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My first box of produce showed up this afternoon, and it looks as if I got all my picks also the extras.
This is the smaller box, which I've arranged to receive every two weeks. There are choices within the selection, and a new feature which is a marketplace of extras, which, if you select before they sell out, are added in to the box and onto the bill.
It arrived with a freezer gel bag on top which had thawed a little but no harm done. Produce still cool.
Then followed an afternoon frenzy of sorting, scrubbing, peeling, chopping, slicing, steaming (giant beet), and packing and labeling and freezing and fridging and countertopping. I had to take a break in the middle.
All the food is either certified organic, or sustainable, coming from the farm or ocean to the company then the consumer. A pretty small food chain. It's discounted because although it's perfectly edible, it's not always pretty. So instead of having to dump good produce which high end markets won't take, the farmer has another outlet.
I don't have any relationship with this company other than being a new customer. I just like it when people come through.
There was no waste at all in my box. Everything fresh, no sneaky overripe fruit.
So I'm happy.
And I vowed yet again to sharpen my knives. I have a very good knife sharpener, which I postpone using because of the noise. But at this point you can hardly tell back from front of blade, so I really have to.
Now the fun part. Deciding what to cook.
