While the white snow falls outside our doors, we are packing boxes that are full of the most vibrant colors.
Green and Red apples, Purple/Yellow/Red beets, Rainbow carrots and radishes, and tons of fresh Greens!
Our Ohio farms are still producing LOTS of wonderful food and it gives me confidence to say that our FOODSHED is stable, no matter what the news headlines say.
Has everyone gotten in their first viewing of ELF for the year? If not, stop what you are doing and get that taken care of.
After that, let’s talk about the next couple of weeks.
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. The day is chilly, the food is warm, the naps are long, and hearts are happy.
We hope that you're able to spend your holiday with those you hold dear.
Thank you so much for letting us be a part of it.
-Erin
This is one of our favorite weeks of the year...it’s the week that we can see what our customers are going to be cooking and backing for the most wonderful day of the year!
By the looks of things, there are going to be some tasty and soul-full things that will be on your tables next week...I’m hoping that your friends and family will be gathered with you to be able to have human interaction and see the light in people's eyes as you tell them how much you love and appreciate them.
Next week is the week before Thanksgiving!! (which also happens to be my favorite holiday)
I brainstormed out my holiday food overview last night and it looks something like this:
Food, Fellowship, Macy’s Parades, and Turkey Trots.
I must talk to you about Thanksgiving.
This year we are hosting close to 20 people...not just for the day, but for the WEEK!
Fall is officially upon us.
I know I'm probably not supposed to have a favorite veggie season- but I do- and it is fall!!
Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, Leeks, Squash, Herbs- it really doesn't get better than that.
While we send a bit of goodness to everyone throughout the season, if you find you're wanting more you can always add to your order through our online store.
Continuing on from a couple of weeks ago where I introduced the book, Diet For A Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe, I want us to consider another food-related threat.
HOW WE FEED OURSELVES WORSENS CLIMATE CHAOS
Our Food System Globally generates as much as 37 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. This is due to our large shift to corporate, chemical practices.
Over the years we have always tried to be transparent with our customers so that you could catch glimpses of what is actually happening with your food as it goes from being just a thought on a page in the middle of the winter, all the way to your kitchen.
This week, we had one of those mini “disasters” that happens when working with real food and mother nature.
50 years ago a little book was written called Diet For A Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe’. Until 2 weeks ago I had never heard of it but then heard about it from 3 different places and knew I should probably read it. They just launched a 50th-anniversary edition with updates from the author who is still alive and well.
Last weekend I drove into Columbus and noticed all the orchards and nurseries were advertising for their “fall harvest” parties.
We thought it might be fun to have a little “party” of our own this week so we are bringing you our “Apple Flight”.
REAL Food.
REAL Farms.
REAL Simple.
These 3 lines are on the top of our brochures. It really does encapsulate what we are trying to do together.
In the podcast heavy world that we live in, we can now listen to the smartest doctors in the world, tell us over and over again what the keys to being healthy are.
At the beginning of 2021 we did a survey to see what folk's wanted on our online store. An overwhelming percentage said bulk spices. We did that a few months back AND NOW THEY'RE ON SALE! So, stock up and get all your baking needs for this fall!
This is the time of year when you should be experiencing a bunch of things that make you happy.
Kids are back in school...maybe you yourself are back in school.
Nights are cooler.
College Football.
It's getting darker, faster.
Maybe a leaf on your favorite tree is turning orange?
And APPLES.
Boxes are LOADED this week!
Piles of fruit and veggies!!
I think this would be a great week to make a classic Pico de Gallo
This year continues to yield an enormous amount of amazing fruit.
Each week I continue to be surprised by the peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines, and now apples that are pouring in.
In years past, we have had very small harvests of all of these and we would have to spread them out thin so that everyone could try at least one. This year, it’s fill the boxes to the brim with amazing fruit!
This is the 33rd delivery of 2021!!
On Monday I was out of town and walked into a Kroger to grab a beverage and saw that the toilet paper aisle was mostly empty shelves. I am VERY rarely in a grocery store so it surprised me a little to see this but it always makes me appreciate that the fact that I don’t have to rely on the grocery store.
I posted this pic on instagram this week.
It’s a picture of Warren Taylor who founded Snowville Creamery. He has since started a mushroom growing business (mostly shiitake), out of Athens, OH.
When we first got started with YB he was still with Snowville, and he had me and my family down to take a tour of the area and just talk about what it was that we were attempting to do.
Last night my 5 year old says to me, “Dad, when it’s marshmallow season again can we get those little ones and put them in hot chocolate?”
Kid gets it.
When we first started this company, we didn’t foresee a couple of the challenges that would face us in that first year. One of the biggest (literally), were the cantaloupes.
We had not yet started working closely enough with the growers to have a say in what they planted each season so we just bought the normal size of everything they grow. Cantaloupes, Water melons, butternut squash, cabbage...all TOO DANG BIG to even fit in our cardboard boxes!!
