This week I have listened to a couple of podcasts about the dire situation many of the people in our country are facing as it relates to both their personal health and the supply chain issues of the conventional food system.
Both of these issues we have been able to circumvent as we continue to be supplied with the tastiest and most nutritious food from our very own OHIO growers.
Does it sometimes get redundant? Yes
Does it sometimes come with bugs on it? Only once in a great while
Does it occasionally look a little wonky? Sure
But almost always its the most gorgeous, freshest, tastiest fruit and veg we have access to.
I can’t apologize enough that we have not had a pile of strawberries for everyone (it's one of those things that makes my heart hurt), but we are hoping to make it up with blueberries and raspberries.
2 things happened...1 good and 1 bad.
Good - almost all of our strawberry suppliers were able to sell all of their stuff direct to the consumer BECAUSE THE DEMAND FOR LOCAL FOOD HAS GONE UP!
Bad - the week of freezing at the beginning of May destroyed a bunch of the plants' flowers that were already budded.
Now, on to the current week. In the last 2 weeks, we have begun to get broccoli, zucchini, fresh carrot bunches, slicer tomatoes, cucumbers, and beets (with tops)! It’s all looking so good and don’t forget you can throw almost ALL this stuff right on the grill!!
Lastly, we had a special thing planned that we just didn’t have enough time to pull off this week but is definitely ready to go for next week.
Here is a spoiler pic:
Order your favorite dipping devices (i.e. chips, crackers, carrots, etc.) to go along with this ultimate summer hummus treat from our gal Dara Schwartz at Darista Dips!!
Quick side story: She and I started our companies at almost the exact same time. In the beginning, I would meet her at OSU production facility once a week in the early morning and load up all of her orders.
She and I would then spend the day driving around to all of her stores and stocking the shelves, throwing out the outdated product, laughing at how crazy we were to try and start local food companies, and generally just make fun of ourselves.
Skip ahead 6 years and she is now shipping all over the country with this awesome product right out of Columbus, OH-IO!
You can order all of her flavors for your next summer social distance gathering here...but make sure one of them stays by YOUR plate…
DIPS
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