Author: Coley Ward

Coley is the marketing manager at Boston Organics. His favorite vegetable is a red bell pepper.

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Healthy Workplace Spotlight: Ceres

Posted by Coley Ward on Feb 23, 2018 11:17:55 AM
 
 

We've been delivering organic fruit to Ceres since 2016, and we just love what they do. Located near Boston's Chinatown, the advocacy group works to transform the economy to promote sustainability. Among other things, they work with companies and investors on solutions to climate change, water scarcity and human rights issues.

Ceres asks the corporations in its Company Network to take steps be more sustainable, and each of these companies publishes a sustainability report documenting their success. But Ceres also "walks the talk," according to Brian Sant, Ceres' director of digital communications and marketing.

"We publish our own sustainability report," he says, "and we work hard to minimize our carbon footprint and promote employee wellness."

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Topics: Healthy Office, marketing, bio, member spotlight


Member Spotlight: Justin Klaassen

Posted by Coley Ward on Feb 12, 2018 9:27:43 AM

We discovered Justin Klaassen, a product developer and father of two who lives in South Boston, when he started tagging us on Instagram, where he posts under the name @hoppybeerman. Always the posts would feature a beer next to some fruits or vegetables that he got in his Boston Organics box.

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Topics: marketing, bio, member spotlight


Member Spotlight: Joy Huang

Posted by Coley Ward on Feb 5, 2018 8:16:00 AM

A couple of years ago, Joy Huang started her Instagram account (@joyosity) to share photos of her culinary creations and travel explorations. Last year, she challenged herself to post one recipe photo a day. Since then, her audience has grown and she now has over 6,000 followers.

She says joining cooking clubs on Facebook (like the Food52 cookbook club and baking club) gave her a lot of inspiration for what to make. Occasionally some of her posts would be picked up by other larger accounts like @Food52, @marthastewart, @thekitchn, @foodandwine, and @thefeedfeed which brought a lot more exposure to her account. One unique aspect of her Instagram photos is that they are all taken and edited with her iPhone.

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Topics: Boston Organics Community, marketing, bio, member spotlight


the hats of boston organics

Posted by Coley Ward on Jan 30, 2018 1:45:01 PM

It gets cold in our offices at this time of year, and most of the time you'll see our team wearing hats to keep their heads warm. Here are some of the hats they wore this week.

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7 things to do on a snow day

Posted by Coley Ward on Jan 3, 2018 10:47:45 PM

The weather outside is frightful and if you're lucky enough to be home from work, you're probably wondering what to do with yourself. Here are a few suggestions from your friends at Boston Organics. (Note: If you did make it in to the office today, numbers two, three and six are still totally doable -- five, too, if you have a long enough lunch break, a carrot for a nose and sticks for arms.)

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Topics: snow day


Top Blog Posts of 2017

Posted by Coley Ward on Dec 31, 2017 3:12:47 PM

Our most read blog post of all time remains The Difference Between USDA Organic and Non-GMO Verified Seal. It has more than three times the visits of our next most popular post, our Guide to Organic Apple Picking. But we digress. This post is about 2017. Here are the most read blog posts published this year.

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Topics: year in review 2017


The Three Local Nonprofits We're Supporting this Holiday

Posted by Coley Ward on Dec 22, 2017 3:58:00 PM

This year, instead of sending chocolates or little monkey robots that fart on command to our best customers, we decided to say thank you by making a donation on their behalf to one of three local nonprofits. Here's a little background on the groups we chose and why. They represent three areas that we care a lot about -- farming, sustainability and food security.

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Topics: holidays, christmas, Boston, nonprofits, giving


Holiday Delivery Schedule & Deadlines 2017

Posted by Coley Ward on Dec 1, 2017 8:50:00 AM

Tis the season for adjusted delivery schedules. Boston Organics will not be making deliveries on Monday, December 25, Friday, December 29 or Monday, January 1, necessitating some schedule shuffling during Christmas and New Year's weeks. Please see below for information on when we'll be delivering to your zip code during these holiday weeks.

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Topics: Boston Organics Community, Holiday


We redesigned the weekly newsletter

Posted by Coley Ward on Oct 9, 2017 9:35:33 AM

We're always looking for opportunities to improve, to give our users more value. Recently, we started asking  if there were any changes that we could make to our weekly newsletter that would make it more valuable to our customers?

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Topics: Company Updates, Newsletter, marketing


Fresh From the Farm: What a fungi!

Posted by Coley Ward on Oct 2, 2017 9:46:49 AM

This week's box features shiitake mushrooms, which are crazy nutritious but also delicious. If you're a mushroom fan, shiitakes are likely one your list of favorites (they're so much more flavorful and complex than boring white button mushrooms!). You'll encounter shiitakes in various forms in a lot of Asian cuisine, like miso soup and many stirfries. Today we've got a recipe that calls for roasting the mushrooms and we think you're going to love it.

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Topics: Recipes, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, Fresh From the Farm, Organic Apples, Organic Broccoli, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, organic green leaf lettuce, organic shiitake mushrooms


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