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With their mild taste and deep orange bloom, our fresh squash blossoms offer a romantic memory of summer yet they're suitable for any season. These are soft and flowery with a mild taste and incredible versatility. Delicious sautéed applications leave you with a rich texture, followed by true flavors of buttery sweet squash. Add vivid colors and nutrients to a plate.

They have a special place in our hearts because the Squash Blossom is what led us to grow produce for chefs. You can read about this here! 

6 blooms per package.

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Health Benefits

• Contain antioxidant compounds such as flavonoids and carotenoids which help neutralize free radicals and reduce oxidative stress in the body. By doing so, they may help lower the risk of chronic diseases, including heart disease and certain types of cancer
• Some compounds found in squash blossoms, such as quercetin and kaempferol, have anti-inflammatory properties
• The vibrant color of squash blossoms is indicative of their high content of carotenoids, including lutein and zeaxanthin. These compounds are known to support eye health and protect against age-related macular degeneration, a common cause of vision loss in older adults
• Good source of dietary fiber, which is essential for a healthy digestive system. Fiber aids in maintaining regular bowel movements, prevents constipation, and promotes the growth of beneficial gut bacteria

Often overlooked but bursting with flavor and health benefits, beet tops are a versatile addition to any culinary repertoire. With a colorful appearance reminiscent of Swiss chard, beet tops offer a delightful combination of taste and nutrition.

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Health Benefits

• Rich in iron, beet tops boast a higher iron count than spinach, making them an excellent choice for boosting your iron intake.
• They are packed with essential vitamins and minerals, including vitamin K, B6, magnesium, and potassium, promoting overall health and well-being. 

This sampler contains the best of the day’s farm-fresh flowering herbs. Farm-fresh herbs could include sages, mints, lavenders, basils, lemon balm, and so forth, with flavors ranging from minty to floral, and from citrusy to woodsy. Textures are also diverse, from soft to chewy to crunchy. Regeneratively farmed; harvested fresh.

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Get a mix of delicious beet varieties with flavors ranging from strong earthy to sweet sugar. Textures are crisp and crunchy, with shapes ranging from elongated to round—and hues including red, white, gold and yellow. Mixed beets are the best of the day, regeneratively farmed and harvested on order.

Beets have an earthy flavor. They're best when paired with bright, sweet, and fresh flavors. If you're roasting, try marinating them with citrus zest, garlic, scallion, vinegar, and plenty of salt.

Mixed, 1 lb. or 5 lb. case

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Health Benefits

• A good source of vitamin A, C, folate, calcium, and fiber
• Antioxidants such as betalains, carotenoids, flavonoids
• High in nitrates which improve circulation and support a healthy heart 
• Some research shows beets can improve exercise capacity due to nitrates
• High in fiber, supporting the gut
• Support detoxification and liver function 
• Betanin, which gives beets their color, helps detox the body 
• Best way to cook to maintain nutrients is to steam them (lost nutrients when in water and the longer they are cooked in heat)

Sauerkraut

The Chef’s Garden has collaborated with Wake Robin Foods to bring you this classically delicious treat using our regenerative farmed vegetables and Wake Robin’s proprietary fermentation recipe.

This authentic, traditional sauerkraut is made with regeneratively farmed cabbage and sea salt. It's really that simple! Use it in your favorite recipe or straight out of the jar - it offers a delectable flavor and crunch.

Reduce Food Waste in Delicious Ways

Ismail Samad of Wake Robin Foods is also the co-founder of The Gleanery restaurant in Putney, Vermont and director of the East Cleveland non-profit organization, Loiter. He shares a passion in common with The Chef’s Garden: to reduce food waste to as low as possible. 

This partnership allows us to more fully use everything we’ve regeneratively grown with love, using the veggies at their best and fullest potential. 

Benefits of Fermentation

This is one of the safest food preservation techniques, preserving the most nutrients.  

Add a sweet onion flavor that’s a bit earthy to your dishes with our farm-fresh leeks. These chewy, fleshy leeks build heat at the back of the throat when eaten, and they look similar to green onions with firm white shanks, ones that don’t bulb out like a green onion.

1 lb.

