Caprese Box...we are a little late to the party, but let’s call it a “Saying Goodbye To Summer” party.
Tomato, Basil, and Mozzarella...it’s like a holy trinity. This also gives you the opportunity to drizzle some of that new balsamic oil we picked up from The Olive Scene.
New varieties of apples, squash, and potatoes are starting to show up daily here at the warehouse so you will begin to see the colors and flavours of fall in your weekly boxes.
Also starting to see some of the first brussels coming your way this week...there were not enough for every box but we are going to work them through ALL boxes in the coming weeks and months so you will see them soon if not this week.
Start to think back over the past 25 or so weeks and how things have ebbed and flowed.
Seasonally we have seen lots of things come and go...Strawberries were a flop this year but Blackberries were a star. We had more lettuce than we could handle in the spring and then we really had very little for the hot months. We saw Spinach and Radishes in the spring and we are starting to see them show up again as well in the colder weather.
This is our sweet mother showing us how sustainable agriculture, and therefore sustainable eating, should be going from one season to the next. There is a reason that everything we eat, harvested days before we eat it, is so tasty. It’s not just the simple flavors on the tongue...I would argue its thousands of years of connection to our earth that has programmed us to know WHAT we should be eating, and WHEN we should be eating it. It’s how we survived and thrived as a species.
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Everyone wondering what WINTER looks like for the YB? We run ALL YEAR!! Do not despair, we have planned for having enough food for everyone during even the coldest months. We are buying storage crops (cabbage, potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, onions, garlic, etc), and we have growers that will grow all year round for us in green houses (salad, cooking, and asian greens etc.). The only weeks we take off are the week of Thanksgiving and Christmas because we know that our growers and producers need to make money all year….ESPECIALLY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS...let’s keep building our food system with them EVERY DAY!
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For those of you that weren’t with us last January, Tony Tanner (owner of The Butcher & Grocer, and Clever) and I did a fun experiment. We called it the 1803 eating challenge, based on the fact that Ohio was founded in 1803. For one month, we ate and drank nothing that wasn’t 100% grown in Ohio. So no salt, pepper, sugar, which also meant no bacon, sausage or anything else that had those ingredients in them. Also, no coffee!!
Our thought was, can we put our money where our mouth is in what would traditionally be considered the hardest agricultural time of the year here in Ohio? In the dead of winter, neither one of us went hungry, although he did lose like 30 pounds.
I say all that to say, we are gearing up for that again...and in my house, we are putting away (canning/freezing) sauces, pickles, green beans, corn, etc. in preparation for that challenge.
Anyone that wants to join us for a day, a week, the whole month, or even just a meal...start to prepare yourselves with what the earth is giving us. ALL OHIO, ALL JANUARY!!
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