Asian pears...

In all farm shares.

Look for PEARS in your box this week along with an assortment of Ohio veggies,and a Ginger Asian Pear Salad recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor this week and their super nutritious broths:
.Erie Bone Broth (On sale this week!)

And here are our short date specials!

Asian pears are everyone's favorite cousin to Bartlett. They have perfect, glowing skin, and don't get so splotchy. Bartlett is also jealous of its cousin's crisp delicate crunch, since it can be a softie. Try this salad with Asian pears on a bed of Yellowbird greens, boasting unique flavors to wake up your palate. These pears will make your salad feel fancy!  

INGREDIENTS

Dressing

• 1 T ginger, grated, or substitute dried

• 1 tsp Caribbean Jerk rub seasoning

• 1 tsp Asian mustard or substitute sweet hot mustard

• 1/2 tsp ground white pepper

• 2 T rice vinegar or substitute white balsamic vinegar

• 2 T maesil (Korean tea, or substitute green tea)

• 1.5 T sesame oil or substitute olive oil

• 1 T mirin (Japanese rice wine, or substitute extra white rice vinegar)

• 1 T soy sauce

Fruit and Vegetables

• 1 large Asian pear, cut into 0.25 in thick slices

• 1 large cucumber, sliced

• 3 – 4 scallions, greens and whites sliced thinly

• 1 red chili, sliced, or substitute yummy peppers

Leafy greens

• 1/2 large bunch minari, cut into bite sized pieces (water parsley, can sub flat parsley or celery)

• 1/3 head romaine, cut into large pieces

• 3 large handfuls spring mix 

Finishing

• Toasted sesame seeds

INSTRUCTIONS

• In a small bowl add the ginger, Caribbean seasoning, mustard and pepper. Mash together until the mustard is dissolved and the pepper and seasoning are well combined. Add the remaining dressing ingredients mixing well. Taste and adjust seasoning as desired. Set aside.

• In a medium mixing bowl toss the fruit and vegetables with 2 T of the dressing. Toss until everything is well coated. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes along with the dressing until needed.

• Toss the leafy greens with 2.5 T of the dressing to just coat them. Divide among plates and top with some of the marinated fruit and vegetables. Drizzle a little extra dressing over everything. Top each plate with some sesame seeds.

• Serve with bread and some pork or lamb chops!

Good golly, it's cauli...

Just wait until you feel that long-awaited cauli squeak between your teeth! If you're rockin' and rollin' and CAN'T WAIT to dig in the minute you get your box.
Do we live in an awesome state of OHIO BOUNTY or what?

Look for CAULIFLOWER in your box this week along with an assortment of Ohio veggies,and a simple cauli pasta recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor this week and their amazing pasta:
.Ohio City Pasta (On sale this week!)

And here are our short date specials!

Feast like royalty...

with grapes at your table

Don't worry, it was our solemn YB duty to test them and they are DELICIOUS. One of us literally said, "Now THIS is what a grape is supposed to taste like!" 

Do we live in an awesome state of OHIO BOUNTY or what? You might say we eat like kings! Now if there was just someone to fan us and feed us grapes...

Look for these purple blue beauties in your box this week along with an assortment of Ohio veggies below!

Check out our featured vendor this week and their amazing kombucha and fermented veggies: Divine Living (Save on a kombucha 6-pack!)

Here is our Simple Times mixer sale and our short date specials!

IT'S REVOLUTIONARY

Turkey that tastes...like

turkey.

Green Acres Organics

DON'T LOOK NOW...

there's a pear in your farm share

Check out our featured vendor this week:Sweet Grass Dairy! (Recipebelow)

And here are our short date specials!

PLUM FULL

of goodness.

It's a healthy version of a sweet tart. It's an impossible purple red. It's plum(b) good!
Plums are also plum full of Vitamin C, anti-aging phenols, antioxidants, soluble fiber, with the blood pressure benefits of anthocyanin. 

