Showing posts with label Bountiful Baskets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bountiful Baskets. Show all posts

Sunday, May 1, 2011

My First Bountiful Basket

We had our first delivery of Bountiful Baskets in Casper this last Saturday. It's a food co-op that was started by some ladies in Utah that I assume are members of the church. Nikki has been participating in it in her area and now I have that opportunity.

Baskets are composed of 50% fruit/50% veggies and usually composed of six different ones of each. The cost is on $15.00 per basket and you can order "add-ons" which are additional items such as breads, desserts, ethnic foods, etc. for $7.50.

I decided to volunteer and this was the scene I saw when I arrived. It was cold and snowing. These are the baskets after they were sorted. Everyone brings a clothes basket or box and transfers the items into their own container. The basket contained 4 bananas, 2 apples, some sweet potatoes, 2 cartons strawberries, 2 grapefruit, 1 head cauliflower, 1 bunch broccoli, 1 pineapple, 1 cucumber, 6 ears of corn and a watermelon. My add-on was Italian Bag and I got a red onion, 1 white onion, a carton of mushrooms, an eggplant, 2 zuchinnis and fresh herbs.I think my money was well-spent.