Norwood Food Coop is the reason I have two heads of fennel sitting in the fridge. I don't really like the licoricey taste of fennel, and even if I did, I'm not really sure how one incorporates it into a meal, other than adding a couple of slices to a salad, and we're talking about two giant heads of it here. However, it's fresh and organic, and was included in my weekly vegetable share, so chances are either me or my roommate is going to have to do some experimentation in the kitchen before our fennel goes bad. A weekly produce share is an awesome beautiful thing, especially since we're getting less leafy lettucey greens now, and more substantive veggies like squash and eggplant. However, it also an undeniable challenge to consume the large variety of food they provide, especially since we're only two people. We pay less than $20 a week though, and we get weekly veggies as well as biweekly fruits and yogurt. Yum. Just about the only thing I would change is my half share of fruit. Every other week we get TOO much fruit for two people to consume in a week, but it definitely goes bad after one and then we have no fruit for week number two. I'd definitely prefer half as much fruit once a week, rather than twice as much fruit than I need half as often. Other than that (and all the lettuce, there was definitely too much of that for the first few weeks!), I've been really pleased with the quality of all the food we've gotten, and it's definitely made for a huge improvement on my diet having all the fresh veggies. Among other things, I've made cabbage rolls, eggplant parm, borscht, pickles (from both cucumbers and beets), chard-meatball risotto, maple glazed turnips and carrots, creamed cucumbers, homemade chicken stock (for the risotto and borchst)... Thanks to Norwood, this summer's cooking has been fun, and for the most part delicious! read more