Sustainably Farmed Food Shares for the week of
July 18, 2024
Shares
Vegan Share
• Meyer Lemons* • Yellow Onions* • Bicolor Corn* • Baby Bok Choy* • Shishito Peppers* • Green Beans* • Dill*
Vegetarian Share
Vegan Produce* • Brillat-Savarin
Omnivore Share
Vegan Produce* • Christensen’s Ground Lamb** • Brillat-Savarin
Omnivore Share Plus
Vegan Produce • Christensen’s Pork Baby Back Ribs** • Brillat-Savarin
Paleo Share
Vegan Produce • Christensen’s Pork Tenderloin** • Roots Charter High School Eggs**
Meat Only Share
Christensen’s Lamb Shoulder**
Add-ons and Upgrades
Specialty Grocery Add-on
Sundried Tomatoes by Les Moulins Mahjoub
Cheese Upgrade
Sunny Ridge by Blakesville Creamery
Fruit Add-On
Pineapple* + Papaya, Formosa*
Chocolate Add-on
Askinosie Del Tambo, Ecuador, 70% Chocolate
Eggs Add-on
Roots Charter High School Eggs**
Juice Add-on
In-House, Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice*
* = Organic
** = Locally sourced
Item Highlights
Shishito Peppers
Shishito peppers are small, bright green, somewhat wrinkled-looking peppers in the capsicum annuum family. The name, “Shishito”, derives from the Japanese words “shishi”, which means “lion”, and “togarashi”, which translated to “chili pepper”. Hence, in Japan, it is known as the “Lion Head pepper”. Most of the peppers are very mildly spicy and even a bit sweet, but occasionally you’ll come across one that’s got some serious kick. It is said that roughly one in ten peppers are hot, but we’ve found a ton of variance—occasionally we’ll get a batch that’s almost entirely mild, and sometimes the breakdown is almost 50/50 spicy/mild. The most popular way these peppers are enjoyed is blistering them in hot oil and hitting them with some lemon juice or other acid for the perfect, punchy snack!
Brillat-Savarin
Brillat-Savarin is a triple cream dessert cheese that was created by cheese-maker Henri Androuët in the 1930s. It is named after 19th-century gastronome and epicure, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Since classified as triple cream cheese, Brillat-Savarin has a fat content of at least 75% achieved by adding rich, luscious cream to pasteurized cow’s milk. Young cheese tastes similar to fresh cheese but usually, it is matured for about four to five weeks to develop more complex flavours.
Sunny Ridge
Blakesville Creamery’s main goal is to humanely raise healthy goats using sustainable farming practices to produce the highest quality, handmade artisan cheeses. Blakesville started their farmstead creamery, meaning the cheeses are made on the same farm that the animals were raised, in 2020. Since then they have been constantly innovating and curating unique, delicious cheeses with the utmost care and attention on purity, quality, and flavor.
Sunny Ridge is styled after the French cheese St. Nectaire. The cheese is washed with Is/Was Brewing beer for the first few weeks of its life which helps break down the semi-firm paste. Perfectly clean and mild with hints of beautiful goat flavor. Sunny Ridge was recognized by the Good Food Foundation as “exceptionally delicious [and] also supports sustainability and social good.”
Sundried Tomatoes by Les Moulins Mahjoub
Les Moulins Mahjoub has been creating uncompromising, delicious foods since 1896. Their families roots originate in the town of Tebourba, Tunisia. A region that’s renowned for the quality and richness of its soil since the time of the Roman Empire. Since then, large quantities of grains, abundant olive harvests, and huge varieties of fruits and vegetables are the hallmark of the region.
Mahjoub Sundried Tomatoes are dried in the hot summer months of July and August. Four elements are involved: sun, air, salt, and the human hand. Picked when they’re bursting with flavor, the tomatoes are individually layered in glass jars and covered with extra virgin olive oil. This amazing tomato condiment can be used in marinades, dressings, or pizza/pasta sauce for complex Tunisian style flavors.
Askinosie Del Tambo, Ecuador, 70% Chocolate
The story of Askinosie started when Shawn Askinosie quit his successful law practices and suddenly fell in love with making chocolate from scratch. He dumped his entire life savings into starting a US based craft chocolate company and started traveling to remote regions of Ecuador, Tanzania, and the Amazon searching for exotic cocoa beans and small farmers to share the profits with. Fast forward to today and Askinosie Chocolate is one of the best and most widely recognized specialty chocolates in the US.
The chocolate from this particular bar is harvested and fermented by the farmer on the front of the package, Vitaliano Sarabia. His farm near San Jose Del Tambo, Ecuador produces the ethically farmed beans that Askinosie handcrafts their chocolate from. The simplicity is what gives this chocolate bar is what brings out its rich and decadent flavours, and is Certified Kosher D.E., vegan, and gluten-free. Expect notes of red fruit, bergamot orange, jasmine, & honey.
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