What is a parsnip?

It might be easiest to compare it to its cousin, the carrot.

Carrots:
1. orange root vegetable
2. nice in a cake
3. modest in a soup
4. wears headphones on public transport
5. plays the flute

Parsnips:
1. root vegetable of indeterminate color
2. causes cakes to explode
3. showy and gauche in a soup
4. plays music out loud on public transport
5. plays bass guitar

Parsnips can play well with others in soups, stir fries, roasted dishes--just don't put them in a carrot cake!
 

See what CHEF BRIAN AT FOOD EAZE has PREPARED FOR YOU this week. 
 

Check out our featured vendor Minerva Dairy!

Black Cap Fermented Hot Sauce ON SALE!

LEMON TO THE LEMON POWER

A note from Benji...
As we pack boxes this week I think back to when we used to have to put kale, lettuce, and swiss chard in EVERY BOX, EVERY WEEK.

It was awesome because our members (many of them are still with us), would roll their eyes and listen to me talk about local food and how we had to support our growers through the cold months (which is all true)...and then go and make and eat all those yummy greens (which we all grew tired of). 

LUCKY FOR US, our growers have been able to diversify, we have found MORE growers, and the amount and varieties of food that are available to us right here in OHIO, IN FEBRUARY...is astounding. 

If you go to our "Produce Page" right now on our store website, we have 80 different produce items to choose from.  Did I mention it's February?!? Lemons in your box this week came from Sam Putt citrus grove (these do not grow in Ohio unfortunately), and they are beauts!

So here's to:

The Growers - for providing the best gawl dang food in the world!
Our Customers - for eating the best gawl dang food in the world! (even when you've cooked it or served it every way that's ever been tried)

See what CHEF MEAGAN and CHEF BRIAN AT FOOD EAZE have PREPARED FOR YOU this week.

Black Cap Fermented Hot Sauce ON SALE!

Check out our featured items here!

navel idea
unworldly color hits me 
while I peel away

 
Navel oranges are in your farm share this week!
Dig in and enjoy the juicy goodness!

 This Simple Black Bean Soup with a Hint of Orange below will give a navel twist to bean soup! 
 

See what's on SALE in the store HERE.

Check out our featured vendor, STUTZMAN FARMS,
and their amazing grains, here!
 

Watercress
 

Mom shouts, "Look!"
And the car comes to
an abrupt, jerking stop.
Dad's eyes grow wide.
"Watercress!" they exclaim,
two voices
heavy with memories.

From Watercress by Andrea Wang

Watercress is a rich, leafy power green, with gram for gram more vitamin C than an orange, more iron than spinach, and more calcium than a glass of milk. Like Popeye's spinach, it packs a punch! Flavorful and versatile raw or cooked (even in soup!), it has a slightly peppery flavor like its cousins arugula and mustard greens. This Vietnamese Beef and Watercress meal below will express the best of watercress! 
 

See what's on SALE in the store HERE.

Check out our featured vendor, BROKEN ROCKS BAKERY,
and their amazing breads, here!

I'm strong to the finich
'cause I eats me spinach
 

Who else is watching a LOT of football? Those guys surely eat a LOT of spinach. This spinach pepperoni bread will be perfect for game day(s). Recipe below!
 

See what's NEW in the store HERE.

Check out our featured vendor, BLACK RADISH CREAMERY, and their amazing cheeses, here!


AND GO GREENS--THEY'RE ROOTING FOR YOU IN 2025

swiss chard

cousin to beet greens
(but without the beet)

Watch out, you're leaving un-charded territory. Chard is coming this week, full of lively color to brighten up your winter. It IS in the beet family, known by names silver beet and beet spinach, but does not have the BEET part. Swiss chard's vibrant leaves and stalks make up for it missing a beet.

See what's NEW in the store HERE.

Check out our featured vendor, FOOD EAZE, and Chef Brian's amazing prepared items, here!


