French White Asparagus, Bluefoot Mushrooms, and Rhubarb

French White Asparagus, Bluefoot Mushrooms, and Rhubarb.

 

Coming Tuesday 4/4

  • French White Asparagus
  • Bluefoot Mushrooms

Springtime

  • Vidalia Salad Onions
  • Green Almonds
  • Fava Leaves
  • Fiddlehead Ferns (WC)
  • Green Garlic
  • Ramps ( v. ltd)
  • Morel Mushrooms
  • Stinging Nettles
  • Holland Rhubarb
  • Champagne Mangos
  • Favas
  • Fresh Green Garbanzo Beans
  • Hershberg Farm Duck Eggs
  • New Crop Lowman Yellow Grits

Knoll Farm

  • Cardoon
  • Wild Rapini
  • Green Garlic
  • Stinging Nettles

County Line Harvest

  • Spigarello Kale
  • Mixed Baby Heirloom Chicories

Rising C Ranch- Last shipment this year!

  • Meyer Lemons
  • Blood Oranges
  • Seville Sour Oranges
  • Cara Cara Pink Navels
  • Paige Mandarins
  • Kumquats

Equinox Farm

  • Mesclun Mix
  • Baby Arugula ( ltd)

Ripley Farm

  • Chantenay Carrots
  • Yellow Sun Carrots
  • Purple Haze Carrots

Crossroad Farm

Jerusalem Artichokes

Green Sunshine Farm

  • Russian Banana Fingerlings
  • Yellow Finn Potatoes
  • Bintje Potatoes

Mushrooms, Wild & Cultivated

  • Fresh Oregon Yellowfoots
  • Fresh Oregon Black Trumpets
  • Fresh Oregon Hedgehogs
  • Fresh Oregon Morels
  • Trumpet Royale
  • Chef’s Mix
  • Blue Oyster
  • Maitake
  • King Oyster
  • Honshemeji

In Season Now

  • Black Radishes
  • Watermelon Radishes
  • Green & Purple Daikon
  • Parsley Root (ltd)
  • Champagne Mangos
  • Fuyu Persimmons
  • Spring Vidalia Onions with Tops
  • Baby Artichokes
  • Salsify Root

But Wait, There’s More…

Kutik Farm Creamed Honey

Steen’s Cane Syrup

Benton’s Country Ham

Bee Local Scorpion Chili Honey

Kurozo Japanese Black Vinegar

Red & Green Yuzu Kosho

Songbird Red Flint Cornmeal

Heiwa Tofu

From last year:

Fewer California asparagus growers are in business these days.  The Victoria Island asparagus, which we’ve loved and carried for years, is gone.  It’s gone because cheaper asparagus, from Mexico and Chile, are taking over.  The main driver of this trend are the big-box grocery stores, who favor price over quality while trying to appease a year-round demand for what used to be a seasonal product. 

And now:  all of the above is still true, and unfortunately, we’re seeing this trend spread to Stockton, CA, where the best of the (non-local) asparagus comes from.  It’s slow to start this year, and fewer farmers out there are growing it, and it’s uncertain when we’ll see it.  Stay tuned.

 

 

By Diego Maldonado