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Meet Kristen! Kristen is a board member for the New Agrarian Center (home of City Fresh). She loves City Fresh for its support of small farmers, accessible fresh stops, and affordable shares. Kristen likes that weekly shares challenge her to be creative in the kitchen. Join Kristen and our hundreds of shareholders this season by ordering your June share at cityfresh.org!

When fall rolls around, baskets of abundant local veggies aren’t very novel or exciting. They’re common. Practically boring. Another bunch of greens? More root vegetables? But in spring, when the leaves are just getting fuzzy on the trees, giant turnips and parsnips and romanesco are most thrilling. Just look at them there! Think of all the meals yet to make this season! It’s gonna be so great! Aaahahahhhhhhhh! Order today. cityfresh.org

When fall rolls around, baskets of abundant local veggies aren’t very novel or exciting. They’re common. Practically boring. Another bunch of greens? More root vegetables? But in spring, when the leaves are just getting fuzzy on the trees, giant turnips and parsnips and romanesco are most thrilling. Just look at them there! Think of all the meals yet to make this season! It’s gonna be so great! Aaahahahhhhhhhh! Order today. cityfresh.org

Supporting Small Farms

The small family farm has become nearly a myth in America. Industrial farming has virtually erased the institutional wisdom small farmers have cultivated over centuries. Ohio has more than 75,000 farms, but mostly produces commodity crops like corn and soybean. We’re the nation’s 3rd largest producer of tomatoes, but also home to the world’s largest ketchup plant. The bulk of what is grown here isn’t the whole fruits and vegetables we see in our grocery’s produce aisles.

If we don’t protect the skills of small farmers growing a larger variety of fruits and vegetables, we lose them. The infrastructures and knowledge they bring to farming disappear. The full spectrum of skills needed to adapt to changing climate and to ensure food sovereignty are essential and cannot be lost.

Joining a CSA like City Fresh is just one way to create community resilience and promote food security. City Fresh has been working with Amish farmers in Ashland and Lorain counties for decades. We have a core group of about 6 farmers who grow almost all the vegetables you see each week of the season.

Jerry Yoder is a most trusted small farmer, honing his skills over the last ten or so years. Each week that our Farm Liaison, Pete, visits Jerry to place our order, he has to skirt around the grumpy guinea fowl crowding the driveway before finding Jerry working the fields, or tending the animals. Jerry grows green beans, carrots, raspberries, potatoes, cabbage, garlic, onions, zucchini, Brussels sprouts, cucumbers, sweet corn - the list goes on and on. According to the USDA, 62% of all farmland in Ohio is dedicated to only two crops: corn and soybeans. The variety he grows and his ability to focus simultaneously on so many different crops is what makes Jerry an indispensable part of our food future.

Your support of our mission through buying shares, encouraging others to join us, volunteering, and monetary donations are fundamental to creating food security and a just food economy here in Northeast Ohio. We are so excited to get this season started with you in June! Join us in supporting small farms and creating a healthy, vibrant food system.

Veggies (and fruit) that look like aliens made them. 👽🛸👾 There’s bound to be some interesting stuff in your shares, but rest assured it’s definitely of this world! Patty pan squash are UFO-shaped and just like any other summer squash - perfect for sautéing or grilling. Kohlrabi look like they’ll hatch a xenomorph, but they’re just a brassica made for munching. Saturn peaches are named for their shape, but are an exceedingly sweet treat so no need to be afraid! Discover new vegetable universes this season by ordering your June shares today at cityfresh.org!

I know it feels like Summer, but we’re still weeks away from all the fresh local veggies you could want. Don’t plant your annuals and keep your houseplants in until after Mother’s Day. A bounty is coming soon but not just yet. If you’re itching to get your season started, place an order for your first shares now at cityfresh.org! 🥬🍓🥕

Veggies for Living Your Best Life

Eating more vegetables can reduce your risk of heart attack, cancer, stroke, and diabetes. 92% of City Fresh shareholders report eating more servings of produce through participating in our program. It turns out that one surefire way to make yourself eat vegetables is to buy them! Subscribing to a weekly share basket means there's fresh local bounty in your fridge every week, all season long. That results in more chances to make the most nutritious choices possible breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Participating in a CSA like City Fresh will introduce you to all sorts of fun new vegetables. Garlic scapes are not often found in stores. This is the main stem of the garlic flower, cut before blooming when it’s still supple to make sure the garlic bulb gets all the plant’s efforts. Garlic scapes are delicious in their own right, however. They can be sautéed like green beans or pulverized into a pesto or chopped and used in the place of garlic in other dishes. What’s your favorite approach? Join us by ordering your shares for June at cityfresh.org!