Your box is plum full of PLUMS, peppers, nectarines, zucchini, sweet corn, hydro head lettuce this week! See complete list of possible local produce below.

Check out our featured vendor this week: Simple Times Mixers (on SALE here)!

Also visit our short date specials!

CHICKEN IS BOK!! OK, BACK.
(Psst...all cuts, including liver, hearts, and feet)

There's something for everyone here!

Sugar Cube Melon

=Canteloupe to the Cube Power

Canteloupe is spelled funny, and doesn't look like much from the outside. But slice into these sugar cube cantaloupes for cubed flavor and superb color. Cut in strips or...cube them. Add them to a smoothie. Freeze some popsicles for adults. But make sure you get a load of this fabulous summer flavor in your farm share this week!

Look for SUGAR CUBES, blackberries, yellow squash, hydro lettuce, green beans, cherry and slicer tomatoes, and bell peppers ALL IN YOUR BOX this week! Isn't summer sweet to the sweet-th power?? See complete list of possible local produce below.

Check out our featured vendor this week: Minerva Dairy!

ON SALE: LITT Kombucha and our short date specials!

CHICKEN IS BOK!! OK, BACK.
(Psst...all cuts, including liver, hearts, and feet)

There's something for everyone here!

blackberries singing
this is your moment to fly
as a Yellowbird

This line from a seven-year-old is pretty deep:
"You really appreciate the hard work when you love something."

We LOVE these blackberries.
But at Yellowbird we also LOVE what we do--
we appreciate being able to work hard to get you the best local, quality food.
And we appreciate the hard work of our growers, box packers, and drivers! 

Look for BLACKBERRIES, sweet corn, candy onion, hydro lettuce, green beans, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, nectarines, peaches ALL IN YOUR BOX this week! Isn't summer grand?? See complete list of possible local produce below.

Check out our featured vendor this week: LITT Kombucha ON SALE!
(Life In The Tea!)

DEEP DISCOUNTS IN JULY: Foris Extraordinary Meats (formerly North Country Charcuterie) and our short date specials!

It's CORN
A big lump with knobs
It has the juice (It has the juice)
I can't imagine a more beautiful thing (Woo)
It's corn
I can tell you all about it
I mean, look at this thing
When I tried it with butter, everything changed

("It's Corn" by Tariq, The Gregory Brothers and Recess Therapy)

One line from this viral ode to corn from a seven-year-old is pretty deep:
"You really appreciate the hard work when you love something."

We LOVE this sweet corn. Best ever.
But at Yellowbird we also LOVE what we do--
we appreciate being able to work hard to get you the best local, quality food.
And we appreciate the hard work of our growers, box packers, and drivers! 

Fun fact: Whether eaten as a grain or vegetable, corn is actually a fruit!
And every individual kernel was pollinated by each stringy tassel. More here. 

Look for SWEET CORN, blackberries, peppers, sugar cube melons, and hydro head lettuce in your farm share this week!
See complete list of possible local produce below.

Try this recipe below: Garlic Butter Chicken with Zucchini and Corn

Check out our featured vendor this week: Randy's Pickles (On SALE here)!

ON SALE this week: Foris Extraordinary Meats (formerly North Country Charcuterie).

life is peachy keen
so much flavor in one box
all the joy contained 

Look for PEACHES, blackberries, sweet cherries, sweet corn, green peppers, and hydro head lettuce in your farm share this week! (See complete list of possible local produce below)

Try this recipe: Chicken, Peach and Chorizo Fricassee

Check out our featured vendor this week: Foris Extraordinary Meats (formerly North Country Charcuterie).

plucked right from the vine...

this is why we do what we do.

"Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup." 
-Wendell Berry
 
Black raspberries simply scream OHIO BOUNTY. They are a patriotic red and blue, and found on the roadside and field's edge for all! Thanks for supporting those berry pickers filling your box with goodness! 

