| Kris Liakos
City Feed's produce buyer, gives you this seasons updates on what's
fresh & local
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| local in Season
www.localinseason.com
R. Patrick Kent and Jon-Ross Wiley co-founders of Local In Season
Location: Boston
What They Do: Provide recipes & resources to create wonderful (and better tasting) meals using local and in season food.
About the Company: Co-founders R. Patrick Kent and Jon Ross-Wiley started Local In Season in September of 2009 as a website that is truly about food that is local and in season. Along with their team of writers, Patrick & Jon are committed to educating the home cook about creating meals that 'simply taste better' while highlighting local establishments that bring local food to your table (and belly!) City Feed on Centre has recently partnered with Local In Season and Enterprise Farms to bring serving suggestions to the Enterprise Farms weekly CSA, featuring other products available at City Feed. Take a look at their beautiful website and be inspired by their creative recipes for everything that is
Keep It Simple...and Delicious! Cherry Tomato Sauce
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Local in Season also has a handy listing on their web page to let you know:
| WHAT'S IN SEASON?
AUGUST:
Vegetables: Arugula, Asian Greens, Asparagus, Beans, Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Collard Greens, Corn, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Garlic, Herbs, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Onions, Peppers, Potatoes, Radishes, Spinach, Summer Squash, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, Tomatillos
Fruit: Apples, Blueberries, Grapes, Melons, Nectarines, Peaches, Plums, Raspberries
| Blueberries from Stillman's Farm
$4.99 Pint
Local Flowers from Stillman's
Farm. $7.99 Bunch
Stillman Farm Peaches!
"Best Peach I ever had!"
- David Warner
Purple & Yellow Wax Beans from
Apple Field Farm.
Peppers! Peppers! Peppers! from
Applefield Farm.
Cherry Tomatoes from Applefield Farm. Ain't they pretty!
Green Kale from Applefield Farm!
Green Tomatoes for our Green Pickled Tomatoes!! Grown by City Growers.
Carrots from Blue Heron Farm.
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Farm Delivery Schedule
at Centre St.
or print out and post it on your fridge - so you know when to get the good stuff!
click here for pdf
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Visit us at our two JP locations:
672 Centre St
617-524-1700
66A Boylston St
617-524-1657
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The Farm Season is in full swing and we are getting in some amazing stuff from 14 local & regional farms, delivered all week long. This month we are featuring all of our farm partners with mini bios, including the days of delivery, so you can be sure to
get the freshest produce available.
Take a look at what's fresh & local. Then come on down to take advantage of the local bounty while the gett'n is good!
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 Location: New Braintree, MA
Distance: 65.1 miles
What
they grow: Blueberries, summer squash, zucchini, lettuce, field tomatoes,
heirloom tomatoes, corn, cucumbers, carrots, beets, cabbage, peaches,eggplant, peppers, melons, broccoli,apples, flowers & more!
What we buy: Tomatoes for our deli.
About: Family owned and operated,Stillman's Farm was started by Glenn Stillman over 20 years ago in Lunenburg, MA, and expanded to New Braintree, MA in 1991.
Most of their crops are grown without pesticides, otherwise they adhere to the States Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. This combination of crop management allows them to offer the widest possible selection of fruit and vegetable varieties and be a thriving sustainable farm.
Delivered late afternoon: Tuesday, Thursday &
Saturday @ City Feed on Centre
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ENTERPRISE FARM
www.enterpriseproduce.com
 Location; South Deerfield, MA
Distance: 111 miles
What they grow: collard greens eggplant, fennel, leeks, peppers, watermelon & so much more!
What we love: winter sourcing from small local farms from the east coast.
Farmer Dave lives at the farm with his wife Ainsley and two sons Asa and Cal.
Delivered: Thursdays @ City Feed on Centre
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APPLEFIELD FARM
 Location:
Stow,
MA
Distance: 27.7 miles
What they grow :
peas, beans, herbs, flowers,tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers,kale, carrots & salad greens
What we love: Their tomatoes and kale are City Feed stand outs.
About:
Founded in 1981 by the husband & wife team of Steve and Kristen
Mong, along with Steve's brother Ray, a former chef.
Delivered:on Wednesdays @ City Feed on Centre
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BLUE HERON ORGANIC FARM
www.blueheronfarmlincoln.com
 Location: Lincoln, MA
Distance: 18.7 miles
What they grow: Herbs, kale, turnips, pea tendrils, Broccoli,carrots, & more.
About: Ellery Kimball bought the farm, where
she volunteered as a teen, in 2000. Blue Heron has been certified organic since 2003.
Read more about Blue Heron Farm on our suppliers page! They are our featured supplier for August!
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FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND
www.farmfreshri.org
Location:Pawtucket,
RI Distance: 39 miles away
About: Farm Fresh
delivers local food from 32 farms in RI and MA to chefs, grocers & schools,
to help increase the sale and consumption of locally grown products, while
rebuilding a more efficient local food distribution system.
They deliver produce to us from several different farms.
Farms include: Absalona Greenhouse, Allen Farms, Baby Greens Farm, Blue Skys Flower Farm, Czajkowski Farm, Four Town Farm, Hill Orchards, Schartner Farms, Silverbrook Farm & White Barn Farm.
Delivered:
Fridays @ City Feed on Center
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PETE'S GREENS
www.petesgreens.com
 Location:Craftsbury, VT
Distance:212 miles
What they grow: Beefsteak tomatoes, mesclun, various greens, onions, carrots, eggplant, cucumber, broccoli, cauliflower, artichokes, herbs, sweet & hot peppers, sweet corn, summer winter squash, Potatoes & more! What we love: year round mesclun greens!!
About: Pete's Greens is a four-season organic vegetable farm, owned by Peter Johnson and founded in 1995
Delivered: Thursdays @ City Feed on Centre
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MOSS HILL FARM
 Location: Jamaica Plain, MA
Distance: .5 miles
What they grow: variety of mints, basils, and other herbs.
About: Ed McCormick has a very big herb garden in Jamaica Plain! This is his first year selling it retail. It's beautiful stuff. The Thai basil is truly amazing.
Delivered 2 times weekly, schedule varies.
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CITY GROWERScitygrowers.wordpress.com  Location: Dorchester, MA
Distance: 3.6 miles
What they grow: Lettuce, tomatoes, basil & more.
 What we buy:Lettuce for our deli & retail sale.
Green tomatoes for our #9 sandwich!
About: City Growers mission is to transform vacant lots in Boston into sustainable urban farms increasing local access to affordable, nutrient foods, reclaiming land and raising future farmers! They are partnered with Metro Pedal Power for local transport of all their produce.
Delivered: Tuesday & Friday @ City Feed on Centre.
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 Location: Brookline, MA
Distance: 1.8 miles away
What they grow: lettuces, watercress, beets,
fennel, cabbage and more
About: Boston's last working farm, Allandale has been tilling the soil for more than 250 years.
Delivered: Varies @ City Feed on Centre
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By shopping at  you have helped us purchase over $ 40,000 directly from New England Farms this year *alone. *(year to date)
- When you buy local & regionally grown food, you reduce carbon emissions and packing materials, lessening your environmental footprint.
- Buying local helps preserve our open spaces. The New England farming landscape will only survive as long as farms are financially viable. When you buy local food you do your part to protect the agricultural landscape, keeping New England...well New England!
Above is a partial list of some of the great farm partners we have bought from over the years, & some since we opened 10 years ago in 2000.
Seek them out at farmers markets & come on by
for Fresh & Local Produce,
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