July 29th, 2009 by Margie

Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,

I feel very connected to the farming community this week and I want you all to know how hard everyone is working to grow and harvest this beautiful food for us.  All over the country the tomato crops are failing and unfortunately for many farms in GA, we are having a tough season here too.  When we are lucky enough to get those huge juicy slicing tomatoes, be sure to pause and pay homage to them and the wonderful work that went into getting that tomato to our table.  This week we will be blessed with the sweet tasty roma tomatoes from Full Moon Farms.

The squash are large this week and I was a little hesitant to take them but when Rashid cut into one for me and I tasted both the neck and the body of the squash raw, I changed my mind.  They are delicious.  Don’t be afraid of less tasty meat because of the size and let me know if you have a different experience.  We also very lucky to be crossing seasons in our food this week with a cooking green, a salad green and the watery tomatoes and cucumbers – crazy July.  Can’t wait to eat my greens!

Some folks said they had a negative experience with some of the corn a couple of weeks ago.  Be sure to always keep your corn refrigerated.  It is picked fresh and immediately put in cold storage until I can get there.  By leaving it out, you take a chance of the change in temperatures drying out the kernels.  Always let me know when the food is really good or really bad.  You are my only way of knowing and the farmers love the feedback.

Below is your list of goodies for this week:

Stringless green beans
Marketmore cucumbers
Roma tomatoes
Yellow squash
Swiss chard
Arugula
Corn
Banana peppers
Parsley

Please, whether it is the much sought after tomatoes or the tasty green beans, let’s all try to imagine all the steps that went into bringing each of these veggies to our table and to our belly.  Enjoy your beautiful basket.  Have a great week and remember I am always happy to TALK FOOD!

Namaste,
Margie Thorpe