Topic: Fresh From the Farm

New Year’s eve can be a roaring fun time, provided you've got enough delicious snacks to help us make it until midnight. Keep your party and table lively with help from Boston Organics. Enjoy the party, skip the grocery store.

Topics: Recipes, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, organic tomatoes, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, Fresh From the Farm, Organic Squash, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, organic rosemary

If being more environmentally-friendly was one of your New Year’s resolutions, good for you! You already contribute to sustainability by choosing to support Boston Organics, and, by extension, organic producers. These growers don’t pollute our soil and water with toxic pesticides and synthetic fertilizers and help build the soil to ensure that organic farming can continue for generations. This week, we’re thinking about ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to food, especially those associated with eating meat and with food waste. Read on for ideas for experimenting with reducing your food's carbon footprint.

Topics: Recipes, Organic Cabbage, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Pears, Organic Farmers, Locavore, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, Fresh From the Farm, Organic Root Vegetables, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, organic beets

Spring is a busy season for New England farmers and it takes planning and persistence to keep up with the demands of outdoor growing. They’ve certainly been successful because we’re able to find more crop diversity! Next week we'll see new produce in deliveries like eggplant, red bell peppers, black radishes, oyster mushrooms, and sunchokes!

Topics: Recipes, Local Dogma Box, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, Fresh From the Farm, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston

Growth is a year-round concept for Troy Asher, packinghouse manager of Atlas Farm (South Deerfield, MA). But the shorter winter days do bring a bit of an expected slowdown.

Topics: Recipes, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, Fresh From the Farm, know your farm, Atlas Farm, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, winter, on the farm, harvest preparation

For several of the farms that stock our deliveries with local produce and goods, this is still a busy time of year. The winter months are often a time to repair and reassess ahead of the growing season.

Topics: Red Fire Farm, Recipes, Organic Cabbage, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, Fresh From the Farm, know your farm, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, organic beets, winter, on the farm, organic rutabagas, harvest preparation, greenhouse

Cold winter months aren’t usually what many have in mind when they consider fresh local produce. Snow, sleet, and cold winds are seemingly at odds with the bucolic ideal of fields exploding with fruits and vegetables on balmy days.

Topics: Recipes, Organic Cabbage, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, Fresh From the Farm, know your farm, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, organic beets, winter, on the farm, Nature's Circle Farm, organic rutabagas, harvest preparation

We know you value organic produce for the benefits it has both on your health and the environment. But as a busy Bostononian, you might not have time to visit the source -- the farms. At Boston Organics, we also value transparency in the supply chain and make sure that the food you eat comes from truly sustainable operations.

Every season we like to visit growers that are a part of our network. Not only does this help maintain our strong working relationships, but it also gives us an opportunity to ask questions and see how they continue to make positive changes on their farms.

Earlier this summer, we sent a few members of the Boston Organics Crew to western Massachusetts for a few of these visits. Here’s how our day went.

Topics: Organic Compost, know your farmer, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, mi tierra, Organic Farmers, Winter moon farm, Fresh From the Farm, know your farm, Atlas Farm, summer produce, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, The Kitchen Garden, Farms, Grower & Producer

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.

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

This week's box features local leeks. If you've never cooked with leeks and you're not sure where to start, never fear. We're going to help you learn to love leeks.

Topics: Recipes, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, organic leeks, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, Fresh From the Farm, Organic Apples, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, organic spinach

This week's box features some veggies you know and love, like broccoli and potatoes, and at least one item (kohlrabi) that might have a few folks scratching their heads. Never fear. We've got a few outside the box ideas to turn both the familiar and unfamiliar into something fantastic. 

Topics: Recipes, Organic Kohlrabi, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Cucumbers, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, Fresh From the Farm, Local Season, Organic Broccoli, Organic Leafy Greens, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables