What Makes Vegetables Taste Good?
Read Time / 2 Minutes
Theme / Stewardship
We are buying vegetables differently this summer. My wife and I live in Boise and many refugees have been resettled here. In response, the community has implemented a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program to help them. Global Gardens (https://www.globalgardensboise.org) administers the program and provides garden plots for the refugees to plant and grow vegetables.
The gardeners harvest vegetables weekly throughout the summer to provide to subscribers who have purchased either a full share or half share for the season. We purchased a full share and each week we pick up our allotted vegetables. We don’t know what we are getting from week to week, we just know the vegetables are fresh, grown locally, and by gardeners who are in need. This week we received kale, onion, lettuce, turnip, cilantro, garlic, beets, potato, and radishes. Next week we will see.
There are several investment lessons here. First, when we invest, we should have a long-term outlook. The vegetables my wife and I now eat were planted and nurtured before ending up on our dinner table. Second, just as Global Gardens comes alongside the refugees to help and guide them, it is often helpful to have a financial advisor come alongside us to help and guide us in our investments. Third, diversifying your investments is wise since different investments will respond differently to varying economic climates. In the same way, the gardeners raise a variety of vegetables, each dependent on the soil and weather to produce during their season. Finally, it is important to know what you are investing in. Do the companies align with your values? We value purchasing the vegetables through the CSA because we know that our purchases are supporting a good cause.
And, for some reason, the vegetables we buy through the CSA taste better. Perhaps our taste buds are only a part of what makes the vegetables taste good.
Doug Hanson, MBA
Wealth Advisor
208.697.3699
doug@christianwm.com
