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Our Florida citrus supplier, Uncle Matt’s, has been sending us exceptional navels, Cara Caras, grapefruit and Minneolas this winter, but bringing you fresh, organic fruit from a region hit hard by a pernicious disease and its insect carrier, the Asian citrus psyllid, has become an increasingly herculean task.

Topics: organic citrus

How much do you know about where your food comes from?

If you buy and eat organic food, you already know quite a lot. For instance, you know that it was grown without synthetic fertilizers and wasn’t sprayed with harmful chemical pesticides. You also know that there are no genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in your food and that the animals that produced your eggs and milk weren’t fed antibiotics. Instead, they were raised in safe, humane conditions.

But as a busy Boston resident, you don’t have time to visit all of the organic farms that grow your food. That’s part of our job, to increase transparency in the supply chain and make sure that the food you eat comes from truly sustainable sources.

We work with a vast network of organic farms, and every season we like to go visit a few of them. Not only does this help maintain our strong working relationship with these organic farmers, it also gives us an opportunity to ask questions and learn new things about modern organic farming practices.

Earlier this summer, we sent a few members of the Boston Organics Crew to southern Vermont and central Massachusetts to visit some of our local farm partners there. Here’s a short recap from each visit.

Topics: Fall Produce, Newsletter, Dwight Miller Orchard, Organic Farmers, Fresh From the Farm, Atlas Farm, Organic Apples, summer produce, Organic Leafy Greens, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, The Kitchen Garden

If New Yorkers were carrots, parsnips would be the Bostonians of the vegetable world. For no discernible reason, parsnips are inhibited by a bit of an inferiority complex despite being much friendlier to the palate than the more popular orange root.

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Newsletter, Organic Parsnips, Organic Root Vegetables

A guest blog post from longtime Boston Organics Community Member, Julie Starr.

You want to do it… Your friends are doing it… People say it’s easy…

People say that it makes you feel really good…

Yes, I’m talking about Boston Organics. This service will collect the most in-season, local and organic produce they can find and deliver it right to your door. You can even tell them which produce you would never want, and they will sub something else in.

Topics: Boston Organics Community, Home Cooking Kitchen Tips, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, Meal Planning, Original Boston Organics Blog

2014 was an exciting year full of great milestones. We’re very happy with the growth we experienced while adhering to our mission to give back to the community and promote sustainable living.

Topics: Company Updates, food donation, Environmental Businesses, Guides and Infographics, Original Boston Organics Blog, Donations, Year In Review, Community Impact

Thanksgiving is next week! We’ve got plenty of great fall produce going out in boxes this week, including cranberries, potatoes, beets, acorn squash, and carrots. The featured add-on of the week is crimini mushrooms, and we have a variety of Thanksgiving add-ons to choose from. Check out this week’s newsletter!

Topics: Recipes, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston

Recently, there have been many articles about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the news and how California’s upcoming election may impact the US food industry. This issue has continued to heat up as we approach the final 24 hours before the election.

Topics: Organic Farmers, Food Politics, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, Non GMO

Happy November! We’re happy to report that our regional farm partners made it through the storm without any damage, though we wish that were the case for the rest of the country. Our hearts go out to everyone who has been affected by last week’s storm.

This week we’re moving further into fall with beautiful root veggies, including the colorful watermelon radish from Atlas Farm! Also going out in boxes are cauliflower from Pedersen Farms in NY, sweet potatoes from NH, onions from Red Fire Farm, and beets, carrots, potatoes, and more from Atlas Farm.

Check out the newsletter for more produce news and this week’s tasty recipes!

Topics: produce delivery, Recipes, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Organic Farmers, Home Cooking Kitchen Tips, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston

In light of the current weather conditions and projected impact on the roads tomorrow, we have decided to not deliver on Tuesday this week.

Topics: produce delivery, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston