Organic Produce Delivery?

We use a similar service called Door to Door Organics, and we love it. We've been using them for a couple of years now, and I find that we eat almost everything that's delivered, very rarely waste anything, and occasionally are challenged to try something new. One side effect you're likely to notice is that you'll soon actively dislike non-organic fruit. My family instantly notices the bitter taste of the peel when they bite into a store-bought apple, for example. Now, the only produce I buy in the store are things like pineapples when they go on sale. Everything else is delivered. It also pushes me to plan meals a week in advance, so I'm making use of the produce delivered that week. I'd say you should give it a try.

(Side note, if anyone reading this wants a discount on their first week with D2D, send me a PM - I don't get any kickback from it; it's just a nice offer they make available through existing customers. Check https://www.doortodoororganics.com/ to see if they're in your area (mainly midwest & east coast.))

I use Full Circle Farm for grocery delivery here in Seattle. They are absolutely fantastic. They have changed their box sizes and delivery times since I started with them (I get a box bi-weekly for two people, and I eat most of it). There are a few produce things I still get at the grocery store when I need them, but I think having different things delivered to me (many of which, before I started with them, I would have never just picked up at the store) sort of forces me to try new ways of cooking everything before it goes bad.

You are also able to order other local items from them, like meats and seafood, granola, breads, nut butters, cheese, chocolate (Theo bars!), etc. Everything is incredibly fresh and tastes great. You can always do a trial with them and if you don’t like it or think you are spending too much, you can cancel.

I know the stuff at supermarkets isn't top notch, but the organic stuff goes bad REALLY fast.

I purchased from a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) this year, and it really pushed me to try new recipes because some of the vegetables were things with which I had no previous experience.

Sometimes I did have produce go bad because I couldn't use it fast enough, one visit fills a whole fridge shelf.

Other times, it would go bad because I still don't like eggplant, regardless of recipe (we could not pick our produce choices).

However, I would not hesitate to sign up again next year. The price was reasonable, the produce was fresh (fresh, fresh!), the taste is out of this world good, and it was delivered to my doorstep. Excellent.

I get a CSA box every two weeks and we LOVE it! I imagine every farm is different, but we can choose things we don't want, and I can also go to the website and stop a delivery if we are going to be out of town or if we still have too much left to use up another one.

I've noticed that the produce is so fresh and tasty that I WANT to use it! I'll snack on their carrots and fruit instead of chips and ice cream because they taste better. I also love the challenge of making the ingredients we have work together to create veggie-based meals, it's the best part of cooking for me. I supplement the contents of the box with basics like celery, onions, and garlic from the grocery store, and I will occasionally scope out our weekly farmer's market as well, but I could never get that much produce, organic or not, at the grocery store or farmer's market for the price. There are two of us, we get one every two weeks for $32 and it lasts us that long (I use up the more delicate stuff first, so that nothing goes bad).

I also have a little device I picked up at Bed Bath and Beyond for keeping your produce fresh longer. It was about five dollars and it makes a huge difference. I can pick up two-week-old lettuce, swirl it around in a little cold water to crisp it up, and use it just like it arrived yesterday. The device is small and just lives in the bottom of the crisper drawer. Here's a link to it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Extra-Life-Produce-Saver-Single/dp/B000E8SUZK. Also remember to keep produce out of the plastic bags, and to keep berries in open containers on the middle shelf. Some people also recommend rinsing your produce when you get it home with a weak vinegar solution to kill mold spores, but I've never gone that far. I'm sorry your markets are no good. In the CA bay area and everyone is a produce snob (produce is great, but super expensive)!

If anyone reading this in Northern California wants to try our farm box service, Farm Fresh to You, message me and I can give you a discount code.