GREENS ARE ROOTING FOR YOU IN 2025

more greens for the New Year

is just dandy

Dandelion greens from Bradwood Farm are on their way to you this week! Although they can be a little bitter, know that they serve a purpose! Bitter greens release stomach acid and aid in digestion (along with helping with detox after rich holiday fare) and also provide a flavorful edge to sometimes bland dishes like beans or pasta. Balance out any bitterness with a sweet tangy pizza sauce and goat cheese, as in the dandelion greens pizza recipe below, or reverse it naturally by soaking greens for 10 minutes in salty water, or by boiling them two minutes in salted water then removing quickly.

Happy 2025 from YB! See what's NEW in the store HERE.

Check out our featured vendor, NOOMA, and their amazing sports drinks, here!

In your farm share featuring DANDELION GREENS, your box is PACKED with local produce like rainbow carrots, granny smith apples, Ruby Red grapefruits, spinach, mandarin oranges, Kennebec white potatoes, and hydro head lettuce.

GREENS ARE ROOTING FOR YOU IN 2025

mandarins for you

a feast for your eyes

+ Vitamin C for your insides

Happy holidays from YB!
We have your Christmas ORANGE covered, in all share boxes this week.
(See holiday delivery schedule below)

In your farm share featuring MANDARIN ORANGES, Ohio produce will help your festivities be joyous AND delicious.

festive ruby red

a feast for your eyes

+ Vitamin C for your insides

Fend off scurvy this winter like the pirate y'are! We can help with grapefruit picked just for you. A gentle pink blush on the outside, then cut and see the brilliant pink inside. This means lots of vits coming your way like beta carotene and lycopene, besides 64% of your C for the day! 

Happy holidays from YB! We have your Christmas essentials HERE.
(See holiday delivery schedule below)

Shop prepared items and entrees from local chefs here.

In your farm share featuring RUBY RED grapefruit, your box is PACKED with local produce battling it out for most festive. This week we have...

On the red side: Evercrisp apples, red potatoes, and ruby red grapefruit

On the green side: hydro head lettuce
On the sidelines cheering: Rainbow carrots, mandarin oranges, Shiitake mushrooms, yellow storage onions, and BLACKBERRY PIE

Team Yellowbird for the win!!

bok bok choy?

chickens everywhere approve


shop local, eat local

Plentiful, abundant, blessed. December is time to shop local, eat local, and share the hard work of growers, producers, and foodies from all over Central Ohio with others! Refer a friend who places an order and YOU get $10, and your FRIEND gets $10 to spend on anything in the store! 

We have your Christmas essentials HERE.

Sharing the LOCAL = sharing the LOVE!! 

In your farm share featuring baby BOK CHOY, your box is PACKED with red and green local produce battling it out for most festive. This week we have...

On the red side: Gala apples, red onions, and red cabbage
On the green side: Baby bok choy, celery, Italian flat parsley, hydro head lettuce
On the sidelines cheering: Orange carrots, Kennebec potatoes, Carnival squash, Asian pears, and garlic

Team Yellowbird for the win!!

'tis the season

celebrate with green pepps and red onions

shop local, eat local

What if you shopped ONLY local this December? It might seem impossible, but at YB we have all the food groups you need: dairy/eggs, veggies, fruits, grains, and meats! (Plus fun prepared chef items, breads, canned and frozen goods, and convenience items!) Take a look around our store at yellowbirdfs.com--there may be something new that you've missed! Click "shop now" to see all our featured vendors, and check out our subscribe and save options available for store items you won't have to remember at the brick and mortar (and bag up yourself) every week. Your YB delivery might be just the thing to save your sanity this holiday season!

December is time to shop local, eat local, and share the hard work of growers, producers, and foodies from all over Central Ohio with others! Refer a friend who places an order and YOU get $10, and your FRIEND gets $10 to spend on anything in the store! 

Sharing the LOCAL = sharing the LOVE!! 

Your farm share will contain the LAST of the green peppers available from our growers for a while! Enjoy the festive green pepps with your red onions, orange carrots, hydro head lettuce, and more...a festive variety of fruit and veggie colors and flavors in your box.
 

Check out our featured vendor this week:
Minerva Dairy!

a rainbow of veggie flavors

they dig 'em
so that you can dig 'em

                   Thankful for our growers

                                               Thankful for you

Happy Thanksgiving, from all of us at YB! 
 

