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Let’s Fund a Farm and Kohlrabi (Not Just Another Alien Species)

Field GoodsMay 27, 2016Out of the Bag0 Comments

Our first delivery was June 1, 2011! To celebrate our 5th anniversary, we have created the LET’S FUND A FARM Challenge. We want to highlight the important impact that our customers have on our region’s small farms. We asked some of our farmers how Field Goods has helped their farms. They told us that their average sales and profitability have all increased significantly since they began working with us. Acreage for this group of 20+ farms increased 183%! Field Goods was a big part of their success.

The Challenge!
Add 500 new customers during the month of June.
500 New Customers = Enough Produce to Fund a Farm for a Year.

Field Goods was built on word-of-mouth. We figured that if we enlisted your help we’d blow this goal out of the water. Here are two tools to help you on your mission.

  1. $50 Field Goods Credit to anyone who refers a new pick-up location (with at least 5 subscribers). Easy peasy:  a contact and we do the rest. We deliver to workplaces, Ys, libraries, and local retailers throughout eastern NY state all the way to the Bronx and in Fairfield County.
  2. $5 off for any new customer. Tell your friends and colleagues about Field Goods. All they need to do is  their name and promo code “fundafarmer” before July 1.

Now on to Kohlrabi! Star Wars fans many wonder if George Lucas used the Kohlrabi as inspiration for some of his aliens, Kohlrabi is a great item to grow in our region because it is an early season crop and is relative disease and pest resistant. Kohlrabi is good for you and the environment. Go Kohlrabi! Here are some Kohlrabi facts:

1. Eat it raw or cooked.
2. Peel it!
3. You can eat the leaves.
4. Separate the leaves from the bulb to store. Leaves go in a bag; the bulb in the fridge crisper.
5. Kohlrabi is sweet.
6. Quick Fix: shave, grate or cut into thin strips, toss with chopped apples and vinaigrette…add some mint. Voila!

Albany Business Review published a story about Donna Williams, Field Goods’ Founder!

“Donna Williams’ experience working in banking, publishing, technology and food manufacturing shaped Field Goods, a food subscription service that connects small farmers to consumers. ‘I’ve done so many things and none of them were related to agriculture,’ Williams says. ‘I’ve had this varied career, but all of the elements of it fed into what Field Goods became.'” If you’d like to read more about how and why she started click here.

 

This Week’s Field Goods Favorite
Kohlrabi

Shockingly sweet and perfect with pea shoots. The key to Kohlrabi is peeling away the skin and any hard layers until you reach the light layer of crisp flesh. Kohlrabi can be eaten raw, boiled, roasted, mashed, and fried. It can also be stuffed, steamed, or added to soups.

Kohlrabi Fritters
Butter Braised Kohlrabi
Kohlrabi Soup
Kohlrabi Fries — Trust us, your children will thank you for making these!
Kohlrabi Slaw
17 Kohlrabi Recipes

Tags:aliens, anniversary, challenge, farm share, farms, fruit, fruits, George Lucas, kohlrabi, local farms, local produce, Star Wars, success, vegetables, veggies, word of mouth

Mushroom Sex and the Future of Libraries

Field GoodsMay 20, 2016Out of the Bag0 Comments

Are they portobellos or portabellas… and that is the question of the week. Apparently, the names were invented in the 1980s to make this rather ungainly mushroom seem glamorous. Which is correct? Are mushrooms male or female? And therein lies the problem. Mushrooms can have as many as 36,000 sexes. Thank goodness mushrooms don’t attend public school because how would North Carolina handle that conundrum? The Supreme Court of Mushroomland, The Mushroom Council, has ruled that the double “A” version of portabella is the winner.

Back in the day, one would dash to the library to solve this mushroom mystery. Today, a quick Google search will give you a good shot at getting the right answer, or at least something amusing. So what has become of libraries? With the seismic shift in how we consume content in the digital world, libraries have happily morphed into much more than books… they are community hubs, learning centers, purveyors of common good for the local neighborhoods, among other roles. And that includes serving as a Field Goods pick-up location! We are proud partners with over 30 libraries, and growing. Hats off to libraries who have reinvented themselves as the place to gather in the digital age!

How to Store Mushrooms:
Keep in a brown paper bag in the refrigerator for 7-10 days.

How to Prepare Mushrooms:
The woody stem is often used in stock-making or cooked as you would other mushrooms. Caps can be chopped, but are more dramatic presented whole, often marinated in balsamic vinegar and grilled in sandwiches as a replacement for meat.

 

This Week’s Field Goods Favorite
Portabella Mushrooms

The portabella is the prime rib of the vegetable world! Tastes fabulous grilled—brush with olive oil, add garlic or soy sauce if you like, then grill for about 3-5 minutes on each side. Can also be eaten raw.

Grilled Portabella Mushrooms Stuffed with Leeks & Spinach
Pan-Seared Portabella Mushrooms
Sautéed Portabella with Balsamic and Butter Sauce
Ziti with Portabella Mushrooms

Tags:community hubs, farm share, fruit, fruits, garlic, library, local farms, local produce, mushroom, olive oil, partnerships, portabella, portobello, prime rib, raw, vegetables, veggies

Last Week of Frozen Produce

Field GoodsMay 13, 2016Out of the Bag0 Comments

Things are coming out of the ground so this will be our last week of frozen produce. In celebration of warm weather and longer days and a pressing need to sell all our excess inventory, we are offering up to 40% off for the frozen produce sale of the century! Frozen produce is hard to come by these days because of a massive recall of frozen food produced by a huge plant in Pasco, Washington. Our products are made in a small facility in Kingston, NY and are safe. So, get them while you can and tell all your friends. People who aren’t Field Goods subscribers can order frozen produce by emailing us at . Also, remember if your subscription is on Temporary or Indefinite Hold you can still order from the web store.

 

 

 

 

 


We have three revolutionary recipes we would like to share with you!

1.  Szechuan Green Beans Recipe (Are Better with Frozen Green Beans!) Szechuan green beans are dry-fried, a cooking technique that makes them extra tender.  Using frozen green beans, makes them even more tender.  Why? Because you can remove extra water by thawing the green beans, microwaving them for minutes and then squeezing the water out of them.

2.  No-way-this-works Cake (1 box of cake mix and 1 bag of butternut squash puree. That’s it!) Cake with butternut squash. Using any cake or cupcake mix, replace eggs, water and oil with thawed butternut puree. Mix and bake per instructions.

3.  Homemade Pasta Sauce in 15 minutes. Sauté garlic and onion in oil until translucent. Add tomato puree. Heat. Done! You can also add the frozen cherry tomatoes or chopped kale, red peppers, broccoli, or cauliflower.
1 Tablespoon Garlic (finely chopped)
1 Large Onion (chopped)
¼ Cup Oil (Olive, Canola, or Sunflower)
1 Bag Tomato Puree
Salt, Pepper, Herbs to taste

 

This Week’s Field Goods Favorite
Dandelion Greens

OnionThe root of the dandelion can be used for medicinal purposes. Its flowers can be harvested for wine. And its greens have a bitterness that can be delicious. Plus they’re packed with iron!

10 Ways to Use Dandelion Greens

 

 

Tags:butternut squash, cake, dandelion greens, farm share, frozen, fruit, fruits, garlic, green beans, local farms, local produce, pasta sauce, produce, puree, sale, Szechuan, tomato puree, vegetables, veggies

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