It's the way things used to be. It's revolutionary. It's OHIO FEEDING OHIO. 

Look for BLACK RASPBERRIES, blackberries, sweet cherries, sweet corn, zucchini, and cucumbers in your farm share this week! (See complete list of possible local produce below)

Bring these to your 4th of July festivities: Black Raspberry Cheesecake Bars

Check out our featured vendor this week: Pearl Valley Cheese.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY FROM ALL OF US AT YELLOWBIRD! 
Have a wonderful holiday!
Truck pick ups are at same times and locations on Thursday the 4th.

blueberries coming your way...

and here's a recipe for you.
 
Blueberry Bread!

Remember, being a part of YELLOWBIRD FOODSHED means you get to:
1. Snag high quality, farm fresh food when it's at its freshest
2. Know your growers and learn about their farming practices
3. Be a part of a community that cares about supporting local food
4. Be one of the first to get veggies when they are in season! Like BLUEBERRIES!

CHERRIES ALSO IN SEASON NOW--ORDER HERE:
Sweet Cherries

It's the way things used to be. It's revolutionary. It's OHIO FEEDING OHIO. 

Look for BLUEBERRIES, sweet cherries, baby bok choy, and yellow squash in your farm share this week! (See complete list of possible local produce below)

Check out our featured vendor this week: Minerva Dairy.

beautiful broccolini

...but what is broccolini?
 
Developed in Japan and growing in fame here, broccolini's stems are as tender and yummy as the florets. A hybrid of broccoli and gai lan (Chinese kale), broccolini cooks up just like regular broccoli, but faster (and with a sweeter finish). Nothing not to like about that! 

green broccolini
your flavor is not teeny
I eat the whole thing
 
Here's a BROCCOLINI pasta recipe for you: 
Oriechette with Broccolini and Sausage recipe.

Remember, being part of YB Foodshed means you get to:
1. Snag high quality, farm fresh food when it's at its freshest
2. Know your growers and learn about their farming practices
3. Be a part of a community that cares about supporting local food
4. Try new veggies that are in season! Like broccolini!

It's the way things used to be. It's revolutionary. It's OHIO FEEDING OHIO. 

Look for BROCCOLINI, Carlton greens, and carrots in your farm share this week! (See complete list of possible local produce in your box below)

Check out our featured vendor this week: NOOMA.

HOO BOY

We have TATSOI.
 
Tatsoi, nicknamed "Vitamin Green," is what you want for dinner! It has more vitamin C than oranges or spinach. It has vitamin A, calcium, folate, beta-carotene, and phytonutrients which have been shown to help prevent cancer and heart disease. 

Shh, we have a secret for you: It's OK to have soup in summer!
Here's a killer Spicy Sweet Potato and Tatsoi Soup recipe to try (see below). ENJOY TATSOI!

Remember, being part of YB Foodshed means you get to:
1. Snag high quality, farm fresh food when it's at its freshest
2. Know your growers and learn about their farming practices
3. Be a part of a community that cares about supporting local food
4. Try new veggies that are in season! Like Tatsoi!

Look for TATSOI, salad mix, asparagus, slicer tomatoes, and green zucchini your farm share this week! (See complete list of local produce in your box below)

Check out our featured vendor this week: Stutzman Farms.

Squash in your box
= welcome back, friend.

pound for pound goodness
the genus Cucurbita
squash to surprise you
 
It's back, and you love it! When your neighbors come knocking on your door with SQUASH in August, remember this moment! Squash is so yummy, so versatile, and so taken for granted in season. Think back to your old friend surprising you back in June when you are "squash ninja-ed" later this summer!

Look for GREEN OR YELLOW CUCURBITA, salad mix, purple kohlrabi, asparagus, slicer tomatoes, and garlic scapes in your farm share this week! And check out Zucchini and yellow squash in the Tex Mex Chicken and Zucchini Skillet recipe below!

