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What does it mean to offer FRESH produce?
Two comments this week sure surprised me…
I had someone ask me if the market sold FRESH produce… and I would argue, unless you were picking it from your own backyard, you’re not going to find FRESHER produce than what we harvest for you THE DAY you pick-up your order!
Then, while giving a presentation to a small group of women, the observation was made how tasteless grocery store tomatoes were compared to heirloom tomatoes they were eating for the first time.
They were astounded when I remarked how far those grocery store tomatoes had to travel, and how early they must be picked to handle mechanized harvesting, hundreds if not thousands of miles in transit, weeks of sitting waiting to be purchased…
It’s a wonder such produce could have any taste at all!
Talking to those women made me appreciate our growers and customers that much more -
here was a group of women, from my age to my mother’s, who had never considered how far their food had to travel, or what it meant to be truly FRESH.
We’re ready to custom-harvest and bake just for you! But only til Sunday at 8pm :-)
www.miamicounty.locallygrown.net