Week of August 6th
LINC BOX - TUESday - Friday
half shares + base shares + large shares
Lemon Cucumbers or Slicing Cucumbers - Royal Produce, Royal City, WA - Lemon cucumbers have a shape and color similar to a lemon and even have a slight lemony flavor! Swap them for slicing cucumbers in salads, sandwiches, and pickles.
Yellow Sunrise Golden Beets - Hayshaker Farm, Walla Walla, WA - Yellow sunrise variety of beets is especially sweet and delicious with a vibrant inside!
New Red and Gold Potatoes - Welcome Table Farm, Walla Walla, WA - New potatoes are young and freshly harvested, allowing for a sweeter flesh and thinner, tender skins. Try them roasted with butter and herbs!
Blazingstar Peaches - CLS Farms, Moxee, WA - Take a juicy bite out of these local peaches!! Leave these peaches on the counter until they're ripe - the top of the peach near the stem should give a bit when it's perfectly ready. Blazingstar is a freestone variety, meaning their pit is easily removed from the flesh!
Rainbow Cherry Tomatoes or Slicing Tomatoes - Elithorp Farm, Deer Park, WA and Hayshaker Farm, Walla Walla, WA- You’ll be wowed by this presentation of yellow, red, and striped grape and cherry tomatoes! Sliced or diced, they’re sweet like candy.
Tatsoi or Yu Choi - Hayshaker Farm, Walla Walla, WA - Tatsoi is a long and slender, crunchy green. It has sweet stems and tender leaves, similar to bok choi but smaller. Yu choi is very sweet and tender. Its stems are a vibrant bright green and it’s usually harvested as the first few buds are opening. Both are excellent in stir-fries, steamed, or in soups.
OR Swiss Chard - Welcome Table Farm, Walla Walla, WA and The Corner Farm, Spokane, WA - Swiss chard, or rainbow chard, is a leafy green with vibrantly colored stalks. Swiss chard has a similar flavor to spinach or beet greens; try it sauteed with garlic and lemon, or try pairing it with mushrooms, ricotta cheese, and herbs in a galette!
OR Green Kale - Lilac City Harvest, Spokane Valley, WA - Kale is a tasty and nutritious green with a earthy and bittersweet flavor. It has high levels of fiber, antioxidants, calcium, vitamins C and K, and iron. Massaging or cooking these greens breaks down their texture, making them sweeter and easier to digest. Kale is choice for a hearty salad, kale chips, smoothies or soup.
*contents subject to change due to variability of local harvesting
ROTATING ADD-ONS
ARTISAN CHEESE | orchard blue cheese - brush creek creamery, deary, id - Semi-Firm Texture with a Tangy, Blue Flavor. The creamy texture of our blue cheese, is like none elsewhere. We dip the newly-made wheels in our own apple cider daily for 3 days. This 2-3 month-old, raw cow milk cheese has a moist yet semi-firm texture and finishes with a tangy, blue flavor. This cheese won first place in all of North America.
INW FRUIT | redhaven peaches - cls farm, moxee, wa - Take a juicy bite out of these local peaches!! Leave these peaches on the counter until they're ripe - the top of the peach near the stem should give a bit when it's perfectly ready. Redhaven is a freestone variety, meaning their pit is easily removed from the flesh!
AND blueberries - shingle mill blueberry farm, sandpoint, id - Blueberries are the perfect popper on a hot summer day. These sweet and floral blue orbs are a rockstar snack and a favorite addition to smoothies, muffins, and pie!
DRIED FRUIT | golden delicious apple chips - allview orchards, chelan, wa - Allview Orchard uses alternating cold dehumidification and warm air for their natural fruit-preserving process, removing the moisture while leaving all the flavor, nutrition, and health benefits of a fresh golden delicious apple!
FRESH HERBS | sage, english thyme, and oregano - the corner farm, spokane, wa - The Corner Farm is a small family-owned farm located on 10 acres in Peone Prairie. Quality produce, herbs, and cut flowers are grown using sustainable farming practices. Creativity is used to cultivate and connect our community with nature and nutrition.
GRASS-FED BEEF SHARE | grass-fed and grass-finished beef - ramstead ranch, ione, wa - Ramstead Ranch focuses on raising their herd using regenerative practices and providing a stress-free life. The cows live on pastures, drink clean, spring-fed water, are rotated daily to fresh fields that have not been sprayed, and have access to sun and shade as they choose. Visit Ramstead Ranch Recipes here!
HERITAGE PORK SHARE grass-fed and grass-finished heritage pork - ramstead ranch, ione, wa - Berkshire pork is incredibly juicy, has a fantastic flavor, marbles well and is very tender. These pigs live outdoors in diverse pastures and woodlands where they can root, wallow, and lounge to their hearts' content. They are fed a locally milled, non-GMO grain mixture and they devour excess from the farm garden during the summer months. See Ramstead Ranch’s Recipes here!
PASTURED CHICKEN SHARE | whole chickens - osprey hill farm, acme, wa - This organic, pasture raised chicken is some of the highest quality, most sustainable, and best tasting chicken you can find. Our decision to raise animals for meat isn’t taken lightly. We value our animals and view our production as a symbiotic relationship. It’s a philosophy of respect that provides animals on our farm with the natural environment, housing, and optimal diet they need to engage in essential instinctive behaviors. In the end, nothing goes to waste. We sell meat, bones, and giblets and all the other products of the meat harvest are returned to the soil after a long process of composting
WILD CAUGHT ALASKAN SALMON | 1 filet + 1 smoked spread - thunders catch, sandpoint, id - Thunder's Catch Salmon is all-natural, caught from Alaska's most sustainably managed sockeye fishery and harvested using the highest quality standards. Foster a direct connection to our bountiful oceans, cast a vote that honors our sustainable ecosystem and nod to fishermen who harvest responsibly.
ARTISAN BREAD |
TUESDAY - rind and wheat, spokane, wa - country french sourdough - This traditional French Country loaf will be a mainstay at your table. From roasted meats, and pastas to toast and sandwiches, you won’t go wrong bringing a loaf of this home.
WEDNESDAY - mak bread, coeur d’alene, id - seeded wheat - Check out MAK's website to learn more about MAK’s mission to create nutritious and flavorful bread using local grains and by crafting each loaf using natural fermentation!
THURSDAY - FRIDAY - the grain shed, spokane, wa - purple egyptian - Our most popular loaf - a clean sourdough loaf with rehydrated Purple Egyptian Malt leaving delicious, sweet pockets throughout the loaf. Naturally leavened Sourdough. -or- sprouted rye - A unique and flavorful loaf accented by spicy sprouted rye berries. Naturally leavened Sourdough.