When you unpack your farm share box full of:

RAINBOW CARROTS, Evercrisp apples, OHIO APPLE CIDER, Purple Sun potatoes, SHALLOTS, butternut squash, and more... 

...it's a surprise gift from us to you! 
 

Try out the Honey Glazed Rainbow Carrots recipe below, just in time for Turkey Day!

Check out Local Millers, our featured producer, here.

Rainbow Honey Glazed Carrots

Adapted from Salty Side Dish
 

Need a beautiful, effortless side dish for your guests on Thursday? Search no more! This rainbow of veggie flavors will save you from turkey day exhaustion. And impress your family and friends, who already love you anyway.
 

INGREDIENTS

• 1-2 lbs rainbow carrots peeled and tops cut to 1″

• 2 tablespoons butter melted

• 2 tablespoons honey (or sub maple syrup and reduce bake time)

• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

• sea salt and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

• Preheat oven to 375. Grease a baking pan or rimmed baking sheet and place carrots in a single layer.

• In a small bowl, add melted butter and honey. Mix well.

• Drizzle honey over colorful carrots. Sprinkle with garlic powder, thyme, salt, and pepper.

• Cover green tops loosely with foil to prevent them from burning.Bake carrots for a baking time of about 25 minutes, flipping kaleidoscope carrots over (tongs work great) halfway through.

• Serve with your Thanksgiving turkey and mashed potatoes. Enjoy the rainbow bounty!

sweet potatoes in your box

they dig 'em
so that you can dig 'em

                   Thankful for our growers           

                                         
                     Thankful for you

When is Thanksgiving like Christmas?

When you unpack your farm share box full of:

Sweet potatoes, Bosc pears, PUMPKIN PIE (not sweet potato pie), carnival squash, orange carrots, broccoli, yellow onions, spinach and more... 

...it's a surprise gift from us to you! 
 

Try out the Sweet Potato Pie Recipe below, just in time for Turkey Day!

Check out Turkeyfoot Creek Creamery, our featured producer, here.

Go here for PREPARED MEALS from local CHEFS (including Thanksgiving-style dishes for delivery during Thanksgiving week)!

"All Blue" Potatoes

Purple blue, the whole way through

why blue potatoes?
when they're cut, surprise inside
you'll see, endless fun

Look for "All Blue" Potatoes from Wayward Seed Farm in your full-of-goodness farm box this week. Try out the Delicious All Blue Mashed Potatoes Recipe below!

Check out Shagbark Seed & Mill, our featured producer, here.

Go here for PREPARED MEALS from local CHEFS like Beef Bolognese from Chef Brian at Food Eaze, and Chef Meagan's Chicken or Tofu Picatta! (including Thanksgiving-style dishes for delivery during Thanksgiving week)

Yellowbird has your THANKSGIVING ESSENTIALS here!

Be sure to place your Thanksgiving orders THIS WEEK for your:
1) turkey (free half gallon cider with purchase of whole turkey!) and brine mix
2) red, gold, all blue, purple sun or sweet POTATOES
3) squash, orange or rainbow carrots, greens, fermented and other veggies
3) CHEESE, nuts and charcuterie SALAMI
4) frozen items like rolls, green beans, cranberries, pie crusts, and
5) any cooking and baking staples like butter, chicken broth, EGGS, brown sugar, pumpkin puree, spices, or cream to be sure to have them in time for Thanksgiving meal prep! (Anyone with a Thursday home delivery or truck pick up will be moved to Wednesday during Thanksgiving week, so that's just the day before!). 

perfect sweetness, supreme texture

What's cool about Bosc pears? They retain their texture when ripe, but are still super sweet even when not (completely) ripe. Great for baking, sautéing, or just monching on! Plus, they can stand up by themselves for fancy, overambitious desserts. 

Look for Bosc pears from Bauman Orchard in your box this week along with Ohio fruits and veggies of all sorts. Try out the Balsamic Braised Beef with Pears below!

Check out KREMA NUT COMPANY, our featured producer, here!

Go here for PREPARED MEALS from local CHEFS.

