In this issue:
Organic
Harvest Month
Partnership with FamilyFarmed.org
Late summer bonanza
Newsletter issues online
Celebrate Organic Harvest Month
September is Organic
Harvest Month in North America. Created by the Organic
Trade Association,
Organic
Harvest Month is a widespread promotion of organic food
and agriculture, with many regional and local events.
Here in Illinois, there
are many events planned. Set aside the weekend of
September 17 and 18 to spend some time with Goodness
Greeness in celebrating the organic harvest.
On Saturday, September
17, join us for a day of fun and great food at the Illinois
Food Retailer's trade show and exposition at
Pheasant Run in St. Charles. Goodness Greeness will
have a large display at this event, so stop by and say
hello.
And on Sunday, September
18, join us at the 20th anniversary Farm Aid 2005 concert (www.farmaid.org)
in Tinley Park in support of family farmers throughout the
US. Enjoy great music with Willy Nelson, John
Mellencamp and many more amazing performers. Goodness
Greeness supports this annual event - you can
download the flyer on
Farm
Aid 2005 from our website (in PDF format).
We'll have more details
on other Organic Harvest Month events in this newsletter over the
next few weeks.
FamilyFarmed.org
For many years, Goodness
Greeness has been a pro-active supported of local and family
farmers growing organic produce. For some background
on this topic, see our recent article in Organics for you
Issue #29 -
Supporting local growers - a progress report.
Starting September 1,
you'll begin to see a new advertisement in print from
Goodness Greeness promoting our partnership with
FamilyFarmed.org.
FamilyFarmed.org is a
non-profit group dedicated to supporting local, small-scale,
sustainable agriculture. You can download a copy of
this beautiful
new ad from our website (in PDF format).
Late
summer bonanza
Speaking of the organic
harvest, Goodness Greeness has a complete line of organic
fruits and vegetables for you at your local market.
This week, there are four
organic items that we think are particularly special.
First, if you haven't
tried them yet, now is the time to try specialty melons like
Sugar Baby and Sorbet Swirl. They are
sweet and juicy and, since they weigh only 8 to 12 pounds,
they are easy to carry, store and serve.
Second, this year's
harvest of organic table grapes is strong and
currently these grapes are particularly sweet. Try
sweet and flavorful red, green or black organic grapes -
they make a great snack for the you and the kids.
Third, local heirloom
tomatoes have arrived. We've had heirloom tomatoes
for the past several months, "imported" from California.
But now, local organic growers in Michigan and Wisconsin are
harvesting and supplying them to us. Since heirloom
tomatoes are sweet and tender, the fresher the better - and
the local supply is certainly fresh. And there is no
flavor that can compare to that of a freshly-sliced
Brandywine or German striped heirloom tomato.
Fourth, you simply must
try this year's new crop of Honeycrisp apples.
While the supply is a little spotty right now, they'll be
coming on stronger in September and October. Honeycrisps are all the rage right now, and rightfully so,
because they have an unusual sweetness for an early season
apple. In fact, they are so popular that we'll feature
them in an upcoming newsletter. Stay tuned...
Enjoy your late summer
organic bonanza!
Contact
us
You can find
these four special items along with a rich variety of
other organic
fruits and vegetables from Goodness Greeness at your local market.
Email us
at
newsletter@goodnessgreeness.com if you can't find them and we'll help you
locate them.
Past
issues online
As you know if you've
been reading this weekly newsletter for awhile, there is a
lot of information provided on organic fruits and vegetables, their
nutritional qualities, availability, shopping and
preparation tips, as well as some recipes.
You can now access most of
the past issues of Organics for you on our web site (www.goodnessgreeness.com).
Click on the Newsletter link at the top of any page on the
site. There you'll find a quick index of all past
issues. Select the back issue you want, click on the
issue # and you'll find that tip that you were looking for.
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