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Health Benefits

• Rich in flavonoids, especially one called kaempferol, which have anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, and anticancer properties
• Plants in the allium family may lower risk of certain types of cancer
• Rich in vitamin C, which may reduce the risk for osteoporosis 
• Lutein and zeaxanthin are carotenoids that protect the eyes 

In this delicious mix of farm-fresh onions, you receive earthy yet sweet white coin onions that provide a crunchy texture to dishes—as well as eye-catching purplette onions that add flavorful pizzazz without too much heat. Purplettes have white bulbs, as well, ones that are covered with attractive magenta skin. 

Mixed, 1 lb. 

Health Benefits

• Flavonoids help to regulate blood glucose levels
• Contain a lot of prebiotics and fiber, which supports gut health 
• Potassium supports a healthy blood pressure
• Manganese supports connective tissue, bone health, and forming blood clots 
• Contains quercetin (an antioxidant) which fights inflammation in the body, and may actually help to prevent Alzheimer's disease
• Contains vitamin C for a healthy immune system 
• Allicin is an antibacterial compound that can help the body fight harmful bacteria 

We regeneratively grow delicious, nutritious varieties of radish. Varieties of this marvelous root vegetable provide flavors ranging from mildly hot to hot in a range of succulent, crunchy textures and eye-catching hues. Our mixed radishes are the best of the day’s harvest.  

Mixed, 1 lb. or 5 lb. case

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Health Benefits

• Good source of sulforaphane, which may reduce cancer risk
• Heart healthy due to plant compounds such as sulforaphane and anthocyanins
• Vitamin C supports immunity and cell damage
• Contain a natural antifungal compound

Sizzling Hot Sauce

The Chef’s Garden has collaborated with Wake Robin Foods to bring you this classically delicious treat using our regenerative farmed vegetables and Wake Robin’s proprietary fermentation recipe. This hot sauce has just enough tang and spice to heat things up!

Reduce Food Waste in Delicious Ways

Ismail Samad of Wake Robin Foods is also the co-founder of The Gleanery restaurant in Putney, Vermont and director of the East Cleveland non-profit organization, Loiter. He shares a passion in common with The Chef’s Garden: to reduce food waste to as low as possible. 

This partnership allows us to more fully use everything we’ve regeneratively grown with love, using the veggies at their best and fullest potential. 

Benefits of Fermentation

This is one of the safest food preservation techniques, preserving the most nutrients.  

Yellow and orange snack peppers have been combined in this mix. Beautiful, mini-sized peppers are remarkably sweet and flavorful. They are delicious sautéed, as an addition to salads and, of course, perfect for a healthy snack. All three varieties have tall, strong plants that yield well for snack-type peppers. USDA Certified Organic.

DAYS TO MATURITY:  55-63 green; 75-83 color - approximate days from transplanting outdoors to first pickings of full size fruit. 

PACKET: 25 seeds

LIFE CYCLE: Annual

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Long attractive pods, 6-7", slender, deep-green pods are exceptionally tender and delicious. Large, upright plants keep beans clean and straight. Heat tolerant and high yielding even under heat or cold stress. High resistance to bean mosaic virus; and intermediate resistance to bacterial brown spot, curly top beet mosaic virus, and rust. Pale green seeds. USDA Certified Organic.

DAYS TO MATURITY: Approximate 53 days from transplanting outdoors to first pickings of full size fruit.

PACKET: 25 seeds

LIFE CYCLE: Annual

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Very dark green, uniform, 7–8" slicing cucumbers despite cool weather or heat. Small seed cavity. Skin is thick enough to endure harvesting and handling, but thinner than the average slicing cucumber.

DAYS TO MATURITY: 48 days from direct seeding; subtract about 10 days if transplanting.

PACKET: 25 seeds

LIFE CYCLE: Annual

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Classic Costata Romanesco appearance but superior uniformity, higher yielding, and easier to harvest. Improved upright bush habit with reduced spines. Firm flower attachment at marketable size and attractive, glossy fruit. Edible blossoms bear a mild, squash-like flavor and are great stuffed and fried, or sliced for use in soups, omelets, salads, and pasta dishes.

DAYS TO MATURITY: 50 days from direct seeding; subtract about 14 days if transplanting.

PACKET: 25 seeds

LIFE CYCLE: Annual

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Indulge in the extraordinary flavors and textures of our mixed lettuce, carefully selected from the best varieties of the day! From the enticingly grassy to the irresistibly nutty and earthy, each bite promises a delightful journey for your taste buds. Sustainably grown with love, we nurture a dozen or more dozen varieties, with only the crème de la crème making it into this exclusive offering.

