Peaceful Belly LLC

Fantastic organic farm. Look for their stuff at the Farmer's Market and at the Boise Co-Op.
5 8 years ago (29-03-2018)

The Farm to Fork dinners are a fantastic value. The smoked sturgeon and braised goat were delicious, and all the produce was top-notch. The staff obviously enjoy their work and contributing to the culture at Peaceful Belly. Word to the wise: if a frequent guest named Norm and his wife Linda want to sit next to you, sit next to Linda. Norm will tell you all about his DVD collection and how much he loves construction management. He gets very upset when he isn't listened to and can't handle his wine. So avoid Norm, but eat well at Peaceful Belly.
5 11 years ago (14-09-2015)

Great veggies. Fun folks.
5 9 years ago (06-06-2017)

I signed up for a half share of Peaceful Belly Farm's CSA this year (2014) based on their list of projected items in their harvest. I felt that $250 for 18 weeks of fresh food was a reasonable price. The positives in my experience: (1) good quality produce, fresh and clean tasting, (2) a weekly email describing what was in our weekly delivery and suggestions/recipes on how to use it, (3) a clean, well-run farm - my granddaughter and I volunteered one Tuesday to pick for the local food bank. The negatives: What I actually received bore little resemblance to their advertised harvest schedule. There were no berries; not one delivery of Swiss chard, which is a staple in my diet, ditto for broccoli; very few greens and lettuce in the spring when they are in season, but a lot of potatoes and turnips - while tasty there was way too much starch relative to other types of spring produce; finally there were a lot of "odd veggies" rather than the conventional ones: round cucumbers and other things I'd never heard of. That's fine if it's 20% of their delivery instead of about the 80% it was. While it's good to try new things, I objected to them replacing what they promised us with these oddities. To top it off, I saw Swiss chard on sale at our local food coop, labelled Peaceful Belly Farm - they were selling MY chard that I felt I'd already paid for to a second group of buyers. At this point, I objected after Week 12, and they cancelled my membership for a 1/3 refund ($83.33 and actually paid me $100) plus I received Week 13 veggies. There was no explanation for the altered deliveries and only a rather curt reply, but at least they were fair. If you work with this CSA, I recommend pinning them down with an updated harvest list and a signed contract as the one they have posted online is dated 2009. Then there will be no unpleasant surprises.
2 12 years ago (03-10-2014)

It is pure magic and joy.
5 9 years ago (31-07-2017)