I talked to some people recently about joining an Organic Food Co-op over the last couple weeks and I got set up with my first box of goodies tonight. Basically, a small group of people travel a little ways out of town to a farmer's market where they fill up a truck with random items. They really never know what they'll end up with as it's a seasonal thing and week to week there might be some of this or that. It's randomonium.

I've been trying to get away from processed foods, that is, foods that come pre-packaged, read chicken nuggets, as much as I can lately. To look inside my cabinets and refrigerator now is a totally different picture than a year ago. I used to buy a lot of convenience foods that typically tasted pretty good, but they just were not good for you. We've been moving toward an attitude of FRESH more and more lately. I am a confessed elitist who wants the best of everything. As I search for the best of the best, I keep running into ORGANIC produce, meat, blah blah blah.

So I join the co-op. It's fifteen bucks a box and everyone gets a random mix of stuff. You never know what you'll end up with. You just have to be ready to make due with what you get. I can do that. There's no meat or anything involved with this particular co-op...it's produce only. I need fruits and vegetables right now more than ever. At a time in my house where germs are spreading faster than giggles in a sex ed. class...I need fruits and vegetables.

So I get my first box tonight. It's huge. I have no idea what's inside it and I can hardly contain myself. It's like I'm five years old at someone else's house for Christmas...you know...someone who gets lots of stuff for Christmas.

Here's what I ended up with...for fifteen bucks: