Sometimes I need to let you behind the curtain on why our food system is the way it is.

Here at the warehouse we do most of our food pickups on Tuesday. 48 hours prior to that we have been on the phone with somewhere between 20-30 growers for that given week and given them what we think will be a solid order for the week.

Yes, folks, we have come to the end of the line on roots. You have been patient and we thank you for that as we obviously committed ourselves many months ago to many pounds of the sacred roots.

Thanks to everyone for all your support each week as we continue to move through the ups and downs of spring weather and temperatures.

We are just seeing our first flush of asparagus and just like the ramps, we will have just enough for a few people at first, but over the course of the next month, you will get pounds of it no matter what size box you have.

We are closing in on two great holidays...Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day!

For Cinco de Mayo, we partnered with Shagbark to bring you a bag of Corn Cracker Mini to use for your favorite dish. This week I would add these items to my cart to make sure I could at least make nachos.

“Violet, you’re turning violet!

Oompa, Loompa, Loopity, Da
If you like blueberries, you will go far!!

This week we have enough blueberries AND ramps to make sure everybody gets some.

ROOT SLAW!!

What is it??

Rainbow Carrots - 29%

Beets - 29%

Parsnips - 29%

Black Radish - 5%

Chioggia Beets - 5%

Pink Daikon Radish - 3%

This weather has us skeptically hopeful for an awesome spring produce season!

We have an item going in Base’s and Full’s that I have never even actually seen before. They are called Jerusalem Artichoke’s and they look like Ginger and Potato had a baby.

RAMPS!!!

They aren’t quite scallions, they aren’t quite garlic, and they aren’t quite leeks.

BUT, they are a little of all of those things.

They grow wild in the woods and they have one or two flat, broad leaves.

Ramps are only in season for about a month (sometimes less), and both the leaves and the bulbs are edible.

Last week the “Dirty Dozen” list came out.

The dirty dozen are the 12 varieties of produce that were tested to have the highest levels of chemicals on them.

You can check the list at the link, but I wanted to highlight something very important. When I saw this list last Tuesday, I noticed that apples were #5.

HAPPY ST. PADDY's DAY!! White potatoes are featured this week.

Believe it or not, we are getting to the end of our storage crops (I say that sarcastically, as of course, we have all been eating these items for what feels like an eternal winter) like potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, and apples.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS….wait for it….SPRING is right around the corner. There are three items that we are always looking for to signify that SPRING is actually here and this week we heard reports that one of them has been sighted.

Have we made it? Are we out of the woods? Is Winter officially behind us?

I’ll believe it in July.

This week is a radical break from the norm in our boxes as we gearing up for one of our favorite “unofficial” holidays...Pi day.

WINTER SPINACH!!

This is the “sexy” item of the week…

Side Bar...was I right about those yellow tater’s last week? Winter spinach is some of the most flavorful and nutrient dense greens we can be eating this time of year. It also has a “sweet” flavor that only develops in cold temperatures.