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January 5, 2008
Urban Organic - Yay or Nay???
We can all use more organic veggie options - anybody have feedback on www.urbanorganic.com? Sounds like a CSA on wheels which is useful for busy people. Thoughts?
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I have only good things to say...been using them for years, the product is fresh and consistently delivered on schedule. Highly recommend them.
Posted by: guest at January 5, 2008 9:59 PM
We used them years ago when we lived in Park Slope, I suspect we were among their first 100 or so customers. At that time there was zero flexibility to delete or substitute items in their standard box or to periodically cancel a weekly delivery (I see from just visiting their website that some limited degree of choice and the ability to call and cancel one week's produce has now been introduced). With the system as it ran when we used it, we found that we were simply not using all the produce, whether through some of it not being to our taste or through circumstances changing our dining plans. Consequently, we canceled the service after just a few weeks; with all the wasted food it was, for us, neither "green" nor economical. Even with the current system, my lack of faith in my ability to remember to cancel if the previous week's stuff hasn't been eaten and the extremely limited substitutions allowed does not make me even consider joining again. Your (meaning anybody else's) results may, of course differ, especially if you cook a full fledged meal every night. The produce itself was always of high quality.
Posted by: johnife at January 6, 2008 3:23 PM
I liked getting urban organic for a while, but like the previous poster, found it hard to keep up. At the start it was fun being surprised by the veggies I received, then it started stressing me out.."what am I going to do with ALL THIS chard???" and so I stopped getting it.
Posted by: marlenanyc at January 6, 2008 10:18 PM
I love them. SOOO convenient. But I had to put a permanent moratorium on kale. Every week I got kale, so I told them once- no more kale- and it never came again. They were always reliable and the produce so fresh and lovely. Once my box was stolen, and they delivered a new one free!
Posted by: guest at January 7, 2008 8:50 AM
We used to get the small box for a family of 4. You can leave standing instructions not to get the stuff you don't like and you can make substitutions.
Great service, but we found a whole box of fresh stuff every week was overwhelming and started referring to it as "the tyranny of the box." Can't go out tonight, dear, a new box is coming tomorrow and the fridge is still full. I wonder if they'd do every other week?
Posted by: trudylou at January 7, 2008 11:11 AM
Agree with all of the prior posters - great idea but too much stuff if you don't cook a big meal every single day. (LOL - I never ate so much chard as the time when I got urban organic.)
Posted by: guest at January 7, 2008 2:53 PM
omg, trudylou made me lol. The image of sitting at the table stuffing excess vegetables in their mouths b/c a new "box" was coming tomorrow.
Posted by: guest at January 7, 2008 3:58 PM
well, better to fill up with excess vegetables than twinkies, no?
Posted by: guest at January 7, 2008 6:12 PM
Ha! The CHARD!
We signed up when we first moved to Sunset Park. Even the small box was way too many vegetables, but I stopped freaking out about it and just brought the excess to coworkers and gave them away. Spreading the vegetable cheer. But there was so much of the "eh" stuff (chard, carrots). When we signed up it was winter, so I said, hey let's just wait until all that summer good stuff comes. But then the "summer good stuff" would be one very bruised tomato (and a whole lot of chard and carrots), and for fruit one peach. That was irritating. I wanted summer fruit. Not more chard!
Fairway. Best thing ever.
Posted by: saturdayrenogirl at January 8, 2008 12:11 AM
Freshdirect does have organic vegetables. Ask for and get only what you want when you want it. You can also choose local supplier things too as that's the latest fad.
Posted by: guest at January 8, 2008 1:49 PM
Thanks for all the feedback. We signed up for the service but also put a request in for them to offer an option to receive the box every TWO weeks. It would still allow them to plan their purchases in advance but it would be less onerous for small households like us. We'll see what happens...
Posted by: gilnyc at January 10, 2008 10:39 AM
This is their response:
"HI, we appreciate the feedback, and we do offer the box on a weekly basis, or biweekly basis, and we also offer periodic delivery. (a person calls us before 3 the day before we are in their area and we will happily deliver a box."
Posted by: gilnyc at January 11, 2008 12:02 PM
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