Our Dogma Box includes produce sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms.

This week’s Dogma Box includes the fresh flavors of bok choy, eggplant, and green beans! All of this week’s Dogma Box produce is coming from Massachusetts and Vermont, and it’s wonderful to see greater variety and availability from farms closest to us here in Boston.

This week’s Dogma Box contains:

We hope you enjoy these fresh local flavors of summer.  Be sure to check back for more local produce happenings!

We had a great time getting our hands dirty at Wright-Locke Farm this past weekend. It’s the final week of the 2013 Summer Rewards and Referral program. We’ve got a wonderful midsummer bounty including tomatoes, eggplant, green bell peppers, bok choy, and fresh sage. Check out this week’s newsletter!

We all know going to the grocery store can be time consuming and sometimes expensive. Summer farmers markets and CSAs can be a great escape from the doldrums of the grocery store, but there is yet another option – home delivery services!

While many people view home delivery services as an indulgent expense, new studies are showing that home delivery services can help save time, money, and even greenhouse gas emissions!

Here are some great benefits of a home delivery service:

Save Money:

  • Know how much money you’re spending on your food each week. By ordering ahead of time, you know what you’re spending on food, which allows you to effectively budget for the rest of your expenses.
  • Cut down on impulse buying! It’s hard to resist those extra goodies at the store, and those extra impulses can really add up over time. This infographic shows that 40% of consumer spending is impulse buying.

Save Time:

  • Your groceries arrive at home while you work, so you have everything ready as soon as you get home.
  • Spend less time at the grocery store shopping. This leaves more time for cooking, relaxing, and doing the things you love!
  • Most home delivery services allow you to order online and manage your account right from the comfort of your home.
  • When you do go to the store, you can just focus on the basics. This will help grocery trips become more focused and less frequent.

Save Gas and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint:

  • At Boston Organics, we cluster our routes by zip code and neighborhood for maximum efficiency. A 2012 study on grocery delivery found that clustered routes can produce 90 percent less CO2 than a random route.

Image from Erica Wygonik/University of Washington

As a home delivery service, our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to enjoy fresh, healthy foods so you can save time and eat well! For more information about how we get produce from the farm to your door, check out our fun farm-to-house illustration!

Our Dogma Box includes produce sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms.

This week’s Dogma Box includes the fresh flavors of calaloo, Asian eggplant, and Spanish onions! All of this week’s Dogma Box produce is coming from Massachusetts and Vermont, and it’s wonderful to see greater variety and availability from farms closest to us here in Boston.

This week’s Dogma Box contains:

  • Pickling Cucumbers – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Eggplant – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Spanish Onions – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Summer Squash–Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Kale – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Calaloo– Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Fennel – Deep Root Organic Co-op (Johnson, VT)
  • Salad Tomatoes – Deep Root Organic Co-op (Johnson, VT)
  • Basil – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)

We hope you enjoy these fresh local flavors of summer.  Be sure to check back for more local produce happenings!

This week we’re getting a few exotic flavors that have been grown locally here in Massachusetts. We’ve got a mix of Asian eggplant, Italian eggplant, Spanish onions, and calaloo all coming in from Atlas Farm. We’re also continuing with Witchcat Farm’s garlic scapes and hot house tomatoes from Vermont. Check out the newsletter!

Our Dogma Box includes produce sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms.

This week’s Dogma Box includes the fresh flavors of garlic scapes, fennel, and summer squash! All of this week’s Dogma Box produce is coming from Massachusetts and Vermont, and it’s wonderful to see greater variety and availability from farms closest to us here in Boston.

This week’s Dogma Box contains:

  • Summer Squash – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Kale – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Collard Greens – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Pickling Cucumbers – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Spanish Onions – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
  • Salad Tomatoes – Deep Root Organic Co-op (Johnson, VT)
  • Fennel – Deep Root Organic Co-op (Johnson, VT)
  • Garlic Scapes – Witchcat Farms (Enosburg Falls, VT)
  • Oregano – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)

We hope you enjoy these fresh local flavors of summer.  Be sure to check back for more local produce happenings!

We’re getting organic garlic scapes this week from Witchcat Farm in Vermont! We’re also looking forward to local hot house tomatoes, oregano, Spanish onions, kale, and summer squash. We have New Jersey blueberry pints available as add-ons this week, along with a nice variety of summer produce add-ons. Check out the newsletter!

As the Boston area skyline grows with new businesses, companies are exploring ways to keep their employees happy, healthy, and productive. Employees themselves are searching for the same thing, and they’re looking to their employers to provide company sponsored wellness programs.

Wellness programs can offer a wide range of healthy lifestyle opportunities for employees, such as discounted gym memberships, fruit deliveries, and even paid time off for health checkups.

Late last year, Massachusetts recognized the opportunity to incentivize local companies into offering official wellness programs with a state tax credit. Here’s a brief overview of the tax benefits below.

Tax Credit:

  • Equal to 25% of the implementation costs of a “certified wellness program”
  • Maximum credit $10,000 in any fiscal tax year

Regulations:

Companies applying for the credit must have wellness programs that meet the Department of Public Health’s criteria. Below are some of the criteria:

  • Credits are only available to employers with 500 or fewer employees
  • Programs must promote physical and mental health, fitness, and behavior change measures
  • Businesses must apply for certification with DPH and meet their eligibility requirements (application below)

How Do I Start A Wellness Program?

There are several things you can do as an employer to kick-start a wellness program. Making healthy snacks available is a simple way to start your corporate wellness initiatives, and now with the Massachusetts tax credit, you can get something back for putting your company’s health ahead.

We’ve been delivering office fruit boxes to health-minded businesses in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and surrounding towns for several years now. By making fresh organic fruit available to our own employees, we feel that we’re helping to promote a healthier, happier workplace.

Here’s an online guide to help you get started with a wellness program, and you can take your first step towards a healthier workplace by signing up for a Boston Organics Office Box.

Already have a corporate wellness program? You can apply for the Massachusetts State Wellness Program Tax Credit here!

Our Dogma Box includes produce sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms.

This week’s Dogma Box includes the fresh flavors of garlic scapes, sprouts, sage, and summer squash! All of this week’s Dogma Box produce is coming from Massachusetts and Vermont, and it’s wonderful to see greater variety and availability from farms closest to us here in Boston.

This week’s Dogma Box contains:

Summer Squash – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
Kale – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
Collard Greens – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
Pickling Cucumbers- Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
Bunched Radishes – Deep Root Organic Co-op (Johnson, VT)
Sprouts – Jonathan’s Organics (Rochester, MA)
Tomatoes– Deep Root Organic Co-op (Johnson, VT)
Garlic Scapes -Deep Root Organic Co-op (Johnson, VT)
Sage – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)

We hope you enjoy these fresh local flavors of summer.  Be sure to check back for more local produce happenings!

We hope everyone had a great 4th of July! We’ve selected our June winners for the Summer Rewards prizes, and we’re announcing a big delivery day switch for Belmont and Watertown customers. In produce news, we’re getting pickling cukes, summer squash, and greens from Atlas Farm, along with Munchin’ Mix from Jonathan’s Organics and tomatoes from Deep Root Organic Co-op. Check out the newsletter!