Here's a link to our featured vendor this week: Cleveland Ketchup.

MINI PAK CHOI...

...packed with nutrition,
packed in your box.

Small but mighty, mini pak choi is dressed to impress with its crispness and versatility. Whether spelled bok choy, or pak choi, it means "white vegetable." With half the daily nutritional value of vitamins C and K, and 40% of vitamin A, the pak choi you unpack from your box is practically a multivitamin. Add in E, and you can have your CAKE and eat it too, especially when folate, B6, potassium, and calcium also join the party.  

Pak Choi = some of the best produce Ohio has to offer!

Look for PAK CHOI, hydro head lettuce, purple sun tomatoes, asparagus, slicer tomatoes, and Evercrisp apples in your farm share this week! Try out PAK CHOI in the Easy Pak Choi Soup recipe below!

Here's a link to our featured vendor this week: Berlin Natural Bakery.

SALANOVA SUPERNOVA...

...an explosion of crispness.

IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK

With a core that can be removed in one cut, Salanova lettuce has up to THREE times more leaves than a standard lettuce head. Whether green or red, Salanova's leaves can be used in sandwiches, mixed into pasta, or substituted for baby greens. Mild flavored and full of calcium, fiber, and iron, its red varieties even have antioxidants that protect against cellular damage.

We bring you Salanova--part of the BEST in lettuce that Ohio has to offer.

Look for SALANOVA, slicer tomatoes, and cucumbers in your farm share this week, and in the Asian Chicken with Noodles and Salanova recipe below!

And check out our featured waffles: Lopaus Point (GF) and Liege Waffle Hub!

WIN TWO FREE TICKETS TO FORAGING CLASS WITH CHEF LORENZO!

Lorenzo's June 1st class from 4-7pm features a Local Beekeeper, Edible Weeds and Pawpaw Sale, plus a tour of the Highland Youth Garden and of course, a beautiful meal!  

Red Potatoes...

...finders keepers.

Tasty, sturdy and dependable, and
IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK

Why do we love potatoes? The comforting flavors of childhood, the sense that all is right in the world, the serotonin "happy hormone..." but also potassium for your heart, resistant starch good for your gut, improved immunity and nutrients like choline, B6 and lysine make potatoes the friends you need in your box.

We work to find you the BEST produce that Ohio has to offer.

Look for red potatoes, asparagus, and orange carrots in your farm share this week, and in the Best Potato Tofu Balls recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, Equinox Botanicals, here.

STRAWBERRIES...

...SPRING ROYALTY.

Make way for this Ohio delicacy in MAY.
IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK

Our usual grower had unforeseen conditions decimate his strawberry plants, so we are looking to other Ohio sources for you for June! Another grower has been supplying us with early strawberries from his greenhouse, and they have been delicious!

We work to find you the BEST produce that Ohio has to offer.

Look for strawberries and asparagus in your farm share this week, and in the Strawberry Tarragon Chicken Salad recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, Turkeyfoot Creamery, here.

FOR MAY: REFER A FRIEND AND YOU BOTH GET $20 CREDIT!

ASPARAGUS...

...ASPARA-GOT.

It's here and it's splendid!
IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK

Foodshed = beautiful


Look for asparagus in your farm shares this week, and in the Asparagus and Veggie Stir Fry recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, Dancing Bee Farms, here.

FOR MAY: REFER A FRIEND AND YOU BOTH GET $20 CREDIT!

They get their hands dirty.

Our growers have a passion for making high quality food a reality.
We have a passion for helping local farms "find their people," AND for getting awesome food to people every week when it's freshest.

Thanks to you, our growers can focus
on keeping their hands in the dirt.

Foodshed = beautiful


More spring veggies coming soon! Look for carrots and purple sun potatoes in your farm shares this week, and in the creamy carrot & onion potato salad recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, Ridiculously Good salsa, here.