Boston Organics is proud to work with a number of local farms and businesses that actively strive to build a resilient regional food economy. Whether coaxing greens to thrive even as the mercury drops or stone-milling local corn, our growers and producers have true New England grit.
Topics: Recipes, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, Fresh From the Farm, Organic Herbs, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, Organic Greens
Boston Organics is grateful to all of our farm partners who supply us with nutritious local produce no matter the season. The days are becoming ever-shorter, the nights colder, and farmers are starting to put the land to bed for the winter. Though their work continues, we are past peak local season in New England. In this slower time, we take a moment to reflect on the growing season, and themes we noticed during our early September visit to Atlas Farm, Lakeside Organics of Hadley and Queen’s Greens, three of our farm partners in Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley.
Topics: Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Organic Farmers, boston organics, Local Season, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, Original Boston Organics Blog
We're off to a beautiful start this fall. Find out what's harvesting this season and what you can expect in your box over the coming weeks.
Topics: Recipes, Fall Produce, Newsletter, Home Cooking Kitchen Tips, Guides and Infographics, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables
How much do you know about where your food comes from?
If you buy and eat organic food, you already know quite a lot. For instance, you know that it was grown without synthetic fertilizers and wasn’t sprayed with harmful chemical pesticides. You also know that there are no genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in your food and that the animals that produced your eggs and milk weren’t fed antibiotics. Instead, they were raised in safe, humane conditions.
But as a busy Boston resident, you don’t have time to visit all of the organic farms that grow your food. That’s part of our job, to increase transparency in the supply chain and make sure that the food you eat comes from truly sustainable sources.
We work with a vast network of organic farms, and every season we like to go visit a few of them. Not only does this help maintain our strong working relationship with these organic farmers, it also gives us an opportunity to ask questions and learn new things about modern organic farming practices.
Earlier this summer, we sent a few members of the Boston Organics Crew to southern Vermont and central Massachusetts to visit some of our local farm partners there. Here’s a short recap from each visit.
Topics: Fall Produce, Newsletter, Dwight Miller Orchard, Organic Farmers, Fresh From the Farm, Atlas Farm, Organic Apples, summer produce, Organic Leafy Greens, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, The Kitchen Garden
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
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
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
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
This spring our local farmers faced lengthy dry spells periodically interspersed with heavy rainstorms—making it difficult to predict which fields would need extra attention and which crops would be ready to harvest.
Topics: Local Dogma Box, Eat Local, Organic Dandelions, summer produce, Organic Leafy Greens, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables
As the weather warms up, spring is quickly progressing towards summer and our local harvests are becoming more and more flavorful.
Another bunch of organic leafy greens are on their way from Atlas Farm, including arugula, chard and kale. But this week those greens are bolstered by some tasty new ingredients like zucchini and strawberries!
Topics: Local Dogma Box, Eat Local, spring produce, Organic Squash, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables
