Squash in your box
= welcome back, friend.

pound for pound goodness
the genus Cucurbita
squash to surprise you
 
It's back, and you love it! When your neighbors come knocking on your door with SQUASH in August, remember this moment! Squash is so yummy, so versatile, and so taken for granted in season. Think back to your old friend surprising you back in June when you are "squash ninja-ed" later this summer!

Look for GREEN OR YELLOW CUCURBITA, salad mix, purple kohlrabi, asparagus, slicer tomatoes, and garlic scapes in your farm share this week! And check out Zucchini and yellow squash in the Tex Mex Chicken and Zucchini Skillet recipe below!

Here's a link to our featured vendor this week: Cleveland Ketchup.

MINI PAK CHOI...

...packed with nutrition,
packed in your box.

Small but mighty, mini pak choi is dressed to impress with its crispness and versatility. Whether spelled bok choy, or pak choi, it means "white vegetable." With half the daily nutritional value of vitamins C and K, and 40% of vitamin A, the pak choi you unpack from your box is practically a multivitamin. Add in E, and you can have your CAKE and eat it too, especially when folate, B6, potassium, and calcium also join the party.  

Pak Choi = some of the best produce Ohio has to offer!

Look for PAK CHOI, hydro head lettuce, purple sun tomatoes, asparagus, slicer tomatoes, and Evercrisp apples in your farm share this week! Try out PAK CHOI in the Easy Pak Choi Soup recipe below!

Here's a link to our featured vendor this week: Berlin Natural Bakery.

SALANOVA SUPERNOVA...

...an explosion of crispness.

IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK

With a core that can be removed in one cut, Salanova lettuce has up to THREE times more leaves than a standard lettuce head. Whether green or red, Salanova's leaves can be used in sandwiches, mixed into pasta, or substituted for baby greens. Mild flavored and full of calcium, fiber, and iron, its red varieties even have antioxidants that protect against cellular damage.

We bring you Salanova--part of the BEST in lettuce that Ohio has to offer.

Look for SALANOVA, slicer tomatoes, and cucumbers in your farm share this week, and in the Asian Chicken with Noodles and Salanova recipe below!

And check out our featured waffles: Lopaus Point (GF) and Liege Waffle Hub!

WIN TWO FREE TICKETS TO FORAGING CLASS WITH CHEF LORENZO!

Lorenzo's June 1st class from 4-7pm features a Local Beekeeper, Edible Weeds and Pawpaw Sale, plus a tour of the Highland Youth Garden and of course, a beautiful meal!  

Red Potatoes...

...finders keepers.

Tasty, sturdy and dependable, and
IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK

Why do we love potatoes? The comforting flavors of childhood, the sense that all is right in the world, the serotonin "happy hormone..." but also potassium for your heart, resistant starch good for your gut, improved immunity and nutrients like choline, B6 and lysine make potatoes the friends you need in your box.

We work to find you the BEST produce that Ohio has to offer.

Look for red potatoes, asparagus, and orange carrots in your farm share this week, and in the Best Potato Tofu Balls recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, Equinox Botanicals, here.

STRAWBERRIES...

...SPRING ROYALTY.

Make way for this Ohio delicacy in MAY.
IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK

Our usual grower had unforeseen conditions decimate his strawberry plants, so we are looking to other Ohio sources for you for June! Another grower has been supplying us with early strawberries from his greenhouse, and they have been delicious!

We work to find you the BEST produce that Ohio has to offer.

Look for strawberries and asparagus in your farm share this week, and in the Strawberry Tarragon Chicken Salad recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, Turkeyfoot Creamery, here.

FOR MAY: REFER A FRIEND AND YOU BOTH GET $20 CREDIT!

ASPARAGUS...

...ASPARA-GOT.

It's here and it's splendid!
IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK

Foodshed = beautiful


Look for asparagus in your farm shares this week, and in the Asparagus and Veggie Stir Fry recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, Dancing Bee Farms, here.

FOR MAY: REFER A FRIEND AND YOU BOTH GET $20 CREDIT!

They get their hands dirty.

Our growers have a passion for making high quality food a reality.
We have a passion for helping local farms "find their people," AND for getting awesome food to people every week when it's freshest.

Thanks to you, our growers can focus
on keeping their hands in the dirt.

Foodshed = beautiful


More spring veggies coming soon! Look for carrots and purple sun potatoes in your farm shares this week, and in the creamy carrot & onion potato salad recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, Ridiculously Good salsa, here.

Hakurei.

Farm share birds should try
hakurei the samurai
warrior turnip

Look for hakurei turnips in your farm shares this week, and in the cheesy hakurei turnip gratin with herbs recipe below!

Kalebration. This Spring.

At Yellowbird we usually have a Kalebration of some kind going on. Good food, good times.
But sometimes spring is also a good time to re-kalebrate and think about what's important. What are we putting in our bodies to help them reset? Let's get some greens going on. 
We've got the gift of kale in your box for YOU this week! 

Look for KALE in the easy kale salad with fresh lemon dressing recipe below!

Hug a carrot.

Thursday is International Carrot Day, a worldwide party for our often taken-for-granted, steadfast orange friend. From their start in Afghanistan in 900 A.D., carrots have been full of vitamin C and K, zinc, phosphorous, calcium and of course, beta carrot-ene! Eat a carrot from your farm share--your heart, liver, kidneys, immune system, bones, skin, and eyes will all thank you!

Look for CARROTS in the fall-apart vegetable beef soup recipe below!

What are we doing here???

Ever wonder what in the world we are all doing? 

Well, here are some things we KNOW about ALL of us in the foodshed:
1. We want to get good, FRESH food into our homes.
2. We want to support local farmers who grow good, FRESH food.
3. We want to make and eat good, FRESH food! (Or get meals delivered from one of our featured chefs, many of whom prepare meals right in our own Woodward Kitchen!)

At least there are some things in life that can stay simple! 

Consider swiss cheese crisps this week from our featured vendor, Bunker Hill Cheese.
See more inspiration for your table at theyellowbirdtable.com.