CIDER THE OHIO WAY

Fresh pressed from Bauman

Your cider is on its way

Hope you like healthy

Served hot or cold, straight from the orchard. Filled with potassium, calcium, vitamin C, and iron--Bauman's apple cider checks the boxes! Plus it has bonus polyphenols which help lower inflammation and fight free radical cell damage. Sip your cider and enjoy healthy!

THESE POTATOES???

One potato

Two potato

Sweet Potato

Mine

We've said it before--if you want sweet potatoes that don't taste like soap, we are here for you. We are anti-tasteless-foodists. Veggies should taste like veggies, not like chemicals or plastic. If you'd rather have a sweet potato not taste like a sweet potato, shop at those other places. If you would like items in addition to your recurring order, make sure to check out your cart by midnight on Sunday! If you have checked out your subscription during a previous week, you are good to go!

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If you have not added your recurring order back into the new system, just pull up the item, pick "subscription" button and choose the frequency, then add to your cart! After you check out your recurring items for the first time, you are all set. Your subscriptions can be viewed under "account" and "subscriptions" when you are logged in to your account. Happy ordering, Yellowbirdies!

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BROCCOLI ROCK
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Do re mi

I sing into a stalk of broccoli

One two three

I sing a lovely melody

Rock Rock Broccoli Rock...

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​"Broccoli Rock" by Dirk Scheele

If you want to use your broccoli for a microphone, we won't judge. Whatever it takes to rock out your stir fry or salad bowl!! Wave your broccoli in your farm share like you just don't care.

Remember to check out your cart with Chef Meagan items by midnight on Saturday, and any non-subscription YB store items by midnight on Sunday! We will combine delivery fees and you will only be charged one fee. You only check out your subscription items once (don't readd a farm share to your cart each week or you will be sent two!)-- just pull up the item, pick "subscription" button and choose the frequency, then add to your cart! After you check out your recurring items for the first time, you are all set. Your subscriptions can be viewed under "account" and "subscriptions" when you are logged in to your account. Happy ordering, Yellowbirdies!

We make quite a pear

a pear is a way

to get messy while eating

but you just can't stop

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Who can resist pears at the very start of fall? And who could resist sending them in every farm share this week? Not us!! 

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ALSO this week--Chef Meagan is back! Check out her selection of protein packs, entrees and side items HERE. Make your week easier with a little homemade cookin'!

It’s Sugar Baby

Sugar Sugar

Ah, honey honey

You got me wanting you...

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Who can resist watermelon at the very end of summer? And who could resist sending one in every farm share this week? Not us!! 

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ALSO this week--Chef Meagan is back! Check out her selection of protein packs, entrees and side items HERE. Make your week easier with a little homemade cookin'!

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​Why We Do What We Do

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1. Because we corn.

2. So the growers corn get the corn to you.

3. Because the corn is ripe, and needs a corn eater.

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Thank you for your patience as we transition to a new Yellowbird!

Some things for all Yellowbirdy folks to remember…

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​Grapes for Thy Table

From dewy lanes at morning

The grapes' sweet odors rise;

At noon the roads all flutter

With yellow butterflies...

-Helen Hunt Jackson, "September"

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Thank you for your patience as we transition to a new Yellowbird!

Some things for all Yellowbirdy folks to remember:

1) Unfortunately, recurring orders did not automatically transfer over to the new website. You can still set up your farm share for weeky, biweekly, and monthly frequencies. Hit the "subscriptions" tab from the farm share listing and pick your frequency from the subscriptions drop down, then click "add to cart." You now get a 5% discount on your farm share subscription! For now, flexi box as an item is not available, but you can go to produce tab which has all our most current seasonal items and build your own a la carte by simply adding them to your cart. 

2) You can still choose your truck pick up location--after you click on your cart, then "checkout," you will see local delivery (home delivery) and store pick ups (which include truck pick ups). Choose a location, then open the calendar field and click the date that shows up (we are hoping to make further date ranges possible for a subscription start date but for now it is limited to the "current" Sunday order deadline for delivery the next week. If you are checking out the Monday after the Sunday deadline, you're ordering for the week after). 