 BEEF IS BACK!

(Mouthwatering Bone-IN Ribeye Steak pictured above)

About Tall Grass Ranch:
Brian is dedicated to farming the right way; with sustainability as his driving force. All the cattle raised on this small farm in Amesville are 100% grass-fed and finished; never receiving any processed feed or growth hormones. 

IT'S DELICATA

CUZ I LIKE YOU

Is it cool that I said all that?

Is it chill that you're in my head?

'Cause I know that it's delicat(a)

("Delicate" by Taylor Swift)

Look for delicat(a) squash from Hardin Creek Farm in your box this week along with Ohio fruits and veggies of all sorts. Try out the Crockpot White Bean Chicken Parmesan Soup with Delicata Squash below!

Check out BUNKER HILL CHEESE, our featured producer, here!

Go here for PREPARED MEALS from local CHEFS.
 

IT'S CIDER TIME

We're sending you cider. Hope you don't mind!
(Go ahead, share the love with someone special!)

Look for OHIO APPLE CIDER from Grobe Fruit Farm in your box this week along with a cornucopia of Ohio fruits and veggies including red cabbage, garlic, Kennebec potatoes, Bosc pears, scarlet curly kale, and sweet potato squash. Try out the Apple Cider Donut Cake recipe below!

Check out BONHOMIE ACRES and their phenomenal 2024 syrup run!

Go to PREPARED MEALS from local CHEFS here.
Find Equinox Botanicals herbal remedies ON SALE here and MacKenzie Creamery Ohio Goat Cheese ON SALE here. 

And here are our short date specials!

ACORN AVENGER

With superhero nutrition and green to orange skin changing power like Incredible Hulk's alter ego, we present to you...the acorn squash.

Green with some orange is your acorn squash's perfect happy place. One cup contains 37% of your vitamin C for the day! A superhero squash full of B vitamins and magnesium, look for it in your box this week along with a cornucopia of Ohio fruits and veggies. Try out the Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash recipe below!

Check out our featured ALL THINGS EGGS vendors below!

Equinox Botanicals herbal remedy SALE here. 

Feast your eyes on delicious chef-made meals this week here.

And here are our short date specials!

A box without hinges, key or lid, and yet, golden treasure inside is hid...

EGGSES, PRECIOUS!

Lovely, packed-with-nutrition eggses from pasture-raised chickens and ducks at Sweet Grass, Copia, and Bojacal farms--our featured vendors this week. Available a la carte or for chicken eggs, as a subscription (weekly, biweekly and monthly options available). These are the best deal in town! Go to our Insta page for more!

PIXIE CRUNCH

magical apple
tart, sweet fairy spell lingers
fall, please never end

Look for PIXIE CRUNCH apples in your box this week along with Asian pears, Caraflex cabbage, Delicata squash, and sweet potatoes, plus more Ohio fruits and veggies. Try out the Delicata Squash, Apple and Chorizo Galette recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, EQUINOX BOTANICALS this week!
Equinox Botanicals herbal remedy SALE here. 

Feast your eyes on all the delicious chef-made meals this week here.

And here are our short date specials!

Scallions

vs. Rapscallions...

One is peppery and spicy, and the other has a milder flavor and is in your box this week! Scallions for all YB rapscallions!

Look for SCALLIONS in your box this week along with lettuce, Asian pears, and gala apples, plus more Ohio fruits and veggies. Plus try out the Easy Slow Cooker Potato Soup recipe below!

Check out Berlin Natural Bakery, our featured vendor this week!
On sale here.

And here are our short date specials!

Family, we are always talking with our farmers and many have expressed this same sentiment: Because we have had this relentless rainy cool weather, some of the plants are not doing well. Discoloration and "slimy-ness" are directly attributable to this weather. 

In the fall with the decreasing amount of sun intensity the plants are not as resilient. Growth slows and bad actors start to make their move, attacking in the form of disease that thrives without the sun to maintain a dry and UV rich environment. 

We are always actively keeping the produce fresh, but also always want to keep you in the loop--just having some of the usual fall bouts with Sweet Mother Nature.