Place your weekly order by Monday at midnight for Wednesday,
by Wednesday at midnight for Friday, for pickup or delivery.
Melons have been added to the store this week!
Korean Melons offered by Daybreak Dreamfarm are crunchy like a cucumber and are sweet with a delicate flavor reminiscent of a honeydew. Leelanau SweetGlo watermelons offered by Bellaire Farm are a deep tangerine-orange and are very juicy and mildly sweet. These medium-large heirloom watermelons were developed locally on the Leelanau Peninsula.

It's the height of salsa season with tomatoes and peppers ripening quickly and lots of onions having been harvested of late! A farm kitchen staple right now, Pico de Gallo, also called salsa fresca, salsa bandera, and salsa cruda, is a type of salsa commonly used in Mexican cuisine. It is traditionally made from chopped tomato, onion, and serrano or jalapeño peppers, with salt, lime juice, and cilantro. The plentiful juice that Pico de Gallo provides can also be used to marinate or stew meat and eggplant in, and used as a cooking liquid for all manner of pilafs or soup. The salsa itself can be frozen to use in recipes this winter, so make lots!

Another great salsa to make right now is Salsa Verde. An easy farm-approved recipe is 2 pints of tomatillos (feel free to add yellow tomatoes too for a sweeter batch), de-husked and washed, 6 serrano peppers de-stemmed (or a milder alternative like jalapeño or Hatch Valley), a bunch of mild white or red onions halved, and a head of garlic all roasted in the oven at 375° F for 30 minutes. Once cooled push the garlic from their skins and put it all in the food processor (in batches if necessary) and blend until smooth. Add chopped cilantro, lime juice, and salt to taste. This salsa also makes a great green enchilada sauce and it freezes well!
Making all this enjoyment of salsa easier are the amazing and popular tamales we've stocked from the very beginning, from Sobremesa Tamales in Traverse City. Plus the exciting addition of a great Michigan-made tortilla chip to our store starting Friday! Fiesta Grande Chips are the Best. Chips. Ever. These authentic, homestyle tortilla chips are deliciously light and flakey, but also stand up to hardiest of dips. Gluten-free, cholesterol-free, with simple ingredients, they'll likely become your favorite chip.

We say goodbye to stone fruit this week 🥲. Order peaches and nectarines for Wednesday, but not for Friday.

Happy Monday fellow locavores! Today is a great day to shop the co-op. The deadline to order for Wednesday is tonight at midnight. It's also a good day to order for Friday, though you do have until Wednesday at midnight. As always, feel free to make multiple orders for the same pickup or delivery, we can combine them easily. Don't pay for more than one delivery per day! If you add on just choose a free pickup and your additional items will be automatically put in your delivery order. We go to four farmers markets! Visit our booth in Bellaire or Elk Rapids on Fridays from 8-12, and in Traverse City on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8-12. There will be some inventory for sale at market, but kindly avail yourself of our pre-order system to shop from all that our farms have to offer every week.