3) Don't forget to check out! Your subscription order is a separate order that you can find under "account" and "subscriptions." If you already set up a recurring order and have checked out, any one-time items you add to the cart will need to be checked out separately but will be delivered at the same time if you have subscription items that week. You can make two orders in the same week! Think of the subscriptions you may have with Amazon, and how if you need paper towels or an extension cord, you place a separate order. If you need help, contact us at birdy@yellowbirdfs.com.

4) Eat from the Yellowbird table as the kings are queens that ye are!

As Benji said:

Go check it out.  Fill your cart (and bellies) with some incredible Ohio food. And tell us what you think.

Thanks for helping us get here.

—Benji and The Yellowbird Foodshed Team

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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes,

Turn and face the strange

-David Bowie, "Changes"

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Today is a big day for our foodshed (that’s you!)

After months of work—and honestly, years of knowing we needed to do this—we have officially moved Yellowbird onto an entirely new platform.

The new Yellowbird shop is live.

Our one goal was…

Make it easier to buy great local food.

-Easier to find what you're looking for.
-Easier to understand what's available.
-Easier to manage your orders.
And easier for us to get the right food into your hands every week.

If you've ordered from us every week for years, we'd love for you to jump in and see what's new.

If it's been six months—or six years—since your last Yellowbird order, we'd especially love for you to come back and give us another look.

For more than a decade, we've been working to build a different kind of food system here in Ohio—one that connects people directly to great food grown and produced close to home while creating a viable market for the farmers and producers doing the hard work behind it.

You are literally the backbone of this…the eater.  

Today feels like the beginning of the next version of Yellowbird.

We expect there will be a few bumps as customers move into a completely new system. If you find something that doesn't look right, have trouble creating your account, or just have a question, please tell us. We're here and paying attention.

Most importantly:

Go check it out.  Fill your cart (and bellies) with some incredible Ohio food. And tell us what you think.

Thanks for helping us get here.

—Benji and The Yellowbird Foodshed Team

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Put some pep in your step.

We've got all the peps you need!

#shishito

#red

#serrano

#green

#jalapeno

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Wait until you see what we've got for you this week--blackberries, cantaloupe, cucumbers, sweet corn, green beans, peaches, and PEPS.

Sweet summer finds--that's farm fresh, delivered! 

And that's why you, as a Yellowbirdy, are WELL-FED at the FOODSHED. Stay tuned for some changes coming your way!

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Lovely sugar cube:

round not square, healthy sweet fruit,

right here in my palm.

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Sweet summer finds, in the palm of your hand. That's farm fresh, delivered! 

And that's why you as a Yellowbirdy are WELL-FED at the FOODSHED. Check out some popular, back-in-stock favorites below!

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FARM TO FOOD TRUCK & FOOD TRUCK TO FARM

"I figured farm to table wasn’t the only way to bring the freshest local and sustainable foods to your plate, instead I drove the kitchen to the farm!"

-Chef Meagan

Chef Meagan proudly showcases only the freshest fare from local farms and farmers in the central Ohio region at all events.

Whether it’s a sunny day at the truck, or an evening wedding under the stars, Chef Meagan and staff will ensure the most delicious memories.

Chef's Bio

Chef Meagan Stewart began her culinary career at age 15, working in the kitchen of Cherry Valley Lodge. She attended the prestigious Johnson and Wales University-North Miami and has worked for several restaurants including time as a national trainer and sous chef for P.F. Chang’s and as a personal chef with Chef’s Delight.

Taking a position as the Executive Chef for Kenyon College in 2010 thru 2017, Meagan successfully turned their sustainable efforts around, a truly incredible feat for most chefs looking to feed more than 1600 students every day. Kenyon went from serving more than 75% store-bought to being the nation's collegiate leader in sustainability at 42% all sustainable. The deep ties to the local farms and farmers have only grown since then.

Chef Meagan was in charge of Pelotonia for 5 consecutive years, feeding over 32,000 riders, supporters, and family over the 3-day charity event.

An excellent freestone peach with red-blushed, yellow skin and firm, sweet, yellow flesh. Ideal for fresh eating, canning and freezing.

