NW Purple Sprouting Broccoli: Available Now, Volume Soon!
Late-season frost slowed the arrival of early PSB varieties resulting in less volume than we traditionally see this time of year. With plenty of sun in the forecast, we anticipate strong availability in the coming weeks, and we couldn’t be more excited! OGC’s Lucas Crawford shares his favorite way to prepare PSB!
Foods in Season: Satisfying the Growing Wildcrafted Market
The demand for wildcrafted foods, such as Morel mushrooms and Fiddlehead ferns, has grown year over year as eaters become more familiar with both the health benefits and complex flavor of these foraged goods. For the past 30 years, one of OGC’s partners for all-things-wild, Foods in Season, has helped provide our region with tasty morsels from the forest while providing essential work for generations of local families.
Little Gem Lettuce for Supreme Spring Salads!
Crisp, crinkly organic Little Gem lettuce from our friends at Tomatero Organic Farm makes for a perfect base for spring-inspired salads and lends a satisfying crunch to sandwiches. Learn more about this colorful lettuce variety that OGC coworkers can’t get enough of!
Early Spring Crops: Fresh Flavor For Eaters and Essential Income for Growers
Spring has arrived and with it a burst of color, flavor and essential income for growers. The seasonal bridge between slim winter months, and the harvest bounty of summer, spring offers some of the most exciting eating of the year!
Tender, fresh and often here-and-gone before you know it, spring varieties are fantastic for awakening shoppers' curiosity in the kitchen as they explore lighter meals featuring flavors coaxed out of hibernation by longer, sunnier days.
Late-Season Small Round Orange Things
The 2021 Citrus season has moved into its final months and with it, a bevy of late-season small round orange things are making their way up from ranches in California to tantalize shoppers! Learn to tell the difference between some of the tastiest varieties available now in this lineup!
Salanova For Spring Salads!
Tender tasty spring greens are beginning to sprout up on availability lists, and one variety OGC coworkers are particularly excited to eat this season is organic Salanova.
Watch OGC’s Monique Kirby demo a delightful spring salad showcasing Oak Leaf Salanova!
Belgian Endive: A Labor of Love
A chicory family member, organic Belgian Endive, has a white and sunny-yellow torpedo-shaped, tightly wrapped head with a satisfying crunch and slightly bitter flavor. Originating in France and the Netherlands, Belgian Endive is gaining popularity in the US alongside radicchios and escarole. Delicious braised or eaten raw in salads, and its leaves are also perfect vehicles for scooping up dips as a healthy alternative to chips. But, wait until you see how Belgian Endive is grown!
Final Tasting Video of 2021 Citrus Tour Delivers Big On Flavor
OGC’s Alyssa Farris and Nathan Johnson wrap up the 2021 Citrus Tour with a sampling of ten late-season varieties sure to please the palates of citrus-lovers! Follow along as they sample tiny Meiwa kumquats, well-loved Honeygold grapefruit, tasty mandarins and tangerines, a surprisingly sweet lemon, and more!
Raabs from Groundwork Organics Signal Spring
Residents of the Pacific Northwest eager for signs that longer, warmer days are on their way can look to the arrival of Raabs from Groundwork Organics to mark the transition away from winter! With classic favorites and a new variety that OGC coworkers are buzzing about, now’s the perfect time to learn more about these delicious seasonal greens from this well-loved Willamette Valley grower!
Viva the Seedless Lemon Revolution
Imagine a lemon. Yellow, oval shaped, tart juicy flesh and firm sunny skin perfect for zesting.
Now image how you’d use that lemon. A simple twist into a refreshing glass of ice water. Juiced for a zesty kick in a cocktail. Packed with salt and preserved in jars for brightening up dishes. Key to a sweet and lip-puckering lemon tart.
What could possibly make this lemon better?
Read on.
OGC Samples Peak Season Varieties in Second Citrus Tasting Video
OGC’s Don Mayfield and Lucas Crawford cut into some of the best citrus varieties the mid-season has to offer! Watch below as they sample sweet and tangy citrus varieties of all sizes, from one of the smallest to one of the largest, and several shapes and sizes in between!
The Fascinating World of Green Skin Avocados
Learn why exploring each variety of this often overlooked avocado is deliciously worthwhile!
Small Round Orange Things
“Small Round Orange Things.” A slight tongue in cheek reference to the numerous varieties of mandarins and tangerines abundant during this time of year and whose different attributes can be challenging to keep straight. Here’s a run-down of some of the varieties we’re seeing!
Virtual Tasting Kicks Off 2021 Citrus Tour
Watch as a few of OGC’s resident Citrus Nerds taste their way through varieties of organic citrus eating well right now!
Pummelo 101
Basic info, instructional how-to-peel videos, and OGC coworker praise for this dynamic citrus!
Marvelous Mushrooms: Mycopia Chef’s Sampler
Mycopia’s Chef’s Sampler package of organic mushroom varieties is the perfect item for mushroom-lovers, adventurous cooks, and the meatless Monday crowd as shoppers lean toward healthier eating in the new year!
Usher in the New Year with Northwest’s Best Organic Winter Veg!
Whether spending the last days of 2020 cooking and dining over celebratory dishes or embracing healthy wholesome meals inspired by the New Year, shoppers can be sure that this winter’s Northwest-grown organic vegetables will be the star of any meal!
Late Season Northwest Grown Winter Squash Deliver Flavor and Shelf Life
With a couple of months of delicious seasonal squash eating already under our belts, Mustard Seed Farms is rounding out their season with a few must-try Winter Squash varieties, arriving now and worth exploring from this phenomenal Oregon grower.
NW Grown Royal Chantenay Carrots Deceptively Sweet!
Shorter and squatter than the familiar Nantes carrots, organic Royal Chantenay bunch carrots from Groundwork Organics are an exceptionally good fresh eater and are also fantastic cooked.