March is one of the most difficult months for Massachusetts locavores to find fresh organic fruits and vegetables. While California may already be showing early signs of spring, New England is still in the depths of winter.
Even the most prepared homesteaders are scrounging through the back shelves of their pantries to find the items they stored at the end of the last local season.
Fortunately, because Boston Organics works with a network of organic farmers, we’re able to continue to fill our boxes with a smattering of local produce by getting the best items from each farm.
This week, we have a profusion of organic root veggies like parsnips, potatoes and rutabagas. We also have a medley of fresh organic herbs from central Massachusetts!
Locavore Recipe of the Week
Polenta is one of the coziest dishes you can make in the wintertime.
Braised root vegetables provide an excellent topping for this baked polenta, with its deliciously crusty edges and gooey, cheesy center.
Slowly cooking your parsnips, carrots and kohlrabi helps draw out these roots’ natural sweetness and creates a buttery melt-in-your-mouth texture that will have everyone asking for seconds.
This Week’s Local Produce
Potatoes
Picadilly Farm
(Winchester, NH)
Rutabagas
All of the fruits and vegetables we deliver are grown without synthetic pesticides and are USDA certified organic. Interested in receiving produce that’s both organic and locally sourced all year round? Check out our Local Dogma Box.
Similar to a CSA or farm share, our Local Dogma Box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms and brought right to your door each week. It’s the easiest way to eat like a locavore!
The snow keeps falling, but the organic veggies keep coming from our network of local growers throughout New England.
This week’s collection of sweet root vegetables from Winter Moon Farm and Deep Root Organic Coop are complemented by the addition of crisp cabbage and crunchy Empire apples.
We also have fragrant basil from Happy Valley Organics! Grown in a solar-powered greenhouse, these fresh herbs are a welcome winter treat from central Massachusetts.
Locavore Recipe of the Week
Making homemade pizza is a tasty and fun way to spend a Boston snow day. Grab a pound our new organic pizza dough and put your local organic veggies to work in this recipe for Cabbage and Sunchoke Pizzas.
If you’re looking for a simpler way to use you local organic ingredients, you can create a classic Margherita Pizza with a handful of fresh-cut basil from Happy Valley Organics and Appalachian Naturals Organic Tomato Puree!
This Week’s Local Produce
Parsnips Rutabagas
Turnips