A woman near our neighborhood started a fruit and vegetable co-op.  What a great idea!  We drop our name-labeled-basket off on Friday night with $15 and pick it up on Satruday morning full of fruits and veggies.  She does this every two weeks for us. 

As you can see from the first photo, there is a wide variety of items in the basket.  It changes each week with what is in season.  This week we received celery, zuchinni, cauliflower, oranges, lemons, tomatoes, red potatoes, bananas, strawberries, yellow peppers, red apples, mangos, gala apples, butternut squash, asian pears and yams.  The second photo shows the basket as we received it and the third photo is a fruit medley I took to a party this weekend (all the fruit on the platter was from our last basket!). 

If you don't have a co-op in your neighborhood, I would recommend starting one!  Ours currently has over 150 families!  Even if she is making only a couple bucks off of each basket, she is making out and providing a great service!  It really helps me expand my recipe horizon as well!