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When we started this company in 2014, there was one other group that was doing a similar project that was completely local food. They were called Great River Organics and then had a really nice program and following.
Over the years, they decided to do what they do best which is GROW FOOD. They no longer have a membership base, but they sell wholesale to places like Whole Foods, and over the last 18 months or so they have brought us MANY wonderful foods from their collection of Ohio Organic Farms.
This week, we have the absolute sexiest yellow potatoes. Yes, folks, I used the word sexy to describe a potato. These little beauties are what chefs would clamor for to put beside a nice cut of meat or a gorgeous plant-forward entree. They will absolutely delight the lingering winter taste buds and also look astonishing.
Always remember that these are literally pulled from the soil.
Have you have seen a potato begin to grow “eyes”?? That is all it takes to grow MORE potatoes. You take that “seed potato”, cut it in half and bury it 6-8 deep. Over the season it will grow a big green plant above ground. Keep hilling the dirt up around that green as it continues to grow. Eventually, that will turn brown, die, and fall over.
At that point, you dig up the treasure...every time I do this I am astounded that all that time,
in the dirt below the ground,
that little half a tater,
turned into 8-20 MORE TATERS!
Where did they come from? Obviously the soil.
What could possibly be in the soil to make this happen? Water, Bacteria, Fungi, Macronutrients, Micro nutrients, Gases, Viruses, Minerals...
IF done right...THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!
THAT’S why I use the word SEXY!
It's Coffee and Tea Week!!
This Heirloom Popcorn from Shagbark is more like a MEAL than a SNACK...it's the most unique popcorn experience I have every had.
And FINALLY, this is FRESH Strawberry Jam from the Strawberries of our friends down South...the Floridian Thorpes Family Farm.
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