But that's not all! We take pride in our revolutionary regenerative farming techniques, which not only ensure superior taste but also contribute to a healthier planet. By choosing our regeneratively grown lettuce, you become part of a sustainable movement that supports soil health and biodiversity.

Best of all, we deliver this luscious lettuce straight to your door, so you can relish its freshness without stepping a foot outside. Elevate your culinary experience with our delectable mixed lettuce – a mouthwatering journey awaits!

Click here to read From Planting to Harvesting Lettuce: A Farmer's Story.

Check out our Assorted Lettuce with Fall Colored Flowers recipe.

Mixed.

You may have noticed your lettuce and greens look and feel a little different. That's because we have moved them indoors to our greenhouse "still soil grown" to protect them from the Ohio elements. They have the same great flavor and nutrients but are a little less sturdy.  Hope you enjoy them just the same! 

Health Benefits

Read all about the Health Benefits of Lettuce.

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Nutritious mixtures of fresh kale varieties. Each of these tender cruciferous leaves offers up sweet cabbage-like flavor. Whether you’re enjoying them raw or sautéed, these are sure to add a boost of nutrients to your next meal.

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Health Benefits

• Vitamin C and vitamin E for immune system 
• Calcium for bone health (with low levels of oxalate which makes calcium less absorbable)
• Contains substances that bind to cholesterol to manage levels 
• Potassium for healthy blood pressure 
• Sulforaphane and indole-3-carbinol are protective against cancer 
• Lutein and zeaxanthin support vision 
• Consider massaging your kale before eating it, which makes it easier to digest 
  

It all started with Brassica oleracea, the common plant that started the now large brassica vegetable family! Brassica (aka cruciferous) vegetables are part of the mustard family (genus Brassicaceae) and cabbage family - giving them their sometimes “spicy” flavor. 

Blend Includes:

• Broccoli
• Arugula
• Chinese cabbage
• Purple Radish
• Red Mustard

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Health Benefits

This antioxidant blend of brassica microgreens is a great source of vitamins (A, Folate, C, E, K), minerals (iron, potassium, calcium), phytonutrients (carotenoids, glucosinolates (I3C and sulforaphane), polyphenols), and fiber.

It all started with Brassica oleracea, the common plant that started the now large brassica vegetable family! Brassica (aka cruciferous) vegetables are part of the mustard family (genus Brassicaceae) and cabbage family - giving them their sometimes “spicy” flavor.

The beautiful part of microgreens is that ounce for ounce they are more nutrient-dense than their full-size counterparts and are super easy to incorporate into meals.

Harvesting plants at the microgreen stage results in:

• Higher levels of vitamins (C, folate, thiamin, Vitamin B6, Vitamin E, niacin, etc.).
• Lower levels of “antinutrients” like phytate, oxalate, and tannins.
• Enhanced flavor
• Improved availability and absorption of minerals like iron and calcium
• Enhanced digestibility of protein found in the plant

Brassica vegetables have been studied to potentially:

• Prevent oxidative stress (which damages cells) by providing antioxidants
• Benefit neurodegenerative disease and heart disease
• Turn on detox enzymes in your body
• Increase phase II detoxification
• Support healthy detoxification and elimination of estrogen metabolites.
• May be beneficial for hormonal balance and prevention of estrogen-sensitive cancers.
• Support the immune system
• Decrease chronic inflammation
• Reduce the risk of cancers
• Lung, colon, pancreatic, breast, bladder, and prostate cancers
• Reduce and/or slow growth of cancer cells

Cooking (boiling) reduces the level of glucosinolates so we recommend that you consume these microgreens raw to obtain the most beneficial nutrients,

Looking to get the most brassica benefit from your microgreens? Chew mindfully! Chewing helps to break up the cell walls of the microgreens which release the enzyme myrosinase. Myrosinase can then come into contact with the glucosinolates changing them into isothiocyanates (like sulforaphane). Your gut bacteria help too, but chewing, chopping, etc. have the greatest impact on increasing sulforaphane (which is one of the most well-known beneficial phytochemicals in brassicas).

Put this blend in everything! We suggest putting a handful of these microgreens in your:

• Salads
• Sandwiches/Wraps
• Smoothies
• Savory Oatmeal
• Eggs

**Disclaimer: If undergoing chemotherapy only consume with the direction of your oncology provider. If low thyroid (or low iodine) concerns talk with your medical practitioner prior to consuming large quantities.