That’s the headline on a recent article in the Atlantic.  Read it here.

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May 12, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: Asparagus, rhubarb, radish, spring onions, spinach, salad mix, head lettuce, herb (chives with flowers – which are edible). And an extra bag of rhubarb for everyone – it is going strong. Recipes: We will attempt to give you recipes for unfamiliar vegetables. Please send me [...]

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October 14, 2009: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: mustard greens, spinach, broccoli, sweet potatoes, onions, corn, winter squash, peppers or eggplant, herb and apples. Recipes: Sweet Potato and Cabbage Medley Some vegetables, when they come in the fall, can come HUGE – and two of these are cabbages and sweet potatoes. (Anyone else [...]

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From Organic Bytes newsletter: The emperor of natural foods, Whole Foods Market (WFM), has no clothes. Throughout the 2009 summer months, OCA has been alerting organic consumers to the troubling fact that the overwhelming majority of grocery items (approximately 2/3) sold by WFM, even their private label “365″ brand, are not certified organic, but rather [...]

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August 5, 2009: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: sweet corn, zucchini, cucumber, Swiss chard, salad mix, pepper, peaches, basil, and tomato. More farm tidbits from Farmer Pam: Lots to pick up here after the big storm on Sunday – whew – heck of a way to trim the trees! Not much damage – [...]

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