Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

Our Local Dogma Box includes organic fruits and vegetables sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA or farm share, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms and brought right to your door each week.

The organic cranberry growers on Cape Cod have struggled to respond to this fall’s particularly difficult weather patterns, but this week you’ll find beautiful organic cranberries in your box — packaged in Jonathan’s Sprouts’ elegant new bags!

This week’s Dogma Box contains:
(Click links for storage tips and recipe ideas)

  • Beets – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Bok Choy – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Carrots – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Parsnips – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Thyme – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)
  • Cranberries – Jonathan’s Sprouts (Rochester, MA)
  • Acorn Squash – Nature’s Circle Farm (New Limerick, ME)
  • Onions – Porter Farms (Elba, NY)
  • McIntosh Apples – Dwight Miller Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)

Our Slightly Spicy Beet and Apple Salad is the perfect recipe for this week’s Local Dogma Box.

The dressing, made with apple-cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, and horseradish, complements the natural flavors of Atlas Farm’s roasted beets. Throw in a few sprigs of fresh organic thyme into the mix to bring it all together!

Monday, November 3rd, 2014

As you pull your winter coat out of hibernation, we’re dusting off our most trusted cold-weather recipes and stocking up on our favorite seasonal add-ons to share with you.

This is the final week that Old Friends Farm will harvest their special young ginger so our newsletter includes recipes for making homemade candied ginger and pickled young ginger.

We also included a recipe for homemade mint jelly using Happy Valley Organics’ fresh-cut spearmint and Dwight Miller and Son Orchard’s McIntosh apples.

You can also throw some Macs into our Red Cabbage and Apple Soup, which is probably the best way to make use of the large heads of organic cabbage coming from Atlas Farm this week.

The South Deerfield farm is also bringing us plenty of beets, carrots, kale, lettuce and sweet potatoes.

Stay in touch with your food. Read this week’s newsletter to learn what’s happening with our local farm partners and to see what’s new at Boston Organics.

Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

Our Local Dogma Box includes organic fruits and vegetables sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA or farm share, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms and brought right to your door each week.

Even as our organic farm partners face colder weather and heavy rains, they continue to harvest beautiful fruits and vegetables for the Boston Organics Community!

You can celebrate the last few days of New England sunshine with a spicy arugula and watermelon salad or settle in with a warm bowl of potato leek soup as the rain starts to fall.

No matter the weather, this week’s Dogma Box has all of the best local organic ingredients for a memorable fall meal.

This week’s Dogma Box contains:
 (Click links for storage tips and recipe ideas)

  • Arugula – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Carrots – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Potatoes – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Watermelon Radishes – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Sage – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)
  • Alfalfa Sprouts – Jonathan’s Sprouts (Rochester, MA)
  • Cranberries – Jonathan’s Sprouts (Rochester, MA)
  • Leeks – Porter Farms (Elba, NY)
  • McIntosh Apples – Dwight Miller Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)

Fresh sage adds a wonderful depth of flavor to stews, soups and roasts. The sage from Happy Valley Organics goes especially well with the leeks from Atlas Farm in this recipe for Simple Leek and Sage Risotto.

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014

Our Local Dogma Box includes organic fruits and vegetables sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA or farm share, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms and brought right to your door each week.

This week’s Dogma Box is a genuine fall feast! Gideon and his crew at Atlas Farm have been working hard to prepare for the cool weather and it has paid off.

He’s bringing us a variety of peppers, leafy greens and root veggies to enjoy with the fabulous fresh thyme from Happy Valley Organics and the lovely McIntosh apples from Dwight Miller Orchards.

This week’s Dogma Box contains:

  • Beets – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Green Bell Peppers – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Snacking Bell Peppers – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Bok Choy – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Carrots – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Kale – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Potatoes – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Thyme – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)
  • Onions – Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
  • McIntosh Apples – Dwight Miller Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)

With the first frost coming to western Massachusetts last weekend, this may be the last harvest of bell peppers! Commemorate the end of summer weather with these Sweet Pepper Poppers.

Monday, October 20th, 2014

Last night, our organic farm partners in western Massachusetts experienced their first frost of the season!

Fortunately, Gideon and his crew at Atlas Farm harvested a few loads of bell peppers before the temperatures dropped, so the Boston Organics Community will be able to enjoy one more week of his sweet and spicy peppers.

Meanwhile, our friends at Nature’s Circle Farm in New Limmerick, ME have been tending to a nice crop of organic buttercup squash and they’re bringing us some of their harvest this week.

Buttercup squash is a portly winter squash with a dark green inedible rind, silvery gray lines and a pale green bump on its blossom end. The deep-orange flesh has a nutty and creamy flavor not unlike a baked sweet potato.

You can saute, roast or steam buttercup squash as you would with any other winter squash, and we have a Simple Buttercup Squash Soup recipe featured this week on our website.

Our new organic tomato puree from Appalachian Naturals will help you savor the fantastic flavors of local tomatoes all year round. Made with organic tomatoes from local farms — including two of our farm partners, Atlas Farm and Red Fire Farm — this tomato puree is a great base for soups, sauces and stews. Go ahead. Give it a try.

