The Corbin Hill Road Farm, a new kind of community-supported-agriculture project that brings poor South Bronx residents affordable produce from Schoharie County farms, starred in another article today. (The New York Times profiled the venture back in June.) Now, CNBC checks up on how the ambitious project, which is much larger and more complex than the typical CSA, is faring:
Two months in, the startup is fragile but seems to be working. Member Carmen Rodriguez of Hunts Point has been serving fresh squash, kale, lettuce, cucumbers, corn and peas to her husband and five children for weeks. It's cheaper than the supermarket, she said, and tastier than the canned vegetables they used to rely on.
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