Fresh local veggies help build community resilience. What does that mean? Local agriculture is the last bastion against food scarcity and investing in the wisdom of small farmers means protecting our community food supply in the long haul. If we don’t use these infrastructures, they disappear. City Fresh shares protect local food supplies and do so in a way that equally distributes this essential resource. Pay farmers fairly. Eat food. Build community. 👩‍🌾🍓✊

Fresh local veggies help build community resilience. What does that mean? Local agriculture is the last bastion against food scarcity and investing in the wisdom of small farmers means protecting our community food supply in the long haul. If we don’t use these infrastructures, they disappear. City Fresh shares protect local food supplies and do so in a way that equally distributes this essential resource. Pay farmers fairly. Eat food. Build community. 👩‍🌾🍓✊

Fresh local veggies help build community resilience. What does that mean? Local agriculture is the last bastion against food scarcity and investing in the wisdom of small farmers means protecting our community food supply in the long haul. If we don’t use these infrastructures, they disappear. City Fresh shares protect local food supplies and do so in a way that equally distributes this essential resource. Pay farmers fairly. Eat food. Build community. 👩‍🌾🍓✊

One of the big barriers a lot of folks have to CSA shares is, well, all the vegetables. After a long day of work, cooking needn't be a huge chore. No one wants to find themselves saying, "but I just made dinner yesterday!" We're here to help you with tips and tricks like: Just Grill Everything. Prep Your Veggies for the Week. Sheet Pan Dinners are a Miracle. Salad for Dinner on Pick Up Night.

What tips and tricks do you recommend?

Meet Rebecca Petrilli, co-chair of our board of directors at New Agrarian Center, home of City Fresh. Rebecca is an attorney who works in the bar exam world helping students get ready for the test. She loves to read and learn and recently completed yoga teacher certification. Rebecca is passionate about uplifting communities and working to build a fairer world. She writes, “I believe in equitable access to nutritious food for all people. As a proud life-long Clevelander, I am thrilled to be part of an organization working to create a more just food system in Northeast Ohio.”

Join Rebecca in committing to fresh local veggies this season. Order your shares at cityfresh.org today!

Who doesn’t love a sweet lil parsnip? So elegant and curvy, yet ruddy and unpretentious. It’s a commonsensical folksy vegetable. A little sweet, a little plain. Do you mash them? Stew them? Roast? What’s your favorite way to prepare a parsnip?

Farmers are getting all the seeds in the ground to make sure your shares this year are delicious and delightful. Shares are full of the best variety our region has to offer, all the colors of the rainbow and so much more. These aren't just fresh local veggies we're growing. We're growing community. We're growing bonds between farmer and eater. We're growing knowledge about seasonal eating. We're growing carbon mitigation to combat climate crisis. We're growing solutions for income inequality through access to complex nutrition for all.

We hope you'll join us this season to help create a more just and equitable food system. Shares start June 14th! Order today at cityfresh.org

Meet a volunteer! Elizabeth has volunteered at the Oberlin Fresh stop for a year, helping folks during share distribution. She loves City Fresh’s mission to help small farmers get fresh local veggies in the hands of all the people to create a just food system. Her favorite vegetable is green beans! Meet volunteers like Elizabeth this season when you pick up or join us to lend a hand! Learn all about it at cityfresh.org

What’s the appropriate number of garlic cloves for a meal? 2? 4? 12? 🧄

The women of City Fresh work hard to feed you, Northeast Ohio. 💪 There’s a whole bunch of us! Come see us this season for all your 🥕🍎🥦

The City Fresh sale ends today! Order today at cityfresh.org

It may feel early to be thinking about what you'll be eating this summer, but now is the time when seeds first start sprouting indoors and in greenhouses. Popping up now means they'll be big enough to fruit by June or July. Farmers are really starting spring work in earnest. The season feels anxiously soon. Before we know it, June 14th will be here and in no time at all we'll have zucchini coming out of our ears!

Our CSA Day sale ends tomorrow! Get 10% off 15 or more regular priced shares by ordering at cityfresh.org. Commit to local eating and saving the world one veggie at a time! 🍅

Our CSA Day sale ends tomorrow! Get 10% off 15 or more regular priced shares by ordering at cityfresh.org. Commit to local eating and saving the world one veggie at a time! 🍅

Our CSA Day sale ends tomorrow! Get 10% off 15 or more regular priced shares by ordering at cityfresh.org. Commit to local eating and saving the world one veggie at a time! 🍅

Accepting applications through March 15. Head over to cityfresh.org for details. Join the fun! Photo by @moxyjanephotos

Our CSA Day sale ends Monday! Get your 10% off 15+ regular shares while the gettin’s good! Make sure you’re all stocked up on fresh local veggies this season. Order at cityfresh.org 🍅🥬🌽

Meet Ariel Jordan, a board member with New Agrarian Center, home of City Fresh. She says, ”I am a beautiful mess of a being who wishes happiness and overall wellness for all. I seek to acknowledge, address, and eliminate disparities, especially those in health and education. I would like to think I am a fairly trauma-conscious and informed being. Which is what I dedicate my existence to addressing. I come with a health, social work, nonprofit, research background, and a dedication to community. I love all things local! And I am always actively trying to figure out how to make eating any form of potatoes my life's work! 🙂 Kidding (kind of)!”

