How to Deal with Produce

Sometimes I've found that people sign up for a CSA or take stuff home from a farmers market and it ends up going bad on them, not necessarily because the veggies weren't fresh, but because they didn't know how best to store the food.

We grow a lot of variety of produce.  With all that diversity, you learn that different plants like different conditions.  Not everything likes to sit in your crisper drawer in your refrigerator.  One such a plant is basil  I get a lot of questions about to keep basil from turning black.  Bottom line: Don't Put into the Fridge....it will go black.  I made this video to explain a couple ways to store basil in this weeks box:

Also find this week's farmcast where I explain about different produce in the box:

In the Box:

• Bunch of Beets: Greens are looking good, so try cooking these up.  This one looks good...hey it uses bacon: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/beet_greens/
• Kohlrabi
• Green Cabbage 
• Summer Squash (maybe a zucchini, maybe yellow summer squash)
• Green Onions 
• Small Head of Lettuce: Either a Red Butterhead type or Greenleaf type
• Basil