Hello Locavores,
It has been very wet and is currently raining.
We have no choice sometimes but to pick your produce in the rain, and then pack it and deliver same day. This makes an extremely perishable product requiring special attention on your end.
Inspect your produce as soon as possible for bad/damaged items. As the saying goes “one bad apple will ruin the whole barrel”. We have good quality control but even the best miss some things.
Remove any suspect items (and compost if possible). Then rinse/wipe any other items that were touching the suspect item so the other items can still be used.
Keep in mind organically grown corn will have worms, melons can have a bad spot (and the rest of the melon be edible), and tomatoes may crack (and need used immediately), etc.
Participating in a CSA means encountering things you do not experience at the grocery store. Partly because we do not use preservatives as at the store. Partly because really ripe items may be packed and are very perishable as compared to the “green” unripe items at the store. Partly because we are growing varieties for nutrition/taste not varieties for store shelf life. Partly because we do everything manually, not using electronic eye sorting machines, resource intensive hydro-cooling, or extensive packaging as the mega-industrial farms do. And partly as mentioned, picking/packing/delivering same day in the rain; nothing in the store is picked in the morning and in your hands same day.
Regardless, if you request, we will replace/refund items if you send a picture as well as tell us how you handled the product.
eat fresh eat local eat well
Adam
