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Kohlrabi

6/25/2018

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When you open up your bag this week, you will find a green bulb with leaves that sort of resemble kale leaves and/or collard greens. Let us formally introduce you to our friend, the mystical, delicious, alien-like KOHLRABI! We promise, it's not as intimidating as it looks, keep reading.

Kohlrabi is in the same family as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and collard greens, hence the familiar-looking leaves. Although it looks vastly different from those veggies, it has a similar taste to them! For those of y'all that like to get *technical* Kohlrabi, and all of the aforementioned veggies, are all bred from the same wild cabbage species, Brassica oleracea. ​

Storing these cute little guys is super easy!

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​When you get home, chop off the greens, rinse, drain and store in sealed container or bag. The greens will store for a few days. If left unpeeled, the bulb will store well for weeks!

"That's cool and all, but how do I use it?"

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Chop off greens, set aside, cut in half, peel, slice! Click here for a kohlrabi recipe!

The rest is simple!

Y​ou can saute the greens with a little olive oil, garlic and crushed red pepper. If you slice the bulb into cubes, you can steam/saute it as you would broccoli or cauliflower. Otherwise, just chop it up and throw it in your favorite stew or soup!
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Hub.

6/18/2018

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With the June sun kicking this growing season into high gear, we are diving into a role that we spent a lot of last year dipping our toes into. We have slowly become part of a network of fruit & veggie growers, chicken farmers, millers, cheese makers, ranchers, and bakers. This got us wondering, what part do we want to play in our local food web? We were only able to reach one conclusion - we are a food hub and we want to fully embrace it. Over the coming season we are going to be learning about this exciting task that we're taking on. As this new adventure unfolds we hope to share the story with y’all, the folks who are making it possible.

To help paint a picture, we want everyone to know what our day-to-day looks like right now in the world of connecting people to good food. On Mondays, we start our week off heading to La Montanita Cooperative Distribution Center, an essential resource where local farmers and artisans sell some of their goods wholesale. Here we pick up some of our Weekly Share items and stock up on our On the Side groceries. 

On Tuesday mornings we pick up our bread and dough from Fano Bread Company and things like peas, tomatoes and garlic from Minor Morgan at North Valley Organics. In the afternoon, other local farmers, like Seth from Vida Verde and Alfonso from Silver Leaf Farms, drop off their harvest at our warehouse space. In the late afternoon, our volunteers arrive to help us pack the Shares. Wednesday sees all this food delivered to you, and Thursday and Friday we spend checking-in with our site champions, processing payments, and planning with farmers for the coming week.

Check back in with us next week

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MOGRO HAS A NEW TRUCK!

6/11/2018

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If you happened to arrive at your pickup location early last week you may have seen our delivery driver, Emma,  arrive in our new (refrigerated) box truck! We have been considering buying a new truck for a long time and we knew that it was going to be a huge investment. Before we made the jump we wanted to see if other organizations & businesses in Albuquerque and Santa Fe also doing work around food access could benefit from sharing a truck. We firmly believe that non-profits and small businesses need to support each other to create resilience. Not to mention, if 3+ organizations can use 1 truck instead of having 3 separate trucks it can help reduce waste and emissions! We were able to connect with 1 organization, Presbyterian, and 1 local business, Beneficial Farms CSA!

Presbyterian uses our truck on Monday & Tuesday for their Mobile Market. On Wednesday morning we load up the truck for our deliveries in Albuquerque & Santa Fe. When we finish delivering our driver leaves the truck in Santa Fe at Beneficial Farms for their CSA deliveries in ABQ & SF. This means that the truck is never being driven between Albuquerque and Santa Fe empty!

 This has been a great opportunity for us to connect with other awesome organizations and businesses and a great way to support a thriving local food network! Please reach out to us for questions about our truck or if you know an organization or independent business that could benefit from our truck share!
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