Week of July 30th
LINC BOX - TUESday - Friday
half shares + base shares + large shares
Mixed Summer Squash - Elithorp Farm, Deer Park, WA - A favorite of summer! This mix includes green zucchini, yellow zucchini, zephyr squash (green+ yellow) and patty pan (squat little guys). Try Chickpeas with Patty Pan and Herby Dressing or Summer Squash and Chickpea Salad.
Lusia and Pallo Rosa Radicchio - Hayshaker Farm, Walla Walla, WA - Variegato di Lusia starts out green with pink flecks and becomes buttery yellow with more red flecks as you move towards the heart. The flavor is mild for a chicory, but still with some lovely radicchio bitterness.
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!
Rainbow Slicing Tomatoes - Hayshaker Farm, Walla Walla, WA - A mix of red, purple, orange, yellow, white, green and/or pink tomatoes. These beautiful tomatoes are mostly hybrids, grown inside unheated high tunnels and picked at ~75% ripeness for maximum flavor and transport. Varieties include: Marnero, Marbonne, GinFiz, Cuba Libre, Chef's Choice Orange, Damsel and more.
Fresh Red Tropea Onions OR Fresh Walla Walla Onions OR Fresh Garlic - Lilac City Harvest, Spokane Valley, WA - Use both the bulb and greens of these fresh onions that haven’t been dried or cured. Fresh onions have a a sweeter and milder flavor than storage onions, making them a great candidate for salads or grilling.
Red and Green Leaf Head Lettuce - Full Bushel Farm, Deer Park, WA - Red Leaf lettuce has a crisp texture, with earthy, mildly sweet or semi-bitter flavor and subtle notes of hazelnut. A lovely colored and flavored salad addition!
*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 | imperfect redhaven peaches - cls farm, moxee, wa - Take a juicy bite out of the first peaches of the season!! 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 are a freestone variety, meaning their pit is easily removed from the flesh!
DRIED FRUIT | fuji 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 fuji apple!
FRESH HERBS | rosemary, parsley, and chives - 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 portion - 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 - seasonal sourdough sandwich
WEDNESDAY - mak bread, coeur d’alene, id - country blonde - 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 - turkey red - Classic, rustic sourdough with Turkey Red Wheat. Naturally leavened Sourdough -or- turkey red with seeds - Classic Turkey Red dough with Sesame, Sunflower and Poppy Seeds. Naturally leavened Sourdough