Read this week’s full newsletter to learn about the bright side of colder weather! You’ll find a sweet bell pepper recipe, updates from our local farmers, and info about the more unusual items you might find in your box this week.

Wednesday, October 15th, 2014

Our Local Dogma Box includes organic fruits and vegetables sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA or farm share, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms and brought right to your door each week.

There is so much amazing organic produce in this week’s Local Dogma Box that it’s hard to know where to begin. Atlas Farm has an incredible fall harvest of leafy greens and root veggies, and the fresh basil from Happy Valley Organics is out of this world.

But the real showstoppers are the local organic cranberries from Jonathan’s Sprouts (formerly Joanthan’s Organic). Harvested from a network of small organic bogs on Cape Cod, these are the freshest cranberries you can find.

This week’s Dogma Box contains:

  • Arugula – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Beets – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Bell Peppers – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Carrots – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Chard – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Kohlrabi – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Turnips – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Basil – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)
  • Onions – Porter Farm (Elba, NY)
  • Cranberries – Jonathan’s Sprouts (Rochester, MA)

Not familiar with that strange bulbous root in your box? That’s probably kohlrabi, a descendant of wild cabbage and a very versatile vegetable. Here are 5 ways to cook kohlrabi, plus a special recipe for this week’s Dogma Box customers: Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Kohlrabi and Basil.

Thursday, October 9th, 2014

Fall is a time of great abundance and the traditional harvest season in New England. Fruits and veggies that sprouted under the summer sun reach their peak ripeness as the weather cools off.

Whether it’s Halloween treats, Thanksgiving feasts, or a Columbus Day apple picking adventure, autumn is associated with family holidays and really good food.

The 2014 Fall Produce Guide

Our series of seasonal produce guides give you special storage and cooking tips so you know exactly what to do with the produce in your box. You’ll also meet the amazing people who grow your food and find a few of our favorite fall recipes!

Look out for your own 2014 Fall Produce Guide with your next delivery. If you misplaced yours, you can order another one here or click below to view the digital version.

Your favorite seasonal produce add-ons are available for a limited time. If you want extra apples, kiwi berries, cranberries, or Brussels sprouts – make sure you order them now!

Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

Our Local Dogma Box includes organic fruits and vegetables sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA or farm share, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms and brought right to your door each week.

As warm summer nights give way to crisp autumn evenings, our New England farmers are taking steps to lengthen the growing season. Though tomatoes and zucchini may have gone the way of the fireflies, Atlas Farm continues to grow some wonderful leafy greens for the Dogma Box.

Fresh mint from Happy Valley Organic’s solar powered greenhouses makes a delicious tea for those chilly autumn nights, and crunchy Macs from Vermont are a sure sign that fall is here to stay.

This week’s Dogma Box contains:

  • Chard – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Mint – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)
  • McIntosh Apples – Dwight Miller Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)
  • Parsnips – Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
  • Radishes – Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
  • Rutabagas – Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
  • Carrots – Picadilly Farm (Winchester, NH)
  • Sweet Potatoes – Picadilly Farm (Winchester, NH)
  • Onions – Porter Farm (Elba, NY)

We have a new recipe for our Dogma Box customers to try this week. Grab your sweet potatoes, apples, and rainbow chard…and a stick of butter to cook it all in. If you roast the sweet potatoes while you saute the apples and chard, you’ll wind up with a delicious vegetarian meal in only 30 minutes!

Monday, October 6th, 2014

As the last of the summer harvest trickles in, our farmers are preparing for the first big frost. Row covers and hoop houses will help our New England farmers extend the local growing season into late autumn, and we’ll continue to source our organic fruits and vegetables from local farms for as long as possible.

The organic produce in this week’s boxes is a cornucopia of fresh fall fruits and vegetables! Lakeside Organics, our primary sweet corn and delicata squash grower, has a wonderful harvest of acorn squash coming from their fields in Hadley, MA.

Acorn squash can be roasted in its shell, allowing you to easily scoop out the sweet, tender flesh. If you have a few extra organic apples from Dwight Miller Orchards, you might want to try this Boston Organics Meatless Monday recipe for Acorn Squash Stuffed with Rice, Apples, and Chevre.

Fruit box customers will find a special treat in your box this week, organic hachiya persimmons from California!

Unlike the more common fuyu variety, hachiya persimmons should not be eaten until they are supremely ripe. Their high tannin content makes them mouth-puckeringly tart until they’ve softened completely.

In this week’s newsletter you’ll learn how to tell when your hachiya persimmon is ready to eat and get some tasty recipes for your favorite fall produce! You’ll also read about Fair Trade and Non-GMO month and find out about two upcoming community food events that you don’t want to miss.

Monday, September 29th, 2014

As fall settles in and we return to old routines, our organic farmers continue to manage their fields with great vigor and diligence. This week, a few unusual specialties are on their way from the farm to your porch along with some of your favorite fall fruits and veggies.

If this is your first time trying delicata squash, your culinary world is about to get a whole lot bigger. Delicata squash has the rich flavor of a butternut squash and the creamy texture of a sweet potato.

We’re offering kiwi berries as an add-on for the first time in Boston Organics history!

Find out why kiwi berries are so good for you and learn why delicata squash is so easy to cook with, but so difficult to grow. Plus, find the best recipes for fall in this week’s newsletter!