What Nursing Made Possible Today

Last fall my family purchased a share in a Community Supported Agriculture farm (CSA). It’s been a wonderful thing. The kids like to have a “feast” from the organic fruits and vegetables we get in the basket delivered from the farm to our pick-up site. They enjoy old favorites like apples and pears, and make new favorites like kohlrabi (in lemon, olive oil, and salt).

Photo by Piovasco

Today we got the opportunity to visit the farm to pick strawberries out in the field. The field trip (forgive the pun) showed the kids exactly where their food grows. The experience was educational and tons of fun! There’s nothing quite like setting loose a 10-month-old in a row of strawberries and watching her pick her own berry and pop it in her mouth! When she tired of that activity and needed to reconnect with me, I didn’t have to head back to the car, I just sat right down in the field and nursed her. It felt great to be cuddling my baby in the sunshine. As far as I know, no one paid us any mind, they were all so busy picking strawberries.

We came home with over 10 pounds of organic strawberries for $10.75! I nursed my little one to sleep for her nap and had a chance to process all the strawberries. The perfect ones went into the refrigerator, the ones that got a little bruised in transit got frozen whole, and the ones on their last legs got pureed and frozen.

Our u-pick adventure was unique and memorable, and I credit nursing for making it easy and enjoyable too!