Wait … rhubarb is a vegetable?! 🤯

Have you tried our delicious rhubarb yet? We know the first thing that comes to mind for most people is strawberry rhubarb pie—but there are so many other ways to enjoy this fantastic vegetable (yes, it’s a veggie, not a fruit! 🤯).

Here are a few tasty ways to get creative with rhubarb:

  • Rhubarb crisp

  • Compote for topping ice cream, yogurt, and more

  • SautĂ©ed with greens for a delicious balance of tart and earthy flavors

Growing seasonally means paying close attention to weather and harvest patterns over time so we can learn to be more resilient and adapt to any potential changes. For example, last year’s rhubarb harvest began in late April, with strawberries arriving by May 14th. That overlap let us offer both crops through mid-June! This season we’ve had cooler temps and later harvest dates across the board. Despite the wait, this week we have a small harvest of strawberries to go with the rhubarb, and we hope to have more strawberries next week!

When it comes to the environment, it helps to stay flexible. 🌍 Thank you for shopping locally!

And don’t forget—rhubarb freezes beautifully! Stock up while it’s fresh so you’re ready to make all the pies your heart desires when we can harvest more strawberries. 🍓

Place an online pre-order or come say hello in the shop!

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• Thursday 10am-5pm
• Friday 10am-5:30pm
• Saturday 10am-4:30pm

Produce

This week’s local, fresh harvest includes:

  • Arugula (Wasabi—peppery hot! And excellent for your favorite sashimi dishes!)

  • Asparagus

  • Beets—red with tops!! 

  • Cherry Tomatoes

  • Cucumbers—Early days, limited harvest, get them while you can!

  • Herbs— fresh celery, chives, cilantro, dill, mint, rosemary, sage, thyme, and plenty of dried options available!

  • Horseradish

  • Kale (Curly, Blue Dazzling, and Red Russian)

  • Kohlrabi—first of the season!

  • Lettuce (mixed leafy and head)

  • Mixed Greens

  • Mushrooms—Dried options available; not enough rain for the shiitake yet. But, we’ll keep you posted when they’re back!

  • Mustard Greens

  • Radish (Cherry Belle, and a variety of others, with tops)

  • Rhubarb

  • Spinach

  • Strawberries—very small harvest, we hope to have more next week! 🍓

  • Swiss Chard

  • Watercress

  • Zucchini—Early days, limited harvest, get them while you can!

As always, our produce is GMO-free and grown without synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides — and we make sure it stays that way, even for crops that are tricky to grow naturally!

Dairy & Eggs

This week’s options include:

  • Grass-fed, organic, non-homogenized, low heat pasteurized milk (A1/A2 this week), butter, buttermilk, cheese (cottage cheese and GGC sharp cheddar), French dip, kefir (plain or vanilla), yogurt (plain or vanilla), and whipping cream. 

  • Chicken and Duck eggs this week! Our eggs are hand harvested and cleaned. Our chickens are raised on not simply organic but also a soy free grain mix along with their free range diet. There really is nothing like the consistency and flavor of these delectable treats from heritage breeds . . . we bring out the connoisseurs!

Meat Availability

This week’s options (while supplies last) include:

  • Beef Prime Steaks: Chuckeye, Denver, NY Strip, Ribeye, Sirloin, and Sirloin tip!

  • Beef Savory Roasts, Steaks & Ribs: Brisket (plenty large enough for smoking), Chuck, Chuck Arm, Round (top, bottom, eye, and full), Flat Iron, Mock Tenderloin, and Rump & Sirloin Tip Roasts and Steaks. 

  • Beef Grill Options: Ground Beef—approx. 85% lean, Ground Chuck—approx. 89% lean, and Ground Round—approx. 90% lean. Beef Patties—approx. 85% lean (3 or 4 pk)! We're also carrying The Brooklyn Hot Dog Company dogs: All Beef or Beef & Pork! Buy two or more packages for a 10% discount (see our boxes on our pre-order form)!

  • Beef Stew & Organ Meat Options: Stew Meat (limited supply), Soup bones and Organ Meats, including cheeks, heart, kidney, liver, and more! 

  • Chicken (frozen): Whole, Cut-ups (breast—boneless / skinless, thighs this week, leg quarters, and drums—a 10% discount if you buy 2 pkgs or more of leg quarters and drums on special this week--$4.99/lb while supplies last!!). We also have Ground Chicken! And, chicken organ meat (including: backs, necks, feet, liver, and gizzard)! We are out of our famous Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage this week but hope to have it back very soon!

  • Duck (frozen): Whole only

  • Lamb: 

    • Ground Lamb

    • Lamb Patties

    • Lamb Rib and Shoulder Chops—melt in your mouth tasty!

    • Leg of Lamb

    • Lamb Shanks

    • Lamb Soup Bones, and organ meats

  • Pork: British Curry, Fresh Kielbasa, Italian (Hot or Sweet), and Merguez Sausage! All from our pannage raised pork and organically sourced spice blends (featuring the Teeny Tiny Spice Co). Note: have you tried our pork patties? They come plain or with salt & pepper. You can also get them in a convenient 3-pack or 4-pack. They’re in our box specials—buy 2 or more and get them 10% off. This a real find!

    • Pork Chops (thick or thin / boneless or bone-in), Pork Steaks, Baby Back & Spareribs and more! Other cuts: Back Fat for making your own lard! And Pork Neck Bones for that favorite Pasta Sauce flavor. 

    • Pork Roasts: Like pulled pork? We have both the Pork Butt and the Picnic Roasts fresh frozen (about 2.5 to >8 lbs each). If you want to add another layer to your slow cooks, try our smoked hams with our unique, natural smoke cure with real fruit pectin rather than celery salt used in the natural blend.

    • Smoked jowl bacon and bacon ends, smoked pork chops, ham roasts & steaks, and  ham hocks for your special meals!! Or, for a smokey sausage, try our bacon cooked in your skillet or toaster oven with any of the sausage for that delicious flavor that comes with smoked sausage.

  • Rabbit: Whole

  • Turkey: Whole and Cut-ups! Breasts (boneless/skin on and bone-in/skin on, drums, wings) and backs for amazing soup stock available. And turkey organ meats (gizzard and liver in approximate 1 lb packages)! Turkey drums or wings—buy 2 or more and get them 10% off!

Read more about how we raise our grass-fed beef, pastured poultry, pastured pork, and grass-fed lamb.

Fresh Features

Exciting things in store this week, while supplies last!!

  • Joe's Bread: Fresh, Artisanal Sourdough Bread Daily! Wednesday and Friday specialty options available too!

  • Equal Exchange: Try many organic coffee options, including their newly branded “Everyday”! We have a wide selection and love to talk about our favorites!

  • Pure Indian Foods: Try an array of thoughtfully sourced, organic spices (including curry blends), Kitchari with mung bean (yellow or green), aged Himalayan Basmati rice,  cultured ghee, vegan Worcestershire sauce, or mango puree, you won’t be disappointed!

  • Teeny Tiny Spices: (organic tin collection with recipes and featured in our pork sausage)! Enjoy the spice of life in each amazing variety, a different recipe with every tin, and a trip to whatever region of the world you’ve been wanting to go, without leaving your kitchen! And, if you haven’t tasted these spices in our pork sausages, you’re missing out.

Sarah Highlen