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.
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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.
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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.
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In early March, Jeff, Jill, and Caroline went to the SBN's 8th Annual Local Food Trade Show event held at Northeastern University. The Local Food Trade Show is designed to facilitate connections and stimulate business relationships between producers and wholesale buyers of local food, with a focus on specialty crop food products in Massachusetts.
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Welcome to the Purchaser’s Corner! Here you’ll find periodic updates from our Purchasing Team on what’s new and exciting from our farm partners, as well insight into the world of our farmers.
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Winter has started even if it still feels like fall. Boston has had record high temperatures for winter so far (2018). As we anticipate for our #BosSnow, we thought it was a good time to remind our customers about steps they can take to insure that their delivery isn't damaged by the cold.
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It's still spring but it's starting to feel like summer. Temperatures were in the 90s recently, so we thought it was a good time to remind our customers about steps they can take to insure that their delivery isn't damaged by the heat.
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