Bake, Juice, Smooth(ie), Process into Jam. Ferment into wine. Eat by the pound. It's up to you and there are no wrong choices!

Peaches are low in calories and contain no saturated fats. That are packed with antioxidants, vitamins A and C, and beta-carotene. These vitamins help protect the mucus membranes, lungs, and oral cavity's from cancers. They are rich in potassium, natural fluoride, and iron. Notedly great at helping to protect your body from free-radicals.

There's nothing quite like the taste of a ripe summer peach!

Bauman Orchards Inc

Bauman Orchards was started in 1929. We are a family owned business and are currently training our fourth generation. There are two orchard locations, Bauman Orchards in Rittman and Scenic Ridge Fruit Farm in Jeromesville. We also have a seasonal farm market, Bauman Orchards Corner Market, located at the corner of State Routes 585 and 57, outside of Rittman.

In the last few years we have added another 56 acres near our Rittman location. We have already planted over 3,000 more peach trees and another 10,000 apple trees, and we will continue to plant more trees each year. We now have 260 acres and a total of 48,500 apple trees and 9,200 peach trees. We also raise pears, plums nectarines, tomatoes, sweet corn and strawberries. Most all of our trees are irrigated by drip irrigation. We also have five frost fans to help with spring frost. Most of the trees are considered dwarf trees and usually come in to production in the third year after planting. The desired production is to average between 800 to 1000 bushels per acre.

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​Late August, given heavy rain and sun

For a full week, the blackberries would ripen.

At first, just one, a glossy purple clot

Among others, red, green, hard as a knot.

You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet

Like thickened wine: summer's blood was in it

Leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for

Picking. Then red ones inked up and that hunger

Sent us out with milk cans, pea tins, jam-pots

Where briars scratched and wet grass bleached our boots.

​-Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney 

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Now Yellowbirdies, you realize we are delivering your BLACKBERRIES straight to you. (Yellowbird takes the U out of U-pick!) Check out the blackberry steak recipe below! But there's more in your box: Peaches, red onions, grape tomatoes, hydro head lettuce...it's all there for you. We gathered awesome food from farms throughout Central Ohio so you don't have to! Food you can feel good about eating--with our food, you don't have to wonder who or what suffered so you could be fed. Now that's what we call WELL-FED at the FOODSHED.

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Both have carrot crunch

Which came first, purple or orange?

Carrots on parade

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Purple or orange--which one did you get in your farm share? Find out when you open your box, unpack the goods, and find your CARROTS. 

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Which came first, the purple or the orange?

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And the winner is...purple! The first carrots, domesticated in Afghanistan 1000 year ago, were primarily purple and yellow. They aren't a new, trendy farm phenomenon! The purple hue is from anthocyanins that give blueberries and red cabbage their bright color and are associated with protection from certain cancers and reduced heart disease risk. Orange carrots, not developed until the 17th century by the Dutch to honor the House of Orange, boasted a sweeter and milder flavor. These "modern" carrots owe their color to xanthophylls and carotenoids (which convert to vitamin A).

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Now you know the story of carrots. Here's a Spicy Thai Carrot and Kale Salad recipe for you! But there's more in your box: Peaches, sweet cherries, heirloom tomatoes, hydro head lettuce...it's all there for you. We gathered awesome food from farms throughout Central Ohio so you don't have to! Food you can feel good about eating--with our food, you don't have to wonder who or what suffered so you could be fed. Now that's what we call WELL-FED at the FOODSHED.

Peach, you're so cool

And with my star, we're gonna rule

Peach, understand

I'm gonna love you 'til the very end

(from "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" soundtrack)

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All of us at Yellowbird hope your week is...

just peachy.

Ain't nothing wrong with sweet cherries.

They really scream summer. 

Get 'em while they're ripe!!

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Your farm share this week is packed with:

Red tomatoes

cucumbers

SWEET CHERRIES

caraflex cabbage

carrots

onions

hydro head lettuce

zucchini

AND MORE.

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Chef Meagan is back JUST THIS WEEK. 

Order up while you can!

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FROM ALL OF US AT YELLOWBIRD--

HAVE A HAPPY, SAFE 4TH OF JULY!