And just like that, Spring is here!!! I don't know about you, but I am loving those early season bitters! Miners Lettuce, Chives, a crisp bite of a radish; You gotta love a stubborn little root that bites back! Then there is the new growth on old plants. Did you know all overwintered brassicas will shoot up in the spring and give us flowers and rapini? It's such a wonderful April/May treat while we eagerly watch the new seedlings in the fields grow anticipating those first June Harvests! For the new kids, boy oh boy will we see a lot of greens between now and those first strawberries, blueberries and apricots, so it's time to perfect those braising skills, and...
What an inspiration Judge Kitanji Brown Jackson is! Don't know her but feeling pride like she was family, unbelievable poise under the fiercest pressure for hours upon hours. In the toughest job interview ever she aced it and she's only 3 months older than me so she will be on the bench for decades. These last few days had all of my feels, from Booker to Cruz, there were tears of gratitude that it's about time, and incredulous disbelief from the spouting of falsehoods from the right. Monday is so close! Aaaand....political rant over. Did you guys have fun with this week's ingredients? We really hope so, we were stoked on how your orders looked going in the bags, and...
I love it when I drop off a delivery to a customer and they literally jump in the air with delight that they're getting their groceries! Howdy neighbor! Last time we said that we were going to suspend contactless delivery, the announcement came out that afternoon that masks were coming back, bit I think we're gonna try it again and try to get to know our neighbors a little bit better! As of Tuesday 3/22 we're encouraging our neighbors to say hi to your delivery driver/warehouse manager/packer/buyer/menu curator/social media guru/customer service specialist/accountant/author/CEO/CFO/COO whichever one of us you get, yes we do it all!! This 2-person crew does all this and much more in the name of healthy Organic produce grown...
This war being waged on Ukraine by Russia has millions of tales that will be told to generations. The unthinkable is actually happening this minute and we hope in our hearts for peace as soon as possible. One of our customers who lost their adoption facilitator a couple weeks ago in Ukraine was kind enough to share a few words. In spring 2012, I came home from a work conference not with a tote bag, but with a picture of a little girl, with disabilities similar to mine, to adopt in Ukraine. By November, my husband and I were living in Ukraine for a couple months, which was complicated as a mixed race couple and as a disabled woman. Ukraine...
What's that? A strange blue patch in the sky and still light out at 6pm?! When it comes to Spring, I'm prepared with my best little red SpongeBob Tie, strutting around the city, singing I'm Ready, I'm Ready, I'M READY!! For All you non-millenials out there, SpongeBob was a good hearted if slightly deranged cartoon character from the 90's, and we return to our regularly scheduled programming. We've got some refreshing treats for our Organic Grocery Staples Subscribers this week with Lemonades from Paunchy Elephant and Frozen Blueberries from Sidhu Farms that will make your taste buds smile. We also have one of my favorites for you this week, Whole Grain Einkorn from Bluebird Grain Farms! This ancient grain is a hearty little nugget of goodness with less...
