The Experience: Glimpses of sun and the rapidly waning school year are getting locals riled up for summer. What better way to officially ring in the season than to pick a flat of ripe, sun-kissed berries and make jam? Or you might eat most of them on the way home and enjoy the last morsels in a pie or with a dollop of whipped cream. Yum. Kids love traipsing through the fields to find ripe berries, and somehow what you could buy at the store or farmer’s market is even sweeter when you’ve spent a summer day harvesting them yourself. More…

Embrace the farm to table lifestyle and support your local farmer by joining a CSA. Members pay to be “shareholders” and receive produce on a regular basis throughout the season. Below are a few local CSAs. For a complete list, visit portlandcsa.org.

6632 SE 47th Ave.; 503-777-4213; www.47thAveFarm.com.

20495 S Geiger Rd., Oregon City; 503-655-7447.

29820 E Woodard Rd., Troutdale; 503-695-3445; www.dancingrootsfarm.com.

5410 NE 229th Court, Vancouver, Wash.; 360-256-6896.

15713 Hwy. 47, Yamhill; 503-730-7535; www.kookoolanfarms.com.

7960 NW Dick Rd., Hillsboro; 503-647-2595.

46125 NW Hillside Rd., Forest Grove; 503-515-9939; www.lovefarmorganics.com.

20233 NW Sauvie Island Rd.; 503-621-6921; www.sauvieislandorganics.com.