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This week, we’re talking all about green beans: how to choose them, how to store them, and how to use them. Whether you pick them from your backyard garden, CSA box, farmer’s market, or local grocery cooperative, they can be used to their fullest this summer. Seasonal Availability: Late summer, July through September is generallyRead more

Happy Independence day! There are few better ways to celebrate on a hot summer day than with a bowl of fresh Wisconsin sweet cherries. Maybe you found some from one of our local Hudson-area farmer’s markets (hint: the co-op’s latest newsletter lists all of them!) or grocers… Now let’s talk about how to use thoseRead more

If you grow them in your garden, crisp and delicious sugar snap peas might never make it to your dinner table because they’re so delicious fresh-picked! But if you get a bunch home, let’s talk about how to use those sugar snaps! Seasonal Availability: June into July is the most common harvest time for sugarRead more

Seasonal Availability: Raspberries are often harvested throughout the summer in Wisconsin, with both summer-bearing and fall-bearing cultivars available. Raspberries are technically not a berry, but aggregate brambles, a collection of little fruits around a hollow center. Health Benefits: Raspberries are high in fiber, vitamin C, and manganese (a mineral that helps your body use thatRead more

If you’re like me, sometimes you get stuck in a “food rut” and skip right over vegetables that are less-familiar. Farmer’s markets are a great way to challenge yourself to try something new. If its a little white bulb topped in reddish-purple skin you’ve come home with, you’re in for a treat: let’s talk aboutRead more

Along with the sunshine and balmy weather, this week saw the arrival of many of our local farmer’s markets! Until our own grocery cooperative opens, farmer’s markets are a great way to find natural and organic foods and to support the local economy. One of the first leafy greens you might spot on those marketRead more

A perfectly-ripe strawberry is a thing of beauty, so if you’re like me, it is tempting to pick up more than a couple pints at the store when they’re in season. Or maybe you’ve got an abundant amount from a family day spent strawberry picking. They can go from perfectly-ripe to unappetizingly spoiled fairly quickly,Read more

Hello, farmer’s market season! It is exciting to see gardens and dinner plates filled with deeply-colored greens, but next time you reach for ever-so-popular kale and spinach, add something more interesting to your menu: arugula. This plant is widely popular in Italy and the rest of Europe, where it is (perhaps more excitingly) called “rocket”Read more

It is starting to feel like spring might stick around for a little while here in Wisconsin, and hopefully our gardens are now safe from those early-spring frosts. Often one of the first crops home gardeners and farmers find popping up in their plots are cheerful red and pink stalks. So, let’s talk about howRead more

Despite the chilly weather and freeze warnings here in Wisconsin, springtime vegetables are on their way. One of them packs an unmistakable peppery crunch. Let’s talk about what to do with radishes! Season: In Wisconsin, these crunchy little orbs are harvested in May and June, and then again in the fall, depending on region, weather,Read more