Who doesn’t love potatoes? 🥔 They’re delicious! #eatlocal

Come join our team! The City Fresh Program Coordinator is our primary point of contact for our shareholders and volunteers. They help manage fresh stop deliveries, train volunteers, and market our program. See the full position description and how to apply at cityfresh.org

Join us this season! The City Fresh CSA Day sale continues. Get all the freshest, most local veggies and help save the world, one veggie at a time. Visit cityfresh.org to find out more.

Join us this season! The City Fresh CSA Day sale continues, we’re looking for new board members, and we’re hiring! Visit cityfresh.org to find out more!

Join us this season! The City Fresh CSA Day sale continues, we’re looking for new board members, and we’re hiring! Visit cityfresh.org to find out more!

Do you want to create local solutions to global challenges? Do you want to engage directly with your community and build long term resilience in the face of climate crisis? Heck yeah you do!

We have several open seats on our Board of Directors. Monthly meetings are held on a Monday evening via Zoom during the pandemic. For more information or to be considered, please email boardchair@cityfresh.org.

Meet one of our board members, Barbee Thomas! She has volunteered with City Fresh since 2019. Along with being passionate about the local food movement, Barbee has decades of involvement in arts and culture, and also serves on the features programming team for the Cleveland International Film Festival.⁠
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About City Fresh, she says, "Supporting local farmers, bringing fresh healthy food to the region at affordable prices, changing the carbon footprint by shopping local instead of trucking food from across the country---what's not to love??"⁠
Barbee's favorite vegetable is broccoli. ⁠
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We're looking for new engagement on our board. Care to join us? Get more information at cityfresh.org. ⁠

City Fresh’s Pete and son read together for today’s Read Across America day. Did you know there are at least 59 local authors in Cuyahoga County who published a book last year? What is your favorite local author and book? #CuyahogaReads2021

City Fresh’s Pete and son read together for today’s Read Across America day. Did you know there are at least 59 local authors in Cuyahoga County who published a book last year? What is your favorite local author and book? #CuyahogaReads2021

Join us this season! The City Fresh CSA Day sale continues, we're looking for new board members, and we're hiring! Visit cityfresh.org to find out more!

It’s #csaday! The day small farms, CSAs, and local foodies everywhere kick off the new season by committing to eating local. Join City Fresh for our 2021 season today! Order 15 or more full priced shares at cityfresh.org and receive 10% off. Help us change the world, one veggie at a time starting June 14. 🍆🫐🥦🧅🍑🍓

What are your favorite early season vegetables? Many shareholders are first introduced to June standards like kohlrabi and garlic scapes through shares. Initially, it can be like, “what the heck do I do with this?” Over time, garlic scape pesto and kohlrabi fritters come to signify the start of summer months and carefree ease as much as the first taste of strawberries.

Swipe ➡️ to identify all the contents of this 2020 week 2 single share. Sign up for 15 or more shares and automatically get 10% off your order for our #csaday sale, going on now! Order today at cityfresh.org!

What are your favorite early season vegetables? Many shareholders are first introduced to June standards like kohlrabi and garlic scapes through shares. Initially, it can be like, “what the heck do I do with this?” Over time, garlic scape pesto and kohlrabi fritters come to signify the start of summer months and carefree ease as much as the first taste of strawberries.

Swipe ➡️ to identify all the contents of this 2020 week 2 single share. Sign up for 15 or more shares and automatically get 10% off your order for our #csaday sale, going on now! Order today at cityfresh.org!

City Fresh keeps you in fresh local veggies all season long! A selection of seasonal produce in your home each week helps you make positive food choices and supports your community simultaneously. Get set for summer by ordering at cityfresh.org today - automatically enjoy 10% off of 15 or more full priced shares. 🍅🥕🌽🥬🫐🍆

Believe it or not, the 🌞 will come back to us and all your favorite fresh local veggies with it! Sign up for City Fresh #CSA shares while our sale lasts! Order 15 or more shares and automatically get 10% off. 🥕🌽🫑🍓🥬🍑 (link in bio)

The season is coming! Get ready to join us for #CSADay this February 28th and commit to changing the world, one vegetable at a time by placing your orders for the City Fresh season! For a limited time, order 15 or more regular priced shares and automatically receive 10% off. Veggies early, veggies often. 🥕🥦🍅 (link in bio) #csaday #eatlocal

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