CSA folks: Stay tuned for information about BAMCSA in its new format, which will be launching in early January, if all goes according to plans. Currently, Slow Food Berkeley plans to hold seasonal bazaars of local meat, bought as whole animals and divided into boxes of varying sizes. We'll still have centralized pick ups, and delicious, locally, sustainably raised meat, but you won't have to pre-order! Plans to create a link from this or the Slow Food Berkeley site where people can connect with neighbors to purchase whole animals chug along--read: I haven't done anything about it--but eventually, we'll have a good social networking capacity set up. In the meantime, try one of these great CSAs that the format of BAMCSA, valiantly shaped by Bonnie Powell and me (Tamar) way back when, helped to create:

The UC Davis/Sonoma Direct club

The Marin Sun Farms meat buying club

Clark Summit Farms Meat Buying Club

And we'll get in touch soon!

Tamar