EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / November 22, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food! GIVING IS ALWAYS IN SEASON On delivery day last week, the day before Thanksgiving, one of our neighborhood Market Managers, Nickie, posted this on Facebook: “I’m volunteering […]
EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / November 22, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food! THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING GREEN BEANS Green beans are a tradition on many a Thanksgiving table. So Sam, our Farmer Connector, always stocks our online farmers […]
The Mystery of the Missing Green Beans – By the Seasonal Roots Veggie Fairy Team Green beans are a tradition on many a Thanksgiving table. So Sam, our Farmer Connector, always stocks our online farmers market with them for the holiday. This year, he scoured the whole region, but there was nary a green bean […]
As temps drop, farmers keep farming – By the Seasonal Roots Veggie Fairy Team Thanksgiving is coming, right about the time most traditional farmers markets are closing for the winter, or scaling back. But not your year-round online farmers market! We stay open all through the winter because a little dip in the temperature gauge […]
EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / November 8, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food! WHAT’S ON TAP FOR THANKSGIVING, PLUS WHAT’S UP WITH THOSE PALE YOLKS? Thanksgiving is com-ing, right about the time most traditional farmers markets are closing for the […]
EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / November 8, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food! CASE STUDY: CELERY It’s celery season out on the Flores family’s farm on Virginia’s Northern Neck. Gerardo and his son Omar are harvesting fresh, aromatic celery bunches […]
Case Study: Celery – By Kristin Henderson, Chief Veggie Communicator It’s celery season out on the Flores family’s farm on Virginia’s Northern Neck. Gerardo and his son Omar are harvesting fresh, aromatic celery bunches from their fields. Then our veggie fairies deliver it straight to you within just a couple days. If you ever needed […]
EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / November 1, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food! ORGANIC vs LOCAL vs SUSTAINABLE: WHICH IS BEST?!! We get this question pretty much daily: “So are your farms Certified Organic?” When people ask that, we totally […]
Which is best?! – By the Seasonal Roots Veggie Fairy Team We get this question pretty often: “So are your farms Certified Organic?” When people ask that, we totally get where they’re coming from. We all just want to eat nutritious, safe, non-toxic, eco-friendly food. But who has time to research every item we buy? […]
EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / October 25, 2017 Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food! MOTHER NATURE KNOWS BEST Do you clean out your closets in the spring, enjoy more outdoor activities in the summer, and crave all things warm and cozy […]