beautiful broccolini

...but what is broccolini?
 
Developed in Japan and growing in fame here, broccolini's stems are as tender and yummy as the florets. A hybrid of broccoli and gai lan (Chinese kale), broccolini cooks up just like regular broccoli, but faster (and with a sweeter finish). Nothing not to like about that! 

green broccolini
your flavor is not teeny
I eat the whole thing
 
Here's a BROCCOLINI pasta recipe for you: 
Oriechette with Broccolini and Sausage recipe.

Remember, being part of YB Foodshed means you get to:
1. Snag high quality, farm fresh food when it's at its freshest
2. Know your growers and learn about their farming practices
3. Be a part of a community that cares about supporting local food
4. Try new veggies that are in season! Like broccolini!

It's the way things used to be. It's revolutionary. It's OHIO FEEDING OHIO. 

Look for BROCCOLINI, Carlton greens, and carrots in your farm share this week! (See complete list of possible local produce in your box below)

Check out our featured vendor this week: NOOMA.

HOO BOY

We have TATSOI.
 
Tatsoi, nicknamed "Vitamin Green," is what you want for dinner! It has more vitamin C than oranges or spinach. It has vitamin A, calcium, folate, beta-carotene, and phytonutrients which have been shown to help prevent cancer and heart disease. 

Shh, we have a secret for you: It's OK to have soup in summer!
Here's a killer Spicy Sweet Potato and Tatsoi Soup recipe to try (see below). ENJOY TATSOI!

Remember, being part of YB Foodshed means you get to:
1. Snag high quality, farm fresh food when it's at its freshest
2. Know your growers and learn about their farming practices
3. Be a part of a community that cares about supporting local food
4. Try new veggies that are in season! Like Tatsoi!

Look for TATSOI, salad mix, asparagus, slicer tomatoes, and green zucchini your farm share this week! (See complete list of local produce in your box below)

Check out our featured vendor this week: Stutzman Farms.

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!