.00.

And eight fuzzy kiwis $1.00.

Today's total is only $2.68. I'm part gorilla. A stockpile of bananas is an absolute must! 

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A bunch of yellow squash $1.15.

One more squash and some zucchini $1.06.

Five cucumbers $1.00.

This week's total, just $3.21. Italians from Jersey always have a stockpile of zucchini. It's a must!

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