Boston's Custom House Clock Tower; Tony the misfit (Flickr)

Susan McCrory

That’s not just the sound of the New Year’s clock ticking the minutes into 2010. It’s also the sound of the CSA sign-up clock. If you haven’t already confirmed your current CSA share or sent in a new application, get moving! Those shares go fast.

At the last PRK Meet-Up/Eat-Up, we talked about providing a CSA calendar and map, and we’re making good on that offer. Here is the most up-to-date listing we could find of CSAs in the area, provided by Boston Localvores. (In contrast, this NOFA/Mass CSA listing reaches further afield, but it’s from last year.) In addition to spreading the word vis a vis these lists, PRK is delighted to say we’ve got in the pipeline our own user-friendly map for local CSA farms and their respective drop-off points. WBUR web wizard Jesse is working out the details, and there are lots of them. Please don’t rush him!  We’ll keep you posted on our progress and get that map published as soon as we can.

Speaking of CSAs, this just in from JJ Gonson of Cuisine En Locale: the next Meat Meet will be this Friday, January 8th at 6pm in Central Square. You can make a special request, or just buy off the cart. Either way, the provider of the meat and poultry (all of it conscientiously raised, grass-fed and pastured and hormone-free) is Stillman’s Farms in Hardwick, MA. If you’re interested in Stillman’s Meat CSA, January is a sign-up month.

Finally, some motivated folks in Somerville are banding together to create some CSA magic: a FARM SHARE FAIR! The event is slated to take place this coming Monday, January 11th at 6pm in the Somerville Public Library. Learn more here.

Tic toc.