Topic: Eat Local

8/31-9/4

Coming off a weekend with +85°F days, fall sounds more like a verb than an approaching season. And with many of our favorite summer foods still "growing strong," it sure doesn't taste like autumn yet.

But winds of change are in the air, and a few of the local farm partners that bring us the best organic fruits and veggies in the fall are starting to harvest fields that they planted earlier in the summer. While we anticipate a few more weeks of juicy heirloom tomatoes from Atlas Farm and delicious organic eggplants from Kitchen Garden Farm, the apple harvest is already underway at Dwight Miller and Son Orchards.

Topics: Organic Kohlrabi, Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Atlas Farm, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, summer produce

8/24-8/28

You really have no excuse to eat anything but locally grown, organic food this week considering the dazzling array of fresh fruits and vegetables our farm partners have available.

Topics: Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Atlas Farm, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, summer produce, Organic Leafy Greens

8/17-8/21

With the incredible variety coming from our local farms right now, it's hard to believe that only four months ago the locavore diet was mostly a medley of root vegetables. This is the time of the year when being a regular Dogma Box customer really pays off.

Topics: Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Herbs, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, summer produce

8/10-8/14

The bountiful harvests from our local farm partners continue this week with an absolute rainbow of color. Bright red tomatoes, summer squash and fresh corn on the cob round out a cornucopia that also includes several leafy greens, blueberries and eggplants.

Topics: Newsletter, Eat Local, organic kale, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, summer produce, Organic Leafy Greens

8/3-8/7

Farmers are often considered creatures of habit—if they find something that works well, they like to stick with it. At the same time, unpredictable weather patterns, pests and botanical diseases mean that organic farmers need to think on their feet and be ready to adapt and try new things at a moment's notice.

Topics: Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Organic Herbs, summer produce, Organic Leafy Greens

7/27-7/31

With fresh produce coming from seven local farms this week, it's hard to decide what we're most excited for. We're obviously giddy over the field tomatoes from Blue Ox Farm and the organic sweet corn from Lakeside Organics of Hadley. And Dwight Miller and Son Orchards is sure to wow us again with more spectacular Vermont blueberries.

Topics: Newsletter, Eat Local, organic tomatoes, Organic Farmers, Organic Herbs, summer produce, Original Boston Organics Blog

7/20-7/24

We're just about halfway through the summer (gasp!), which means we're starting to see an abundance of color and variety in our boxes. From the first field tomatoes to blueberries to corn, we're officially in the local season.

Topics: Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, organic tomatoes, Organic Farmers, Organic Herbs, summer produce, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables

7/13-7/17

In the Boston area, the early summer is a fantastic time to get your hands on a variety of locally grown leafy greens. This week, familiar faves like kale and dandelion are joined by more unusual leaves like calaloo and radicchio — all coming from Atlas Farm in central Massachusetts.

Topics: Local Dogma Box, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Atlas Farm, summer produce, Organic Leafy Greens, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables

7/6-7/10

We've had a wonderful streak of bountiful harvests from our local farm partners in recent weeks, and we expect the crisp vegetables continue to roll in from our New England farmers through the rest of the summer and into the fall.

Topics: Local Dogma Box, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Atlas Farm, About Organic, summer produce, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables

6/29-7/3

The mercurial early summer weather continues to keep our organic farm partners on their toes. Gideon Porth at Atlas Farm reported that the heat caused a few rows of arugula to bolt prematurely, but the plentiful rain helped his early plantings of collard greens grow to full size in time for harvest.

Topics: Local Dogma Box, Eat Local, summer produce, Organic Leafy Greens, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, Original Boston Organics Blog