Have plans to cook out for the long weekend? We have plenty of delicious barbecuing options to choose from, including grass-fed NY strip steak, brisket, beef patties, hot dogs, pasture raised chicken, grass-fed lamb chops, pasture raised pork chops, and so much more! 🌭 🍔

Don't forget we also have griller boxes available for pre-order with pasture raised and grass-fed meats to make your grilling plans easy! Choose from chicken, pork, turkey, hot dog, and sausage griller boxes, and add seasonal favorites such as sweet corn, eggplant, peppers, zucchini, onions, and more. 🌽 🌶 🧅

There’s nothing better than savoring the last month of summer with a good ole cookout and fresh, local produce!

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Produce

This week’s local fresh harvest includes a stunning, summer abundance!!

• Beans—Green! The season continues to peak so don’t forget to order bulk and freeze or can!

• Beets

• Blackberries (frozen)

• Blueberries (frozen)

• Cabbage (green)

• Carrots!

• Cherry Tomatoes—many varieties and multiple, daily harvests!

• Cucumbers 

• Eggplant—plenty for prepping and storing your favorite relish or baba ganoush! Another week of abundance—won’t last!

• Garlic—beautiful, delicious, large bulbs

• Herbs—Fresh (Italian basil, celery, mint, oregano, parsley, sage, spearmint, etc.) and dried options available!

• Kale

• Head and some Leaf Lettuce!

• Heirloom Tomatoes—paste, cherry, and many varieties!

• Horseradish

• Leeks

• Mushrooms—Shiitake, Chef's Sampler (Maitake, Alba and Brown Clamshell, and other surprises this week!)

• Okra!

• Onions (Slicing and Bunching)—Green onions or Scallions of many varieties (Red Baron, Parade, etc.)

• Peppers (sweet and some hot!)—Sweet Cubanelle and Bell (green, purple, red, and yellow), Mildly Hot Shishito, Pepperoncini, and Poblano, Hot Hot Hungarian Wax, Yummy, Jalapeno, and more!

• Potatoes (Blues, Red Nolans and Kennebecs)

• Red Florence!—Called Red Long of Florence (rare, delicate flavor, delicious)!

• Shallots!—Great for just about everything, similar to the Red Florence with a slightly different nuance to the flavor!

• Sweet Corn—plenty for freezing and canning (still available for another week, not sure how long this will last)!

• Swiss Chard

• Tomatillos

• Turnips

• Watermelon—red heirlooms, exceedingly sweet and delicious!

• Zucchini

As always, our produce is GMO-free and grown without synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides — and we make sure it stays that way, even for crops  that are tricky to grow naturally!

Dairy & Eggs

This week’s options include:

• Grass-fed, organic, non-homogenized, low heat pasteurized milk, butter, buttermilk, cheese  (GGC sharp cheddar and cottage cheese), kefir, sour cream, whipping cream, and yogurt! 

• Chicken eggs AND duck eggs this week! Our eggs are hand harvested and cleaned. Our chickens are raised on not simply organic but also a soy free grain mix along with their free range diet. There really is nothing like the consistency and flavor of these delectable treats from heritage breeds . . . we bring out the connoisseurs!

Learn more about our eggs and why the creamy, delicious dairy we carry tastes so good!

Meat Availability

This week’s options (while supplies last) include:

• Beef Prime Steaks Re-Stock!! Filet and NY Strip!

• Beef Savory Roasts, Steaks & Ribs: Brisket, Chuck, Chuck Arm, Flat Iron, Mock Tenderloin, Rump & Sirloin Tip Roasts and Steaks, and Round (eye, top, and bottom round) steaks. 

• Beef Grill Options: Ground Beef and Beef Patties (3 or 4 pk). We're also carrying The Brooklyn Hot Dog Company dogs: All Beef or Beef & Pork! And we brought our box special back this week! Buy two or more packages for a 10% discount!

• Beef Stew & Organ Meat Options: Stew and Organ Meats, including cheeks, heart, kidney, liver, spleen, sweet breads, and more! 

• Chicken: (frozen only this week): Whole and Cut-ups (breast—boneless / skinless and bone-in / skin on, thighs, leg quarters, drums, and wings—a 10% discount if you buy 2 pkgs wings or drums!!), and Ground Chicken!! Chicken organ meat (including: backs, necks, feet, liver, gizzard, and heart)! And, Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage!!

• Lamb: 

• Ground Lamb

• Lamb Patties

• Lamb Loin and Rib Chops!— unbelievably tender and tasty . . . melt in your mouth tasty!

• Lamb Shoulder Chops and Roasts

• Leg of Lamb and Shanks

• Lamb Spareribs, Soup Bones, and organ meats—Note: have you tried the spareribs?? Amazing . . . a luxury at a great price! Impress your guests and surprise them with something they haven't tried before!

• Pork: Andouille, British Curry, Cajun, Fresh Kielbasa, Italian (Hot or Sweet), Merguez, Mild Breakfast, Real Vermonter's Maple, Merguez, Fresh Kielbasa, and Oaxacan Adobo Sausage!  All from our pannage raised pork and organically sourced spice blends (featuring the Teeny Tiny Spice Co). Note: our re-supply should occur next week if you’re missing some of your other favorite!

• Pork Chops (thick or thin) & Steaks and Spareribs and more! Other cuts: Back Fat and Lard made by one of our own in-house chefs and store managers, Joanna, in collaboration with Joe's Bread! And Pork Neck Bones for that favorite Pasta Sauce flavor. 

• Smoked bacon ends and Jowl bacon, smoked pork chops, ham steaks and  ham hocks for your special meals!! Or, for a smokey sausage, try our bacon cooked in your skillet or toaster oven with any of the sausage for that delicious flavor that comes with smoked sausage.

• Turkey: Frozen Whole and Cut-ups! Breasts (boneless / skin on), drums , wings, and backs for amazing soup stock available. And turkey gizzards!

Read more about how we raise our grass-fed  beef, pastured   poultry, pastured  pork, and grass-fed  lamb.

Fresh Features

Exciting things in store this week, while supplies last!!

• Joe's Bread: Fresh Sourdough Bread Daily!!

• Teeny Tiny Spices (organic tin collection with recipes and featured in our pork sausage)! Enjoy the spice of life in each amazing variety  and a different recipe with every tin! Recently re-stocked!

• Yaggy Road & Equal Exchange coffee  options!